Intel and Ops update, OTHER States:

Truce holds in Yemen
A ceasefire was holding in Yemen on Sunday after Shiite rebels agreed to lay down their arms, ending months of fierce fighting that has killed and wounded thousands.

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Iran's Supreme Leader says US presence leads to Iraq insecurity
Iran's Supreme Leader Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) Abdul Aziz al-Hakim on Monday said that Iran-Iraq ties are solid.
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Egypt election: Muslim Brotherhood candidates fail to win seats
Initial results indicated Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has won a landslide victory in the first round of the Shura Council mid-term elections, the Egyptian Gazette newspaper reported

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Iraq: Scores killed in clashes, blasts

Posted: 18-06-2007 , 08:57 GMT


british forces in iraqIraqi and British forces fought a fierce battle with Shiite gunmen while conducting house-to-house searches early Monday south of Baghdad, and Iraqi police and hospital officials said 36 people died in the violence. More than 100 people were hurt in the fighting in Amarah, the officials said. At least three of those killed were Iraqi policemen, they said, according to the AP.

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Lebanon army loses three troops as Fatah Islam men cornered

Posted: 18-06-2007 , 13:31 GMT


lebanon nahr albaredFierce fighting erupted Monday at a besieged Palestinian refugee camp as Lebanese forces resumed bombardment of al-Qaeda-inspired militants barricaded inside. Three Lebanese troops died, a senior military official said, according to the AP.

Troops, backed by heavy artillery and tank fire, blasted suspected hideouts of the Fatah Islam inside the Nahr el-Bared camp on the outskirts of the northern port city of Tripoli, as the battle against the militants entered its fifth week, witnesses said. The senior military official said an undetermined number of soldiers were wounded.

Fatah al-Islam men are reported now cornered in what is known as the "old camp," a small segment at the southern tip of Nahr al-Bared. The Lebanese army said it has advanced further into Nahr al-Bared since Friday and driven the militants into the "old camp."


On Monday, an army officer confirmed the army had blown up two major militant positions inside the camp the day before. Fatah al-Islam had used the buildings as firing points to target Lebanese troops besieging Nahr al-Bared since fighting erupted there on May 20. Lebanese flags flew over the two buildings on Monday.

In all, the fighting has claimed more than 150 lives - 72 soldiers, at least 60 Fatah Islam militants and more than 20 civilians - since its outbreak on May 20.

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