Philippines
Filipinos shake their heads at coup bid and response
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Pakistan
Beyond the Wall: Sources of Iran™s Terror Campaign in Balochistan
Pakistan
President Musharraf will restore the constitution by December 16. The military is retaking regions of Swat and have captured 40 Taliban, including Fazlullah’s brother; 11 civilians were killed. Five soldiers were killed and four wounded in an IED attack in North Waziristan.
Iraq
Speculation Swirls around Murdered Mahdi Bosses
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden urged NATO forces to leave Afghanistan. ISAF states it targeted and killed a Taliban commander, not construction workers during a strike in Nuristan. Four civilians were killed and eight wounded during bombings in Kandahar province. Two Danish soldiers were killed during combat operations in the Girshk district in Helmand province.
Iraq
Sunni and Shia Clerics Meet in Najaf, Discuss Unity
Iraq
MNF trained over 34,000 Iraqi army, police personnel in Basra
Iraq
Car bombs hidden at office of top Iraqi Sunni leader: army
Al Qaeda
As-Sahab Media: Ambushing a Convoy of Apostates in Khost
Iraq
US not seeking permanent Iraq bases: White House
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden has released his latest tape, titled “Message to the European Peoples.” Bin Laden urged the Europeans to withdraw from Afghanistan and took sole credit for the September 11 attacks. “The events of Manhattan were retaliation against the American-Israeli alliance’s aggression against our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and I am the only […]
Pakistan
Baptism of fire for Pakistan’s army head
Taking the fight to al Qaeda in the North
Operations focus on Kirkuk, Mosul, and the Za’ab Triangle. A large Concerned Local Citizen group forms in the heart of what the US military believes is a major base for al Qaeda in Iraq. The Islamic Army vows to fight on in Mosul.
United States
War on Terror Update: Confidence in War on Terror Near Highest Level
Iraq
US to show evidence Dec. 9 on AP photographer
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Musharraf to be sworn in for new term
Iraq
Dragoons catch suspect linked to May abductions
Iraq
Coalition forces captured 12 al Qaeda operatives identified two senior al Qaeda leaders killed in Kirkuk and Samarra earlier this year. Iraqi Security Forces captured an al Qaeda cell leader in Al Saker and 18 fighters in Kirkuk; another three were captured in Baghdad. Five Mahdi Army fighters were captured in Diwaniyah along with a […]
Pakistan
Pakistan’s state of emergency may end days after Musharraf becomes president. General Kiyani is officially the new chief of staff of the armed forces. Fighting continues in Swat as the Taliban have begun to abandon some towns. Seven soldiers have been freed in North Waziristan. Shop owners in Peshawar have been warned to remove by […]
Lebanon
New Leads In Al-Hariri Murder Probe
Iraq
6,000 Sunnis Join Pact With US in Iraq
Jordan
Jordan commutes death penalty for Al Qaeda militant
Iraq
Buses take Iraqi refugees home from Syria
United States
Somali man gets 10-year sentence for mall terrorist plot
Afghanistan
The governor of Nuristan province said NATO airstrikes killed 12 civilian road workers. The Taliban beheaded a man in the Jaghato district in Maidan Wardak province. Afghan National Security Forces destroyed a weapons cache in the Sherzad District in Nangahar Province.
Afghanistan
Musa Qala: Taliban Ghost Town
Iraq
Iraq denies any massacre of newsman’s family
Iraq
Al Qaeda haven no more, Iraq’s Falluja rebuilds
Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities stated they arrested over 200 members of al Qaeda cells during raids throughout the country over the past several months. The arrest of eight of the operatives “pre-empted an imminent attack on an oil installation.” Others arrested included foreign facilitators and members of support networks and a missile cell.
Hunting al Qaeda in Iraq’s propaganda cells
Al Qaeda’s media cells struggle to produce new propaganda as Multinational Forces Iraq works to dismantle the propaganda outlets.