War links
Using the International Criminal Court to pressure Sudan's ruler over Darfur.
Russia is making nice with Venezuela and Cuba, including joint military exercises. And is planning to build a naval base in a rebel part of Georgia.
The US may have been right about a Syrian site.
Iran launches a new, longer-range, more accurate missile. More.
UK Security Service estimates the number of active jihadi supporters in the UK number in the thousands.
Bali bombers executed: the head of Jemaah Islamiah group, Abu Bakar Bashir, who urged his followers to fight for Islam. Bashir praised the bombers as heroes adding: 'Their fighting spirit in defending Islam should be followed. We will win the fight in this world or die as martyrs. Even if they are murdered, they will die as Islamic martyrs.'
Rescue by US Navy of an American hostage in Afghanistan.
A jihadi leader thinks that Obama’s election is a victory for radical Islam. More on the radical Islamist reaction. The incoming Administration is exploring new approaches to the Afghan war. Characterising the Afghan war as dire but winnable.
A short video with an illustrative example of the success of the Surge. Michael Yon reports briefly on Iraq: he called Iraq as a place where the Coalition was winning and Afghanistan as where NATO was losing months ago.
Russia is making nice with Venezuela and Cuba, including joint military exercises. And is planning to build a naval base in a rebel part of Georgia.
The US may have been right about a Syrian site.
Iran launches a new, longer-range, more accurate missile. More.
UK Security Service estimates the number of active jihadi supporters in the UK number in the thousands.
Bali bombers executed: the head of Jemaah Islamiah group, Abu Bakar Bashir, who urged his followers to fight for Islam. Bashir praised the bombers as heroes adding: 'Their fighting spirit in defending Islam should be followed. We will win the fight in this world or die as martyrs. Even if they are murdered, they will die as Islamic martyrs.'
Rescue by US Navy of an American hostage in Afghanistan.
A jihadi leader thinks that Obama’s election is a victory for radical Islam. More on the radical Islamist reaction. The incoming Administration is exploring new approaches to the Afghan war. Characterising the Afghan war as dire but winnable.
A short video with an illustrative example of the success of the Surge. Michael Yon reports briefly on Iraq: he called Iraq as a place where the Coalition was winning and Afghanistan as where NATO was losing months ago.