Monthly Archives: January 2008

Palestinian Territories

| January 15, 2008

Israeli operations in Gaza resulted in 16 terrorists and three civilians killed. The son of Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was killed in the clashes while an Ecuadorian worker was killed by Palestinian sniper fire. The IDF may step up operations in Gaza. Ten Israelis in Sderot were wounded in a barrage of Qassam rockets launched […]

Al Qaeda

| January 15, 2008

A posting at Al Ekhlaas, an influential jihadi web forum, announced “the creation of the al Qaeda organization in Britain.” The posting urged Muslim men to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown and former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Iraq

| January 15, 2008

Coalition forces detained 14 al Qaeda operatives during raids in central and northern Iraq and two Special Groups operatives in Suwayrah. A senior Awakening leader was killed in central Baghdad; two of his aides and four civilians were wounded. A policeman and two Awakening fighters were killed in Shurqat. Police arrested 35 insurgents during two […]

Pakistan

| January 15, 2008

President Musharraf said the West should recognize the Taliban and attempt to change them from within. Two Taliban were killed and one captured during a suicide attack on a military checkpoint in Mohmand. Eight suicide bombers were arrested in Sargodha and Mianwali. The interior minister said all politicians are under threat of assassination and the […]

Lebanon

| January 15, 2008

A US Embassy vehicle was reported to have been hit with a roadside bomb in a Christian neighborhood in Beirut. “Television footage showed several damaged cars, including an SUV with tinted windows, similar to those used by U.S. diplomats,” the AP reported. Two people were reported killed.

Yemen

| January 15, 2008

Yemen’s al Qaeda wing vows to free jailed terrorists

Thailand

| January 15, 2008

A bombing in a crowded market in the provincial capital in Yala wounded 37; six have been reported to be severely wounded. Muslim insurgents placed a bomb on a motorcycle and detonated it by remote control. One of the eight soldiers killed in the Jan. 13 IED attack and ambush was beheaded.

Palestinian Territories

| January 14, 2008

Israeli troops seized explosive material hidden in an aid truck bound for Gaza. The Palestinian Authority reportedly seized a rocket launcher and explosives in Nablus. Israel and the Palestinian Authority opened a new round of peace talks.

Iraq

| January 14, 2008

Operation Iron Harvest in the north has resulted in 60 al Qaeda fighters killed and 193 suspects captured since the operation began last week. Seven al Qaeda fighters were killed in clashes south of Baqubah. Iraqi Special Forces captured an IED cell leader in Mosul. Coalition forces detained eight al Qaeda operative during raids in […]

Pakistan

| January 14, 2008

A bus bombing killed 11 and wounded 40 in Karachi. The government said 23 Taliban and seven soldiers were killed after the Taliban ambushed a convoy in Mohmand; the Taliban said 17 soldiers were captured. The Mehsud tribe is urging the Taliban to free four paramilitary troops captured last week. The military captured four “most […]

Afghanistan

| January 14, 2008

The Taliban took credit for a coordinated bombing and small-arms assault that killed six security guards and a Norwegian journalist at the five-star Serena Hotel in Kabul. Four Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar province.

Yemen

| January 14, 2008

The father of a sailor murdered in the USS Cole terrorist attack is calling for Yemen to be classified as a state sponsor of terrorism. In an open letter, Gary Swenchonis Sr. asks Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh to re-imprison his son’s killers. Those convicted received light sentences have escaped from Yemeni jails or have […]