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Iranian involvement in Iraq: an old or a new case?By Bill Roggio(Co-Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to welcome Bill Roggio back as a Guest Author to write on Iran’s involvement in Iraq as a follow-up to James Gordon Meek’s post on that subject on October 12.) Has the US military stepped up... MovingBy Bill RoggioIf you have been looking for me, I have returned to my website, The Fourth Rail (http://billroggio.com/). I want to thank my good friend Andy Cochran for the opportunity to write here at the Counterterrorism Blog, which is the premier... Islamic Courts Consolidates Power in SomaliaBy Bill RoggioMap of Somalia, recent gains by the Islamic Courts marked in red. Click map to view. Somalia continues the slide into the darkness of a radical Islamist state. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the al-Qaeda linked leader of the Islamic... The Ongoing Battle for BaghdadBy Bill RoggioPhase 2 of Operation Together Forward is in its early stages. Click map to view. The city of Baghdad, as well as Baghdad Province has become the epicenter of violence in Iraq. In a recent press briefing, Major General... The Kidnapping of Jill CarrollBy Bill RoggioJill Carroll, the Christian Science Monitor reporter who was kidnapped by insurgents in Iraq last January and released 82 days later, has begun to tell the story of the long days she spent in captivity following her kidnapping. In a... Rehman, Rauf, suspected London Airline Plotters Captured, and the Pakistani ConnectionBy Bill RoggioWanted photo of Matiur Rehman. Click photo to view. Two of the suspected ring leaders of the al-Qaeda London Airline Plot to destroy aircraft en route to the United States have been captured by Pakistani intelligence. Matiur Rehman, who... MNF-Iraq Update on Al-Qaeda in IraqBy Bill RoggioMajor General William Caldwell's August 16th briefing on the state of counterinsurgency operations in Baghdad also includes an interesting, extended look at efforts to fight al-Qaeda in Iraq and intelligence gleaned from the terror organization based on the capture of... Podcast at Global Crisis WatchBy Bill RoggioOn Sunday afternoon Richard Lafayette and Nick Grace of Global Crisis Watch interviewed Daveed Gartenstein-Ross about the London Airline Plot and counterterrorism efforts. Also, I participated in a round table forum with Nir Boms of the Center for Freedom in... After Action Report: Winners and Losers in the Hezbollah-Israel WarBy Bill RoggioWith the cessation of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel largely holding after 24 hours, it is time to look at the likely winners and losers of the Hezbollah-Israel war. Israel spent the weekend scrambling to reach the Litani River and... To the Litani River; Heavy Fighting in Rashaf, MarjayounBy Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations; yellow Israeli airstrikes; orange clashes. Click map to view. The government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has given the Israeli Defense Force the final approval to... London Airline Bombing Plot News, Day Two (updated at 2:40 pm)By Bill RoggioTwenty-four Britons have been arrested in the London Airline plot, and the Bank of England has suspended the bank accounts of 19 suspects. Nineteen of the suspects are Muslim men between the ages of 17 to 35, and have been... Israeli Cabinet Votes to Push Deeper into Southern LebanonBy Bill RoggioThe Israeli Cabinet vote on the authorization for the Israeli Defense Force to expand ground operations in southern Lebanon highlights the government's lack of a cohesive plan at the war's outset and the hesitation to take the fight directly to... Reduce the Risk of Suicide Terrorism in the U.S. Through TechnologyBy Bill RoggioNumerous CT Blog posts have discussed Hezbollah’s fundraising activities in the U.S. and the Americas (e.g., Douglas Farah, Steven Emerson’s staff, and Dennis Lormel). Moreover, Steven Emerson, Walid Phares, and Olivier Guitta have already warned that Iran and Hezbollah could... IDF Commando Raid South of Tyre; Abandoning the Litani?By Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations; yellow Israeli airstrikes; orange clashes. Click map to view. Israeli Defense Force commandos have conducted another behind the lines raid in Hezbollah territory, this time in... Doctored Reuters Photo of Beirut and the Manipulation of the MediaBy Bill Roggio“We