Mahdi Army trains with Hezbollah
Mahdi Army leader Muqtada al Sadr admits direct involvement with Lebanese Hezbollah and, by default, Iran.
Yearly Archives: 2007
Philippines
MILF Seeks Leverage as Fighting Against Abu Sayyaf and MNLF Escalates
United States
Hizb-ut-Tahrir’s Activities in the United States
Philippines
Marines are working to seal off Abu Sayyaf escape routes on Basilan and are advancing on Abu Sayyaf positions after shelling their strongholds. The military said over 100 MILF fighters reinforced Abu Sayyaf during battles over the weekend. Talks between the government and MILF have been canceled.
Afghanistan
Afghan police freed a kidnapped German aid worker one day after her abduction; police said her captors were criminals, not Taliban. Ten Taliban were killed as they attacked a base in Sangin district in Helmand province. Two civilians were beheaded in the province of Paktia. Afghan and ISAF forces captured an IED cell leader. An […]
Pakistan releases senior al Qaeda operative
Pakistan releases al Qaeda operative Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan as the government continues to press for peace in the Northwest Frontier Province. Noor was al Qaeda’s computer expert who “acted as a link between top al-Qaeda leaders and operational cells.”
Iran
Iran hangs 30 over ‘US plots’
Yemen
Yemen arrests 3 suspects in July terrorist attack on Spanish tourists
Iran
Iran: Israel Is “Standard Bearer Of Satan”
Palestinian Territories
Hamas’s approach to jihad: Start ’em young
Palestinian Territories
Funding of fuel for Gaza depends on Hamas: EU
Philippines
Philippines: Summit between govt. and Muslim rebels ‘cancelled’
India
India has arrested 15 suspected foreign Muslim terrorists with possible links to Thailand’s Muslim insurgency. Police warned that Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has established sleeper cells in India to launch attacks inside the country.
Iraq
Roadside bomb kills second Iraqi governor
Iran
Muqtada al-Sadr: The British are retreating from Basra
Iran
Mehdi fighters ‘trained by Hizbollah in Lebanon’
Iraq
Kurds flee homes as Iran shells villages in Iraq
United Kingdom
Abu Hamza al Masri may go free as witness backs down
Afghanistan
German Hostage Freed In Afghanistan: Afghan Police Arrest Kidnappers In Kabul Raid
Afghanistan
Anti-terror efforts junked: Afghans block special ops for period of time after killings
Thailand
Thailand: Soldier, villager wounded in South blast
Iraq
Mortar Attack Kills 12, Wounds 31 in Baghdad
Iraq
COIN: On “The War as We Saw It”
Iraq
82nd ABN NCOs in the NY Times
Lebanon
Lebanon charges over 100 suspects with terrorism
Philippines
Two Abu Sayyaf leaders involved in the beheading of Marines last month were among six killed during a raid on a terrorist camp in Sulu. Five more were captured in a separate raid. The Philippine Air Force grounded its MG-520 support helicopters after one crashed on Saturday.
Afghanistan
Allies Absent in Afghanistan – Hummingbird Helicopters Hired
Iran
Iran : IRGC commander warns enemies of “hell” in Gulf
United Kingdom
Muslim terror suspect allowed to stay in UK
Iraq
Britain faces Iraq rout says US