Iraq
Bombs will not affect plans to reduce troops
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Iraq
Kurdish Rebels Kill 1, Take Hostage
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Latin American nations end crisis with handshake
Israel
Sources: Israel attack linked to Hezbollah
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FARC and France exchange veiled warning messages
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US seeks weapons suspect’s extradition
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Colombia says kills another FARC rebel leader
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New York police offer reward In Times Square bombing
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Afghanistan: Taliban jail escapees were serving harsh punishments
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Afghanistan suicide bomber came from Germany
Iraq
Bombings in the northern city of Mosul killed four policemen and left 46 other people injured. The Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr made an appearance in the holy city of Najaf to explain his “absence” to his follwers. Sons of Iraq led Coalition forces to an al Qaeda in Iraq torture house and prison in […]
Algeria
Terrorists attacked and killed three security guards on Wednesday morning at a construction site in Algeria’s Jijel province. The Austrian foreign ministry believes that two Austrian nationals have been arrested or kidnapped in the area along the border between Algeria and Tunisia. Concerns over the use of mobile telephones in terrorist bombings have prompted the […]
Somalia
Insurgents attacked government installations in the provincial town of Beletwein overnight Thursday, killing at least three government soldiers and wounding two people, including a civilian.The US government strongly condemned the closure of Somalian radio stations and the arrest of Shabelle Radio’s director Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe. Fourteen Ethiopian soldiers were killed late on Thursday as insurgents […]
Afghanistan
The rogue Afghan soldier who shot a US soldier to death last year in the western province of Herat has been sentenced to death. Taliban insurgents damaged a fourth cell-phone tower in Zabul province. Afghan police confiscated more than a half ton of opium in Helmand™s Washir district.
Iraq
Bombs reported to kill 4 in Mosul
Israel
Palestinian territories closed; seminary shooter named
Iraq
Iraqi cleric Sadr explains long absence to followers
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: March 2008 Update
The March 2008 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB homepage.
Pakistan
Suspected Militants Arrested in Pakistan
Pakistan
PPP delays naming premier candidate
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Hamas rejects Cairo’s call for truce
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Seeks Tech Geeks to Run Multimedia Wing
Iraq
Turkish troops shell northern Iraq
Al Qaeda
US commander: Al Qaeda is trying
Gadahn death rumors continue to surface
A new, unconfirmed report said Adam Gadahn, al Qaeda commander Abu Laith al Libi’s deputy, was killed in the Jan. 29 airstrike in North Waziristan along with two Kuwaitis and four other terrorists.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters have taken over towns as close as 35 miles south of the provincial capital of Baidoa. Four civilians were killed after Shabaab fighters attacked Ethiopian forces south of Mogadishu. Somali sources said Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was not killed in the recent airstrike in Dhobley.
Egypt
Egypt has begun construction of a 10-foot-high concrete wall on the border with Gaza to prevent Palestinians from entering the country. Egyptian police detained 26 Muslim Brotherhood Islamists, including three leading members of the ruling Guidance Office.
United States
Cops Probe Letters Regarding Times Square Bombing
Al Qaeda
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, called for foreign fighters to join the fight in Afghanistan and provide financing for the war. Yazid also said doctors and electronics specialists are needed, and Muslim men do not need permission from “apostate leaders” to fight in Afghanistan, the Palestinian territories, Chechnya, Somalia, Algeria and Iraq.
Pakistan
Army chief urges harmony among Pakistan’s leaders