Monthly Archives: March 2008








Friend to foe: Pak forces falter under jihadi fire



From Hizb-e-Islami camp to fighting extremism


Moscow Warns against NATO Membership for Georgia, Ukraine


Philippines

Three suspected foreign terrorists arrested last month in connection with an alleged plot to bomb embassies in Manila are in military intelligence custody and are undergoing interrogation. Regional al Qaeda-linked terrorists are benefiting from the illicit sale of counterfeit cigarettes, medicines, CDs, and DVDs. Australia has boosted its security at its embassy in Manila following […]


Expert says fake DVDs fund militants in Philippines


Afghanistan: ANA brings new breed of Soldier


Al Qaeda Seeks Tech Geeks to Run Multimedia Wing



Egypt

Egyptian authorities destroyed six underground tunnels used to smuggle weapons between Egypt and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Egyptian police shot a Sudanese man on the Israeli border when a group of migrants ignored their orders to stop and made a run for Israel. Egypt is trying to persuade Hamas to accept a truce that would […]


Russia

The head of the North Ossetia province™s organized crime fighting unit, Mark Metsayev, was shot dead in the provincial capital Vladikavkaz on Friday. Gunmen ambushed a police patrol in the Caucasus republic of Ingushetia Friday evening leaving two officers seriously injured. Transport police intercepted 55 pounds of heroin from a Tajik national in the southern […]


Afghanistan

British troops are being attacked four times a day on average in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, according to official figures. A roadside bomb struck a civilian car in Helmand province Saturday, killing three people, including two children, and wounding another. UN chief Ban Ki-moon plans to appoint Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide as his […]



The Terror Nobody Knows: Thwarted Attacks on the US


Iraq

About 100 bodies found in Iraq mass grave: military