are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media. And that we are in a media battle in a race for the hearts and minds of our... IDF Commando Raid in Tyre; Iranian Missile ResupplyBy Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations; yellow Israeli airstrikes; orange clashes; dark blue IDF commando raid. Click map to view. The naval commandos of Flotilla 13, one of the Israeli Defense Force's... Israeli Cabinet Continues Debate Over Ground CampaignBy Bill RoggioThe Israeli government continues the debate over the shape of the proposed buffer zone in southern Lebanon, as well as the shape of the campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Haaretz reports that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir... The Southern Lebanon Offensive and the New Buffer ZoneBy Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations; yellow Israeli airstrikes; orange clashes. Click map to view. The Israeli Defense Force is probing hard across the entire Lebanese border, from Metulla to Marwahin. Eight... IDF Commando Raid in Baalbek, Deep in the Bekaa Valley; Hezbollah Members CapturedBy Bill RoggioLocation of Israeli airstrikes in the Bekaa Valley and Tyre, and the raid on Baalbek. Click map to view. Israeli commandos made a bold strike deep into Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, the heart of Hezbollah's empire. Israeli helicopters, backed by... A Change in Strategy: IDF to Expand Ground Campaign in LebanonBy Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations; yellow Israeli airstrikes; orange clashes. Click map to view. The government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed to "expanded ground operations in Lebanon," after an... Mugniyah's Hidden Hand in LebanonBy Bill RoggioImad Fayez Mugniyah At the outbreak of war between Israel and Hezbollah, I reported Imad Fayez Mugniyah, Hezbollah's military commander, was likely behind the operation to snatch the Israeli soldiers, and documented Hezbollah and Mugniyah's links to Iran and... Israel Loses the Initiative in LebanonBy Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations. Click map to view. After the airstrike in the Lebanese town of Qana, which killed 57 civilians, Israel has enforced a unilateral 48 hour cessation of... Hezbollah's Army RevisitedBy Bill RoggioThe skill and training of Hezbollah's Army in southern Lebanon becomes clearer after details emerge about Wednesday's fighting in Bint Jubayl, where the Israeli Defense Force's elite Golani Brigade and Hezbollah fighters have been slugging it out since last week.... The Battle of Bint Jubayl and Hezbollah's ArmyBy Bill RoggioAs the smoke clears from the fighting in the Lebanese border town of Bint Jubayl, Hezbollah's military capabilities become clearer. Today, 8 Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion were killed and 22 wounded during a "well-planned Hezbollah ambush... IDF Operations; Buffer Zones; Operational PossibilitiesBy Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations, orange recent clashes. Click map to view. The Israeli Defense Force's Golani Brigade has taken the town of Bint Jubayl, Hezbollah's southern command center, and is... IDF, Hezbollah battle over the "Hezbollah Capital"By Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied town; red IDF warned towns of operations. Click map to view. The Golani Brigade continues to slug it out with Hezbollah between the towns of Maroun al-Ras and the Bint Jubayl on the... Telegraphing the punch - IDF moving into southern LebanonBy Bill RoggioSouthern Lebanon. Green indicates Israeli occupied; red IDF warned of operations. Click map to view. The Israeli Defense Force is probing along the Lebanese frontier. Earlier today the IDF took control of Maroun al-Ras. Israeli army units have also... More fighting near Avivim; prelude to invasion?By Bill RoggioFighting in the Maroun al-Ras / Avivim region. Click map to view. An unknown sized force of Israeli mechanized infantry units are pushing into the Lebanese town of Maroun al-Ras. This town is the scene of the Hezbollah ambush... Worst Case Scenario II: Hezbollah's Ambush of the Golani BrigadeBy Bill RoggioIn Worst Case Scenario: Hezbollah's Conventional Forces: Hezbollah's Conventional Forces, we discussed Hezbollah's surprising conventional military prowess and weaponry, and reported of an ambush on a unit operating in Lebanon near Avivim. Haaretz reports that four soldiers from the