Palestinian Territories
Hamas sets up new security force
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Hezbollah
An anonymous Hezbolllah officer said the terror group would have been defeated in Lebanon in the summer of 2006 war had the Israelis pressed the attack for 10 more days. “The cease-fire acted as a life jacket for the organization” as Hezbollah had been running low on food and water and facing rapidly diminishing arms […]
Algeria
Benmessaoud Abdelkader, a leader in Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, surrendered to Algerian authorities. Abdelkader said there are tensions within the Algerian wing of the North African terror group after the leadership of the GSPC decided to join al Qaeda “unilaterally.”
Afghanistan
Afghanistan say it won’t free Taliban prisoners
Al Qaeda
Taliban leaves tribal roots for Al Qaeda tactics
Australia
Australia Still Suspects Indian Doctor in U.K. Terror Plots
Sudan
U.N. approves up to 26,000 troops, police for Darfur
Pakistan: A new Red Mosque is established in the tribal agencies
Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Islamists take over a mosque in Mohmand as attacks against government troops continue in North Waziristan Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province remains a cauldron of violence in the wake of the military assault on the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in […]
Afghanistan
Afghan security forces found the body of the second South Korean kidnapping victim near Ghazni city, while the Taliban threaten to resume killings by noon tomorrow. A suicide car bomber wounded six while attacking a NATO convoy outside of Kabul. The Taliban attempted to hijack a U.N. food shipment in Farah province.
Iraq
Iraqi leader faces revolt within party
Iraq
In Iraq’s Shiite south, warlords slug it out for turf
Philippines
Over 200 armed police attempted to execute a warrant in Basilan province against three of the 130 MILF fighters who were involved in the recent beheading of 10 Marines. The village of Guinanta was deserted and the government has postponed the warrant. Abu Sayyaf and other Islamist groups have caused over 1,700 civilian and military […]
Saudi Arabia
A Saudi Strategy
Iraq
Congress’ only Muslim hears from religious leaders in Iraq
Iraq
House Majority Whip Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus Could Split House Democrats on War
Thailand
Thai security forces captured 53 suspected insurgents during raids in Narathiwat and Yala provinces. Abdulromae Pereesee, a suspected key leader of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK). The army claimed the Muslim insurgency is divided and local citizens are helping the military uproot the insurgency. Thirteen civilians were wounded in a bombing at a tea shop […]
Iraq
Baghdad Raid Night
Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed to have executed the second South Korean hostage after the latest deadline past. Twenty-one more hostages are in custody. The government sacked the provincial police chiefs of Daykundi and Wardak provinces.
Al Qaeda
Mauritania’s Vulnerability to al Qaeda Influence
Iraq
US gains against Iraq al Qaeda, but sectarian fight still challenges: analysts
Hezbollah
Iran rebuilds Lebanon to boost Hezbollah
Afghanistan
Taliban Sets New Deadline In Hostage Crisis
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Six Killed, 21 Injured in Kashmir Tourist Bus Explosion
Afghanistan
NATO’s answer to civilian death toll: smaller bombs
Iraq
Iraqi Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds unite to hail cup-winning heroes
Iraq
Colonel HR McMaster: Leaving now not the way out of Iraq
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European Skylines Reflect Rise Of Islam
Chairman of Afghanistan’s Taliban military council killed
Map of region of recent fighting in Helmand province. Click to view. Qari Faiz Mohammad killed in a raid in Helmand province Coalition forces struck another blow to the senior Taliban leadership in Afghanistan. On July 23, Afghan and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops killed Qari Faiz Mohammad, the chairman of the Taliban Military […]
Pakistan
Bush to sign bill linking Pakistan aid to anti-terror fight: US Congress adopts measure
Pakistan
An estimated 600 students of the Lal Masjid were trained as suicide bombers are believed to be hiding in Islamabad. Soldiers and police have been warned not to wear their uniforms in public. A kidnapped policeman in Kohat and three policeman in Dir were murdered. The army shelled Taliban positions near Miramshah after a policeman […]