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Thailand
Thai terrorists detonated bombs in 3 locations in southern Thailand, killing 1 and wounding 27. The military coup against Thaksin was carried out “because he had weakened the military.” The interim prime minister calls for youth programs to “help deter the teenagers from being roped in and brainwashed by insurgents.”
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Iraq: Ramping Up or Drawing Down Forces, and the Baker Report
Marines deploy a MEU to Anbar, a Baker report possibility Iraq. Click map to view. After the Democrats seized the House and Senate during the U.S. midterm election, the concern has been how the change in Congressional leadership would impact Iraqi policy. Would the Democrats demand an immediate withdrawal, leaving the nascent Iraqi government and military to fend off al Qaeda, the Sunni insurgency and Sadr’s Shiite death squads? Senator Carl Levin, who is in line to head the Arms Services Committee, has called for “a phased withdrawal that would begin in four to six months.” Gen. John Abizaid, the…
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Somalia
In Mogadishu, the Islamic Courts opened fire on a crowd protesting the banning of Khat. A 13 year old boy iwa killed and others are wounded. A curfew has been imposed in Mogadishu after the riots. U.S. Marines are conducting joint operations with the Kenyan military on the Somali border.
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United States
Man Stopped at Port of Entry With Large Cash Sums and Laptop With Nuclear Information
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Sudan
(Sudan) Misery deepens as Janjaweed infiltrate the refugee camps
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Oil prices settle at one-year low
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Iraq
Civilian Convoy Hijacked In Iraq – Up To 14 Captured, Including 4 Americans
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Pakistan
Rape law reform roils Pakistan’s Islamists
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Indonesia
Since October, Indonesia released over 60 terrorists, including some connected to the Bali bombings. A Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operative is sentenced to 3 years in prison for sheltering Noordin Top. JI leader Bashir calls for peaceful protests against President Bush’s visit.
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Iraq
More than 500 gunmen killed, arrested in Iraq last week
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Algeria
Two GSPC killed, 6 captured in Algeria
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Iraq
al Qaeda group denies arrest of operative
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Iraq
The Shiite Zarqawi: A Profile of Abu Deraa
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia will build a fence along the Iraqi border. Two Saudi al Qaeda who escaped from prison in 2005 were killed in Iraq, according to a videotape honoring their deaths.
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Afghanistan
The directors of the CIA and DIA stated the Taliban and al Qaeda are resurgent in Afghanistan due to safe havens along the Pakistani border. Canada’s defense minister claimed many Taliban leaders have been killed in fighting in the south, and 1,500 more troops are needed.
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Iraq
The Guardian reports the Baker report will recommend increasing the number of US troops by 20,000. US forces killed 9 al Qaeda and detained 9 in Yusifiyah, while the Iraqi Army is conducting a brigade sized operation (about 1,000 troops) in Kirkuk. The Iraqi government ordered the arrest of Harith al-Dari, head of the Muslim Clerics Association, on suspicion of terrorism.
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Lebanon
Khamenei Tells Berri US, Israel Will be Defeated in Lebanon
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Iraq
Plan B for Iraq
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India
Changes urged in US-India nuclear deal
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The Somali Jihad
CBN’s Erick Stakelbeck followed up his report on western Pakistan with a look at the other forgotten front in the Long War: Somalia. We’ve documented the rise of the al Qaeda backed Islamic Courts Union. Erick interviewed Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and me, as well Adam Hassan, a representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Erick has a written report available online, along with embedded video of the television segment.
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Israel
Israel hits back after fatal rocket attack
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Sudan
Sudan accused of invading Chad
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Al Qaeda
German 9/11 trial underscores need for better global cooperation
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Iraq
Top General Faces Off Against Lawmakers
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Pakistan
Where the Taliban and al Qaeda cross-fertilize
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Somalia
Eritrean president assails US for stoking conflicts
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas official carrying $2mn blocked at Gaza border
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Somalia
Big Fish In The Little Somali Pond
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Somalia
Aways, the leader of the Islamic Courts, calls the UN report on foreign involvement “a fabrication.” Kofi Annan calls for neighboring countries to “stay out.” The ICU is burning khat, and the Somali Tobacco Company is burning its stock. The ICU arrested 22 smokers in Kismayo, “where they will be flogged if found guilty of violating a new tobacco ban.”
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Pakistan
The parliamentary defense secretary admits he was once a member of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). President Musharraf said “the government would deal strictly against terrorists.” Two Pakistanis with homemade bombs are detained inside Afghanistan. “similar devices have been used by Taliban,” reports Dawn.