Golani... Worst Case Scenario: Hezbollah's Conventional ForcesBy Bill RoggioThe Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah have fought pitched battles over the past two days in the region around Avivim. Ynet News reports nine Israeli soldiers were wounded during the fighting, and two were killed in the nearby town of... Basayev video commemorates his deathBy Bill RoggioBanner announcing Basayev's commemoration video. Basayev's commemoration video. Click image to view video, file size is ~5M, in Windows Media Viewer format [.mwv] Two Islamist websites have posted a video commemorating the life and death of Chechen al-Qaeda commander... Another limited IDF incursion into Lebanon; Evacuating LebanonBy Bill RoggioIsraeli troops have entered southern Lebanon for the second time in two days. Like the last raid, this one had the limited objective of destroying Hezbollah strong points on the Lebanese border, as well as "searching for tunnels and mines"... IDF enters Lebanon, a new buffer zone?By Bill RoggioRange of Iranian built missiles possibily in Hezbollah's arsenal. Map & graphics courtesy of Kathryn Cramer. Click map to view. After a weekend of repeated Hezbollah missile strikes into Israel, including hits in Afula and the surrounding communities, and... Counterterrorism Roundtable at Global Crisis WatchBy Bill RoggioThis afternoon Richard Lafayette of Global Crisis Watch hosted a counterterrorism roundtable, attended by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Douglas Farah, Nir Boms of the Center for Freedom in the Middle East, and myself. The main topic was the crisis in the Middle... Hezbollah missile sea strikes: UAV or ground based? (Updated)By Bill RoggioThe Iranian C802 / Chinese Jing YJ-82. Click photo to view. In last evening's post, "The War Widens, Hezbollah Strikes Egyptian, Israeli Ships with UAVs," we reported the Israeli warship and an Egyptian civilian vessel were likely hit with... The War Widens, Hezbollah Strikes Egyptian, Israeli Ships with UAVsBy Bill RoggioThe conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated, as Hezbollah has conducted two sea strikes against an Israeli warship and an Egyptian civilian ship, possibly a cruise liner. While initial reports are stating an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was used... Iranian manufactured Raad 1 missiles launched at Haifa (Updated)By Bill RoggioThe Raad. Click image to view. The rocket attack on the northern Israeli city of Haifa has raised the stakes in the very hot war between Israel and Hezbollah, and increases the possibility of widening the conflict with Syria... Hezbollah escalates the war in Lebanon, launches rocket attacks in HaifaBy Bill RoggioMap of Hezbollah rocket strikes in northern Israel. Click map to view. Since the Hezbollah raid on an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border and kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, and the follow on Israeli raids into Lebanon attacking... Imad Mugniyah likely behind the capture of Israeli soldiersBy Bill RoggioImad Fayez Mugniyah Hezbollah has conducted a highly successful raid into Israeli territory, attacking a Israeli Defense Force outpost along the Israel-Lebanese border, killing three soldiers and capturing two after they were wounded. Four Israeli soldiers were killed when... Multiple Bombs Detonated on Bombay Rail System (Updated)By Bill RoggioMap of the Bombay rail system. Orange dots indicate bombing sites. click image to view. Last Update at 4:20 pm ET. The railway system and rush hour commuters were the targets of a series of bombings in the Indian... Fighting resumes in Mogadishu; Shariah Law enforcedBy Bill RoggioThe Islamic Courts Union, al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, is consolidating power in the capital city of Mogadishu. The ICU is conducting military operations against rival warlords who sat out of last month's fighting. Over 140 Somalis have been killed in... Chechen Terrorist Shamil Basayev Killed by Russian FSB (UPDATED with Basayev statement praising al-Qaeda in Iraq)By Bill RoggioShamil Basayev in Dagestan, in 1999. Click image to view. Chechen terrorist leader and al-Qaeda commander Shamil Basayev (AKA Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris) has been killed by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), according to the chief of the security. Basayev... Iraqi Police take another shot at Sadr's militiaBy Bill RoggioMap