Pakistan
Pakistani leader: Talk of US airstrikes ‘counterproductive’
Yearly Archives: 2007
Pakistan strikes two al Qaeda camps in North Waziristan
Artillery, helicopters assault two camps near the Afghan border As the security situation in North Waziristan and the greater Northwest Frontier Province deteriorates, the Pakistani military launched an assault on two “militant” bases near the Afghan border. The military struck two Taliban and al Qaeda bases in the village of Daygan with artillery and Cobra […]
Afghanistan
Taliban threatens more kidnappings
Iran
US and Iran hold “frank” talks on Iraq
Iraq
Iraq’s Less-Mean Streets
Iraq
25,000 turn against insurgency, military says
Afghanistan
Six police in Kunar province and four police in Logar province were killed in Taliban attacks. Four Afghan workers were kidnapped in Kunar. A suicide bomber killed three civilians in an attack on an ISAF convoy.
Pakistan
Secretary of State Rice and Defense Secretary Gates ruled out the possibility of unilateral strikes inside Pakistan. Pakistan has lost 200 troops in the tribal areas since July 19. “Militants” fired rockets at a military camp, and destroyed two checkpoints in Bajaur. The Swat peace jirga said “foreign agencies,” including India™s Research and Analysis Wing, […]
Iraq
Iran-armed militia behind 3/4 of Iraq attacks that killed or wounded Americans in Baghdad in July
Iraq
Suicide bomb kills 25 in Tal Afar
Al Qaeda
As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda wing, released a video by Adam Gadahn, a.k.a. Azzan al-Amriki, threatening to to attack US embassies and personnel worldwide. “We shall continue to target you, at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad, and these spy dens and military command and control centers from which […]
Lebanon
Tensions high for Lebanon polls
Sudan
UN Darfur force ‘will be too weak’
Pakistan
More Violence In Pakistani Border Region
Iran
Iran gives Taliban hi-tech weapons to fight British
Iraq
Mosul: The night of the hunters
Afghanistan
An estimated 100 Taliban fighters were killed in Thursday’s airstrike in Helmand province. An ISAF investigation suggested there were few if any civilians killed in the bombing.
United States
Police closed a highway in Goose Creek, South Carolina after pulling over a car during a routine traffic stop and finding explosives in the trunk. Two men of Middle Eastern decent are said to have been arrested. Goose Creek is the home to the Naval Weapons Station and the Naval Consolidated Brig.
Al Qaeda
Surge of Suicide Bombers
Iraq
Iraqi, Coalition forces continue Operation Alljah in Fallujah
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 9 and wounded 35 in an attack in Kurram. Four soildiers and 10 Taliban fighters were killed after the Taliban attacked a checkpoint in North Waziristan with 50 rockets and a ground attack. About 2,000 North Waziristan tribesmen called on the government to withdraw troops from the region and chanted “death […]
Thailand
Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb in front of a train station in Narathiwat province, injuring seven people including a pregnant woman. Twelve schools in Pattani province were closed after insurgents threatened teachers and students.
Iraq
Marine unit commander wants to shed some gear
Afghanistan
[UPDATE2] The NATO airstrikes in the district of Baghran in Helmand province resulted in two Taliban commanders killed, including Mullah Rahim. Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, the new commander of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, was a target. He was said to be attending a rally and beheading of a “US spy.”
Lebanon
UN council troubled over Lebanon arms
Pakistan and the Taliban insurgency
Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Suicide attempt foiled in Punjab; skirmishes in North Waziristan; Mohmand’s Red Mosque The Taliban is maintaining the attacks against the Pakistani government and the security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province and beyond. In Punjab province, a suicide bomber penetrated […]
Lebanon
Lebanese troops continue to battle Fatah al Islam in the Nahr Al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Two Katyusha rockets were fired at a nearby power plant; one struck its target. The plant was shut down yesterday after five Katyushas struck the station.
Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed to have kidnapped an Indian engineer working in Baghlan province. The Taliban and South Korean are seeking a venue to conduct negotiations for the release of the 21 Korean hostages. Afghan authorities are investigating claims that 200 civilians were killed in an airstrike that targeted two Taliban commanders in the Baghran district […]
Afghanistan
List of 8 Taliban prisoners wanted in exchange for South Koreans revealed
Algeria
Algerian security forces killed Rachid Sid Ali, a military adviser to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, along with his aide during an operation in the Kabylie region east of Algiers. Ali was responsible for coordinating the triple suicide attack against the prime minister and security forces headquarters in Algiers in April 2007. Algerian security […]