Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq: Torture, Bans, and Fines
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Israel
Peretz Ousted as Leader Of Israel’s Labor Party
Iran
Tehran charges Iranian-Americans with spying
Al Qaeda
Firefights erupt at Lebanon camp
Al Qaeda
Special Operations: High Profile, but in Shadow
Iraq
A Brazen Kidnapping in Baghdad
Pakistan
The Father of the Taliban: An Interview with Maulana Sami ul-Haq
Iraq
Karma Awakens
Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces killed 24 Taliban after being ambushed in Helmand province. Police in the northern province of Jowzjan killed 13 protesters that support General Abdul Rashid Dostum and wounded 35. Police in Khost captured Mujahid, al Qaeda commander, and Syed Gulab, a Taliban commander in Nangahar.
Palestinian Territories
The IDF received permission to widen ground operations against Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza strip. The IDF killed 2 Hamas operatives in a gun battle in central Gaza. The IDF also captured Khaled Shawish, the leader of the Tanzim terror group in Ramallah and a senior commander of Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
A look at the surge from Baghdad
By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, who is currently embedded with the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery in western Baghdad. Support for Daveed’s reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. As I write this, I’m nearing the end of my time embedded with the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery (known as 2-32), which is working with the 2nd […]
Al Qaeda
Pakistan losing territory to radicals
Al Qaeda
Spain arrests 16 on terror recruitment charges
Iraq
US, Iran Hold Meeting On Iraq Security
Al Qaeda
Iraq begins to export Islamist fighters: report
Thailand
A bomb planted on a motorcycle
Pakistan
A suicide bomber rammed a car into a military convoy in Tank and killed 2 soldiers and wounded 8. The Taliban shot and killed a senior paramilitary commander in a sophisticated ambush in Tank just hours after 4 Taliban were killed in a firefight. Two explosions in Quetta killed one and wounded 2.
Iraq
US troops free 41 from ‘Qaeda torture camp’
Grandkids and War Zones
By Gene E. Blanton, who is currently embedded with the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Habbaniyah. Support for Gene’s reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. CAMP HABBANIYAH, AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ: In September 2005, when I told my wife, Shelia that I was going to be embedded with the 2nd Marine Division in […]
Afghanistan
Ten Taliban and 2 police were killed after the Taliban conducted an ambush in Kandahar, while the U.S> captured 2 al Qaeda in Khost, including a cell leader. A Taliban spokesman claimed the Taliban has launched a new operation. “We will target our enemies and use our tactics – suicide bombs, remote-controlled (roadside bombs) and […]
Al Qaeda
A Middle Eastern intelligence agency intercepted a letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri to Abu Ayyub al-Masri which encouraged al Qaeda in Iraq to fight beyond Iraq’s borders. “Zawahiri claims that it is defeating US forces and urges followers to expand their campaign of terror… He conjures a vision of an Islamic state comprising Lebanon, Palestine and […]
Iraq
Sadr meets lieutenants to discuss new direction
Iraq
al Qaeda chief urges Iraqis to export jihad
Afghanistan
Shot nine times by Taliban, but soldier still led squad to safety
Al Qaeda
Lebanon gunmen dig in for ‘two-year battle’
Iraq
Iraq: Week One from a USMC Field Historian
Israel
Israeli killed in Palestinian rocket attack
Afghanistan
Taliban launches new Afghan operation, according to spokesman
Iran
Iran says it’s uncovered spy rings from US, allies
Iraq
Prime Minister and US Ambassador in Anbar