of Baghdad, click to view. Image courtesy of Global Security The Shiite militia of Moqtada al-Sadr appear in the cross hairs of the Iraqi government for the second time in three days. Following up on Friday's raid on... Iraqi, U.S. Forces strike at Sadr's MilitiaBy Bill RoggioMap of Baghdad, click to view. Image courtesy of Global Security The new Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has taken a step to fulfill the pledge to dismantle the militias, including Shiite run militias within his own... The Kabul Bombings: Taliban or AGE?By Bill RoggioAftermath of a bombing in Kabul on July 5, 2006. Images courtesy of Walt Gaffney. Click photo to view gallery. The string of four bombings over two days in Kabul, Afghanistan, have raised the tension level in the city... al-Qaeda in Somalia; U.S. failed to act in 2002By Bill RoggioSheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Sheik Yusuf Indohaadde during a news briefing, Saturday, June 17, 2006. AP photograph, click to view. Just days after Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the chairman of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/07/icu_attempts_to_distance_itsel.php">attempted to distance his movement... Afghanistan Embed PageBy Bill RoggioThe garden of a girl's orphanage in Kabul. Click to go to the Afghanistan Embed page, which includes links to the photogalleries. I've assembled a web page that compiles the articles, photographs, and multimedia from the May-June embed in... ICU attempts to distance itself from bin Laden; Ethiopia Army pushes into central SomaliaBy Bill RoggioOsama bin Laden's endorsement of the Somali al-Qaeda affiliate Islamic Courts Union has caused some consternation within the organization. Osama bin Laden referred to the Islamic Courts as "our kinfolk and brother mujahidin," and implored them to "Seek God's help... Somalia's Terror CampsBy Bill Roggio16 of 17 known locations of terror training camps. Map is from 2002. Click map to view. As the situation in Somalia deteriorates and the al-Qaeda backed Islamic Courts Union (or al-Ittihad Mahakem al-Islamiya) consolidates power in the capital... Excerpts from the Osama bin Laden TapeBy Bill RoggioThe latest Osama bin Laden tape has focused almost exclusively on the death and lionization of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, with very little deviation on this theme. As Evan Kohlmann indicated last evening, the "intended audience are those primarily supportive of... Insurgent Counterproposal to Reconciliation; offer to lay down armsBy Bill RoggioEvan Kohlmann's chart of the major Sunni insurgent/terrorist groups. Click to view. Eleven insurgent groups, eight of which are being led by the 1920 Revolution Brigades, have issued a counter proposal to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's plan for... Maliki clarifies reconciliation; Task Force 145 continues operationsBy Bill RoggioIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has provided clarity to the controversial provision of amnesty for insurgents who killed U.S. and Coalition soldiers. "Any amnesty for insurgents will exclude fighters who killed Iraqis or soldiers of the multinational forces because these... Iraq and National ReconciliationBy Bill RoggioNational Review Online invited me to participate in an online symposium about the Iraqi government's efforts to end the insurgency by offering a plan for national reconciliation. There has been much criticism of this plan as it is feared insurgents... Taliban losses in Afghanistan, gains in PakistanBy Bill RoggioThe latest round of fighting in southeastern Afghanistan has claimed over 82 Taliban fighters in two separate engagements in Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces. Security Watchtower provides a breakdown of the estimated casualties of Taliban and Coalition forces in southeastern Afghanistan... Kabul to QalatBy Bill RoggioHaji, our Afghan driver and guide. Click to view. After arriving back in Kabul on a U.S. Air Force military C-130 transport from Kandahar, I met up with my friend Tim Lynch, the Afghanistan country manager for World Security... Observations from Southeastern AfghanistanBy Bill RoggioRichard Fernandez of the Belmont Club and I discussed the recent Coalition offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan's involvement with the Taliban. The podcast is available at Pajamas Media. Also, I'll be on the radio twice... Soft TargetsBy Bill RoggioHaji Agha Lalai (left, Director of Kandahar Strengthening Peace) and Mullah Ibrahim (right). Click image to view. