Singapore
Hundreds of leads in JI-leader manhunt
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Pakistan
Al Qaeda probed over Lahore blasts
Iran
Khatami: Hard-liners undermine Iranian democracy
Iraq
Iraqi government defends budget handling
Israel
Hamas sets terms for Israel cease-fire
Al Qaeda
Jordan releases leading al Qaeda mentor
Iraq
Iraqi police raid Mehdi Army strongholds
Afghanistan
Suicide car bomb kills Afghan civilian
Israel
Israeli troops kill West Bank militant
Pakistan
Video – Pakistani suicide attacks kill 24, injure 200
Iraq
Video – Saddam Hussein’s Links to Terrorism
Iraq
Video – Iraqis smuggling oil to Iran
Iraq
20 bodies discovered in mass grave
Israel
Hamas-Israel deal would put Abbas’ men at Gaza crossings
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Gitmo detainees allowed phone calls
Iraq
Pentagon: Iraq’s improvements threatened by corruption
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Kuwait hailed for extending facilities for US military
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Alleged FARC leader in private clinic in Venezuela
Israel
Security official: Israel and Hamas reach truce
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Top US Commander in Middle East Resigns
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Advance party of US Marines lands in southern Afghanistan
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Excalibur round debuts in Afghanistan
Palestinian Territories
Israel and Hamas reportedly agreed to a 30-day ceasefire. But after a four-day lull in hostilities, Palestinians fired a rocket at Ashkelon; Israel issued a warning to Hamas in response. Meanwhile, Palestinian PM Abbas blamed Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak for stalled peace talks.
Walling Mosul
Bill Roggio reports from Mosul, Iraq. The Iraqi Army is building more combat outposts and rebuilding a berm around Mosul as part of the counterinsurgency plan to secure Mosul. Logistical issues continue to impact the readiness of the Iraqi Army.
Somalia
A roadside bomb targeting a military convoy killed a pregnant woman and wounded four others in Mogadishu. The security minister in Somalia’s semiautonomous State of Puntland has handed in his official resignation papers.
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Taliban ‘far from defeated’ in Afghanistan, UN warns
Iraq
39 killed as Iraq and US ponder future American role
Algeria
Al Qaeda’s North Africa branch claimed it kidnapped the two Austrian nationals last seen on the Tunisian-Algerian border in late February. Algerian security forces are currently combing eastern villages in search of the pair. The Algerian newspaper, Ennahar, says the kidnappers moved the Austrians to Mali.
Dual suicide bombings in Lahore kill 28
One of the bombers hit the building that housed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency headquarters as well as a US counterterrorism team.
Iraq
Keeping Iraq in the Dark