Iran
Bandits take hostages in southeast Iran
Yearly Archives: 2007
Afghanistan
A Candian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. A suicide bomber killed four members of a security company and wounded three in Uruzgan province. A German woman was kidnapped in a Kabul restaurant. She has appeared on a video calling for the release of prisoners.
Iraq
A Shiite politician and his Sunni guards
Iraq
Unnamed British Military Commanders Recommend Prompt Withdrawal From Iraq
Afghanistan
Taliban show new media savvy in Afghanistan
Pakistan
South Waziristan Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud called off the South Waziristan peace accord signed in 2005, but the government maintains it is intact. The body of a beheaded religious leader was found in South Waziristan. Four soldiers were killed in suicide attacks and ambushes in North Waziristan, while military helicopters killed 15 “miscreants” in a […]
Pakistan
Pakistan to accelerate nuclear program
Iraq
French foreign minister in Iraq
Iran
Iranian Guards amass secret fortunes
Iraq
50 elite Iranian troops training militia in Iraq says US general
Iraq
Falluja Post-Bellum Concerns
Touring with Gen. Petraeus
Wes Morgan is currently embedded with US forces in Iraq. Wes continues his day with Gen. Petraeus at Camp Taji, and visits joint security stations near Husseiniyah and Tarmiyah, and the embassy offices.
Somalia
A leading clan elder was killed in Mogadishu. Four police stations in Mogadishu have been attacked over the past week. Three police were wounded in an IED attack.
Iraq
Islamic scholars slam sectarian violence in Iraq
Eritrea
Eritrea blasts US over terror allegations
Al Qaeda
Omar Bakri Denounces “Sheikh Google”
Philippines
Marines attacked an Abu Sayyaf camp in Basilan, sparking close gunbattles. Forty-two Abu Sayyaf fighters, including a suspect in the beheadings of 10 Marines in July, were killed along with 15 Marines, including five officers. Thirty Abu Sayyaf fighters were believed to have been wounded.
Turkey
Two men, a Turk and a Palestinian, hijacked an airplane in Turkey and demanded to fly to Syria or Iran. One of the men claimed to be a member of al Qaeda. The hijacking ended after the plane landed in Turkey, and the pilots and the majority of the passengers escape via the safety exits.
Battlefield Circulation Briefing with General Petraeus
Wesley Morgan is currently embedded with US forces in Iraq. Wes conducts a battlefield circulation with General Petraeus.
Afghanistan
Taliban leader Mullah Omar called for all Afghans to “put aside all of our internal, regional and linguistic differences and get united against the enemy.” A suicide bomber attacked a logistics convoy heading to the Zari district; 15 were killed and 26 wounded, most were civilians. Twelve Taliban were killed after ambushing a Afghan/ISAF convoy […]
Thailand
Thai soldiers captured a high-value target and five other Muslim insurgents during a raid in Songkhla, and killed one insurgent and captured four during a clash in Yala. Insurgents attacked a polling station in Narathiwat, as 15,350 soldiers have deployed in the South to protect 2,558 polling stations. Thai troops are getting counterinsurgency training from […]
Iraq
Iraq: This is Not An ESPN Highlight Reel
Eritrea
US May Add Eritrea to List of Nations Backing Terrorists
Pakistan
Seven more Taliban fighters were killed in fighting in North and South Waziristan after ambushing military convoys and attacking checkpoints. A suicide bomber wounded five soldiers in Tank. Police released 21 students detained in the Lal Masjid operation. Jamaatud Dawa (formerly Lashkar-e-Taiba) leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said the only way to eliminate terrorism and have […]
Iran
An Iranian military helicopter went down near Piranshahr, a town around 6 miles from the Iraqi border. Six soldiers were killed. The military said it was due to mechanical failure, but the Mehr news agency said the Kurdish rebel group Pejak shot down the helo while fighting the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Iraq
Iraq: Killings In Shi’ite Holy City Expose Growing Splits
Iraq
US Says It Is Countering Iranian Influence in Iraq
Iraq
‘Surge™ units set to exit Iraq by August™08
Malaysia
Malaysia: Islam™s war on sin dims bright lights in a nation torn between cultures
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in North Africa losing recruits – deserter