Yearly Archives: 2007

Iraq

Iraq’s Defense Minister said terrorism was down by 50 percent in Diyala and 30 percent in Ninewa. An aide to Izzat Ibrahim al Douri was captured near Kirkuk. Iraqi Security Forces captured eight wanted insurgents in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured six al Qaeda operatives involved in propaganda and finance operations and a technical advisor for […]


Afghanistan

US Secretary of Defense Gates said there would be no troop surge for Afghanistan. Additional mine resistant armored vehicles, known as MRAPs, are bound for Afghanistan.


Pakistan

Security forces arrested four suspects in the Charsadda mosque suicide bombing; the four suspects are said to be Afghanis. President Musharraf vowed to fight terrorism and extremism and said true Muslims would not attack a mosque during Eid prayers.






Iran

Official: Iran Has No Information on Missing Ex-FBI Agent


Iraq

Baghdad residents venture out on holiday



Iran

Iran: Internet Cafes Shut Down In Drive Against Un-Islamic Behavior


Somalia

Piracy Revenues Financing Warlords in Somali Insurgency


Al Qaeda

Al-Qaeda Adapts its Methods in Iraq as Part of a Global Strategy


Al Qaeda

Leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: ‘Allah Willing, America Will Soon Be Annihilated




Iraq

In Iraq, Shiite leaders begin to push back against US-supported Sunni groups


Iraq

Iraqi Shiite Wants to Limit Sunni Patrols


Iraq

Disaffected Iraqis Spurn Dominant Shiite Clerics



Israel

No truce until Hamas stops rockets: Israel’s Peres





Europe

Belgian police arrested 14 Muslims suspected of planning the jailbreak of Nizar Trabels, an al Qaeda prisoner convicted of plotting a terrorist attack on US air base personnel. Police discovered weapons and explosives apparently intended for use in the jailbreak.


Al Qaeda

Australia Puts Controls on Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Hicks


Iraq

Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 19 others during raids in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces captured two suspected Special Groups leaders and detained three others in the Al Mashru area, and captured another leader in the Baghdad area. A suicide car bomber killed five and wounded eight in Baghdad. Two […]



Pakistan

Over 50 Pakistanis were killed and over 200 wounded in a suicide attack at a mosque in Charsadda. Former Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao was the target. The government has banned the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud’s umbrella organization.