Pakistan
Pakistani militants are released from jail
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Iraq
Platoons tackle Iraq brush in hunt for al Qaeda leader south of Baghdad
Iraq
Iraq: Bike bomber kills 38 in Baqubah marketplace
Iraq
Iraq: Suicide Truck Bomb Kills At Least 24 in Bayji
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on Mustafa Kartali, a leader of the Islamic Salvation Army who reconciled with the government. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said Kartali “abandoned jihad activity thus betraying his companions.”
Pakistan
Pakistan: End game for Musharraf?
Turkey
Turkish PM attacked for telling Gul critics to leave
Afghanistan
The Taliban attacked a US forward operating base in Nuristan province while dressed as Afghan soldiers. Two Afghan soldiers were killed and 11 US soldiers were wounded. The governor of Khost province survived an assassination attempt. The Czechs plan to send a 200-strong provincial reconstruction team to Logar province.
Iraq
“Iranian Weapon” Killed Diwaniya Governor
Iraq
Some of Muthanna governor’s murderers arrested- police
Iraq Report: Al Douri flips on al Qaeda
14 US soldiers killed in Iraq helicopter crash
The surge: Gunners on patrol
Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Baghdad, Iraq — The signs of war are never far from the men and women of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, currently stationed at Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad. Yesterday at lunch, a sergeant entered the building yelling, “ATTENTION IN THE CHOW HALL! ATTENTION IN THE CHOW HALL!” […]
Iraq
Iran Denies Guards’ Involvement in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq: Locals protest against al-Qaeda in restive Diyala province
Iraq
Iraqi authorities issue list of wanted people
Afghanistan
Kandahar PRT base now target of insurgent attacks
Pakistan
Pro-Taliban cleric terms Jirga a practice in futility
Pakistan
Pakistan says terror cell uncovered, two arrested
Lebanon
The army agreed to allow family members of Fatah al Islam fighters to leave the Nahred al Bared Palestinian camp to escape the fighting. Lebanon has charged 227 members of Fatah al Islam with murder and terrorism; 108 terrorists are in custody.
Pakistan
Al Qaeda operative Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan was release because Pakistan never charged him with a crime. A key Taliban aide to Jalaluddin Haqqani was arrested in Peshawar. Bajaur tribal leaders gave the Taliban four days to decide on a peace agreement with the government. The release of 15 soldiers captured in North Waziristan has […]
Iraq
Mahdi Army kill baby, 6 others in home
Saudi Arabia
Saudi-Syria tensions seethe over Lebanon
Israel
IDF nabs senior Islamic Jihad member involved in terror attacks
Al Qaeda
Head of CIA ‘failed to stop™ al-Qaeda™s 9/11 attacks on America
Al Qaeda
Taliban commander Mansour Dadullah said Osama bin Laden is alive and well. “I received a message from him in which he advised me ‘I must follow Mullah Dadullah and continue the same activities so that the mujahideen (Islamic fighters) may not weaken,” Mansour said, in a video dated June 15, 2007.
Somalia
Nine civilians and one policeman were wounded in multiple grenade attacks in Mogadishu. A district leader’s home was attacked, while two civilians were killed in an IED attack. The mayor of Mogadishu accused the Hawiye clan and HornAfrik Radio of inciting the insurgency.
Philippines
The military will expand the fight against Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, and Scouts, Special Forces, and SEALs will be thrown into the fight. MILF agreed to pull out its forces from a town in Basilan to avoid a fight with the military. A bomb blast in Zamboanga City wounded 14.
Afghanistan
Taliban Talks – Secret Negotiations with the Islamists Proved Fruitless
Afghanistan
Fifteen Taliban were killed in fighting in Ghazni and Helmand provinces. Police arrested a suspect in the bombing attack that killed three Germans outside Kabul.
Iraq
Al-Sadr denies militia killed governors