Iraq
Quick US Exit From Iraq: Seven Scenarios
Yearly Archives: 2007
Iraqi National Police Training
On July 10, The Fourth Rail conducted a telephone interview with Robert Bodisch, the Director of Training, and Adam Muery, the National Police Training Coordinator. Both are part of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq’s Civilian Police Assistance Training Team. The primary topics were recruiting, attrition, manning, equipping, and training of the Iraqi National Police, to […]
Pakistan
Moderate Pakistanis applaud extremist crackdown
Spain
‘Eta plot to bomb Plymouth ferry foiled’
Pakistan
Musharraf vows war on militants
Turkey
Turkey denies it™s planning strikes in Iraq
Iran
Iran: Radio Farda — Union Leader’s Abduction Highlights Crackdown On Labor Protests
Iraq
Report on Iraq Progress Shows Mixed Results
Al Qaeda
US Military Calls al Qaeda in Iraq ‘Principal Threat’
Pakistan
Red Mosque cleric forecasts ‘Islamic revolution’
Pakistan
Pakistan Cleric Buried, Officials Attacked
Iraq
The Limits of an Iraq Tribal Strategy
Israel
Israeli soldier killed during Gaza incursion
Iraq
Iraq: Mission Pictures
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda entrenched in Pakistan, US officials say
Algeria
A suicide bomber in a truck packed with explosives killed 10 soldiers and wounded 35. The bomber attacked a military camp about 50 miles southeast of Algiers on the opening day of the Africa Games. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb claimed responsibility for the strike.
Lebanon
Seven members of Fatah al Islam surrendered as army troops prepare for the final assault on the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. A sniper killed a soldier, while over 150 Palestinian civilians fled the camp.
Al Qaeda
al-Qaida Has Rebuilt, US Intel Warns
Thailand
The prime minister spent the night in Yala’s Ban-nang Sata district, a “red zone” where Muslim insurgents are active. Twelve suspected insurgents were detained during a raid by 200 security forces in a village in Narathiwat province.
Philippines
Fourteen Philippine Marines were killed after being ambushed by 300 Abu Sayyaf fighters on Basilan island. Ten Marines were found beheaded; nine more were wounded. The Marines were searching for a kidnapped Catholic priest in MILF-controlled territory.
Iraq
Message Carriers
Al Qaeda
As Sahab released the second audio tape by Ayman al Zawahiri in the past week. Called “The Aggression Against Lal Masjid [Red Mosque],” Zawahiri asks Pakistanis to fight in Afghanistan. “Your salvation is only through Jihad, so you must now back the Mujahideen in Afghanistan with your persons, wealth, opinion and expertise, because the Jihad […]
Israel
IDF deputy chief: Summer war with Syria not likely
Iraq
Moving Forward in Iraq
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Iraq put village under siege
Al Qaeda
Iraqi police seize 200 bomb belts in truck from Syria
Pakistan
The Lal Majsid has been cleared and operations are over. All illegal buildings built at the compound will be destroyed. The Taliban-supporting Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal political party will hold a three-day mourning period. Fighting in Peshawar, Battagram, and Kohat resulted in one soldier killed and 19 wounded.
Pakistan
Abdul Rashid Ghazi – the mullah who dreamed of ‘martyrdom’
United Kingdom
Blunders that let 21/7 bombers go free
Pakistan
US issues citizen warning for Pakistan