Turkey
Over 500,000 secularists protested in opposition to Islamist Abdullah Gul’s decision to run for president.Protesters carried banners saying “Sharia shall not rise to the Presidential Palace.” Turkey’s military has vowed to defend secularism.
Yearly Archives: 2007
Ethiopia
7 kidnapped Chinese workers in Ethiopia have been released
Pakistan
Islamic Militants Suspected In Attack On Pakistani Minister
Iraq
US forces storms Sadr’s office, arrest those inside
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Saudi Arabia says Al Qaeda threat remains
Iran
Iranian barbers warned against Western haircuts
Israel
The head of the IDF said a major operation in Gaza is needed to halt the Qassam rocket attacks in the south. He also stated Hezbollah is “attempting to descend south of the Litani River… the smuggling of weapons from Syria to Lebanon continues…”
Pakistan
Yesterday’s suicide attack against Pakistan’s Interior Minister has killed 28 and wounded 60. The former Intelligence Bureau chief said the attack is a reaction to military operations in the tribal areas. Security has been tightened in Islamabad. A Saudi al Qaeda operative was arrested after leaving South Waziristan. Pakistan is proud of its madrassas.
Kashmir
Security forces killed Abu Hamza, a “top” Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist. India is considering Pakistan’s offer to resolve the Kashmir dispute. Terrorism in Kashmir and Jammu has dropped by 40%.
Afghanistan
A U.S. raid on a car bomb cell in Nangarhar province resulted in 4 Taliban and 2 women killed. Protests broke out after locals claimed all those killed were civilians. US forces are pressing the attack against the Taliban in Helmand province via the air.
Turkey
Turks protest Islamic-rooted government
Iraq
Don’t Blame Iran for Iraq
Philippines
Philippines grounds 41 Huey helicopters after crash
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Army chief wants to speed up troop hike
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Hamas leader justifies rocket attacks
Iraq
Uneasy Alliance Is Taming One Insurgent Bastion in Anbar
Iraq
Iraq insurgents forming a get-Harry squad?
Somalia
Govt troops patrol Mogadishu, search for arms
Somalia
Somali and Ethiopian troops are patroling the Bakara market in Mogadishu, where Islamic Courts fighters once dominated the streets. Business owners have agreed to turn in their weapons.
Iraq
al Qaeda reportedly taking strongholds in Hamrin mountains in Diyala
Al Qaeda
Abu Laith al-Libi released a videotape through As Sahab, al Qaeda’s media wing. He eulogized Zarqawi, discuss the state of jihad in Afghanistan, reiterated the importance of the issue of Palestine and the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and indicated the US has shown persistence in Iraq, operating behind the Shia. He also called out […]
Iraq
Car bomb kills at least 58 near Iraqi Shiite shrine
Suicide bomber kills 28, wounds Pakistan’s Interior Minister in the NWFP
Aftermath of the Charsadda suicide attack. Click to view. Aftab Sherpao, scores more wounded at a political meeting in Charsadda The Taliban have targeted Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao with a suicide strike while he was addressing his political party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao Group), in the settled district of Charsadda in Northwest Frontier […]
Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces killed 29 Taliban during operations in the southern and eastern provinces. Helmand Khost, Helmand and Zabul. The Taliban freed a female French aide worker; her male counterpart is still in custody..
United Kingdom
Alive and Well and Living in London – Why won’t Britain extradite Islamic extremists?
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UAVs: Let the Real War Begin
Iraq
VBIEDs at the Gate
Iraq
In defense of Baghdad’s ‘walls’
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On A failure in generalship: The contrarian point of view
Thailand
Thailand’s Defence Minister is reportedly holding secret meetings with Muslim insurgent leaders, with the help of Malaysia’s Prime Minister. Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb at a market in Narathiwat, wounding a 68-year-old woman and her grandson. An unidentified gunman shot at the Krue Se Mosque, which was morning the third anniversary a massacre at the […]