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.
US Says It Is Countering Iranian Influence in Iraq
An update on operations in Baghdad and the Belts regions around the capital.
Afghan intelligence officials claimed Iran is smuggling weapons into western Afghanistan as Iranian President Ahmadinejad visits the country. The first Polish soldier was killed in combat in Gardez.
The Baqubah egion. Click map to view. Clearing operation launched against al Qaeda in Iraq in the Diyala River Valley On the same day Multinational Forces Iraq announced Phantom Strike, a major operation against the networks of al Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shia terror groups, Coalition forces announced the onset of a major clearing […]
Iraq. Click map to view. Operation designed to uproot al Qaeda and Iranian-backed terror groups With one month left before General David Petraeus’ report to Congress on the status of progress in Iraq, Iraqi and Coalition forces have launched the next phase of security operations designed to pursue al Qaeda in Iraq, the Iranian-backed Special […]
Captured Video Shows Iraqi Insurgents Firing Sophisticated Iranian-Made Rockets at US Positions
2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians – official
Iran tells PM Maliki it is helping secure Iraq
US Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Kills More Troops
Iran-armed militia behind 3/4 of Iraq attacks that killed or wounded Americans in Baghdad in July
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 […]
Security chief says Iranians active in Iraq
Statement by Abu Yahya al Libi contradicts Newsweek report on divisions in al Qaeda over Pakistan policy Al Qaeda has weighed in on the Pakistani government’s military assault on the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad last month. As Sahab productions, the media outlet for al Qaeda’s central leadership, released a 21-minute tape by […]
Iran rebuilds Lebanon to boost Hezbollah
The Taliban fired their first heat-seeking anti-aircraft missile on a U.S. C-130 flying in southwestern Nimroz province. The SA-7 was believed to have been smuggled from Iran. A former Taliban member and tribal leaders are negotiating with the Taliban for the release of the 22 Korean hostages.
The U.S. is reported to be dismayed by Saudi Arabia’s “counterproductive role” in Iraq. The U.S. is also reported to be prepared to ink a $20 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia to counter Iran.
US, Iranian envoys meet in Baghdad
US Army claims Iran is smuggling Chinese weapons into Iraq
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. Representatives sent to negotiate with the Taliban in North Waziristan as suicide attacks are ongoing As the attacks against the Pakistani military are ongoing in North Waziristan, the government continues to press for […]
Government officials and tribal leaders are heading to North Waziristan to negotiate with the Taliban. “We are going to Miranshah to discuss the peace accord with Taliban leaders,” said Malik Waris Khan, a member of the jirga. The members will meet with Taliban commander Maulana Gul Bahadar, who signed the Waziristan Accord in September 2006.
Iran Is Found To Be a Lair of Al Qaeda
Iraq border ambush kills eight
An al Qaeda operations map. Click to view. The attempts to minimize the role played by al Qaeda in Iraq in the larger Sunni insurgency took a significant step over the past week. Clark Hoyt, the public editor of the New York Times, claimed that the media had become complicit in the government’s attempts to […]
Iranian forces, Kurdish guerrillas clash
Iraq al-Qaida group threatens Iran
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of al Qaeda’s Islamic State in Iraq, threatened to attack Iran if it did not stop supporting the Shia lead government. “We are giving the Persians, and especially the rulers of Iran, a two month period to end all kinds of support for the Iraqi Shiite government and to stop […]
Talabani urges Iran to help rein in Iraqi militias
al Qaeda linked to operations from Iran
Iran: Reports Of Death Sentence Spark Concern Over Ayatollah’s Fate