Afghanistan
Afghanistan suicide bombers ‘may come from Pakistan
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Iraq
US forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and defused seven IEDs in Miqdadiyah. One al Qaeda operative was killed and four captured while attempting to plant an IED in Baqubah. Iraqi security forces captured 30 insurgents during operations in Baghdad. The USAF dropped 38 bombs totaling 40,000 pounds on al Qaeda safe havens in Arab […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan welcomes US troop mini-surge
Al Qaeda
Treasury Designates Al-Zawraa TV
Suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan claims 22 dead
A suicide bomber killed 22 and wounded at least 70 in an attack on police outside the Lahore High Court. The bombing comes days after police arrested a suicide cell in the city.
Iran
IAEA chief heads to Iran as Nuclear probe enters final stage
Iraq
Iraqi Baathists refuse to attend Cairo conference on national reconciliation
Turkey
Gul: ‘No peaceful solution’ to PKK issue
Lebanon
Any number of suspects could be behind attack on UNIFIL
Iran
Saudi Arabia defends Iran links
Pakistan
Pakistani terrorist Maulana Fazlullah revealed in new photo
Pakistan
New Taliban Leader: More Dangerous Than Bin Laden?
Pakistan
In Pakistan, fear of an ethnic divide
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Air Force OKs most older F-15s for flight
Iran
Saudi FM Urges Restraint by US and Iran
Al Qaeda
The US Treasury Department has frozen the assets of several Iranian Qods Force officers as well as Mishan al Jabouri, who operates the al Qaeda-linked Al Zawraa TV from Iraq. “Iran and Syria are fueling violence and destruction in Iraq,” said Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism. See al-Zawraa: Muj TV from The Long War Journal as […]
Pakistan
Pakistan bombings reach ‘unprecedented’ level
Palestinian Territories
President Bush said illegal settlements in the West Bank have “to go.” Prime Minister Olmert said, “There will be no peace unless terror is stopped – and stopped everywhere.” Palestinian terrorists in Gaza hit southern Israel with mortars and rockets. An IDF strike in northern Gaza killed two.
Somalia
Al Shabaab spokesman Sheik Mokhtar Robow said foreign aid workers will not be targeted by the terror group and admitted its forces are fighting government troops in the Bay and Bakol regions. Four Somali soldiers were killed and seven wounded in fighting in the town of Dinsor near Baidoa.
Afghanistan
The Pentagon is considering a plan to send 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan for a one-time, seven-month deployment to help blunt an expected Taliban spring offensive. “The commanders need more forces there,” said a Pentagon spokesman. “Our allies are not in the position to provide them.”
Iraq
Iraq insurgents warn Norway against expelling Ansar al Islam leader
Iraq
6 US soldiers killed in explosion in house
Al Qaeda
US general says ‘spectacular’ Qaeda attacks rise in Iraq
Afghanistan
Ministry of Defence | UK Marines conduct first Afghan Amphibious Operation
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: A First Step Toward ‘Turning’ Moderate Taliban?
Iraq
Operation Iron Harvest is underway in Miqdadiyah; up to 20 al Qaeda fighters have been reported killed and 10 captured. The Iraqi Army arrested the al Qaeda leader behind the deadly attack on the Yazidi villages in Sinjar; police arrested a key leader of al Qaeda in Khalidiya. Police also arrested a mayor and four […]
Algeria
Five soldiers were killed and 10 wounded during an ambush by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb forces in the town of Ain Al Hamam in Tizi Ouzou province. Five more soldiers were wounded in an IED strike in the town of Ait Yahia, south of the city of Tizi Ouzou.
Al Qaeda suicide cell leader captured in Pakistan
Ahsan al Haq, a former Pakistani Army major and al Qaeda camp commander, was captured in Lahore. He was behind the Sargodha suicide bombings last fall.
Operation Iron Harvest targets al Qaeda in Miqdadiyah
The operation is subordinate to Operation Phantom Phoenix, a corps-sized operation focused on al Qaeda in the north. Twenty al Qaeda emirs have been reported killed or captured.
Iraq
US deploys latest tactic in Iraq: anthropology