Al Qaeda
Fifth Muslim arrested in Serbia for alleged terrorist activity
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Egypt
Three tonnes of explosives found in Egypt
Pakistan
Mullah Nazir, the “chief of Taliban Shura for Ahmadzai Wazir dominated areas,” has asked the Uzbeks to leave his areas. The Daily Times reports the truce has continued to hold as the MMA and JUI-F conducted negotiations with senior Afghan Taliban leaders. The MMA is responsible for the rise of extremism in the NWFP, said […]
Al Qaeda
Islamic State of Iraq Claims Attack on Aircraft Carrying Australian Prime Minister, John Howard
Iran
[UPDATE2] The UNSC unanimously passed resolution 1747 which “bans arms exports from Iran and freezes financial assets abroad of 28 Iranian individuals and entities, including its Bank Sepah, and the commanders and companies associated with the Revolutionary Guards.” A website run by associates of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed the 15 British servicemen will be tried for […]
Al Qaeda’s Chlorine War continues in Ramadi
Ramadi police seize a truck rigged with explosives and chlorine cannisters The truck cargo area reveals containers filled with chlorine and explosives. Picture courtesy of MNF-West PAO. Click to view. Al Qaeda in Iraq is pressing forward with its dirty war in Anbar province. On March 23, police in Ramadi’s Jazeera district seize a truck […]
Iran
Russia: Why Is The Kremlin Retreating From Bushehr?
Indonesia
Accused Jemaah Islamiya Terrorist’s Questions Go Unanswered at Gitmo
Pakistan
The Truth About Talibanistan
Sudan
U.N. humanitarian chief barred from Darfur camp
Iran
Iranian President Cancels U.N. Trip, Blaming US
Sudan
A Darfur Village Bears Up Under Janjaweed Yoke
Iran
Iran has moved the captured British sailors and marines to Tehran, and claimed they confessed to entering Iranian waters. A fisherman said the Brits were in Iraqi waters. The UN Security Council is set to vote on sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program. “The measures… targets the country’s arms exports, the state-owned Bank Sepah and the […]
Iraq
From the Advisors — Bombs in Baghdad
Thailand
Muslim insurgents shot and killed 2 police officers in a market in the southern province of Narathiwat. The Privy Council President implored Muslims to follow the teachings of the Koran to hasten the end of the insurgency.
Afghanistan
Nine Taliban and 2 police were killed in fighting in Uruzgan and Zabul provinces. A district police chief from Zabul was captured then beheaded by the Taliban. The UN is extending its Afghan mission for one year.
Pakistan
Fighting between Taliban and Uzbek al Qaeda is said to be back on after a ceasefire agreement. The Pakistani government offered amnesty for ‘foreigners. fighting in South Waziristan.
Al Qaeda’s Pakistan Sanctuary
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. Musharraf appeases the Taliban I’ve published an article at The Weekly Standard magazine on the continuing decline of northwestern Pakistan and the Taliban and al Qaeda’s dominance in the region. The Bajaur accord, the Talibanization of the […]
Thailand
(Thailand) Deconstructing the phenomenon of the southern mob
Al Qaeda
GIMF Releases New Doctrinal Lessons for Mujahideen
Al Qaeda
Islamic State of Iraq Issues Statement Regarding Chlorine Attacks, Operations in Amiriyat al-Fallujah
Saudi Arabia
Analysis: US doubts Saudi terror arrests
Al Qaeda
Muktar Said Ibrahim, one of the London 7/21 bomb plotters, spent 2 months in Pakistan to learn how to make explosives. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on Iraq’s deputy prime minister.
Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces killed 69 Taliban, and lost 9 police during fighting in Girshk in Helmand province. NATO forces are still working to secure the region around the Kajaki Dam as reconstruction is halted. The Taliban plans further kidnappings of reporters after successfully securing the release of 5 senior Taliban leaders.
Indonesia
Indonesia’s terror network dangerous, well-organized despite arrests
Somalia
Islamists shot down a Belarus cargo plane during takeoff from Mogadishu airport. Eleven AU soldiers a said to have been killed and a surface to air missile is said to have been used in the attack. Fighting continues between Ethiopian forces and insurgents. The government ordered Shabelle Media Network, Horn Afrik and Al-Jazeera to shut […]
Al Qaeda
Could Diyala be al Qaeda’s Waterloo?
Iran
Iran has captured 15 British sailors and Marines from the frigate HMS Cornwall, which is patrolling the Shatt Al Arab waterway. The British servicemen were returning from a mission of boarding a freighter, and were “surrounded and escorted by Iranian vessels into Iranian territorial waters.”
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Plotting Attacks on Oil
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian child killed in Fatah-Hamas clash