Iraq
Sadr militia lying low: US general
Yearly Archives: 2007
Lebanon
At least 222 Fatah al Islam terrorists were killed during the 15-week battle at the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Two Moroccans were among the Fatah al Islam fighters killed.
Iraq
US GAO report sees scant Iraq progress
Iraq
Iraq: Death sentence upheld against Saddam’s cousin Chemical Ali
Iran
Rafsanjani bounces back to head Iran clerical body
Iraq
Iraq: Baghdad Demands Iran Stop Shelling North
Iraq
US general: Next few months crucial for Iraq
Al Qaeda
8 al Qaeda-linked suspects arrested in Denmark
Afghanistan
Afghan police say kill Taliban hostage-taker
Afghanistan
500 Afghan police killed in five months
Pakistan
Intelligence agencies blamed today’s dual suicide attacks in Rawalpindi on “security lapses.” The Taliban freed 14 troops captured in Mohmand and Bajaur agencies. Two civilians and a cadet were kidnapped in North Waziristan. An MMA senator demanded troops withdraw from the Mehsud tribal agencies in South Waziristan, while another soldier was killed in the agency.
Afghanistan
Afghan National Security Forces captured the provincial Taliban commanders of Paktika and Nangarhar, and a Taliban leader and seven fighters in Panjshir. “Several militants” were killed during an operation in Ghazni. The Taliban are back in control of the Panjwaii and Zari districts in Kandahar province.
Suicide bombings in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi kills 25, injures 68
Pakistani military and intelligence officers were the direct target of two suicide attacks in the military garrison city of Rawalpindi. Suicide bombers targeted a bus carrying Inter Services Intelligence personnel and the Royal Artillery bazaar.
Iraq
Positive Effects of Troop Surge Emerging in Baghdad
Al Qaeda
Harsh justice where US relies on Iraq tribes
Pakistan frees over 100 South Waziristan “tribesmen”
Pakistan releases over South Waziristan 100 tribesmen of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud to “pave the way for the release of 210 kidnapped soldiers.” Pakistan’s soldiers are still in Taliban captivity.
Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban vow to kidnap, kill more foreigners
Hezbollah
Terrorism Expert Calls For Ban On Hezbollah In Europe
Iraq
Iraq: Pragmatism paves way for progress
Iraq
British troops leave Basra city
Lebanon
Shakir al-Abssi, the leader of Fatah al Islam, was killed along with 30 of his fighters while attempting to escape the Lebanese army’s final assault on their positions in the Nahr al Bared camp on September 2. Thirty-two Fatah al Islam fighters were captured.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jangvi, and Sipah-e-Sahaba are said to have merged with al Qaeda in Pakistan in order to attack military and government targets, although this merger is not official. The groups are coordinating activities via Abu Ali Tunisi, a senior al Qaeda leader who rose through the ranks of the Tunisian Islamic Combatant […]
Pakistan
An explosion in a pharmacy in Wana, South Waziristan killed four and wounded 10. Baitullah Mehsud linked the release of the 150 Pakistani troops to the implementation of the 2005 Sararogha agreement, or South Waziristan Accord. Four Pakistani suicide bomb and IED makers were arrested in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Iraq
Iraq & The Former-Insurgent Counterinsurgency
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed 25 Taliban in an attack on a command center southwest of Kandahar city. Seven Taliban were killed after ambushing an Afghan and British force in Musa Qali Wadi in Helmand province. US forces killed one al Qaeda operative in Paktia province. Australia said its role in Afghanistan is dependent on […]
Iran
Iran is running 3,000 atomic centrifuges
Lebanon
The military has completed the siege of the Fatah al Islam positions in the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Fighters were captured as they attempted to escape from the camp. Lebanese troops seized the homes of Fatah al Islam leaders Shaker al-Absi and Abu Hureira.
Afghanistan
Afghan Police Are Set Back as Taliban Adapt
Pakistan
How the West summoned up a nuclear nightmare in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Taliban suspected of killing UK officer captured