Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Islamic Council warned President Karzai not to allow foreign aid groups to conduct missionaries. Afghan and ISAF forces arrested “several” Taliban fighters in Kandahar. A Taliban commander was captured in Ghazni province.
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Iranian-backed Special Groups remain in the crosshairs
Media report that claimed General Petraeus said the Iranian leadership has ordered a reduction in attacks is incorrect. Coalition special forces continue to target Special Groups cells.
Iraq
US and Iraqi soldiers killed one al Qaeda operative and detained nine during an operation in Abu Tamur; five Iraqi soldiers were killed while clearing a house. Coalition forces detained 18 al Qaeda operatives during raids in central Iraq. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups leader and eight associates in Huwaysh and a facilitator in […]
Al Qaeda
Dakar Rally is al Qaeda victim as killings force race’s cancellation
Lebanon
Iranian official to meet Assad to discuss Lebanon
Al Qaeda
Cancellation of Dakar rally praised by al-Qaeda-linked websites
Pakistan
The Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies stated there were 1,503 terrorist attacks resulting in 3,448 people killed and 5,353 injured during 2007. The Pakistani Taliban threatened to launch strikes in the Northwest Frontier Province if the government fails to end operations in Swat and South Waziristan. At least 10 Pakistanis have been killed in army […]
Al Qaeda
Islamic Army of Iraq Claims Recent Clashes with Al Qaeda in Samarra
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Report Reveals Rampant Smuggling of Radioactive Materials
Iraq
Iraqi soldier killed two US troops
Al Qaeda
Terror Suspects Hone Anti-Detection Skills
Thailand
Muslim insurgents ambushed an army patrol in Yala province; two insurgents and a soldier were wounded. Muslim insurgents killed a villager in a drive-by shooting near a mosque in Yala province; two security officials were also wounded.
Yemen
Security forces arrested eight minors for lighting firecrackers in celebration of Eid al Ghadeer, a mainstream Zaidi Shiite holiday banned since the inception of the Sa’ada war in 2004. Yemen’s attorney general stated “high level orders” prevented the children’s release. Zaidi scholar Mohammed Miftah was also arrested on charges of celebrating the holiday. Miftah, a […]
Iran
Khamenei warns Iran will ‘humiliate’ any attacker
Pakistan
Officers from Scotland Yard have begun to probe Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. The new leader of the Lal Masjid said Bhutto’s son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is now a “target.” Three of the 70 Taliban fighters detained in Swat have been identified as Maulana Fazlullah’s lieutenants. Yesterday’s airstrikes in South Waziristan targeted Baitullah Mehsud’s hideouts in Sara […]
Al Qaeda
Al Qaida Uses Women As Suicide Attackers
Iraq
General Petraeus’ aide denied a report in the Washington Times that stated Iran has backed off of supporting Shia terrorists. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 12 during operations in Miqdadiyah and Mosul. A joint Iraqi-US force arrested seven insurgents a raid south of Kirkuk. Two Iraqi police were killed in an […]
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: January 2008 Update
A status update on the state of the Iraqi Security Forces. The Iraqi Army expands its logistical units and adds more armored vehicles, while the police have added nine battalions.
Iraq
More refugees returning to Iraq: Red Crescent
Iran
Losses in Iraq
Iraq
Petraeus Aide Denies Report That Iran Is Not Aiding Iraq Militants
Iraq
Attacks Prompt Vehicle Ban in Iraqi City
Pakistan
British team in Pakistan for Bhutto killing probe
Mauritania
Dakar Rally Canceled Amid Safety Concerns, Terrorist Threats
Libya
Libya heads U.N. Security Council
Iraq
US closing net on Iraq’s Qaeda ‘rats’: Petraeus
Iraq
In War: Resolution
Iraq
Data Bomb: The Lancet Survey on Iraq deaths
Sudan
US investigators heading to Sudan to probe shooting
Iraq
Parsing Iraqi December Violent Deaths