Seventeen were killed in attacks in Mogadishu, including 13 in a Shabaab mortar strike. The director of security at Somalia’s National Security Ministry said the government is powerless against the al Qaeda-backed group. “About 80 percent of Somalia is not safe and is not under control of the government,” Nur said. “Islamists are planning to […]
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been relieved of commanding the terror group’s military wing by Iran’s Supreme leader, according to reports. Hezbollah denied the claim. North Korea may have provided arms and training to Hezbollah. More than 50 Australian Muslim men are being investigated for links to Hezbollah.
An IAF strike killed three Palestinians launching rockets into Israel from Gaza. Defense Minister Ehud Barak declared a “special situation” in communities bordering the Gaza Strip, because of constant rocket attacks; 37 on Wednesday alone. The IDF arrested an Islamic Jihad commander in Jenin.
US Defense Secretary, NATO Defense Ministers Discuss Afghan Mission
Iran: Terrorist Freed In Germany Is Welcomed By Tehran
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb named Ibrahim Abu Uthman and Abdul Rahman Abu Abdul Nasser al A™assemi as the Algiers suicide bombers. Five members of the UNHCR staff in Algiers are still missing. One Chinese citizen was killed and seven wounded in the attacks.
(Somalia) 13 killed in mortar attack
Investigators look for clues in Lebanon killing
FOX News – 3 Killed in Gaza Explosion, Palestinians Cite Israeli Airstrike
MEMRI – Interview with Former Al-Qaeda Trainer in Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed 16, including 11 police in Quetta in Baluchistan province. Fifteen soldiers were killed and 38 wounded in Taliban ambushes in North Waziristan. South Waziristan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud said he will support the election process in the tribal areas. Intelligence agencies foiled a plot to assassinate President Musharraf by arresting al […]
Russia and Iran said they have resolved the payment dispute over the Bushehr nuclear plant; construction will resume. The United Nations Security Council will not address Iranian sanctions in the remainder of 2007. Iranian police killed or arrested 18 members of Jundallah in the Sistan-Baluchestan province
Iraq’s maverick cleric hits the books
The Afghan Ministry of Defense said hundreds of Taliban were killed, wounded, or detained in the battle for Musa Qala. Two ISAF soldiers were killed and three wounded in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. Thirteen prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to Afghan custody.
A Sunni and Shia Awakening movement was formed near Taji. Eleven insurgents were captured south of Kirkuk. US forces “captured 17 suspected extremists” in the Shia neighborhood of New Baghdad. A cache of Iranian-manufactured rockets was turned in to Kazakh soldiers in Wasit province. A car bomb killed two Iraqis and wounded 14 in Hit. […]
Musharraf set to end Pakistan emergency
Bomb Kills Lebanese General Who Battled Militants
Car bomb incident rate declines in Baghdad
Taliban’s elders send go-between for talks with Karzai
Fifteen soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack on a bus in Pattani province. Six soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack and small-arms ambush on their patrol in Narathiwat province. The son of Libya’s president visited Thailand to inquire on the status of the Muslim south.
The governor of Hiran province survived an IED attack in Beledweyn. Three were killed in an IED attack in Mogadishu’s Bakara, 10 were killed in clan fighting in the Middle Shabelle region. The president said the southern port city of Kismayo is not under government control.
US general: We’re working 24/7 to catch bin Laden
More than 50 Taliban have been killed moving from Musa Qala and attempting to overrun the district center of Sangin in Helmand province. Several hundred Taliban were involved in the attack in Sangin, but were beaten back by Afghan and NATO forces. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would not negotiate with the Taliban.
UK Prime Minister updates Parliament on Afghan mission
Afghan battle being won – Brown
Three car bombings in Amarah killed 41 and wounded at least 150. The Iraqi government has alloted funds to pay for Awakening councils in Baghdad and the provinces. The Anbar provincial council halted the opening of an Awakening office in Fallujah. Coalition forces killed 14 al Qaeda operatives detained 12 during operations in central Iraq. […]
Clashes Pit Mahdi Army vs. Tribesmen
The government is prepared to lift the state of emergency by December 15. Twenty Taliban were killed and up to 15 wounded in a helicopter assault and artillery barrage in Swat. Fifteen Taliban and six soldiers were killed after the Taliban ambushed a convoy in North Waziristan; 20 soldiers were wounded. The Taliban publicly executed […]
(Iraq) Anbar provincial council bans new Fallujah awakening council’s offices
Iraqi government allots 150 billion dinars to volunteer police salaries