Somalia
With US Navy Help, Ship Crew Defeats Pirates
Yearly Archives: 2007
Yemen
Yemen’s Truce with al Qaeda
Russia
An explosion on a bus in the central Russian town of Togliatti resulted in eight people killed and at least 53 wounded. Russia’s Federal Security Service said the explosion is the result of a terrorist attack.
Pakistan
Urban Pakistanis split on militants
Pakistan
US and Pakistan: A Frayed Alliance
Al Qaeda
Military builds on northern Iraqis’ frustration with terror attacks
Al Qaeda
Britain facing 30-year battle against extremism: security chief
Saudi Arabia
David Cameron challenges Saudi King Abdullah over extremist material in mosques
Philippines
The government launched a new “humanitarian offensive” in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. The United States vowed to increase its contribution to such programs as part of a $60 million budget for aid to the Philippines. The amount was $14 million higher than that requested by the US State Department. Meanwhile, a new book […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban overran the Gulistan district center in Farah province; thirty Taliban, four police and six civilians were killed in the fighting. Afghan intelligence captured three Pakistani Taliban trainers traveling from Uruzgan to Kandahar. Six Taliban were captured in Kandahar City. An Afghan intelligence chief and three officers were killed in an IED attack in […]
Afghanistan
Massive Taliban defection developing in Helmand
Afghanistan
Afghan government reopens 50 schools in militancy-plagued areas
Thailand
Muslim insurgents conducted five simultaneous bomb attacks on karaoke bars in Narathiwat province; five were wounded. Police killed three insurgents in Yala province. Two additional bombs were detonated at a gas station and a hotel; two were wounded. The military is considering deploying addition troops to the south.
Iraq
Iraqis to take control of Basra province
Al Qaeda
Tribal sheiks unperturbed by kidnapping, vow to continue al Qaeda fight
Iraq
Coalition Forces free hostage from al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraq
Iraqi police killed the leader of al Qaeda in western Iraq. Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and captured 17. Security officials denied reports that 20 headless bodies were found in Diyala. Twelve al Qaeda operatives were killed and 22 captured during separate operations in Diyala province. Twenty-seven insurgents were captured in Huweijah.
Iraq
Iraq bill would lift contractor immunity
Iraq
Iran says no role in killing US soldiers in Iraq
Turkey
Iraq Kurds reject Ankara ‘orders;’ Turkey pounds rebels
Lebanon
Hariri says he has evidence of Syrian assassination plots
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed seven in an attack outside the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. A “temporary cease-fire” has been declared in Swat. The NWFP Governor said “foreigners” and not the Taliban were behind attacks in Swat. The military denied it took casualties in two attacks on convoys in North Waziristan.
Azerbaijan
US and British embassies in Baku have been shut down after security forces thwarted an attack. The National Security Ministry “described the plotters as adherents of the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Sunni Islam, which counts Osama bin Laden and many al-Qaeda members among its adherents.”
Somalia
Somali president in crisis talks to find new PM
Yemen
US says bomber of US destroyer Cole still jailed
Al Qaeda
Spain fears al-Qaeda’s dream of new Al-Andalus
Iraq
The Hakim-Sadr Pact: A New Era in Shiite Politics?
Al Qaeda
Algeria: terror support cell dismantled
Al Qaeda
Recasting Jihad in the Maghreb
Al Qaeda
Current Trends in Jihadi Networks in Europe