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Al Qaeda
Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the Emir of GSPC in Algeria, issued a videotape, which included a pledge of “obedience of his soldiers” to Osama bin Laden. Abu Yahya al-Libi also issued a tape on the spread of Shia power in the Gulf and accused the Saudis of protecting the Shia.
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Al Qaeda
Mounir El Motassadeq, 9/11 plotter, jailed for 15 years
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China
Chinese security forces killed 18 suspected terrorists and destroyed an alleged terrorist training camp in Xinjiang
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Iraq
Peshmerga has nothing to do with Baghdad Security Plan – Ministry of Defense
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Afghanistan
UK troops destroy a Taliban training camp in Helmand province. The Taliban call the Pakistani plan to fence the border a ‘conspiracy,’ as Pakistan starts construction. The Canadians donated $10 million to the Afghan police. Afghan police kill 2 Taliban and capture 4 in Zabul.
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The Battle of Ras Kamboni
The Somalia Battlefield December 25, 2006 to January 3, 2007. Light blue – Ethiopian & TFG advances. Green – ICU territory. Orange – recent clashes. Click image to view. Heavy casualties reported after days of fighting on the Kenyan border Just one day after a Somali military commander proclaimed military operations were over and Ras Kamboni, the al Qaeda and Islamic Courts training and communications hub where Islamic Courts fighters regrouped after being ejected from power, was under government control, reports emerge that the fighting is still ongoing. “Somalia’s Defense Minister Col. Barre “Hirale” Aden Shire said troops had yet…
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Iran
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in public after rumors of his death, and said Iran would not back down on its enrichment program. Israel denies reports it is planning tactical nuclear strikes on Iran’s nuke facilities. Iran is in the midst of an oil crisis.
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas doubles force after Abbas calls it illegal
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Israel
Israel Denies It Has Nuclear Strike Plans
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Iraq
Saddam aides ‘to die this week’
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Plan Sets Series of Goals for Iraq Leaders
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Afghanistan
Afghan-Pakistani Bond Steadily Deteriorating
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Iran
Iran Won’t Cut Cooperation With IAEA
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Palestinian Territories
Fatah holds Gaza rally amid Hamas tensions
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Afghanistan
‘The rocket exploded 30ft away and its fin smacked my helmet it was brilliant’
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United Kingdom
Brown to end Blair’s terror strategy
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United States
All Cargo Traffic Stopped Inside the Port of Miami
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Somalia
A Somali commander said major military operations on the Kenyan border are over and Ras Kamboni is under Somali control. A protest broke out in Betelweyn after a Somali Army commander was arrested by Ethiopian forces for refuseding to turn over an Islamic Courts leader. Fighting in Mogadishu claimed one after a militia attacked an Ethiopian patrol.
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Afghanistan
A former secretary general of NATO said the Afghan mission “may sound death knell for NATO” as the countries are unwilling to commit troops to the fight. “I think we ought to ask ourselves if this doesn’t work, what on earth NATO is for?” The European allies are also giving little money to the Aghan government, with the US first, India second and Japan third in annual donations to the Afghan government [PDF, page 47]. Two women and 2 children are killed in a Taliban roadside bombing.
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Iraq
14 die amid crackdown by Iraqi forces
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Palestinian Territories
Israeli troops raid Nablus
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Somalia
US sees Somalia as key front in war on terror
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Featured Embed Report: On Patrol with the Gators
Bill Ardolino from INDC Journal is currently embedded as a reporter with U.S. forces in Fallujah. Public Multimedia, Inc., my non-profit media corporation, assisted Bill with the embed process by providing advice, guidance and equipment lists. We are pleased to reproduce Bill’s latest update from Fallujah, On Patrol with the Gators, and thank him for the opportunity. I embedded with the Gators early in December of 2006, and Bill’s update provides continuing coverage from Fallujah. If you wish to support Bill’s embed and independent journalism, please visit INDC Journal.
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Iraq
Iraq Will Be Petraeus’s Knot to Untie
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Pakistan
Tribals in Kurram agency have noted a marked increase in NATO reconnaissance flights, and believe it portends airstrikes on ‘outsiders.’ During 2006, Pakistan saw 657 terrorist attacks which caused 907 deaths and 1,543 wounded. NATO is accusing British PM Tony Blair for promoting “Musharraf-like policies” in Afghanistan by negotiating with the Taliban. Musharraf said “some elements [in the NWFP] are fanning civil war.”
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Israel
Revealed: Israel has plans nuclear strike on Iran
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Philippines
Filipino Marines forces killed 6 Abu Sayyaf , including Jundam Jamalul (aka Black Killer), who was wanted by the U.S, and captured 2. Gufran (aka Abu Samur), an Indonesian aide to Jemaah Islamiyah leader Dulmatin, was also killed. Abu Sayyaf second in command Isnilon Hapilon has been spotted in Basilan and a manhunt is in progress. Two were wounded in an Abu Sayyaf bombing attack on a restaurant in Cotabato City in Mindnao.
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Qaradawi laments plight of Muslims, “The world is living under the total control of the Americans and Israel.”
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Iraq
Bombs hurled at Saddam condolence site in Bahrain
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South/Central Asia: Think Tank Says US Aid Helped Afghanistan, Not Uzbekistan
