Iraq
Turks to vote over Iraqi incursion
Yearly Archives: 2007
To raise them up. Part 1: The lesser and greater insurgencies of the Philippines
B.A. Patty was recently embedded with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In part one of his three-part series, Patty examines the roles of organizations such as Abu Sayyaf and MNLF in the insurgency and what Filipino and US troops are doing to squelch terrorist activities.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia nabs suspect in killings of four Frenchmen
Philippines
Philippines: Government fears terror attack as Abu Sayyaf receives new funds
Israel
Israel denies report that abducted IDF soldiers were turned over to Iran
Syria
Israel strike ‘targeted Syrian nuclear reactor’
Iran
Suicide bombers plot to kill Vladimir Putin
Pakistan
Pakistan: 8 kidnapped Army officers to face music on release
Al Qaeda
An Internet Jihad Aims at US Viewers
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled
India
A bombing at a theater in Ludhiana in Punjab province killed six and wounded 26. The Ludhiana bombing followed a blast in Ajmer on October 11, which killed three and wounded 28. Security has been stepped up in New Delhi after the bombings.
Pakistan
The government agreed to repaint the Red Mosque red. North Waziristan tribal elders denied 30 Pakistani troops were released by the Taliban. The Taliban killed four “criminals” in Swat.
Pakistan
Pakistan: The new Taliban
Iraq
Shi’ite groups say attacked Polish envoy and embassy in Iraq
Iraq
Powerful Shiite and Sunni leaders meet in Iraq’s Anbar province
Iraq
Coalition forces killed Abu Duha, an al Qaeda security emir in Mosul. Iraqi troops captured Hamid Kassousa, an al Qaeda emir in Samarra. A suicide bomber killed nine in an attack on a Shia shrine in the Kazimiyah district of Baghdad.
Algeria
Security forces stopped an attack by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on three bases in Tizi Ouzou province east of Algiers. Three al Qaeda were killed and bomb factories were discovered. Security forces arrested 14 al Qaeda west of the capital.
Violence in Iraq drops dramatically
The targeting of al Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shia terror groups, along with the rise of local Iraqi security forces, has netted results 10 months after the announcement of “The Surge.”
Afghanistan
Taliban use hostage cash to fund UK blitz
Iraq
Better Numbers: The evidence of a drop in violence in Iraq is becoming hard to dispute.
Iraq
Iraqi civilian death toll plunges
Iraq
48 insurgents killed in Iraq
Iraq
Slain Anbar sheik a stark contrast to his brother
Iraq
Sunni clan joins fight against Al Qaeda
Iraq
Iraqi refugees shed sectarian bitterness
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Ring Road’s Completion Would Benefit Entire Region
Indonesia
Bangladeshi questioned over Ajmer, India blast
Afghanistan
Taliban leader Mullah Omar published a speech on a jihadi website. “Neighbors should help Afghans drive Western forces from Afghanistan as they had done during Soviet Union™s invasion,” Omar said. He also said the Taliban should do everything possible to minimize civilian casualties. A Taliabn suicide bomber killed one policeman and six civilians in Spin […]
Pakistan
The Taliban released 30 soldiers captured in South Waziristan. President Musharraf said the company of captured soldiers “acted unprofessionally.” The Taliban killed four people during a clash in Swat.
Al Qaeda
1920 Revolution Brigades Accuses Al Qaeda of Stoking Infighting Among Iraqi Insurgents