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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Somalia
Sixteen Somalis were killed during fighting in Mogadishu. Seven Ethiopian troops were killed in an IED attack in Mogadishu. A district commissioner confirmed Shabaab fighters are present in the Bay region. Nigeria will send 500 troops to Somalia.
Afghanistan
US Secretary of Defense Gates is trying to defuse tensions over comments that NATO forces are not prepared for counterinsurgency operations. The US ambassador met the former Taliban commander who is now the governor in Musa Qala. Afghan forces will lead more operations in eastern Afghanistan this year. Police built new checkpoints in Badghis province. […]
Thailand
Thailand™s Southern Rebels Return to Spotlight
Thailand
Bangkok Connection
Pakistan
Suicide Bomb Hits Shiite Mosque in Pakistan
Iraq
UN Chief Welcomes Reduction in Iraq Attacks, Calls for Political Progress
Iraq
Use of airstrikes boosted in Iraq
Al Qaeda
Chertoff worried about European terrorism
Pakistan
Hunt for Baitullah Provokes more Reprisals
Al Qaeda
Terror’s financiers
Iraq
A rift over US troop cuts in Iraq
Pakistani troops abandon second fort in South Waziristan
Frontier Corps troops desert the Saklatoi outpost after Taliban threats. The Taliban and al Qaeda’s effort to build conventional military forces is producing results.
Al Qaeda
Iraqi forces set to raid three Sunni provinces to root out Al Qaeda
Iran
The US general and the Iranian pilgrim
Iraq
Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained nine during raids in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces killed a senior leader of al Qaeda in Diyala and captured an al Qaeda counterfeiter in Baghdad. US soldiers captured 15 “extremists” south of Baghdad. Iraqi security forces captured a senior al Qaeda leader in Diyala […]
Pakistan
The Taliban overran a military fort in Sararogha in South Waziristan; the Taliban claimed to have killed 16 paramilitary troops and captured 24. The Mehsuds have cut off electricity to the Waziri controlled tribal region in Wana, South Waziristan. Police arrested three teenaged suicide bombers in Hyderabad. The military said it has achieved its objective […]
United States
Ex-Congressman, U.N. Delegate Indicted as Part of Terrorist Fundraising Ring
Senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader killed in Miqdadiyah
US confirmed the death of Abu Layla al Suri, a senior leader in Diyala province as Operation Phantom Phoenix progresses.
Iraq
Female Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in Iraq
Lebanon
US Restricts Movements of Embassy Staff in Lebanon After Beirut Blast
Israel
Israeli troops kill Islamic Jihad leader
Afghanistan
NATO tensions surface as Gates faults Afghan forces
Iraq
U.N. sees Iraq progress despite misgivings
Al Qaeda
Turkey in Denial of al-Qaeda Threat
United States
The “Lone Wolf” and al-Qaeda Sleeper Cells in the United States
Taliban overrun military fort in South Waziristan
Seven soldiers and up to 50 Taliban reported killed; 20 paramilitaries reported captured after Taliban force stormed a post in Sararogha. Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban are the likely culprits.
Palestinian Territories
Gaza strike hardens Hamas position
Iraq
Prominent Salafi Jihadist Sheikh Tries to Quell Escalating Strife between Al-Qaeda and Awakening Movement in Iraq
Al Qaeda
Mosul raid shows risks in new tactic to hunt al-Qaeda