The provinces of Iraq. Click map to view. Family of anti Al Qaeda alliance murdered as the Awakening spreads The formation of the Awakening movements – the Sunni tribes and former insurgents opposed al Qaeda’s Talibanization of Iraq’s communities – poses a great threat to al Qaeda in Iraq. The prototype Awakening movement, which was […]
From Iraq to Algeria, al Qaeda’s Long Reach
al Qaeda in the Andes: Spotlight on Colombia
A policeman was killed south of Mogadishu. A double bomb blast targeting police forces north of the capital killed killed one. Ethiopian will leave several thousand troops in Somalia for the long term.
Rogue police may have snatched security guards and analyst in Iraq
‘Iron flowers’ use feminine touch against Thailand’s rebels
Militias test Zafaraniyah™s calm
By Gene E. Blanton, who is currently embedded with the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Habbaniyah. Support for Gene’s reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. Counterinsurgency is not just thinking man’s warfare-it is the graduate level of war. Special Forces Officer in Iraq, 2005 COUNTERINSURGENCY Marine Corps Warfighting Publication 3-33.5 CAMP HABBANIYAH, AL […]
Gathering the Tribes- tapping the traditional networks that helped Saddam to stay in power.
Turkey probes weapons cache from Iran to Syria
US asked to destroy Kurdish bases
Assad tops 97 percent in Syria vote
Al-Jazeera Defends Fatah al-Islam
Fighting resumed at the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, with Lebanese artillery pounding Fatah al-Islam positions and one soldier dying in the fighting. Lebanese special police arrested a man with links to Fatah al-Islam in Beirut.
Tough work for military transition teams
US ready to yield security responsibilities in three provinces to Kurds
Salahadin Council Faces Reprisal Attacks
Taliban learns tactics, PR from al Qaeda
Tehran’s Secret ‘Department 9000’
As-Sahab released a video by Adam Yahiye Gadahn (a.k.a. Azzam the American), where he issued a set of demands, including “removal of American military forces from Muslim lands, cease of encroachment into the political, social, and economic affairs in these countries, and to free Muslim captives from prisons.”
Al Qaeda in Iraq: Torture, Bans, and Fines
Peretz Ousted as Leader Of Israel’s Labor Party
Tehran charges Iranian-Americans with spying
Firefights erupt at Lebanon camp
Special Operations: High Profile, but in Shadow
A Brazen Kidnapping in Baghdad
The Father of the Taliban: An Interview with Maulana Sami ul-Haq
Karma Awakens
NATO and Afghan forces killed 24 Taliban after being ambushed in Helmand province. Police in the northern province of Jowzjan killed 13 protesters that support General Abdul Rashid Dostum and wounded 35. Police in Khost captured Mujahid, al Qaeda commander, and Syed Gulab, a Taliban commander in Nangahar.
The IDF received permission to widen ground operations against Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza strip. The IDF killed 2 Hamas operatives in a gun battle in central Gaza. The IDF also captured Khaled Shawish, the leader of the Tanzim terror group in Ramallah and a senior commander of Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.