The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of April 9, 2007. Click map to view. By DJ Elliott, CJ Radin and Bill Roggio The Baghdad Security Plan is approaching the eighth week since its official announcement, and Baghdad has seen a relative level of calm compared to the security situation just last year. There have been […]
The president of the Pakistani Muslim League political party met with Lal Masjid leaders Aziz and Ghazi to discuss the Qazi courts, and said the government wants to resolve the crisis peacefully. The Lal Masjid issued a fatwa against Pakistan’s female Tourism Minister. Bombings in Tank and Bannu wounded 4 Pakistani security officers. Sectarian clashes […]
Platoon Baits Suspect to Protect Children
Paratroopers Take Down Adhamiyah Terrorists
Isnilon Hapilon, an Abu Sayyaf leader who was behind the 2002 Bali bombing in Indonesia, narrowly escaped a raid by Philippine Army forces on a camp in Jolo. Three other Abu Sayyaf fighters have been captured. Hapilon has a $5 million bounty out for his capture.
Six Canadian soldiers were killed in Kandahar after their LAV armored vehicle was hit with a roadside bomb. The Taliban has distributed “night letters” in 18 villages in Logar province. Negotiations with elements of the Taliban is causing a break between the Karzai government and northern politicians.
Muqtada al-Sadr. Sadr calls for Iraqi Security Forces to end the fighting in Diwaniyah as the Iraqi military and U.S. forces pursue the Mahdi Army Operation Black Eagle, the security operation against Muqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army in the central Shia city of Diwaniyah, has entered its fourth day. The last news from the city […]
Hero’s tale is ‘too positive’ for the BBC
Anti-Uzbek anger in Waziristan
“The arrest and release of the British sailors proved that if Iran’s issues and demands are overlooked at the international level, the Islamic republic can create different challenges for the other side,” said an Iranian parliamentarian and IRGC official. Iranian made and shipped IEDs/EFP account for over 30 British deaths in Iraq.
(Pakistan) Curb “vice” or risk suicide attacks
Jumblatt: ‘Army aiding Hezbollah’
Arsonists doused a mosque with gasoline while it was filled and set it ablaze, critically injuring 8 and burning another 22. Yemen’s civil war between the Houthis and the government has escalated, with fierce fighting outside of Sa’ada reported.
Al Qaeda has sent negotiators to secure a truce between the Uzbeks and Taliban in South Waziristan. The Binori Town madrassa in Karachi welcomes the Lal Masjid’s imposition of sharia in Islamabad. Lal Masjid’s leader threatened a wave of suicide attacks “if the government impedes the enforcement of the Sharia.” The Islamist MMA will not […]
NATO and Afghan forces have retaken the Sangin district from the Taliban in Helmand province after yesterday’s air assault. Five police were killed and 4 wounded during a Taliban attack in Zabul. Seven were killed, including 3 from a de-mining team, after the Taliban attacked in Farah.
Iraqis: Iran barred PM from its airspace
North Koreans Arm Ethiopians as US Assents
Arab Nomads, ‘Not Pro-Anything,’ Also Suffer in Darfur
Iraqi Insurgents Chastise al Qaeda
US trained Iraqis taming Tigris River
The Philippines military killed three gunmen at sea who were possibly linked to Abu Sayyaf. The military will focus on civil-military operations in Mindanao. The UK wants to increase intelligence ties with the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations.
Sectarian clashes kill 40 in northern Pakistan
Pakistani hardliners ‘cleanse’ capital Taliban-style
Insurgents transform US military jails into ‘terror training camps™
Colonel: Troops finding fewer roadside bombs
Basra’s chief of police said the EFP that killed 4 British soldiers appears to be Iranian made. Iran calls for a “goodwill gesture” after the relaese of 15 captive sailors and marines. The captive Brits believed they were going to be executed by black-clad Iranian soldiers.
(Pakistan) Sharia gangs roam streets of capital city to enforce their law with threats
Murder Investigation Leads to Prostitution Network – Whose Profits Supported al Qaeda
Pattani school burned by insurgents
The Lal Masjid has appointed 10 judges for the Islamic courts, while several hundred Pakistanis protested the Islamization of society. The Lal Masjid now has a website. Nazir’s Taliban requested weapons and air support from the military to fight against Uzbeks and Taliban rivals. NWFP governor claims cross border attacks have ceased. A bomb exploded […]