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Al Qaeda
Will the Iraqi insurgent terrorist gas campaign work?
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Iraq
US instructors hope to influence Georgian army™s thinking on leadership
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Iran
Family Of Missing Former Iranian Official Accuses Turkey
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Iraq
Four Years in Iraq
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Afghanistan
Survey Says Afghans Think Corruption is Worse than Ever
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Afghanistan
Leave the poppy farmers alone and save the country
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Al Qaeda
Waleed Mohammed Bin Attash, the mastermind behind the USS Cole attack, confessed during a hearing at Guantanamo Bay. Iraq security forces claimed to have captured Mahmud Hamed Kamal al-Mathi – aka “Abu Qutada the Palestinian” – al Qaeda in Iraq’s chief financier.
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The Baghdad Security Operation Order of Battle: March 19, 2007
The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of March 19, 2007. Click map to view. By DJ Elliott, CJ Radin and Bill Roggio The Baghdad Security Plan is now over one month old since its official announcement on February 14. While it is impossible to judge progress over the course of one month in a complex battlespace such as Baghdad, the initial signs are encouraging. Sectarian murders, the fuel for the potential Sunni – Shia civil war, have been dramatically reduced. Before the beginning of the operation, Scores of bodies were found executed daily, now the number is in the single…
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Pakistan
Pakistani tribesman and members of the al Qaeda linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan clashed near Wana in South Waziristan. Ten tribesmen were reported injured. The Taliban blew up four music and video stores in Peshawar and Mardan.
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas shoots Israeli despite truce
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Al Qaeda
Alleged USS Cole Attack Planner Confesses
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Pakistan
Islamabad street protests threaten Musharraf’s power
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Iran
Iran’s War Within
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Suicide Bomber targets U.S. Ambassador’s convoy in Kabul
Aftermath of the Kabul suicide bombing. Image Courtesy of VSSA. Click map to view. Ambassador not in convoy, Taliban’s Mullah Dadullah claims responsibility After months of calm following a summer campaign of suicide and roadside bombings in the capital of Kabul, the Taliban conducted another suicide attempt inside the city. The target was Ronald Neumann, the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Ambassador Neumann was not present in the convoy, but, as Tim Lynch, the Vice President of Vigilant Strategic Services Afghanistan reports from Kabul, it appears Ambassador Neumann’s vehicle was directly targeted.
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Thailand
Malaysia’s Role in Thailand’s Southern Insurgency
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The Danger of Terrorist Black Holes in Southern Africa
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Iraq
Sunni Militants Disrupt Plan to Calm Baghdad
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Iran
An author in an IRGC weekly newspaper claimed Iran can and should kidnap U.S. and Israeli officers. “We™ve got the ability to capture a nice bunch of blue-eyed blond-haired officers and feed them to our fighting cocks,” said Reza Faker. “Iran has enough people who can reach the heart of Europe and kidnap Americans and Israelis.” Iran actually tried this already in Karbala in January.
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Iraq
Resilient Iraqis ask what civil war?
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Thailand
Three students were killed and 7 wounded in an explosion at a Muslim school in Songkhla province. Two Muslims were killed in an attack in Narathiwat province, and Buddhist in Pattani. Twenty-five Muslim insurgents were arrested in Yala and Narathiwat. In one raid, police found “maps with marking on the spot where the commuter van was attacked and seized 60 kg of fertilizers.”
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Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber targeting a Canadian convoy in Kandahar killed a child and wounded four others. Two police were killed in a battle with the Taliban in Farah province. The Taliban chopped off the noses and ears of workers transporting supplies for NATO in eastern Afghanistan. Almost half of the 224 schools in Helmand are closed due to the Taliban.
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Indonesia
Abu Rusdan, a senior leader of Jemaah Islamiya, warned that further attacks in Indonesia by splinter groups are likely even though past bombings “divided the militant movement… and pointed to a possible opening for authorities trying to further isolate extremists.” Rusdan is a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
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Hezbollah
UN to Lebanon: Force needed on Syrian border
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Palestinian Territories
US ‘disturbed’ by ‘right to resist’ clause in PA unity gov’t platform
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Philippines
Key Abu Sayyaf man nailed after 4 years on the run
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Pakistan signs the Bajaur Accord
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Pakistan signs its third “peace deal” with the Taliban in the tribal agencies The much anticipated Bajaur Accord – a peace agreement purportedly with the local tribal leaders of the Mamoond tribe and the government – has been signed in Pakistan’s lawless tribal agency. The details of the agreement are not yet available, however the Daily Times has described it as “a step towards a North Waziristan-like peace accord. Bajaur Agency.” Pakistan conveniently finished negotiations as international attention is on the crisis over the removal of…
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Thailand
Thailand is considering expanding the curfew beyond the 2 districts of Yala province. Six suspects were arrested in the attack on a civilian van, where 9 were executed by Muslim insurgents.
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Sudan
When Muslims ignore the Prophet
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Iraq
A bigger ‘surge:™ 2,600 troops to join Iraq fight early
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Iraq
US on Iraq: This time it’ll be right
