Al Qaeda
Tribal sheiks unperturbed by kidnapping, vow to continue al Qaeda fight
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Iraq
Coalition Forces free hostage from al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraq
Iraqi police killed the leader of al Qaeda in western Iraq. Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and captured 17. Security officials denied reports that 20 headless bodies were found in Diyala. Twelve al Qaeda operatives were killed and 22 captured during separate operations in Diyala province. Twenty-seven insurgents were captured in Huweijah.
Iraq
Iraq bill would lift contractor immunity
Iraq
Iran says no role in killing US soldiers in Iraq
Turkey
Iraq Kurds reject Ankara ‘orders;’ Turkey pounds rebels
Lebanon
Hariri says he has evidence of Syrian assassination plots
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed seven in an attack outside the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. A “temporary cease-fire” has been declared in Swat. The NWFP Governor said “foreigners” and not the Taliban were behind attacks in Swat. The military denied it took casualties in two attacks on convoys in North Waziristan.
Azerbaijan
US and British embassies in Baku have been shut down after security forces thwarted an attack. The National Security Ministry “described the plotters as adherents of the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Sunni Islam, which counts Osama bin Laden and many al-Qaeda members among its adherents.”
Somalia
Somali president in crisis talks to find new PM
Yemen
US says bomber of US destroyer Cole still jailed
Al Qaeda
Spain fears al-Qaeda’s dream of new Al-Andalus
Iraq
The Hakim-Sadr Pact: A New Era in Shiite Politics?
Al Qaeda
Algeria: terror support cell dismantled
Al Qaeda
Recasting Jihad in the Maghreb
Al Qaeda
Current Trends in Jihadi Networks in Europe
Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s Radical Red Mosque Returns
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Who Tried to Kill Benazir Bhutto?
Suicide bomber kills seven outside military headquarters in Rawalpindi
Al Qaeda and the Taliban continue to target military and government leaders in the heart of Pakistan.
Iraq
US death toll in Iraq lower in October
Iraqi police kill al Qaeda commander of western Iraq
Afghan borne Abu Tiba al Karbuli killed along with two aides north of Ramadi as Coalition and Iraqi forces maintain pressure on al Qaeda in Iraq.
Afghanistan
Foreign Fighters of Violent Bent Bolster Taliban
Palestinian Territories
The head of the Israeli Gaza division said Hamas is “establishing bunker system along Gaza fence.” One Israeli soldier was killed and four were wounded in fighting during Gaza. Hamas said it would take over the West Bank. Fatah TV promised the elimination of Israel.
Thailand
Thailand: 14 suspected insurgents rounded up in Narathiwat
Afghanistan
A key pro-Taliban tribal leader in Musa Qala in Helmand province may side with the government. Over fifty Taliban were killed or wounded during fighting in Uruzgan province. Several Taliban were killed and five captured during a raid in Kunar province. A policeman and two civilians were killed in a suicide bombing in Lashkar Gah […]
Al Qaeda
US Yemen aid linked to al Qaeda suspect
Iraq
US general wounded in Iraq blast
Al Qaeda
Japanese minister reveals al-Qaeda link
Somalia
A US warship destroyed two boats of pirates attacking a Japanese ship inside Somali waters. Somalia’s prime minister resigned after months of fighting with the president. Four civilians were gunned down in Mogadishu.
Turkey
Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in southeast