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Iraq
“The USMC/Iraqi team was sluggin’ it out side by side.” (Chlorine Gas Attack Update)
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Thailand
Cambodia Bans Workers From Thai South
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Afghanistan
[UPDATE2] The first Afghan Army only operation resulted in 122 Taliban killed and 27 wounded during 6 days of fighting in Helmand province. The Taliban want to exchange captured hospital personnel for captured fighters.
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Iran
Tehran Outraged By Latest UN Resolution
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Iran
USS Nimitz aircraft carrier deploying to Persian Gulf
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Navy creating two squadrons of sailors for civil affairs
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Iran
Iran’s Suicide Brigades
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Iran
The Arab Press Assesses the Likelihood of a US Strike Against Iran
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Hezbollah
Inside Hizballah’s Hidden Bunkers
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Pakistan
Pakistan: US ally, US dilemma
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda, Penny-Pinchers?
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Pakistan
The Taliban and paramilitary forces battled in Tank after the Taliban conducted an assault on the town. One soldier was killed and eight wounded after a suicide bomber his a military base in Punjab. A secular woman was kidnapped by students of the infamous Taliban supporting Lal Masjid mosque, forced to “apologize for past wrongdoing,” and released.
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Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah referred to the U.S. mission in Iraq as an “illegitimate foreign occupation” during an address to the Arab summit. Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, a Saudi al Qaeda member denied he helped finance the 9-11 plot.
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Somalia
Fifteen Ethiopian soldiers and an unknown number of Islamists have been killed during renewed fighting in Mogadishu. Another Ethiopian soldier has been dragged through the streets. Two Ethiopian ‘tanks’ are reported to have been disabled.
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Iran
The UK denied Iranian claims that British forces have surrounded the Iranian offices in the city of Basra. Iran has withdrawn the offer to release the female British officer. The UK will not negotiate for the release of their servicemen, and has taken their case to the UN. The EU is considering suspending diplomatic ties with Iran.
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Taliban, Pakistani security forces battle in Tank
Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban mass; 25 Taliban, 1 security officer killed after school principal kidnapped NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. The Taliban continue to challenge the Pakistani government’s writ in the Northwest Frontier Province. Taliban forces, estimated at “more than 200 Taliban soldiers” by Tank District Police Officer Mumtaz Zarin, massed and attacked the city of Tank on Tuesday night. “They attacked the city to avenge the killing of their colleague who died on Monday,” officer Zarin said. Twenty-five Taliban and one paramilitary officer were killed in the…
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Afghanistan
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 4 and wounded 12 in an attack in the main market in Kabul. The target was Kamulladeen Khan Echekzai, a powerful Afghan elder from Kandahar with knowledge of Taliban activities in Pakistan. Afghan detainees at Bagram and GITMO will be transferred to the Pul-i-Charkhi jail in Kabul.
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Afghanistan
Afghan villagers stand guard to protect school
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Al Qaeda
GIMF Releases New Doctrinal Lessons for Mujahideen
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Pakistan
(Pakistan) How two teens were recruited for terror
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Thailand
Police detained 11 Muslim insurgents and found weapons caches during raids in the Damabuwo village in Narathiwat province. Over 1,700 Rangers trained in counterinsurgency are being sent in to the three southernmost provinces of Songkhla, Yala and Narathiwat. The ruling junta may propose “emergency rule” in Bangkok to help fight the southern insurgency.
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Pakistan
Musharraf™s Faltering Grip
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Pakistan
The Taliban killed a policeman and kidnapped the principal of the school in Tank were police fought with the Taliban days ago to prevent a recruiting campaign. Waziristan Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud is being brought in to bring a “peace message” to the people of Tank. A bomb was detonated outside an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Peshawar.
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Al Qaeda suicide attacks: cause and effect in Tal Afar
Suicide bombings may have caused a police backlash, however the reporting is still in question Yesterday’s dual suicide strikes in Shia markets in Tal Afar appears to have been a major success for al Qaeda. The largely Shia city, which has been a model of governance and security in Iraq, had at least 63 of its citizens murdered. Al Qaeda, which has claimed responsibility for the attack, has struck at Shia civilians in the past in order to stir up sectarian violence. Yesterday’s attack may have worked. While the news reports on this incident are still being sorted out, the…
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Iran
Britain has released evidence its sailors and marines were 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi waters when the IRGC naval force intercepted and captured them. Iran claimed they were 0.5 nautical miles inside Iranian waters. The price of oil has risen to $65 a barrel over the crisis and rumors of a US strike on Iran in April.
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Fallujah government center struck by chlorine suicide attack
Iraq. Click map to view. Iraq Police, Army stop bomber short of target; dozens wounded, poisoned Al Qaeda in Iraq is conducting a full fledged chemical war in Anbar province. Today, Al Qaeda conducted yet another chlorine gas suicide bombing, this time directed at the Fallujah government center, in the very heart of the city of Fallujah. The attack was coordinated; Multinational Forces West described it as “complex.” The two suicide truck bombs, suicide attcks on foot and small arms fire was preceded by mortar fire, which likely was designed to distract the guards at the gates.
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Iran
Blair warns Iran standoff could escalate
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Al Qaeda
Iraqi bomb attacks kill 77
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The Sunni Civil War
A map of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq. Al Qaeda ‘s campaign against the Sunni tribal and insurgent leaders who oppose al Qaeda, or are considering it Al Qaeda in Iraq is pressing hard with its assassination, terror and intimidation campaign against Sunni tribal leaders and insurgent groups who refuse to join the Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda’s political front designed to give the Sunni insurgency an Iraqi face. Today, al Qaeda conducted a suicide attack against the home of Sheikh Thahir al-Dhari, the leader of the al-Zuba’a tribe. Thahir was not killed in the attack, however his…
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Another chlorine truck bomb found near Ramadi
The ninth attempted chlorine attack, 7 have been successful; Karma Iraq. Click map to view. Al Qaeda in Iraq continues its dirty chemical war in Anbar province. Another truck packed with explosives and chlorine cannisters was found and disarmed in Ramadi. U.S. troops from Multinational Forces West responded to the suicide bombing attack north of Ramadi, which killed one Iraqi and wounded seven. Coalition troops cordoned the area, when “local citizens provided information about a second truck bomb that may be in the area,” according to the Multinational Forces West press release. “Acting on the tip, a search was conducted…
