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Iran
US seeks new sanctions on Iran
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Thailand
Both Canada and Australia have issued travel advisories for Thailand. Australia issued a specific warning on “bombing attacks at crowded places such as department stores, and sky-train and subway stations in Bangkok on Friday 23 February 2007.” Canada has “advised against non-essential travel to the capital, Bangkok.” Thailand’s defense minister warned insurgents are in the Bangkok universities.
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Pakistan
“In what seemed to be an admission that the two previous peace deals in North Waziristan and South Waziristan had not worked well” the government proposes to parliament a plan to broker a new ‘peace deal’. A girl’s school in Mardan is threatened with bombings if the women do not wear veils. “Associates of Al Qaeda leader Abu Farah” are believed to be behind the threat.
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Iraq
Two suspects in the helicopter shootdowns have been captured. A bomb factory with chlorine cannisters was found in Baghdad. Twelve insurgents were killed during a battle in Ramadi. Nine insurgents were detained on the Euphrates west of Baghdad. The Iraqi Army captured a weapons trafficker in Baghdad. Mahdi Army operatives are on the run.
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India
Police arrested 7 suspects for involvement in the Samjhauta train bombing. Pakistan forcefully evacuated 7 Pakistanis wounded in the bombing. India will question Pakistan’s support of Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Moahmmed leaders during the first Indo-Pak Joint Terror Mechanism meeting.
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Somalia
Islamists threaten suicide attacks. Two government officials have been assassinated in Mogadishu. Mortars have hit the Mogadishu airport.
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Iraq
al Qaeda in Iraq vow revenge over rapes
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Changing minds
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Pakistan
The Taliban are expanding their influence beyond the tribal areas, and have issued “threatening letters and phone calls” to “schools and foreign banks in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province.” An English speaking school has closeed due to the threats.
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Iraq
Yesterday’s helicopter hard landing was due to enemy fire. The Iraqi Army captured two members of the Mahdi Army in Baghdad. A senior police chief in Baqubah was arrested for “involvement in the murder, torture, kidnapping and sectarian violence of Iraqi citizens in Diyala Province.” Three al Qaeda were killed and 11 captured during raids in Samarra and Taji.
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Syria
Israel gripped by Syria war fears
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Thailand
The Waziristanisation of Southern Thailand
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Iran
The IAEA report states “‘Iran has not suspended its enrichment related activities’ and was continuing a variety of enrichment activities.” Iran and Russia are developing Syria’s antitank, surface to air, and SCUD-D missile capabilities.
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Afghanistan
Two senior Taliban commanders, Mullah Khair Gul and his deputy Mullah Amin Gul, were captured in Paktika, and NATO forces are in pursuit of their fighters. The Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah claimed he has deployed 6,000 fighters to Afghanistan
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Outside Baghdad and the Iraq Security Plan
As the Baghdad pieces of the puzzle are being put in place, operations are underway in the provinces Iraq. Click map to view. While the major focus of the Iraq security plan is the capital of Baghdad, Iraqi and Coalition forces have stepped up operations in the provinces. The intent is obvious: while Baghdad is in the process of being secured and troops continue to deploy into the city, the weapons, suicide bombers and foreign fighters must be interdicted before they reach the city limits. The Iraqi government and Coalition are pressing the insurgency both inside Baghdad, and on the…
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Oil, Anbar and the Insurgency
An interview with Colonel John A. Koenig on the prospects of petrolium development in Anbar Iraq’s oil fields in 1992. Click map to view. On February 18, The New York Times broke the news on the potential for major petroleum development in Anbar province. While the oilfields in Anbar aren’t thought to as large as the fields in the Kurdish north and Shia south, the discovery of significant oil and gas reserves will influence the contentious debate occurring in the Iraqi parliament and cabinet over the future petroleum law. The Sunnis, who have access to few oil resources, have fought…
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Somalia
Judge backs case against American “jihadist”
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Iraq
[UPDATE2] A pickup filled with chlorine gas cannisters was blown up in southwest Baghdad, killing 5 and wounding 75. A suicide bomber detonated outside the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf killed 13 and wounded 23. Citizens and police in Jumaylah attacked an al Qaeda convoy attempting to enter the town. Seven al Qaeda were killed and 13 captured in raids in Ramadi, Fallujah and Baqubah. teh Iraqi courts convicted 23, including terrorists from Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Yemen.
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Iran
Iran Refuses to Stop Nuclear Work as UN Deadline Passes
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Iraq
Insurgents attempt a surge of their own – Troops take on determined militants in volatile Ramadi
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Afghanistan
Prodi offers resignation after Afghan crisis
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India
The Samjhauta train bombing suspects used napalm and timers for the devices. India suspects the bombers were conducted by Jammat-ud-Dawa, the successor to Lashkar- e-Taiba. Indian police are investigating a link to Kashmir. India will not conduct a joint investigation with Pakistan
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Al Qaeda
Morocco adds more names to al Qaeda wanted list
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Thailand
Over 20 Muslim insurgents attacked a convoy with the queen’s aide in Yala province. Insurgents also set fire to a warehouse in Yala, and killed three in the south. explosives used in the Chinese New Year bombings have been traced back to Malaysia.
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Afghanistan
NATO expects the Taliban to increase suicide and IED attacks. A Spanish soldier was killed and 2 more wounded when their ambulance hit a mine south of Herat. The Italian government lost a vote on support for the Afghan mission. Australia will add 450 troops. Canada’s Liberal party will support the Afghan mission until 2009.
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Al Qaeda
Islamist Websites as an Integral Part of Jihad: A General Overview
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Morocco
Islamist Infiltration of the Moroccan Armed Forces
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Somalia
Somalia’s Islamist Leadership: Where Are They Now?
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Philippines
The Philippine Congress passed the anti-terror bill, which now must be signed by President Arroyo. Two Abu Sayyaf terrorists and one Ranger were killed in fighting in Jolo. Some rank-and-file members of Abu Sayyaf are beginning to defect due to difficult conditions or “because it was doing un-Islamic things.”
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Pakistan
Delhi police control room receives call from Jaish-e-Mohammed
