NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/districts are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. Four killed, 3 wounded in Danda Saidgai, the scene of a major assault on an al Qaeda base in March of 2006 An unidentified explosion in the border village of Danda Saidgai in North Waziristan killed three […]
Hezbollah taunts Israel with giant pictures of captured soldiers
(UK) Two Libyan terror suspects cannot be deported
War in the Horn – Islamist insurgents are not yet crushed
The Urban Tourniquet – “Gated Communities”
(Iran) Students at the university of Lorestan protest over strict dress codes
Turkish army enters secularism row
Force ‘only solution’ to Shiite rebellion in Yemen
UNIFIL rejects Lebanese Army claim of Israeli incursion in South
PA policeman killed in Gaza gunfight
Top EU official urges US-Iran talks
C.I.A. Held Qaeda Leader in Secret Prison for Months
Iran On Guard Over US Funds – Pro-Democracy Program Leads Tehran to Scrutinize Activists
The Saudi Arrests: How Big a Plot?
Macro-Indicators of Afghanistan: Do They Mean Anything? Should We Care?
Up to 4 people were killed in an explosion in Saidgai in North Waziristan. The cause is disputed as either a missile strike or a explosion of a bomb factory. The US destroyed an al Qaeda training camp for Osama bin Laden’s Black Guard in Saidgai in March of 2006. Maulana Fazlullah thwarted an anti-polio […]
Ambivalence
[UPDATE2] Afghan security forces, backed by the U.S. Army, retook the Giro district in Ghazni province after the Taliban overran the district earlier today. Afghan and US forces encountered no resistance, and are searching nearby villages for Taliban remnants.
Somali PM Claims Mogadishu Victory; Fighting Continues Throughout Country
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, a senior al Qaeda leader, was captured while attempting to enter Iraq. al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb states Samir Saioud, who was killed by Algerian forces was not the 2nd in command, but “merely a member of its ‘communications committee.’” As Sahab advertises a new video by Abu Yayha al-Libi will […]
Pentagon: Key Afghan al Qaeda commander in custody
Congress and Iraq
Questions For Another Baathist Turned Al Qaeda Bigwig
Osama bin Laden deputy in custody at Guantanamo Bay The United States has scored a major victory against al Qaeda’s global network. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, one of Osama bin Laden’s senior deputies who was “personally chosen by bin Laden to monitor al Qaeda operations in Iraq,” has been captured and transfered to the detention center […]
Saudi security forces “arrested 172 suspected members of seven terrorist cells” for complicity in various plots, including attacks on the oil industry, strikes on military targets, prison breaks, and assassination of Saudi figures. “Some of those arrested had reportedly been trained abroad to carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia and had also learnt to fly, […]
Pakistan: The Taliban takeover
An Algerian newspaper reported that Samir Saioud (a.k.a. Samir Moussaab), the second in command of al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb, was killed in during fighting in the Si Mustapha region east of Algiers.
Qods Force logo, click to view. General Petraeus unveils further information on Qods Force’s involvement in January’s attack on the Karbala JCC and other attacks; Leader of Sheibani network captured The January 20 attack on the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center, which resulted in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of five U.S. soldiers, has long […]
The Taliban seized the Giro district in Ghazni province, and killed the mayor, police chief and 3 policemen during the assault. Six Taliban and 3 police were killed in a clash in the Qarabagh district of Ghanzi. French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy said he would consider pulling French troops out of Afghanistan.
Chechen terrorists shot down a Russian Mi-8 HIP transport helicopter, killing all 18 on board. The helo was transporting troops to the Shatoi region, where Russian Special Forces are conducting a large scale operation.