Iraq
U.N. to expand its role in Iraq
Yearly Archives: 2007
Pakistan
Musharraf’s opponents arrested in Pakistan
An interview with the “Lion of Arab Jabour”
The Long War Journal interviews the architect of the Concerned Citizens in the Arab Jabour region.
Arab Jabour: “This is al Qaeda Country”
US forces and the Concerned Citizens hunt al Qaeda in the region southeast of Baghdad.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed one French soldier and wounded eight Afghan soliders in an attack on a convoy in Kabul. Afgan and NATO forces killed 40 Taliban in Helmand province.
Iran
New York: Iran’s leader can’t visit ground zero
Pakistan
Thirteen paramilitary soldiers were reported missing in North Waziristan. The military said it will not build permanent bases in the tribal areas. The Taliban bombed a hotel in Swat.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda fighters seize control of Iraqi village in Diyala
Afghanistan
Twelve Taliban fighters were killed in Uruzgan province as they used children as human shields. Over 2,500 troops launched an offensive in the Girshk district. Both the UN and Germany extended the Afghan missions. NATO’s senior commander in Afghanistan said Iran’s military knew of a major arms shipment captured at the border in Farah province.
Syria
Shock Waves From Syria
Afghanistan
Afghan Northern Alliance commander says Taliban talks a ‘long, complex’ process
Iranian Qods Force agent captured in northern Iraq
Raid in Sulimaniyah nets an Iranian Qods Force officer. Additional raids in Baghdad and Diwaniyah result in three killed and 21 captured.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda released two videotapes within hours. Osama bin Laden declared war on Pakistan’s President Musharraf for his assault on the Red Mosque and his “submissiveness and aid to America.” Ayman al Zawahiri called on Muslims to attack African Union and UN peacekeepers deploying to the Sudan and castigated President Bashir for approving the deployment.
Improving security: Baghdad’s Adhamiyah neighborhood
A battlefield circulation with Brigadier General Jim Huggins, the Deputy Commander of Multinational Forces Central, takes Bill to the Adhamiyah neighborhood in Baghdad.
Iraq
Violence ebbing in Iraq: US general
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Iraq military advisor killed
Pakistan
Kidnappings and suicide attacks shake morale of Pakistan’s armed force
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf support dries up in the Philippines
Lebanon
An anti-Syrian member of parliament was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut. Five others were killed and 20 wounded in the attack. Antoine Ghanem, a member of the Christian Phalange Party and part of the ruling Coalition, is the eighth prominent anti-Syrian leader assassinated since 2005.
Iran
Iran ‘to bomb Israel if attacked’
Palestinian Territories
Ehud Barak asks Cabinet to declare Gaza an ‘enemy entity’
Afghanistan
Afghan and NATO forces killed 27 Taliban in fighting in Helmand and Ghazni province. Three police were killed in a suicide attack in Ghazni province. The governor of Ghazni claimed two Taliban commanders involved in the kidnapping of South Koreans were killed. President Karzai urged Canada to extend its mission beyond 2009, while Poland extended […]
Syria
‘Dozens died in Syria-Iran missile test’
Iraq
Migration Reshapes Iraq™s Sectarian Landscape
Iraq
US Military Working to Reshape Iraqi Detainees
Iraq
Basra oil fuels fight to control Iraq’s economic might
Afghanistan
Australian SAS missions unsettle Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghan Officials: Taliban Leader Behind South Korean Kidnappings Killed
Pakistan
The army retrieved the bodies of 15 of the 18 commandos killed during fighting with the Taliban in North Waziristan on Sunday; several were mutilated, with throats cut and limbs hacked off. The South Waziristan tribal jirga claims the army withdrew from checkpoints in order to secure the release of captured soldiers; the military denies […]
Pakistan
Lawyer: If re-elected, Musharraf will resign as army chief