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: As Coalition and Afghan forces press on with Operation Mountain Thrust in southeastern Afghanistan, the fighting in the Zari... Three Days of Operation Mountain Thrust in KandaharBy Bill RoggioThe other side of FOB Martello. Click image to view. An audio recording of a press conference with Colonel Chris Vernon on Operation Mountain Thrust is also available. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: On Saturday night, Charlie Company from the 1st... Press Conference with Colonel Chris Vernon on Mountain ThrustBy Bill RoggioKandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: Coalition forces have officially announced Operation Mountain Thrust, a concerted effort to dislodge the Taliban from eastern and southeastern Afghanistan. This operation has been ongoing for some time, and includes the offensive operations in Kunar, Uruzgan, Kandahar,... Reflections on HadithaBy Bill RoggioIraqi child from Barwana attack receiving treatment at Al Asad Air Base after being rushed to the hospital by the Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Photograph by SSgt Beckstead.. Click image to view. Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: The... The Road to Tarin KotBy Bill RoggioTroops from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry prep for the field. Click image to view. Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan: I've embedded with 7 Platoon, Charlie Company of the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment.... The demise of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, courtesy of Task Force 145 (with airstrike video)By Bill RoggioPhotograph of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi after his death. Click image to view. UPDATE: You can see the airstike video with commentary by Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell at the Washington Post website or a Flash version of the strike only... Media Death Watch in action on purported kidnapped Canadian soldierBy Bill RoggioKandahar Airfield, Afghanistan: Earlier this week, Glenn Reynolds reproduced an informal email from Afghanistan, which included an anecdote about the Canadian media maintaining the "Death Watch" (their own words) at Kandahar Airfield. The reporters are restricted to maintaining a presence... Kabul accident changes ISAF driving rules; Suicide attacks in KandaharBy Bill RoggioTraffic in downtown Kabul. Click to view. The fallout from last week's traffic accident and subsequent riots has reached the international troops. On last week's radio interview with Rob Breakenridge, I predicted Coalition forces would soon be forced to... Chora Police Station Retaken; Kabul Police Chief SackedBy Bill RoggioMap of ISAF Mission in Afghanistan. Click to Enlarge. Coalition and Afghan National Army (ANA) forces retook the Chora district police station in Uruzgan province which was attacked and seized Taliban earlier in the week. This was a joint... Quiet Friday in Kabul; Mullah Abdullah threatens Canada, BritianBy Bill RoggioMullah Dadullah on Al Jazeera. Kabul, Afghanistan: Kabul remains calm as demonstrations failed to materialize following Friday's day of pray in the mosques throughout the city. Afghan, Coalition and United Nations intelligence feared further protests would be organized to... A day in Kabul; Police remain a target in SoutheastBy Bill RoggioKabul, Afghanistan: The city of Kabul remains quiet as evidence emerges that U.S. Army troops fired on demonstrators while leaving the scene of Monday's accident. According to General Amanullah Gozar, Kabul's chief of highway police who was present at the... Two days after the Kabul riotBy Bill RoggioKabul, Afghanistan: The city of Kabul has settled down after Monday's violent outbreak that followed a traffic accident involving a runaway U.S. military vehicle and Afghan civilians. The riots were suppressed in eight hours, and the Karzai government instituted an... Combat in Southeastern Afghanistan; Mullah Dadullah not capturedBy Bill RoggioThe fighting in southeastern Afghanistan continues as Coalition and Afghan forces press into previously unpatroled Taliban strongholds. Over the weekend clashes occurred in Kandahar, Helmand and Ghazni provinces. These provinces have been the scene of the majority of the fighting... |