Turkey
Report: Turkey detains 5 people with suspected links to al-Qaida
Yearly Archives: 2007
Lebanon
Six UNIFIL peacekeepers were killed in an IED attack near the Israeli border. The Army killed six Ansar al-Islam fighters in Tripoli.
Somalia
Secret SAS mission to Somalia uncovers British terror cells
Thailand
Muslim insurgents killed three and wounded 10 in a bombing of a tea shop in Yala. Five schools in Songkha were burned. Forty suspected insurgents were arrested.
Somalia
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of the Islamic Courts, stated it makes no difference if Ethiopian troops or Ugandan troops are killed. Al Qaeda fought against government troops on Friday in Kismayo. Seven bombs exploded in Mogadishu as the city remained under curfew. Up to four terror cells in the United Kingdom were disrupted […]
Pakistan
Upwards of 20 Taliban were killed in a rocket attack from Afghanistan into Mangroti village in North Waziristan. Four paramilitary soldiers were killed in an IED attack in North Waziristan. Bombs were found in oil tankers destined for Afghanistan.
Palestinian Territories
Hamas will hunt “Israeli spies” in Gaza and conduct a bombing campaign in the West Bank, a senior leader said. Hamas said it wants to share power with Fatah. The IDF arrested the founder of Hamas’ Qassam rocket brigade in the West Bank.
Afghanistan
Over 80 Talliban were killed and another 20 captured by NATO and Afghan forces operating in Ghazni, Helmand, and Paktika provinces. Eighteen deminers are reported to have been kidnapped in Ghazni.
Iran
Iran warns against nuclear sanctions
Iraq
US makes improbable Sunni ally in Iraq
Pakistan
The National Security Council urged Musharraf to take action to stop the spread of the “Talibanization” of northwestern Pakistan. A Taliban commander in North Waziristan threatened the US and Pakistan. A “US Spy” was beheaded in Bajaur. Three Germans were arrested for “Islamist links.”
One Week of Operation Phantom Thunder
US forces in Baghdad and the Belts. MNF-I map, click to view. An update on the Battle of Iraq Operation Phantom Thunder, the corps coordinated operation across three theaters in the Baghdad Belts, has completed it seventh day. Ground forces commander Lieutenant General Raymond Odierno gave a briefing on the operation. To date, Coalition and […]
Iraq
Iraqi PM supports arming Sunni tribes
Iraq
Chilling stories from the Mahdi Army
Iraq
Gen Odierno Describes Operation Phantom Thunder
United Kingdom
An al Qaeda “recruiting sergeant” has gone missing from the “control orders” program which allows accused terrorists to remain out of jail. The unnamed operative is the seventh suspect to flee the program since its inception.
Al Qaeda
Odierno: 80% of al-Qaida leaders fled Baqubah
Pakistan
Waziristan blast caused by ‘new US weapon’
Somalia
Five were killed during a battle between police and insurgents in Mogadishu’s Baraka market. A curfew has been imposed in the capital. Uganda troops destroyed a large weapons cache abandoned by the Islamic Courts.
Pakistan
The Pakistan Ulema Council has bestowed the title of Saifullah, or sword of Islam, on Osama Bin Laden in response to a British knighthood for Salman Rushdie. A bomb blast at a religious gathering in Bannu killed 1 and wounded 12.
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Will advisors rescue the special operators?
Al Qaeda
Turning on al Qaeda in Baquba
Iraq
The Complete Story Of Muqtada and Al-Mahdi Army
Thailand
The Thai government report progress in negotiations with Muslim insurgents, while admitting the situation in the south is deteriorating. The military is completing a sweep of two districts in Yala.
Al Qaeda
America can™t just walk away from the fight with al Qaeda, US general insists
Indonesia
Indonesian police arrested Noordin Mohammed Top, the Malaysian born bombmaker for Jemaah Islamiyah. Top was involved in the bombings of a Bali nightclub, a Jakarta hotel, and the Australian Embassy in Indonesia between 2002 and 2004, and is Indonesia’s most wanted fugitive.
Operation Phantom Thunder: The Battle of Iraq
Baghdad and the Belts. Red bordered units identified as active in offensive operations. Click map to view. A status update on the operations in the Baghdad Belts and beyond Operation Phantom Thunder, the name of the overarching operation to secure the Baghdad Belts, is now in its fifth day. As noted yesterday, Phantom Thunder is […]
Iraq
British hostages held by ‘Iran-backed™ killers
Iraq
Iraqi politicians agree deal on sharing oil, says Kurd minister
Iraq
The Reality of Counterinsurgency OPS