Pakistan
Report Gives ‘Measure of Assurance’ on Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Thailand
Muslim insurgents bombed two discotheques in the southern province of Narathiwat. Thirty-one were injured as the blasts occurred both inside the discos and outside as the clubs emptied. Three policemen and two civilians were wounded in a bombing outside a food store in Yala.
Iraq
Coalition forces captured the Special Groups recruiter for Karbala Province and 21 al Qaeda operatives during operations in central and northern Iraq. The Iraqi Army arrested 40 al Qaeda fighters, including a Saudi national, in northern Babil and another six in Haditha. Police captured an al Qaeda leader and two aides in Baqubah. A suicide […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 27 Afghan police and soldiers in attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan. Sixteen police were killed in an attack on a police outpost in Kandahar; one was killed were in a bombing in Paktia, four were killed in a bombing in Uruzgan, and two were killed in Musa Qala in Helmand.
Pakistan
Pakistan officials predict January elections delay
Pakistan
US Predators targeted Egyptian Islamist scholar Sheikh Essa in North Waziristan after Bhutto’s assassination. Twenty were killed in the latest round of sectarian fighting in Kurram. The Pakistani military has deployed troops in Sindh and Quetta. The Taliban mortared a police checkpoint in Mardan.
Iraq
Iraqi Sunni leaders hit back at ‘weak’ bin Laden
The State of Jihad: 2007
A year-end roundup of the major developments in the Long War in the primary and secondary theaters across the globe.
Iran
Iran says its first atom plant to start in mid-2008
Thailand
Three blasts in Thailand south wound 27
Iraq
Coalition forces killed six al Qaeda operative and detained 14 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi security forces arrested 40 insurgents and defused 32 IEDs in Baghdad. US troops arrested an al Qaeda leader near Kirkuk. The Salahadin Awakening Council on Sunday called on Osma bin Laden to order his followers to stop […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: US Special Forces On Standby Over Nuclear Threat
Al Qaeda establishes “a haven in Diyala”
The Miqdadiyah region in eastern Diyala province has emerged as al Qaeda in Iraq’s base of operation in the country. US and Iraqi forces have conducted operations in the region, but Diyala remains violent.
Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto’s son and husband have been designated to succeed her in the PPP; the PPP will not boycott the election. Elections may be delayed until early March. Two suicide bombers attacked the home of Ijazul Haq, a senior leader of the PML-Q and former minister for religious affairs in eastern Pakistan. Sectarian fighting in […]
Afghanistan
Mullah Omar relieved Mullah Mansoor Dadullah of his command; Dadullah rejected the claim, but a Taliban spokesman stated Omar will release an audio to confirm. Coalition forces captured nine Taliban and killed “several” in Zabul province. Ten Afghans were killed in Taliab ambushes in Helmand and Wardak province. A Canadian soldier was killed in an […]
Pakistan
Suicide attackers strike as Benazir’s party prepares for talks.
Pakistan
Bhutto’s son, husband to succeed her
Pakistan
Pakistani TV shows pictures of Bhutto attackers
Taliban dismisses senior Afghan commander [Updated]
Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, the Taliban commander for southern Afghanistan, has been relieved of duty by Mullah Omar. Dadullah denies claim, calls it a “conspiracy.”
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden says US seeks to exploit Iraqi oil
Al Qaeda
Has al-Qaeda Adopted a New Terror Tactic?
Pakistan
Al Qaeda Network Expands Base in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
‘Aussie Taliban’ walks free: First pictures
Pakistan
Musharraf cracks down on rioters
Saudi Arabia
Ten Saudis return home from Guantanamo Bay prison
Pakistan
Militants, Bhutto aides allege cover-up
Pakistan
Rioting in Pakistan Kills 38, Causes Tens of Millions of Dollars in Damage
Turkey
Turkish security forces captured 19 al Qaeda operatives planning attacks in the major cities. The military is using Israeli-made Heron UAVs with help of Israeli crews to hunt PKK terrorists, according to a report in a Turkish daily.
Iraq
Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 34 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces detained six Special Groups members during operations in southern Iraq. Police killed five insurgents and captured five in Tal Afar. US forces arrested a police chief and four officers in Kirkuk. Iraqi soldiers discovered a weapons […]
Pakistan
Video: Pakistan’s Zapruder film