Afghanistan
Record crop of heroin poppies hits anti-drug effort in Afghanistan
Yearly Archives: 2007
Iraq
US troops secure fringes of the Shia march
Iraq
Dangerous time for British forces in Basra
United States
KSM, 9/11 mastermind, 13 others closer to US military trial
Philippines
[UPDATE2] Over 50 have been killed during heavy fighting on Jolo Island between Abu Sayyaf and allied MNLF fighters, and the military. At least 25 soldiers were killed in the latest round of fighting.
Iraq
Iraqi Prison Tries to Un-Brainwash Radical Youth
Iraq
Sunni Rivals Prepare for Anbar Political Confrontation
Iraq
Petraeus Promises Frank Assessment in Iraq Benchmark Report
Task Force Warhorse: Classical counterinsurgency on Haifa Street
By Wesley Morgan, who is currently embedded in Iraq. Wes writes for The Daily Princetonian and was invited to embed in Iraq by Gen. David Petraeus. His assignment in Iraq is sponsored and financed by Public Multimedia Inc. In the tactical operations center here on Forward Operating Base Union III, a huge poster is emblazoned […]
Iraqi implications of Turkish parliamentary elections
Written by David Tate for The Fourth Rail The distribution of the Kurdish people in the Middle East [Map from Global Security]. By just about all outside accounts, the overwhelming victory in Turkey by the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP) during parliamentary elections July 22, was a serious wake-up call to all interests in […]
Iraq
Captured Video Shows Iraqi Insurgents Firing Sophisticated Iranian-Made Rockets at US Positions
Yemen
Al Qaeda in Yemen conducted reprisal attacks against a power station and a government building in the north Yemen town of Marib. The attack on the power station included the use of explosives and rocket-propelled grenades, causing the power to go out in Marib. Police checkpoints were also hit.
Iraq
Top US general for Iraq’s north moves battalion, predicts pullout timeline
Pakistan
President Musharraf decided to not invoke emergency powers that would have delayed elections, restricted rights of assembly, and placed curbs on the media. The Taliban captured a village in Darra Adamkhel; five villagers were killed. Four soldiers were wounded in a bombing, and the Taliban ambushed a military convoy in North Waziristan. A relative said […]
Pakistan
State of emergency may be declared in Pakistan over next few days
Pakistan
Local Taliban capture Darra village; five die in clashes
Saudi Arabia
Anti-Saudi tide rises in Iraq
Afghanistan
British Criticize US Air Attacks in Afghan Region
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf fighters killed nine soldiers today during an ambush in Jolo Island. Three Abu Sayyaf operatives and one soldier were killed in fighting on Jolo Island on Wednesday, while five MILF fighters were wounded in an artillery attack in Basilan. Marad Astig, a trusted aide of Abu Sayyaf commander Radulan Sahiron who is wanted […]
Lebanon
Lebanese army exchanges heavy fire with Fatah al-Islam
Thailand
Two health officials, retired village head killed in separate attacks in southern Thailand
Al Qaeda
Studies: Suicide bombers in Iraq are mostly foreigners
Iraq
2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians – official
Palestinian Territories
Abbas insists no dialogue with Hamas
Iraq
Democrats praise military progress in Iraq
Iraq
Coalition Successes Mount Against al Qaeda in Iraq
Pakistan
Pakistan may declare state of emergency
Yemen
Yemeni security forces killed four al Qaeda operatives involved with the suicide attack in Mareb on July 2 that killed eight Spanish tourists. One soldier was killed in the operation. One of the operatives killed escaped from a Yemeni jail in 2006.
United States
Pace Urges Interagency Cooperation in Government
Iraq
Iran tells PM Maliki it is helping secure Iraq