Thirty-two killed in factional fighting in Afghanistan

Karzai urges world’s Muslims to “hear Afghanistan’s cry”

US Marines train Philippine troops

Somalia: Why Islamic Courts can’t win war against government

Radical Islam finds US ‘sterile ground’

Taliban-style militants roam Pakistan region after pact

Balad, Iraq: Sectarian Battles Drive Out Sunnis, Create State of Siege

Ethiopia: Profile of Somalia’s Islamist Courts

Non-Muslims fear expansion of Islam, says Mecca imam

Iraq Deputy PM rejects Labor party’s pullout policy

Bali bombing militants to be freed

Iran ‘blocks Israel soldier deal’

Ethiopia to fight if Somali Islamists attack govt

Israel kills 7 in Gaza clashes

Defence lines dug as Somalia stand-off worsens

Iran bans fast internet to cut west’s influence

Violence Returns To Paris Suburbs

Iraqi Insurgent Leader: Premier’s Initiative Rejected, Dialogue With US Halted

Three generations of Al Qaeda terror

Taliban: “We are targeting Europe”

The Iraqi government has ordered the armed forces to take action against armed groups that break the law. The U.S. denied a New York Times report that ultimatums would be issued to the Iraqi government on progress in the security situation. Five insurgents were killed after Coalition forces destroyed a building in Balad. Six insurgents were killed and four captured in Hit. Sadr’s Mahdi Army killed four policemen in Amara.

ICU leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys is encouraging Ethiopians to revolt. Unnamed ICU members are saying an attack on Baidoa is imminent. Over 6,000 Ethiopian troops are supporting the TFG and 2,000 Eritrian troops are supporting the ICU. The ICU may begin executing Ethiopian “spies,” ala the Taiban.

Somalia™s Islamist leader urges Ethiopians to revolt

Five insurgents killed, building destroyed south of Balad

Pakistan is negotiating the surrender of Bajaur agency to the Taliban and al Qaeda Protests in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, after U.S. airstrikes in Damadola in January 2006 . Click image to view. Just days after the signing of the Waziristan Accord, which ceded administrative and security control of the North Waziristan agency to the Taliban and al Qaeda, we warned that Bajaur agency was next to fall to the Taliban. Several weeks later, UPI confirmed the Pakistani government was seriously considering further negotiations in Bajaur and other agencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Ali Jan Orakzai, the governor of…

Five killed as violence rocks Somalia

US troop fatalities in Iraq grow by six

In Iraq, Shiite vs. Shiite power play
