Iraq
When are we going to admit that Iran is at war with a sovereign Iraq – as well as with America?
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Iraq
Generals Differ on the Timing of Troop Cuts
Iraq
Gen. Pace denies will urge troop cut in Iraq
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History Proves Vietnam Victors Wrong
Iraq
Iranian operatives step up flow of weapons and training to Iraq: general
Iraq
Anbar province: New Glass
China
17 Pounds of Weapons-Grade Uranium Disappear in China
Pakistan
Pakistan: 310 killed in militant fight
Afghanistan
One Taliban was killed and 11 captured after attacking Coalition and Afghan forces in Nangarhar province. Seven memebrs of an IED cell, including the cell leader, were captured in Kandahar. Eighteen Taliban were captured after ambushing Afghan and Coalition forces in Kapisa province. Three British troops were killed and two wounded in a friendly fire […]
Pakistan
Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been cleared to return to Pakistan by the Supreme Court. Sharif, who accepted money from Osama bin Laden, vowed to challenge Musharraf for the Presidency. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs threatened to invoke emergency rule due to the court’s decision. One Taliban fighter was killed and four paramilitary […]
Philippines
Police arrested a suspected Abu Sayyaf operative attempting to bring weapons to Manila. Marines uncovered an Abu Sayyaf plot to kidnap businessmen and media personalities and use them as human shields to thwart the government offensive in Sulu. MILF is requesting a temporary safe zone to avoid fighting in the south.
Iraq
Al Qaeda fighters Kill 3 in attack in Samarra
Lebanon
Lebanon arrests 2 Palestinian suspects in bombing targeting UN mission
Iraq
Saddam’s party ‘ready to help US withdrawal’
Iran
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Says US Missile Defense Plan Threatens Asia
The eastern Afghanistan offensive
Dr. Amin al Haq, a senior al Qaeda leader may have been wounded in the ongoing battle at Tora Bora. Al Haq is the leader of Osama bin Laden’s personal bodyguard, the Black Guard.
Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard: Monolith or Jigsaw?
Al Qaeda
US OK’d Troop Terror Hunts in Pakistan
The National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq and strategic redeployment
The latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq states the strategic redeployment of US forces from a counterinsurgency mission to a counterterrorism mission would erode gains in Iraq over the past eight months. The report largely mirrors the July report on Iraq to Congress.
Operation Lightning Hammer in Diyala ends
The fighting continues in Diyala province as Operation Lightning Hammer ends. The Diyala River valley north of Baqubah is cleared and Iraqi and Coalition forces work to hold the territory.
Pakistan
Pakistan High Court Allows Return of Exiled Leader Nawaz Sharif
Afghanistan
The Taliban kidnapped the mayor of Gershk in Helmand province and a district chief in Logar province. Two Canadian soldiers were killed and two journalists wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar. Fighting has broken out in Kapisa province north of Kabul. The German hostage held by the Taliban appeared in a videotape.
Al Qaeda
Jihad Rehab: Saudi Youth Enter Rehab to Overcome Their Terrorist Ways
Conducting the surge, one raid at a time
Joe Talley of Tango Alpha Productions is currently embedded with US forces south of Baghdad. You can read part 1, The surge: Gunners on patrol,.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda attacks Coalition Outpost in Northern Baghdad
Pakistan
Dozens of Islamists and al Qaeda operatives were released from jail. Four paramilitary troops and three Taliban were killed in clashes in Bannu. Nine were killed, including four Taliban, during a jirga in Hangu. Police arrested three suspects in the July suicide attacks in Islamabad and Sargodha. NGOs in Swat have been shut down after […]
Philippines
President Arroyo visited troops in Mindanao as 24,000 residents fled the fighting. The Marine commander in Basilan has been relieved of command. Abu Sayyaf is suspected of conducting Tuesday’s bombing in Zamboanga City.
Al Qaeda
The cyberwar against America
Iraq
Iraqi Security Forces, US Special Forces capture high-level terrorist in Mosul
Iraq
US general blames Britain for Basra crisis