Somalia
Young Mujahideen Movement in Somalia Issues Claims of Attacks Through the Global Islamic Media Front, Video Depicts Aftermath of Battle
Yearly Archives: 2007
Turkey
Turkish Radio and TV Council Issues Warning to Turkish Radio Stations for Broadcasting Islamist Messages and Calling for Jihad
Pakistan
Maulana Abdul Aziz has vowed to launch the “Islamic Revolution” in Islamabad and beyond on Friday, and admits to supporting the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The fighting between Uzbeks and Nazir’s Taliban can be largely attributed to a land dispute, according to The News.
United States
No more GWOT, House committee decrees
Indonesia
Indonesian police have found charts that map Jemaah Islamiya’s organization and command and military structures. A joint Australian-Indonesian police operation busted up a JI plot that is “likely to be twice the size of the first Bali bombings.”
Iran
President Ahmadinejad claimed the 15 British sailors and marines have been pardoned and will be released. The US has “secretly encouraged and advised” the Baluch insurgent group Jundallah in attacking Iran.
Somalia
US Fails to Act as Fighting Worsens in Somalia
Al Qaeda
al Qaeda and Algeria’s GSPC: Part of a Much Bigger Picture
Pakistan
Wazir tribesmen have declared a ‘jihad’ against Uzbeks and their local supporters in South Waziristan. Arab al Qaeda are not included. The Tank government has “entered into an agreement with the Mehsud and Bhittani tribes on Monday to restore peace.” Lal Masjid mosque leader Abdur Rashid Ghazi has gone in to hiding after “reports that […]
Afghanistan
A leading German politician has called for negotiations with the Taliban. A clash between police and poppy farmers in Nangarhar province led to 1 killed and 20 wounded. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the northeastern province of Badakhshan while over 110 have been killed in floods.
Afghanistan
(Afghanistan) The United National Front: Warlord Redux
Iraq
Meet Iraq’s Most Important Man
Afghanistan
Securing the Afghan-Pakistani border
Indonesia
Twenty members of Jemaah Islamiyah, including Abu Dujana and Zulkarnain, trained on the slopes of a volcano on Java Island just this year, according to the confessions of suspects captured in raids last week.
Iran
An Iranian diplomat detained in Baghdad in February is reported to have returned to Iran. Iraq is pressing for the release of the IRGC agents captured in Irbil. Iran is indicating it will not try the 15 captive British sailors. Iran may have a nuclear weapon by 2009. A former FBI agent has gone missing […]
Somalia
Over 380 have been killed during the past four days of fighting in Mogadishu. A TFG government car was hit with an IED attack. The Hawiye clan, which supports the Islamic Courts, issued a press release concerning a cease fire agreement with the Ethiopians.
Sudan
Gunmen kill five African peacekeepers in Darfur
Iraq
Shiite Cleric Opposes US Plan to Permit Former Baath Party Members to Join Government
Talibanistan expands in the NWFP
Districts of Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Swat are Taliban country NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/districts are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. As Pakistan’s civil war continues, the Northwest Frontier Province slips further into the darkness of a Taliban ruled state. During a recent meeting between senior government political […]
Pakistan
Taliban supporting MMA leader Qazi Mohammed was arrested to prevent his participations in protests against Musharraf. Las Masjid leader Abdur Ghazi vowed to continue to oppose the Musharraf regime. Five were killed in fighting between the Taliban and Uzbeks in Waziristan. The Tank tribes vowed to support the government and oppose the presence of foreign […]
Iran
Iran: Public Mostly Supports Detention Of Britons
Pakistan
Pakistan’s man in the middle
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Eastern Front – Along the Pakistani border, al Qaeda and Taliban fighters take their best shots
Afghanistan
Thirteen Taliban and 3 police were killed during fighting in southeastern Afghanistan. Five Afghans were killed and 10 wounded after a suicide car bomb hit the Mehtar Lam PRT. Three children were killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Afghan Army convoy Laghman province.
Al Qaeda
Schoolgirls massacred, Shiites executed in Iraq
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Is Seen as Restoring Leadership
The Baghdad Security Operation Order of Battle: April 2, 2007
The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of April 2, 2007. Click map to view. By DJ Elliott, CJ Radin and Bill Roggio The past week has seen some interesting developments as the Iraqi government and Coalition ramp up the Baghdad Security Plan. Al Qaeda in Iraq conducted three major mass casualty attacks nationwide. Nearly half […]
Iraq
Iraq’s Shia militia ‘stood down’
Iran
About 200 “demonstrators” lit off firecrackers and threw rocks at the British embassy Tehran. Iran is due to release more “confessions” from the captured British sailors in their custody. Forty-eight percent of the British public oppose using force against Iran under any circumstances.
Pakistan’s Civil War
Events over the past week highlight the deteriorating situation in the country NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. Over the past week, the Taliban have been very active in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province. The Taliban attacked the town of Tank, re initiated its […]