Iraq
Better security sees Iraqi refugees flood home
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Iraq
Iraqi forces captured the Oil Minister for al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq. Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained 11 during raids in central and northern Iraq. Twelve al Qaeda were killed and five captured during operations targeting al Qaeda networks along the Tigris River Valley in Iraq; a senior al Qaeda […]
Iraq
Iraqi minister sees lower risk of Turkish incursion
Pakistan
The governor of the Northwest Frontier Province said the government would prefer to negotiate with the Taliban and using force is the last option. Taliban kidnapped five government officials in Bajaur agency. Clashes between terrorist groups in South Waziristan resulted in two killed. Twenty-eight more people were killed in sectarian fighting in Kurram before the […]
Lebanon
Hariri urges Putin to help block Iranian, Syrian meddling in Lebanese election
Iraq
Iraqi border post tries to stem Iranian flow
Iraq
US troops deploy new weapon in Iraq
Iraq
Al Jazeera – US And Turkey Discuss PKK Measures
Iraq
Sunni leader endorses death penalty for crimes against humanity
Pakistan
Pakistan: 180 journalists arrested
Al Qaeda
First video of al-Qaeda in Maldives released
Somalia
A video posted on a Shabaab website shows the terror group marching in Mogadishu, waving al Qaeda’s flag, and dragging the bodies of two Ethiopian soldiers in the streets. Ethiopia called for the quick deployment of peacekeepers to Somalia. The UN said over one million Somalis are homeless due to the fighting.
Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed 14 Taliban fighters after a company-sized formation attacked in Uruzgan. Afghan police detained a suicide bomber in Kabul. The Global Islamic Media Front demanded Germany and Austria withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.
Thailand
Thailand’s counter-insurgency operations
Pakistan releases Taliban leader Sufi Mohammed
As fighting continues in Swat and Shangla, Pakistan releases Sufi Mohammed, the leader of the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e- Mohammad. At the same time, a peace jirga has formed.
Iraq
Dozens of security contractors detained after Baghdad shooting
Iraq
US says finds shackled bodies in Iraq Qaeda sweep
Iran
Al Qaeda shifts to northern, eastern Iraq: general
Iraq
Baghdad Starts to Exhale as Security Improves
Iraq
Iraqi Town Slowly Returns to Normal
Pakistan
Pakistan frees thousands held under emergency
Iraq
Coalition forces captured a senior Special Groups leader in Diyala during operations in the Adhamiyah area of Baghdad. Coalition Forces killed eight al Qaeda operatives and captured 13 during a series of operations in the Diyala River Valley; a torture house and several caches were also found. Three US soldiers were killed in an IED […]
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Locals: War of the Posters in Sadr City
Al Qaeda
Algerians to be released from Guantanamo Bay prison
Pakistan
The military said 12 Taliban were killed and 40 wounded in strikes in Swat and Shangla. A peace jirga is forming in Swat. A tribal jirga in Bannu agency said it would stop Taliban attacks. A bombing on a railroad in Nowshera killed one person.
Algeria
Security forces arrested Bouderbala Fateh, the head of the Algiers branch of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and two associates. Almost 2 tons of explosives, detonators, and two schoolgirl’s backpacks rigged to detonate were recovered during the raid. Two members of al Qaeda were convicted in absentia for the murder of a prison guard.
Iraq
US plans case against AP photographer in Iraq
Iraqi Security Forces take on the Mahdi Army in Diwaniyah
The Iraq Army is leading an operation targeting the Mahdi Army in the souther city of Diwaniyah. Two Iraqi Army brigades, a National Police brigade and a US Army brigade have been moved to the city to conduct Operation Lion’s Leap.
Iraq
Good news from Iraq. – By Christopher Hitchens – Slate Magazine
Turkey
Explosions rock headquarters of Turkish political parties