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June 29, 2008 Blowing up insurgents’ old hut sends signal that Tarmiyah area is more secure Nathan Webster is an independent journalist who embedded with the US Army in Tarmiyah in Salahadin province, Iraq. Nathan is providing reports from Tarmiyah for The Long War J... June 29, 2008 The Argument for Divorce Back in February, Walid Jumblat made critical statements in an interview with Future News Channel. Jumblat spoke of the need for an "amicable divorce" between Hezbollah and the rest of Leba... June 29, 2008 Relative peace in Baghdad remains fragile as troops carry out counterinsurgency plan BAGHDAD, IRAQ: It's near noon on a Friday in Northeast Baghdad and the neighborhoods the U.S. military calls Muhallahs 535 and 734 are quiet. It's the weekend, and many adults are... June 29, 2008 Putting the EPA in Charge of Every Breath You Take? Even the control freaks who ran the Soviet Union never got around to trying to regulate every breath exhaled by their fellow citizens. But that’s where America seems to be h... June 28, 2008 Pakistan’s inconclusive military operations against the Taliban The Pakistani military operation in the tribal agency of Khyber is the latest offensive against the Taliban in northwestern Pakistan since the government assaulted the extremist Red Mosque... June 28, 2008 Pakistan strikes at Taliban in Khyber agency The Pakistani government has launched an operation targeting the Taliban in the Khyber tribal agency along the Afghan border. The operation is led by the paramilitary Frontier Corps and pol... June 27, 2008 Taliban rampage in Pakistan’s Swat district The Taliban has launched a series of attacks against political opponents and the infrastructure in the scenic northern district of Swat in Pakistan. The attacks occurred as the government a... June 27, 2008 North Korea Blows Up Wrong Symbol North Korea’s government invites TV crews to come film the demolition of a cooling tower at its aging Yongbyon nuclear plant (note: there is no invitation for them to freely roam the... June 27, 2008 The Coming War I highly recommend you read in full the following excellent NOW Lebanon editorial. You will note that it dovetails with a number of points in my Transatlantic Issues piece. It also... June 27, 2008 Cheer up. We’re winning this War on Terror "My centre is giving way. My right is in retreat. Situation excellent. I shall attack!” If only our political leaders and opinion-formers displayed even a hint of the defiant... June 27, 2008 Taliban attack US base in Afghanistan from Pakistan The Taliban has launched yet another attack on a US outpost in Afghanistan from inside Pakistan. A Taliban rocket team fired at a US outpost in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan early this... June 26, 2008 June 25 Bombings in Karbala On Wednesday, June 25, two bombs exploded in central Karbala, killing at least 2 and wounding 14.1 The explosive devices were located minibuses and were targeting major Shi’ite shrines. Unl... June 26, 2008 22 Taliban killed in attacks on three district centers in eastern Afghanistan The Taliban are continuing to strike at district centers in Paktika and Paktia provinces in Afghanistan along the Pakistani border. Two district centers in Paktika province and on... June 26, 2008 Condi Rice Wants Us to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Kim Jong Il It needs the talents of Stanley Kubrick to do justice to the complete Cuckoo’s Nest that American policy on North Korea has become. The State Department wants a nuclear deal, Presi... June 26, 2008 Released Guantanamo detainee behind March suicide truck bombing at Combat Outpost Inman in Mosul Al Qaeda in Iraq, through its puppet organization the Islamic State of Iraq, released its latest propaganda video on June 23. The video contains a montage of attacks throughout Iraq, and fe... June 26, 2008 Re: Removing North Korea from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism POTUS: “[W]e welcome today’s development as one step in the multi-step process laid out by the six-party talks between North Korea, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and the United S... June 26, 2008 Surveillance Overhaul Will Pass In The Senate The Washington Post reports that the filibuster bluster is fading. The Senate overwhelmingly agreed to debate intelligence reform, which passed in the House last week by close to a 2-1 marg... June 26, 2008 It’s Justice Kennedy’s World … we’re just living in it. Sure, we protect child-rapists and you may even run into the occasional jihadist on the courthouse steps, but — at least for now — we get to... June 26, 2008 Not an Enemy Combatant Because the Court Says So I wrote Tuesday about the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals from the DC Circuit which presumes to overrule the commander-in-chief’s determination that a Uighur detainee — who... June 26, 2008 State Department Stonewalling on the Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia Steve Emerson has the details at the Investigative Project on Terrorism.... June 26, 2008 Seems Kim Jong Il Didn’ t Get Condi’ s Memo While the State Department and White House are whooping it up over Pyongyang diplomacy and removing North Korea from the terror list (see post below), Kim Jong Il’s state propaganda agencie... June 26, 2008 The People v. The Judges From Justice Scalia’s majority opinion in the gun case: We know of no other enumerated constitutional right whose core protection has been subjected to a... June 26, 2008 Mahdi Army decimated during recent fighting The Mahdi Army suffered a significant blow during fighting against Iraqi and Coalition forces this year, according to an Iraq intelligence report. The heavy casualties suffered by the Mahdi... June 26, 2008 US names al Qaeda emir of Mosul killed during raid The US military has identified al Qaeda's leader of Mosul who was killed during a targeted raid in the northern city on June 24. Multinational Forces Iraq named Abu... June 25, 2008 … And Then There Are NON-Evolving Standards Maybe today was not the best day for MEMRI to bring us this clip of Dr. Ahmad Al-Mub’i, a top Saudi marriage