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Thailand
Martial law in Thailand partially lifted
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Sudan
First test for new UN chief: Darfur
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Pakistan
A suicide bomber blew himself and a guard up at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. The Taliban fired rockets at a paramilitary Frontier Constabulary post in Shakai, South Waziristan. According to Musharraf, ‘the Taliban is solely Afghanistan™s problem and rumours that the Al Qaeda leadership is in Pakistan are a distortion of facts.’ Pakistani & Indian troops exchanged fire as “militants” crossed the line of control into Kashmir.
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Algeria
The Algerian Salafist Group for Prayer and Combat has officially renamed the organization to “al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghrib.” See the section on North Africa/Algeria in The State of the Jihad for details on al Qaeda in North Africa.
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Palestinian Territories
Factional Fighting Marks Hamas Anniversary
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Increased US Effort ‘Will Make A Difference’
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Iraq
Senate OKs new US commander in Iraq
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Somalia
US Won’t Rule out a Last-ditch Strike in Somalia
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Pressuring the Islamic Republic of Iran
Ahmadinejad at an anti-U.S. and Israel conference last year. Click image to view. External pressure is creating political discord inside Iran The recent campaign by the United States and its allies in the Gulf to increase the political, economic and military pressure on the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is beginning to show some results. Internal Iranian opposition by rival political factions are threatening Ahmadinejad’s hold on power, as they fear of economic collapse, confrontation with the West and the very existence of the Islamic Republic may be the results of his reckless policy of confrontation with the West.
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Iraq
Baghdad Today. Quiet. Too Quiet.
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Iraq
Iraq Leader and Sunni Officials in Clash on Security
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Lebanon
Next time around, Lebanon will be in a civil war
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Iraq
Turnaround in Baghdad
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Afghanistan
NATO believes it killed “a senior Taliban leader and his deputies” in an airstrike on a base near Musa Qala. President Bush is requesting $10.6 billion in aide, and is extending the tour of a combat brigade by 4 months. NATO is expecting another combat brigade to deploy in the south. The Taliban wants to move their camps from Pakistan into Afghanistan.
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Iran
The US has authorized troops to killed Iranian agents in Iraq. Iranian assets in Lebanon (Hezbollah), Afghanistan and in the Palestinian territories (Hamas) are also targets. Ayatollah Khamenei snubs Ahmadinejad, and Iranian lawmakers, led by Rafsanjani, seek to impeach the President. Iran continues to supply the Iraqi insurgency with IED triggers.
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Pakistan
Musharraf claims Osama and Zawahiri have parted ways and are in Afghanistan. He also claims the Waziristan Accord is working just fine. Three police, a journalist an five others are kidnapped in South Waziristan. NATO said the cross border attack in North Waziristan was an error. The US Congress is considering cutting military aide to Pakistan.
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Afghanistan
3,200 soldiers™ tours in Afghanistan have been extended four months. NATO-led troops battling resurgent Taliban militants will shortly be reinforced with another combat brigade. Afghanistan™s opium fields up by 150 percent since 2002, but the fields will not be sprayed this year.
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Iraq
Iraqi-US operations on Haifa street in Baghdad net 30 insurgents killed and 35 captured. A motorcycle bomb killed four in a Baghdad market. ‘Chemical Ali’ remains defiant during his trial.
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Baghdad Report: Reporting in Iraq
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is causing the price of oil to tumble, and fueling speculation the Iranians are the target of a price war. The Saudis warns Iran not to “interfere with our [Arab’s] affairs”.
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Iraq
US army arrests 4 militants suspected of killing US soldiers in Karbala
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Al Qaeda
Former extremist slams jihadi parallel
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Lebanon
Calm returns to Lebanon after deadly protests
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Watch the embeds in Iraq
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Israel
European leaders suggest Israel join NATO
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Iraq
(Iraq) Combined Operation kicks off on Haifa Street, Baghdad
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Pakistan
Pakistan has summoned the US and UK envoys over the bombing of a Pakistani outpost in North Waziristan last week. Six mortars were reportedly fired from Khost, Afghanistan at a post in Miramshah. The ISI contiues to support the Taliban, and Quetta serves as a Taliban command hub.
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Iraq
In the State of the Union address last night, Bush proposed sending more troops to Iraq and asked for time to let his Iraq plan work. 5 American civilians were killed in a helicopter crash. The violence continues, and the push for Baghdad accelerates.
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Afghanistan
12 Taliban and 11 policemen died in two clashes in Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces of southern Afghanistan. The US may send more troops and money to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and its allies. Iran is stirring up trouble between Shia and Sunni factions in Herat.
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Sudan
Janjaweed now killing each other, say Darfuris
