Al Qaeda
AP: Bin Laden told his followers “to help Saddam Hussein fight Americans”
Yearly Archives: 2007
Pakistan
Sharif’s cell is prepared as US aids Musharraf
Al Qaeda
Democrats criticized in purported bin Laden video – US urged to embrace Islam to end Iraq conflict; no specific threat made
Thailand
Thailand: Insurgent bombs kill two in South
Malaysia
Authorities denied earlier reports that Jemaah Islamiyah bombing mastermind Dulmatin is sheltering on an island off Sabah in East Malaysia. Dulmatin was believed to have slipped the military cordon in Mindanao. Sabah state officials, however, say he is either in the Philippines or on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.
Pakistan
President Musharraf said all Taliban are not “militants” and said the military can withdraw from the tribal agencies if violence reduces. The government continues to negotiate with the Taliban to secure the release of its kidnapped soldiers in South Waziristan. Six “miscreants” and civilians were killed in a helicopter strike in North Waziristan. Two bombings […]
Iraq
Progress in the Iraqi Security Forces – What the Jones Report really says
Afghanistan
The Scot who leads Kabul’s quiet revolution
Iraq
Cells from Mahdi army did not honor Sadr’s orders – MNF
Iraq
US troops, Iraqis clear village of al Qaeda
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda ‘targets converts’ to become terror bombers
Syria
Syria ‘fires on Israel warplanes’
Algeria
A suicide bomber struck in the town of Batna just prior to the arrival of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Fifteen were killed and 70 wounded in the attack. The suicide bomber detonated his vest after being detected by members of the crowd awaiting to see the president.
→
Panel Calls for US Troops to Reduce ‘Footprint’ in Iraq
Al Qaeda
Islamist Terrorists Planned Massive Attacks in Germany
Operation Lightning Hammer II launched in Iraq’s North
A corps-level operation is launched against al Qaeda havens in the northern and central provinces of Salahadin, Ninewa, Diyala, and Kirkuk. The offensive consists of a joint force of 26,000 Iraqi and US troops and follows a series of operations designed to keep al Qaeda off balance while expanding the security zone outside the Baghdad Belts.
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden will release a videotape addressing the American public about the anniversary of 9/11. The tape is expected to be released in the next three days. “His beard, which in previous messages had been streaked with gray, was entirely dark,” the SITE Institute said.
Afghanistan
Canadian General says Taliban fighting strength sapped
Afghanistan
Almost 50 Taliban were killed in fighting in the Sha Wali Kot district district in northern Kandahar; about 24 were killed the prior day. Police and British troops killed abut 24 Taliban while defeating ambushes in Musa Qalah wadi in Helmand province. About 230 civilians were killed and 600 wounded in Taliban bombings this year, […]
Pakistan
The three terrorists arrested in Germany for plotting attacks were likely trained by North Waziristan based al Qaeda commander Abu Hanifah. The twin suicide bombings in Rawalpini have been linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban, including Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud. Six of the 300 Pakistani soldiers in Taliban custody in South Waziristan have been […]
Iraq
British troops ‘proxy war with Iran’
Senior Qods Force link captured in Karbala
Coalition forces capture a senior member of the Special Groups with direct links to senior members of Iran’s Qods Force. Raids against the Iranian-backed network continue and are increasingly being led by Iraqi Security Forces.
→
Panel Sees More Than a Year Before Iraq Can Handle Security
→
German Police Arrest 3 in Terrorist Plot
Iraq
US seizes ‘Iran agent’ in Iraq
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: September 2007 Update
The September 2007 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB Page. Significant changes include a shift in focus to re-enforce Basrah, the establishment of three more “Operational Commands,” the expansion and development of the Iraqi Air Force, and the potential reduction of the Iraqi National Police […]
Iraq
A quieter Anbar Province rebuilds
Iran
Hard Times Help Leaders in Iran Tighten Their Grip
Al Qaeda
German police arrested three al Qaeda operatives plotting “imminent, massive bomb attacks on U.S. facilities.” The men “were German converts to Islam, had trained at camps in Pakistan run by the Islamic Jihad Union,” and were plotting to attack “soft targets” as well as Ramstein Air Base.
Pakistan
Pakistan must withdraw from war on terror: NWFP Chief Minister