Iraq
US says closing in on Al Qaeda kidnap gang
Yearly Archives: 2007
Iraq
Iraqi soldiers switching over to M-16s and M-4s
Palestinian Territories
Egyptian official shot while monitoring Gaza ‘truce’
Iraq
US seeks gains in Shiite militia rifts
Iraq
Iraq makes progress on crucial constitution plan
United States
White House taps general for ‘war czar’ post
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Controlling the bandwidth of war
Al Qaeda
The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, an al Qaeda group in Europe, threatened France with “a bloody jihadist campaign” after electing “the crusader and Zionist Sarkozy.” Terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna said “the epicenter [of the war] has shifted from Afghanistan to Iraq,” and abandoning Iraq would make the country a “Disneyland” for terrorists.
Iraq
Iraqi Military Faces Hurdles in Its Quest to Take Charge
Iraq
US detains 11 Iraqis in search for GIs
Iraq
US Army hunts comrades as 3 troops killed in Iraq
Algeria
Algerian security forces killed 27 members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb during fighting since Sunday. Al Qaeda has called on Algerians to boycott Thursday’s elections. “If you take part in these elections, you will be sharing those apostates’ flagrant act,” said AQIM leader Abu Mussaab Abdul Wadud.
Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora has officially asked the United Nations to form a tribunal to try the suspects involved with the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. Hezbollah has warned the creation of the tribunal will “sow divisions and discord.”
United States
Pentagon: Gitmo detainees go back to fighting
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Suspects Planned Attacks on Saudi Oil: TV
Palestinian Territories
The Hamas-Fatah civil war intensifies as Hamas attacked the presidential guard training compound in Gaza, killing 8 and wounding 20. Palestinian terrorists launched a mortar attack at an IDF position at the Karni border crossing as the infighting took place.
Al Qaeda
Iraq “has become new epicenter for ‘holy war’ against West,” says terror expert
Al Qaeda
Suspected Ansar Al-Sunna Administrator, nine others detained
Afghanistan
NATO air strikes against Taliban hideouts in the Jalai district in Kandahar province reportedly killed commanders Mullah Abdul Hanan, Mullah Zekria and Mullah Zarif, along with about 60 fighters. The Taliban has named Mullah Bakht Mohammad as Mullah Dadullah’s replacement. The Canadian Army is beginning to train the Afghan Army.
Al Qaeda
Search for Troops Is ‘in Vain,’ al Qaeda Declared
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian interior minister quits after fighting
Iran
IAEA inspectors “have concluded that Iran appears to have solved most of its technological problems and is now beginning to enrich uranium on a far larger scale than before.” Iranian Shia are increasingly looking to Najaf’s Ayatollah Sistani for guidance, in defiance of the Khomeinist model. Iran has detained an American – Iranian scholar for […]
Iraq
Shi’ite cleric gains sway across border
Pakistan Unraveling
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; yellow under threat. Click map to view. U.S. soldier killed in Kurram; Peshawar suicide blast, Karachi riots, border clashes highlight deteriorating security sitution and Musharraf’s tenuous grip on power After a weekend of mortar exchanges between Afghan and Pakistani security forces on the Khost-Kurram border, and […]
Iraq
British ‘hold talks with Sunni rebel leaders’
Iraq
Thousands flee upsurge in violence in Diyala province
Al Qaeda
al Qaeda Loses an Iraqi Friend
Yemen
Yemen Deports Jihad Leader’s Daughter to Egypt
Iraq
Shiite Leaders: SCIRI to Undergo Radical Changes Soon
Iraq
Sadrist lawmakers, US soldiers in Green Zone standoff