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Iraq
Iraqis see US push against Sadr’s Mehdi Army
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Somalia
(Somalia) From Marine to warlord: The strange journey of Hussein Farrah Aidid
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Afghanistan
ISAF is targeting the Taliban leadership. Mullah Dadullah claims 2007 will be filled with “suicide and guerrilla attacks on NATO, American and coalition forces.” The Taliban conducted a rocket attack from inside the Pakistani border, and burned down a school for refugees. France said it is not withdrawing from Afghanistan.
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Iraq
The AP’s Jamil Hussein Scandal
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Somalia
Somalia appeals for foreign peacekeepers
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Iran
Quitting nuclear treaty an option, says Iran
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Philippines
Bali bombers ‘hiding’ with militants
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Iraq
Mistrust defines Shiite, US relations
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Pursuing the Islamic Courts
The Somalia Battlefield on 1/2/2007 [No changes]. Light blue – Ethiopian & TFG advances. Green – ICU territory. Orange – recent clashes. Click image to view. Islamic Courts leadership unaccounted for; foreign fighters captured fleeing to Kenya After taking the southern port city of Kismayo, the news has dried up on the pursuit of the remnants of the Islamic Courts and their leaders. The last reports indicated elements of the Islamic Courts were holing up at the island base of Ras Kamboni on the Kenyan border, and Ethiopian forces were headed south to pursue. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the former chairman…
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Al Qaeda
The state of the Long War
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Iraq
Protest in Samarra, other Sunni areas over Saddam hanging
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Iraq
Jordan Baathists pledge loyalty to Saddam deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
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Iraq
US forces raided an office of Sunni politician Saleh al-Mutlaq as part of raids on al Qaeda safehouses. Six inurgents were killed. Iraq shut down the Sharkiya TV station for “reporting false news and inciting sectarianism.” The Iraqi Army captured 3 al Qaeda cell members near Fallujah. Six insurgents were detained near Yusufiyah.
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Iraq
Chipping Away at the Sectarian Story: An Interview with Quais Abdul Raazzaq
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Kashmir
Two LeT militants killed in gunbattle
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Lebanon
UNIFIL on alert after fears of attacks by Hezbollah
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Israel
Israel rejects demand to release 1,000 prisoners for Shalit
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Palestinian Territories
French photographer kidnapped in Gaza
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Thailand
Thailand’s junta leader blamed political opposition for the New Years Eve bombing campaign, and warns more attacks may be in the offing. Three were killed and 38 wounded in nine seperate bombings throughout the capital of Bangkok.
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Iraq
A dictator’s Mideast legacy
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Al Qaeda
Veil-wearing Muslim women are part of our fight – al Qaeda chief
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United Kingdom
US ‘licence to snoop’ on British air travellers
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Afghanistan
Coalition forces captured a terrorist in Kunar province. A police chief in Farah was captured during a Taliban raid. Two Afghan police in Herat were killed by Taliban bombs, and another was wounded.
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Africa Command plans approved by Bush, DOD officials confirm
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The Islamic Courts Abandons Kismayo
The Somalia Battlefield on 1/1/2007. Light blue – Ethiopian & TFG advances. Green – ICU territory. Orange – recent clashes. Click image to view. Mutinies, defections in the Islamic Courts after a brief battle north of Kismayo Ethiopian forces quickly moved south to pursue the al Qaeda backed Islamic Courts after taking Mogadishu last Friday. Just four days after ejecting the Islamic Courts from the capital, a large armored column punched over 300 miles south to the outskirts of Kismayo. The Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government forces engaged the beleaguered Islamist militias that were hastily building a network of trenches…
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Pakistan
al Qaeda, Laskhar-e-Jhangvi, and Taliban led by Abdullah Mehsud conspired in carrying out suicide attacks in Karachi in the spring of 2006, and operated from Waziristan. Pakistan tells the US it will not conduct military operations in Waziristan despite knowledge of the dominance of the Taliban and al Qaeda in the region.
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The State of Jihad: 2006
A look at the state of the major theaters, and some under the radar, in the Long War Pro-Taliban fighters in Waziristan. The year of 2006 has seen some interesting developments in the fight against al Qaeda and its allies across the globe. While the war against al Qaeda is largely seen as a fight in Afghanistan supported by a police action in certain countries, there is a very hot war occurring in many countries. al Qaeda and its allies have initiated hot wars in lesser known countries such as the Philippines, Chechnya, Somalia, and Algeria. Thailand is fighting a…
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Philippines
(Philippines) “Abu Sulaiman” claims responsibility for Tacurong blast
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The Volunteers -Cut-and-run is not in their vocabulary.
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Al Qaeda
al Qaeda urges Iraq insurgents to unite
