Iran
New IRGC Commander: Asymmetrical Warfare Is Our Strategy for Dealing with Enemy’s Considerable Capabilities; We Aspire to Ballistic Missile Superiority
Yearly Archives: 2007
Al Qaeda’s Ramadan assassination campaign
Al Qaeda in Iraq continues its Ramadan assassination program and Sunni insurgent groups continue to turn on the terror group.
Iran
Iran vows to free ‘all of Palestine™
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden “alive and well”, says al-Qaeda
Egypt
Egypt frees senior Muslim Brotherhood leader, 9 others
Hezbollah
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah flogs Israel, vows no internal fighting, suggests direct poll for president
Lebanon
The government issued an arrest warrant for Fatah Al Islam leader Shaker al Abssi and 36 of his fighters, including 16 Palestinians and four Russians. Abssi was believed dead after his wife identified remains at a morgue.
Algeria
Hassan Hattab, the founder of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, the precursor to al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb, surrendered to police with the hope of reconciling. Algerian soldiers killed 22 al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb foot soldiers in two separate ambushes.
Pakistan
The election in Pakistan is underway. One civilian was killed and eight soldiers were wounded in Taliban attacks on bases and a convoy in North Waziristan. Negotiations to free over 300 Pakistani soldiers captured in South Wazirstan are on hold until Baituallah Mehsud recovers from typhoid.
Iraq
Four Iraqis were killed and and 30 wounded in a car bomb attack in Tal Afar. Coaltion special forces killed 12 al Qaeda operatives and wounded four in raids in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi police killed a Yemeni al Qaeda operative near Salman Pak. The Iraqi Army and Concerned Citizens captured eight al Qaeda […]
Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Kandahar province and “several” in Paktia province. The US Army is deploying teams of civilian anthropologists in eastern Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda
US holding Iraqi lawmaker after raid on al Qaeda meeting
Pakistan
Pakistan court move may prevent Musharraf vote win
Pakistan
Bhutto corruption charges dropped
Iran
Millions of Iranians Attend Anti-Israel Rallies Called ‘Al Quds Day’
Iran
Terror group raises stakes for US, Iran – Kurds call resurgence of al-Qaeda-linked cell a new sign of Tehran’s support of Iraqi militants
Iraq
Five Iranians detained in Iraq should not be released: US general
Iraq
US, Iraqis differ on raid on Shiite town
Shuffling paperwork to victory: The Evolution of the Fallujah Police Department
Bill Ardolino looks at the dramatic changes in the Fallujah Police Department from January 2007 to today. Part two of a two-part series.
US kills 25 Special Groups fighters in Diyala
Iranian-backed fighters killed in an airstrike as Multinational Forces Iraq issues a warning to Muqtada al Sadr and his Mahdi Army.
Al Qaeda
Algeria, France coordinate against al Qaeda threats
Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto prepares for return after agreeing deal with Pervez Musharraf
Sudan
Ethiopia pledges 5,000 peacekeepers to Darfur
Pakistan
The bodies of three soldiers were found in South Waziristan a day after Baitullah Mehsud threatened to kill three soldiers a day if troops are not withdrawn and 10 of his subordinates are not released. A taped message from Addul Aziz Ghazi called for sharia law and “sacrifice” was broadcast at the reopening of the […]
Thailand
Thailand: Islamic separatists kill five
Iraq
Al Qaeda assassinated a senior member of the Salahuddin Awakening Council. Sunni Iraqi member of parliament, was detained during an Iraqi Army raid on an al Qaeda meeting. Iraqi scouts captured five al Qaeda operative and killed two near Balad; another three were killed near Tikrit. Special operations forces killed one al Qaeda operative and […]
Iraq
US takes Anbar model to Iraqi Shiites in northern Babil Province
Al Douri forms nationalist Sunni coalition; 1920s Revolution Brigades denounces al Qaeda
Nationalist and Baathist Sunni insurgents continue to put distance between themselves and al Qaeda in Iraq. Al Douri forms a new insurgent front, promotes negotiations; 1920s Revolution Brigades faction accuses al Qaeda of causing “great suffering” among Sunnis.
Al Qaeda
Iraqi Insurgent Faction Breaks Silence, Accusing Al-Qaida of Fanaticism, Torture, and Murder
Iran
Are US and Iran headed for war?