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Somalia
The Islamic Courts are retreating from strategic towns in south and central Somalia, and the Ethiopians are firing on retreating fighters. The UNSC is set to meet on Somalia today, while the African Union supports Ethiopian involvement.
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Israel
Israel Agrees to Remove 2 Dozen Checkpoints
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Nigeria
Nigerian pipeline explosion kills 200
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Islamic Courts in Retreat in Somalia
The Somalia Battlefield on 12/26/2006. Light blue – Ethiopian & TFG advances. Green – ICU territory. Orange – recent clashes. Click image to view. Ethiopian and TFG forces take Dinsoor, Burhakaba; ICU indicated it is planning an insurgency The Islamic Courts are in near-full retreat in central and southern Somalia after 8 days of fighting against the Ethiopian military and the Transitional Federal Government forces. Ethiopian and TFG forces have broke the cordon around western Biadoa, and have advanced as far west as Burhakaba after heavy fighting. “The [Islamic Courts] left battle wagons and large quantity of military supplies behind,”…
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Indonesia
Indonesia on holiday terror alert
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Iraq
British and Iraqi forces destroyed the headquarters of a Basra police Crimes Unit after receiving intelligence of torture and planned execution of prisoners. A bomb in a Baghdad shopping area killed 10. Four Iranians, including two diplomats, were detained by American forces and released. President Talabani protested the arrests.
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Iraq
Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy
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Sri Lanka
The crew of a Jordanian ship was released to the Red Cross today by the LTTE. The LTTE also threw a grenade at policemen guarding a church in northwestern Sri Lanka, killing one. Germany has frozen aid to the nation until the peace process resumes.
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Somalia
Ethiopian planes bombed Balidogle military airfield and the Mogadishu airport. European Union condemned the escalation of conflict in Somalia. The Arab League called for Ethopia to remove all of its forces.
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Iraq
Suspected senior al Qaeda weapons dealer captured in Bayji
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Iran
Iran sneers at UN sanctions, Ahmadinejad: nuclear resolution just “scrap of paper”.
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Iraq
US Military Urging Iraq to Rein In Guard Force
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Israel
Israeli Goodwill To Syria And Palestinians, PM Wants Syria Talks, Defense Minister Agrees On Prisoner Release, Closes Checkpoints
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Israel
IDF troops arrest five terror suspects overnight
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Sudan
Darfur refugees beg U.N. to protect them
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United Kingdom
Blair shelves plan to ban Hizb-ut-Tahrir
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Iraq
What a ‘troop surge’ in Iraq might accomplish
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Thailand
Two shot dead in Thailand’s restive south
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Iraq
al Qaeda in Iraq Announces “Mighty Raid on the Soldiers of the Crusaders and the Apostates”
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Iraq
12,000 Iraqi police killed since Saddam’s ouster, says minister
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Somalia
Somali PM confident of victory over Islamists
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Al-Zawraa Responds to Muj TV
Al-Zawraa logo. Click image to view. Mashaan Jabouri, the owner of al-Zawraa, responds to my post, Muj TV While in Fallujah, I wrote about al-Zawraa, or what the Iraqis refer to as “Muj TV.” This is a satellite television station that broadcasts attacks on U.S., Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces, as well as calls for incitement against Shiites and Iranians. Al-Zawraa was founded by Mishan al-Jabouri (or Mashaan Aljabouri), a former member of parliament who has been charged by the Iraqi government with embezzling money from the government and supporting al Qaeda.
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The TFG and Ethiopia Punch back in Somalia
The Somalia Battlefield on 12/25/2006. Light blue – Ethiopian & TFG advances. Green – ICU territory. Orange – recent clashes. Click image to view. The Islamic Courts has lost strategic territory as the Ethiopian Army and Transitional Federal Government marches towards Mogadishu After one full week of fighting between the al Qaeda backed Islamic Courts and the internationally recognized Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, backed by Ethiopia, the TFG appears to be gaining the upper hand after some bloody fighting in south and central Somalia. The deciding factor at this point in time is the Ethiopian Army and Air Force.…
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Iraq
Fahd al-Saudi, an al Qaeda facilitator in Ramadi, killed along with 3 terrorists
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas says Abbas seeks war
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Iran
Despite Election Win, Reformers Are Disheartened
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Palestinian Territories
Death of a student stirs revolt in Gaza
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India
Indian police hunt stolen uranium
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United Kingdom
Report: Channel Tunnel A Terror Target
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Somalia
Ethiopia intervenes in Somali civil war
