Yearly Archives: 2007

Iraq

| May 25, 2007

Mahdi army leader in Basra killed – British military

Al Qaeda

| May 25, 2007

U.S. forces found a ‘how-to™ torture manual during a raid on an al Qaeda safe house in Iraq. The manual contains “drawings show how to drill hands, sever limbs, drag victims behind cars, remove eyes, put a blowtorch or iron to someone™s skin, suspend a person from a ceiling and electrocute them, break limbs and […]

Afghanistan

| May 25, 2007

NATO forces killed 3 Taliban and captured another during operations in southern Helmand province. One Canadian soldier was killed in an IED explosion during Operation Hoover west of Kandahar city. A district police cheif and 4 policemen were killed in an explosion in eastern Paktika province.

Pakistan

| May 25, 2007

Lal Masjid leader Ghazi Abdul Rashid said he backs Chief Justice Chaudhry and believes the crisis will lead to the Talibanization of Pakistan – which is his goal. Villagers in Landi Kotal assaulted polio vaccinators after their imam told them vaccinations are against Islam. Elelven of the 15 members of the Waziristan “peace committee” resigned […]

Sadr returns from Iran

| May 25, 2007

Sadr returns to Iraq, delivers sermon in Kufa. [AP Photo] Click to view. Muqtada al Sadr surfaces in Kufa after a four month stay in Iran; Mahdi Army commander in Basra killed Muqtada al Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement and commander of the Mahdi Army, has reappeared in Kufa, the twin city of […]

Lebanon

| May 25, 2007

US resupplies Lebanon army as skirmishes rattles truce

Iran

| May 24, 2007

Iranian leader warns Israel it may be ‘uprooted™

Al Qaeda

| May 24, 2007

Al Qaeda has named Mustafa Abu Yazid (a.k.a. Said) as its new commander of Afghanistan. Said replaced Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who was captured while trying to enter Iraq, and “is a former member of Egyptian Jihad who enjoys the confidence of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.”

Al Qaeda strikes a funeral in Fallujah

| May 24, 2007

Poster shows Sheikh Abu-Risha staring down figures representing Al Qaeda in Ramadi. (Photo by Sam Dagher, CSM). Click to view. Targets the funeral of a slain member of the Anbar Salvation Council Al Qaeda’s war against the Sunni alliance of the Anbar Salvation Council continues in the eastern region of Anbar province. Today, an al […]

Pakistan

| May 24, 2007

The Lal Masjid standoff has ended as the 2 remaining police have been released. The Taliban kidnapped 3 government agents, including a military intelligence official, in Bannu. Thirteen Taliban dead have been repatriated to North Waziristan after being killed in fighting in Afghanistan. The Taliban fired 7 rockets at a military outpost in Tank. President […]

Afghanistan

| May 24, 2007

Afghan and NATO forces killed 18 Taliban in engagments in Sangin and Girshk districts in Helmand. Six police were killed in an IED attack in Paktia. Pakistani oil transporters have suspended shipments into Afghanistan due to attacks on their vehicles in the NWFP. There is confusion over the identity of the new Taliban military commander.

Palestinian Territories

| May 24, 2007

Israel arrested 33 senior Hamas officials in the West Bank, including the “Education Minister, the mayors of Nablus and Qalqiliya, members of the parliament and senior activists in the organization.” Hamas declared a unilateral cease-fire with Israel after it was concerned that Prime MinisterHaniyeh and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal would be assassinated. The IDF targeted […]

Iran

| May 23, 2007

France’s Sarkozy calls to tighten sanctions on Teheran

Iraq

| May 23, 2007

Iraqi town grows calm after fed-up citizens form informal security team

Iran

| May 23, 2007

The showdown goes on: Will a display of force in the Persian Gulf change Iranian minds over the country’s nuclear programme?