Pakistan
Pakistan rejects nuclear watchdog’s worries
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Iran
Iran said the US Department of Defense footage of the naval incident at the Strait of Hormuz is fake. “The footage released by the U.S. Navy was compiled using file pictures and the audio has been fabricated,” the Iranian Press TV quoted a Revolutionary Guards Corps official as saying. The US warned Iran of the […]
Al Qaeda
Algeria: Al-Qaeda has ‘stable presence in Africa’
Iraq
US Attack in Iraq Is No Surprise to Many Insurgents
Iran
Video shows Iranian ‘provocation’ of US forces
Iran
Iran: Criminals Lose Hands And Feet As Shari’a Law Imposed
Pakistan
Rumors persist that Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah was killed in a artillery barrage. The Taliban killed one security agent and kidnapped three in South Waziristan. Eleven mortars were fired at a military base in Peshawar. The Army may deploy to the Northwest Frontier Province district of Peshawar, Kohat, Hangu, and Dera Ismail Khan.
Taliban commanders clash in South Waziristan
Tension rises between Baitullah Mehsud and Mullah Nazir after nine of Nazir’s tribesmen are killed during attacks. Nazir has ordered Mehsud tribesmen to vacate Wana.
Palestinian Territories
Olmert, Abbas have agreed “to launch negotiations on core issues”: capital, borders, refugees. Nine “top Fatah gunmen” surrendered weapons to the Palestinian Authority. Israelis security forces detained two Hamas leaders in the West Bank while Israeli jets fired rockets at two targets in Gaza.
Philippines
Jemaah Islamiyah bomber Dulmatin is reported to be moving between Sulu in the Philippines and Malaysia to avoid capture by Filipino troops. MILF warned that peace talks with the government are on the verge of stopping.
Afghanistan
Kabul Pleads With Tehran To Delay Refugee Expulsions
Iran
BBC NEWS | US releases Iran stand-off video
Iraq
Iraqi and US forces kicked off Operation Phanton Phoenix, while Operation Hero’s Harvest is underway in Miqdadiyah. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 28 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi security forces killed one insurgent and captured 14 in Baghdad. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured an “extremist cell leader” and […]
Al Qaeda
US troops raid Diyala River Valley in search of insurgents
Iraq
UNHCR Appeals for $261M in Iraqi Refugee Aid
Iraq
Iraq™s Islamic Army rejects links with ‘Awakening’
Iraq
Corps Planners Finish Review of Iraq Campaign Plan
Lebanon
Three Irish peacekeeping soldiers were wounded in an IED attack near Sidon. Fatah al Islam leader Shaker Al Abssi threatened to attack the Lebanese Army. Two Katyusha rockets slammed into northern Israel; no casualties were reported.
Iran
Iran Denies Threat to Blow Up US Ships
Al Qaeda
Life after the ‘Islamic State in Iraq’
United States
For sale: West™s deadly nuclear secrets
Pakistan
US wants Pakistan to bite the bullet
Pakistan
Nine leaders in Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir’s group were killed in South Waziristan; Nazir is blaming Baitullah Mehsud. Five Christians abducted while passing through South Waziristan have been freed. Eight soldiers and two civilians were wounded in a suicide bombing in Swat. The Taliban wounded four Scouts during at attack in Mohmand.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda’s Promotional Trinkets
Somalia
Fighting between government forces and Shabaab fighters south of Mogadishu claimed 15 lives; another five were killed inside the capital. Local officilas are fleeing a town near Baidoa due to Shabaab fighters making a push in the region. Security forces have arrested three journalists in Somalia and Puntland.
Afghanistan
A former Taliban commander was named governor of Musa Qala. Taliban commander Mullah Naqaibullah told the BBC he bribed Afghan authorities to get out of jail. Two police and two civilians were killed in an IED attack in the Nadi Ali district in Helmand province. A suicide bomber wounded five policemen in Spin Boldak in […]
Iraq
Survey: Diplomats oppose Iraq policy
Operation Phantom Phoenix targets al Qaeda havens
Coalition, Iraqi forces launch new operation to “pursue al Qaeda and other extremists wherever they attempt to take sanctuary.” Miqdadiyah will be a major focus of operations.
Lebanon
Fatah al-Islam chief warns of attacks on Lebanon army
Iran
‘Reckless™ Iranians threaten to blow up American warships in the Gulf