Somalia
UN chief urges new Somali peace effort
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Yemen
13 girls, 5 soldiers injured in Yemen attack
Afghanistan
US-led raid kills six civilians, Afghan official says
Pakistan
Pakistan Parliament Elects First Woman Speaker
Russia
Moscow has armed and equipped a local army loyal to Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, a former rebel leader, and given it the task of keeping control. Ahmed Zakayev, a veteran leader of the Chechen Resistance and now the Prime Minister in exile of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, gave an interview. “Let me remind your […]
Somalia
The US government has classified al Shabaab, an Islamic terrorists group based in Somalia, as a terrorist organization. The group has conducted beheadings of government soldiers and praised al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The Danish HDMS Thetis, a state of the art navy vessel, is now protecting food aid and conducting anti-pirate patrols in […]
Important Taliban commander for northwestern Afghanistan arrested
Afghan intelligence operatives seized a lead Taliban field commander for northwestern Afghanistan during a raid in Herat province. The arrest follows a series of strikes against the Taliban’s leadership in the area this winter.
Yemen
The US State Department said late Tuesday that a mortar attack in Sanaa was directed at the US Embassy. The mortars landed in a nearby school yard, wounding several students and four Yemeni guards at the embassy. An American source told CNN that the Yemeni government statements that the attack was directed against the school […]
Iraq
Britain to delay troop withdrawal from Iraq: report
Iraq
Artifact smuggling aids Iraq insurgents
Al Qaeda
Austria in contact with al Qaeda hostages in Mali
Training the Iraqi Army
Bill Roggio is embedded with US and Iraqi troops in eastern Mosul. The 4th Brigade is putting its troops through a pre-basic training course as it plans to train its noncommissioned officers as it fights an insurgency in Mosul. A slideshow accompanies the entry.
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Taliban cellular antenna vandals killed, arrested
Iraq
Mortar shells kill five in Mosul
Yemen
The US embassy in Sana’a closed today after three hand grenades were tossed into a nearby school yard during dismissal. Three female students were killed and 15 wounded. Four Yemeni security guards were wounded. The school’s administrator had been involved in a dispute. In the southern town of Abyan, a bombing at an empty local […]
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UN States Lag on Iran Sanctions Reports
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Libya in contact with Austrian hostage-takers: diplomat
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US upset with Swiss-Iranian deal
Somalia
A grenade attack against a local official’s office in Mogadishu killed five people and wounded four others. A land dispute in central Somalia resulted in a gun battle that left nine dead and and 18 wounded. Three children were killed and two wounded when the grenade they played with exploded.
Pakistan
Pakistani militant appeals death sentence
Afghanistan
Air raid kills civilians in Afghan south: lawmaker
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb attacked members of a moderate group opposed to the terrorist organization, killing two men will they prayed in a mosque. The deadline for the kidnapped hostages has been extended one week while negotiations ensue. Libya has made contact with the kidnappers.
Afghanistan
Afghan security forces gunned down two insurgents wanted for a recent attack against a mobile phone mast in western Afghanistan, five others were arrested. More than half of the 3,200 US Marines being deployed to southern Afghanistan have landed in Kandahar. Turkey will not send combat troops for the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
Israel
Israelis, Government Divided on Dealing with Hamas
Iraq
US Bridging Gaps Between Baghdad, Provinces
Iraq
Death toll rises to 50 in Iraq bombing
Yemen
Five Yemen soldiers wounded in bomb attack
Iraq
UK troops doing nothing in Basra: Iraqi minister
Iraq
Iraq reconciliation talks hit by walkouts
Israel
Palestinian stabs rabbi in Arab East Jerusalem