Iraq
Petraeus notes violence drop, foresees more ‘tough work’
Yearly Archives: 2007
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Use of the Web Spreading at an Alarming Rate – International News
Al Qaeda
Iraqis protest attacks that killed 45
United States
Judge denies access to top Gitmo suspect
Philippines
Philippine Muslim rebels jailed for kidnap, beheading
Iraq
US pushes Iraq to use calm to build unity
Iran
US Says Military Notes Led to Shift on Iran
Al Qaeda
ISI Commander Abu ‘Omar Al-Baghdadi Announces New Raid on Awakening Movement in Iraq
Iraq
Pushed Out of Baghdad, Insurgents Move North
Somalia
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the former chairman of the al Qaeda-backed Islamic Courts and current chairman of the Alliance For the Re-Liberation of Somalia, rejected talks with the government. The US sought to “encourage the broadest possible engagement with forces that are not associated with terrorism.” Two soldiers were killed in an ambush in the central […]
Iraq
Concerned Citizen™s shots precede firefight with USt
Afghanistan
Allies prepare to seize Taliban stronghold of Musa Qala
Afghanistan
Leaked aid map of Afghanistan reveals expansion of no-go zones
Turkey
Turkish soldiers killed 14 PKK fighters in a clash in the mountains of the southeastern province of Sirnak. An official from the US State Department said Turkey does not need permission to attack the PKK. “The Turkish government, like any of our other friends and allies, doesn’t get green lights from the United States or […]
Iraq
Bombings in Mosul, Baghdad, and Baqubah resulted in 24 killed and 39 wounded. Iraqi Security Forces captured two al Qaeda leaders in Mosul and one in Wasit province. Coalition forces captured 10 al Qaeda operatives during operations in central and northern Iraq.
United Kingdom
BBC ‘funded paintballing trip for Islamic terrorists and didn’t pass on information about 21/7 bombers’
Iran
Al Hakim:Iran and US to resume talks on Iraq
Iraq
Iraq agrees to seek final UN cover for US presence
Iraq
Basrah: A New Security Scheme for Southern City?
Iraq
Police Team Commander Outlines Challenges for Iraq’s Interior Ministry
Iraq
Iraq to have some air strike capability, US says
Palestinian Territories
One Palestinian Authority police officer was killed and another injured after they fired on an undercover Israeli Border Police unit mistaken for members of Hamas. Defense minister Ehud Barak visited soldiers from the IDF’s Gaza Division and “discussed the possibility of launching an extensive counter-terror campaign in the region.” An Israeli airstrike killed two Hamas […]
Afghanistan
Gates Said to Oppose Shift of Marines to Afghanistan
Pakistan
A woman suicide bomber killed herself outside a military base in Peshawar. The military claimed it killed 230 Taliban and captured 90 in Swat. The military will also build a base in Matta in Swat. Six paramilitary police were kidnapped in Bajaur. Videoshop owners start ‘Islamic business™ after Taliban threats in Peshawar: businessmen say shops […]
Iraq
Iraq: volunteer militias to expand
Iran
NIE: An Abrupt About-Face
Iraq
Iraq: What Happens After the Surge
Iraq
First drop in Iraq’s internally displaced: Red Crescent
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 12 and wounded dozens in an attack in Kabul. ISAF confirmed it killed Taliban senior commander Mullah Ikhalas in a strike in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province. ISAF forces killed “several” Taliban fighters during operations against foreign fighter and weapons facilitation networks in Helmand. The US and Afghan governments […]
Iran’s Ramazan Corps and the ratlines into Iraq
A look at the Ramazan Corps, the Qods Force command assigned to support the insurgency and extend Iranian influence in Iraq, and the accompanying ratlines into Iraq.