officiant, explaining: “It is allowed to marry a girl at the a... June 25, 2008 Northwest Pakistan descends into chaos The Pakistani Taliban continue military operations in the tribal agencies and the settled regions of the Northwest Frontier Province despite ongoing negotiations to sign a peace agreement w... June 25, 2008 Iraqi and U.S. Troops Seize 7 EFPs, Mortar Systems in New Baghdad Night Raids NEW BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi and Coalition forces discovered two large weapons caches in northeastern Baghdad, including seven of the deadly EFPs, or explosively formed penetrators, commonly us... June 24, 2008 US forces kill al Qaeda’s leader in Mosul US special operations forces scored a major victory in Mosul today. US forces killed al Qaeda's emir, or leader, of the northern Iraq city during a raid on a safe house.... June 24, 2008 US, Afghan forces kill 16 Taliban in eastern Afghanistan Afghan police backed by US air support held off a Taliban attempt to overrun a district center in eastern Afghanistan. At least 16 Taliban were reported killed after US air support was called in.... June 24, 2008 Iraq Options, Are victory and defeat the only alternatives? Yet that is what many Americans now favor, perhaps because they have been persuaded that when Sunnis and Shites kill one another, Americans must be to blame. With apologies to Carly Simon:... June 24, 2008 Welcome to Boumediene World Here we go. The Los Angeles Times and... June 23, 2008 Kofi Annan’ s Climate Cocktail Dinatoire in Geneva In case anyone’s lost track of Kofi Annan, it’s time for a reality check. During his final year as self-styled “Chief Diplomat of the World” at the UN, he... June 23, 2008 Afghan, US forces kill 55 Taliban after ambush US and Afghan forces fought a major battle with the Taliban and "inflicted heavy casualties" on the force just miles from the Pakistani border on June 20, Combined Joint Task Force - 101 re... June 22, 2008 One hundred insurgents detained in Baghdad during past week BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi and Coalition forces in and around Baghdad captured more than 100 insurgents and defused 147 improved explosive devices during the past week as part of contin... June 22, 2008 Tonight, a ’60 Minutes’ Expose Worth Watching: Your Tax Dollars for Enemy Propaganda In World War II, when Tokyo Rose broadcast enemy propaganda, at least the enemy had to foot the bills for it. Times change, and now there’s Al Hurra. Se... June 22, 2008 Operations target Mahdi Army in South Iraqi security forces continue to target the Sadrist movement and the Mahdi Army in the southern provinces of Maysan, Dhi Qhar, and Wasit over the weekend. More than 113 Mahdi Army fighters... June 22, 2008 The Confrontation In Future Jihad, terrorism and Middle East expert Walid Phares gave a definitive account of the historical and cultural forces that led to September 11 and the rise of radical Islam. In The War o... June 21, 2008 Could Be the Best Reason Yet for a Military Strike on Iran Mohamed El Baradei, head of the UN’s IAEA, says if there’s a military strike on Iran, he’ll resign. On the road to a safer world, what a two-fer! According to... June 21, 2008 Afghan base in Paktika hit with rounds launched from Pakistan An Afghan Army base and a Coalition base were targeted by rockets or mortars launched from across the border in Pakistan on Saturday, the International Security Assistance Force reported.... June 21, 2008 Three senior Mahdi Army commanders captured in Baghdad, Hillah Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a senior Mahdi Army commander with "close ties" to Muqtada al Sadr's office in Najaf on June 19. Two other senior Mahdi Army commanders in Baghdad an... June 20, 2008 A MNSTC-I Status Report n spring 2008, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) markedly increased their conduct of independent operations throughout Iraq. Between April and May, the ISF mounted offensives in Basra, Sadr C... June 20, 2008 The Bottom Line A NOW Lebanon editorial lays out the bottom line: [T]oday, we are fast moving to a stage where Lebanon is not big enough for both Hezbollah and Lebanon&rs... June 20, 2008 Maysan operation continues to target Sadrist leaders The Iraqi security forces have detained five senior Sadrist leaders and a department director in Maysan province during Operation Promise of Peace. The Mahdi Army, the armed wing of the Sad... June 19, 2008 Uh-Oh, University of Chicago in Danger of Fostering Genuine Diversity of Ideas Three cheers for the University of Chicago’s President Robert Zimmer and Provost Thomas Rosenbaum, for sticking to their plans to name a new research center after the late Milton Friedman &... June 19, 2008 US designates two Hezbollah operatives in Venezuela as terrorists The US Treasury Department has added two Venezuelans to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for their support of Hezbollah. Ghazi Nasr al Din, a Venezuelan diplomat, and Fawz... June 19, 2008 It Was a Nuclear Site This is from Le Monde today: D'après nos informations, l'AIEA détient des données, provenant de plusieurs sources non am&... June 19, 2008 Afghanistan National Security Forces: June 2008 Update The June 2008 updates to the Afghan National Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ANSF OOB homepage. The significant changes to the Order of Battle that occurred since J... June 19, 2008 Iraqi security forces detain senior Sadrist during Maysan operation The Iraqi security forces today formally kicked off the operations against the Mahdi Army in the southern province of Maysan. On the day the government's amnesty offer expired, the Ira... June 18, 2008 Mahdi Army cell leader behind deadly Baghdad bombing Yesterday's car bomb attack in the Shia neighborhood of Hayy Hurriyah in Baghdad's Kadamiyah district was carried out by a Mahdi Army Special Group cell, and not al Qaeda in Iraq,... June 17, 2008 UN Buddies Up With Terror-Linked Islamic Charity ‘” Again It sounds like the ultimate Dog-Bites-Man story – ho hum, there’s the UN climbing into bed with yet another terror-linked outfit. Does it really matter? You b...

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