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Mullah Obaidullah Akhund arrested in Pakistan
Taliban Defense Minister grabbed after flurry of diplomatic pressure Pakistani security forces have captured Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, according to two of the New York Times’ sources in the Pakistani government. It should be noted this has not been confirmed by NATO forces in Afghanistan, however. Mullah Obaidullah was the Taliban Defense Minister under during the reign of the Taliban from 1996 until the United States toppled the government in the fall of 2001. He is the most senior Taliban figure captured to date, and “is considered by American intelligence officials to have been one of the Taliban leaders closest to…
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Somalia
Over 1,500 Ugandan troops are headed to Mogadishu. Burundi will send 1,700 peacekeepers in the near future. The size of the entire African Union force is slated at 8,000. The national reconciliation conference will be held on April 16. Islamists attempted to murder Mogadishu’s port manager.
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Into Sadr City
The Baghdad Security Plan is heading to Muqtada al-Sadr’s stronghold The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of February 26, 2007. Click map to view. The absence of U.S. forces inside Sadr City, the stronghold of radical, Iranian backed Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has been a glaring anomaly to those watching the development of the Baghdad Security Plan. Iraqi and U.S. forces have focused on deploying in the mixed Sunni-Shia neighborhoods where the sectarian violence and al Qaeda suicide attacks have been the greatest. But all of this is about to change. U.S. and Iraqi forces will enter Sadr City in…
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NATO to pull out 3,500 soldiers from Bosnia – EU spokeswoman
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Israel
Israeli army ends Nablus raid
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Iran
Zionists ‘incarnation of Satan,’ says Ahmadinejad
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Iraq
Ex-PM™s party threatens to quit Iraqi government
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Afghanistan
Taliban: 1,000 suicide bombers claim
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Somalia
First African Union Peacekeepers Arrive in Somalia
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Iraq
A change of attitude in Hawijah? – Residents fight back in recent insurgent attack
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United Kingdom
Britain Confirms Bosnia Troops Withdrawal
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Despite their proximity, unit finds Iraq and Afghanistan are worlds apart
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Pakistan
The US said it will not conduct strikes inside Pakistani territory. President Musharraf “warned foreign terrorists hiding in Pakistan™s mountainous tribal areas to leave the country or face the consequences.” An Afghan man was beheaded, placed in a sack and had a note pinned on him identifying as a “US spy” in Tank.
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Iran
Iran’s Qods Force is recruiting and training Shia “militants” to use EFPs against American forces in Iraq. Iran will participate in the regional conference.”The agenda will be how to rescue Iraq from a civil war.” President Ahmadinejad will visit Saudi Arabia.
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Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden is alive and well, and interacting with the Taliban leadership, said Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah. Two were killed and 48 wounded in an IED attack in Farah province. U.S. forces killed 3 Taliban in Zabul.
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Al Qaeda
A Moroccan from Tangiers, known as Abu al-Bara, has sworn bayat to Osama bin Laden and is on the al Qaeda in the Mahgreb’s Shura Mujlis, or executive council. al Qaeda in the Mahgreb is believed to have training camps in Algeria, Mali and Chad, and is trying to establish a base in Morocco.
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Egypt
Assets of Muslim Brotherhood financiers frozen – Order affects 29 members of Egypt™s most powerful opposition movement
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Iraq
Soldiers Shift to Baghdad Outposts
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Al Qaeda
Anatomy of a Suicide Attack
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Pressuring Pakistan
The U.S. confronts Pakistan on the Taliban and al Qaeda camps The Afghan-Pakistan border regions. The Pakistani government can no longer hide the the Taliban and al Qaeda safe havens in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the border with Afghanistan. After a year of praising Pakistan as a partner in the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban, the Bush Administration has recognized the western and southern regions of Pakistan have become a base of operations for the terrorist groups.
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Iran
“Bandits” killed 2 policemen and kidnapped 4 in rest Zahedan. President Ahmadinejad is in Sudan to discuss Darfur and Iran’s nuclear program. Iran is still considering joining talks inside Iraq.
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Israel
Israeli commandos kill senior Islamic Jihad commander
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US won’t send CIA agents to stand trial in Italy
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Israel
5 Kassams land in Negev; no casualties
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Palestinian Territories
IDF soldier moderately wounded as Nablus raid enters fourth day
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France
French Authorities Dismantle Network of Fighters Bound for Iraq
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Philippines
MNLF May Quit the Peace Process in the Philippines
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Pakistan
NWFP Governor Aurakazai said Pakistan is deploying more troops to the border in Waziristan, and continued to defend the Waziristan Accord. Britain believes a border fence would help secure the border. Syed Saleem Shahzad claimed Pakistan has cut a deal with Mullah Dadullah and is now giving state backing to the Taliban. The new US DNI said Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri are in Pakistan.
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Iran
Another front on the Sunni-Shiite war
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Thailand
Three civilians were murdered by Muslim insurgents in the south. Three soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in the southern Narathiwat province.
