Afghanistan
Berlin slaps down US demand to send troops to fight the Taleban
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Somalia
Shabaab and government troops clashed in Dinsor. The Islamic Courts rejected talks with the government. The president of Uganda said his country can deploy more forces to Somalia.
Palestinian Territories
Hamas bulldozed a large segment of the border wall at the Rafah crossing to allow trucks and people to pass into Egypt. Egypt is searching for four Palestinian terrorists suspected of planning suicide attacks against resorts in the Sinai Peninsula.
Palestinian Territories
Egypt looking for four terrorists
Pakistan
US Strike Exposes Entrenched Militants
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed six security forces during an attack in Mir Ali, North Waziristan. The military recovered some of the ammunition seized by the Taliban in Darra Adam Khel. A Pakistan Air Force truck was damaged in an IED attack while traveling between airbases outside Peshawar. The Kohat Tunnel is being reopened to light […]
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Most Wanted Warlord
Al Qaeda in Iraq uses disabled women in Baghdad bombings
Seventy-three civilians killed in two attacks in Baghdad pet markets. Al Qaeda detonated vests on mentally disabled women to conduct attacks. This mode of attack has been reported as early as January 2005.
Iraq
Crocker: Iraq Needs US Troops Until 2009
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Third Internet Cable Cut in Middle East
Pakistan
Taliban take a hit, but the fight goes on
Al Qaeda
Major Jihadi Cleric and Author of Al-Qaeda’s Shari’a Guide to Jihad Sayyed Imam vs. Al-Qaeda
Egypt
Egyptian security forces arrested 12 armed Palestinian terrorists on suspicion they were planning to attack Israeli tourists in the Sinai. Ten of men were arrested while crossing into Egypt at the Rafah entry point. Two of the Palestinians were members of Hamas, two were members of Islamic Jihad.
Iraq
Two bombs at Baghdad pet markets kill 72: police
Iraq
Iraq’s revival boosted as oil production rises to 2.4m barrels a day
Iran
Israel’s days are numbered – Iran
Iraq
Soldier’s Dad: Parsing Iraqi Casualties – Jan ’08
Pakistan
Pak-Afghan border coordination centre opens in March: Boucher
Mauritania
Six terrorists attacked the Israeli Embassy with small-arms fire. Witnesses said the men chanted “God is Great!” in Arabic before opening fire. One civilian was reported wounded in the ensuing clash between the embassy guards and the terrorists.
Yemen
Ahmad Mansour, the spokesman for al Qaeda in Yemen, said the government asked it to fight a Shia rebel group in the North of the country. “They [the government] have asked us to fight against the followers of Imam al-Houthi of Saada. In return, Yemeni security forces will ease the persecution of our members,” said […]