Al Qaeda
Report: al Qaeda in Iraq developing new weapons
Yearly Archives: 2007
Iraq
Sunni demand could unravel Iraqi government
Egypt
Egypt Won’t Pressure Sudan On Darfur
Bing West’s Iraq Report
From The Jawa Report: U.S. soldiers capture flag of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq in a village in Diyala. Click image to view. I’ve reviewed Bing West’s latest report from Iraq, which was posted at the invaluable Small Wars Journal. I had the honor of embedding with Bing’s son, Major Owen West, for one […]
Afghanistan
Why the disabled do Taliban’s deadly work
Afghanistan
Afghan police killed 17 Taliban after an ambush in Farah province. One person was killed and 5 wounded during a Taliban rocket attack in Kabul. Over 100 Afghan police have been killed in the past 2 months. Canadian troops have received artillery.
Iraq
US leaves militia limited security role
Pakistan
The vice president of the NWFP People™s Party Parliamentarians was assassinated in Peshawar. The Lashkar-e-Islam issued a set of demands to the the Khyber Agency administration. Clerics are concerned their fatwas against suicide bombings are failing to achieve the desired effect.
Iraq
In Ramadi, a ragtag solution with real results
The Baghdad Security Operation Order of Battle: May 7, 2007
The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of May 6, 2007. Click map to view. By Bill Roggio, DJ Elliott and CJ Radin The month of April was particularly hard on both U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces. As both forces push outward from larger, more secure bases, the casualties have increased. Iraqi Security Forces–both police and […]
Iraq
Iraqis vs al Qaeda in Anbar
Caucasus
At Least Three Police, Three Militants Killed In Chechnya
Palestinian Territories
Hamas steals Mickey Mouse image to teach hate and Islamic supremacy
Iraq
Media Bias? What Media Bias?
Afghanistan
Training the Afghans military
Taliban Operation in Bajaur
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; yellow under threat. Click map to view. Checkpoints set up to enforce sharia in the latest agency signed over to the Pakistani Taliban Less than two months after the Pakistani government negotiated with the Taliban in Bajaur, the Taliban have openly flexed their muscles in the […]
Iraq
Iraq’s oil production falls short of goals
Al Qaeda
Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp
Afghanistan
Afghan soldier kills 2 US troops
Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Authority claimed al Qaeda attacked the UN run school in Gaza. The IDF vowed to take action in Gaza after today’s Qassam attack in souther Israel wounded 1. Hamas has rejected a US plan to halt the Qasam attacks in exchange for easing travel restriction. The plan was described as “terrorism.”
Saudi Arabia
Prince of Mecca Passes Away
Hezbollah
Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah rejected the creation of a tribunal to investigate the murder of Rafik Hariri. Nasrallah claimed the US “ordered the Zionist regime to invade Lebanon last summer,” and denied that Azmi Bishara, a former Arab-Israeli Member of Parliament, spied for Hezbollah during the Israel-Hezbollah war last summer.
Yemen
Yemeni kidnappers of French tourists jailed for 12 years
Palestinian Territories
One dead as gunmen open fire at sports day at UN school in Gaza
United Kingdom
Intercepting terror
Morocco
Moroccan security forces broke up a series of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb cells throughout the country. About 20 al Qaeda operatives were arrested in raids nationwide.
Iraq
Bombs kill 8 US troops, journalist in Iraq
Pakistan
Suspended Pakistani judge warns against dictatorship
Palestinian Territories
Hamas rejects US document; rockets fired
Turkey
Turkish Candidate With Islamic Base Withdraws