Coalition targets al Qaeda’s network in the Iraqi North
Twenty-six senior al Qaeda leaders killed or captured over the past several weeks. Five of those identified were in Mosul, including three Saudi al Qaeda leaders.
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Thailand
One policeman was killed, and one policeman and two civilians were wounded in a bombing at a market in Pattani province. Two soldiers were wounded after Muslim terrorists detonated a bomb inside a primary school in Narathiwat province.
Pakistan
Death for Pakistani for murder of US diplomat
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda death in Iraq sets group back
Iraq
Iraqi forces stand up as US mentors step aside
Iraq
Iraqi Cabinet OKs Deals With Oil Giants
Pakistan
Pakistani court quashes Zardari graft charges
Israel
Israelis try to shield military officers from operations to avenge Mughniyeh
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Mobile-Phone Towers Are Taliban’s New Target
Iraq
Sectarian violence failed to force Sunnis from land
Sudan
Sudan troops clash with EU Force
Palestinian Territories
Israeli troops re-enter Gaza, clashing with Hamas fighters
Iraq
The US located a downed Iraqi Mi-17 helicopter north of Lake Thar Thar; eight were killed in the crash. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives in central Iraq. Iraqi special forces captured two al Qaeda leaders in Baghdad. Police killed a suicide bomber in Mosul and arrested eight in Samarra.
Iran
Iran Rejects U.N. Resolution Imposing New Sanctions for Refusal to Stop Uranium Enrichment
Iraq
Iraq: for once there’s hope
Iran
Iran still backing extremists in Iraq: US general
Somalia
Somalis protest after US missile attack
Pakistan
String of suicide bombings unsettles Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan: US troops to participate in operations in tribal areas, says ex-spy master
Seven killed in suicide bombing at Pakistani Navy War College
Twenty-one wounded, including officers and civilians, in the fifth major suicide bombing since Feb. 25. The Taliban continue to target Pakistani military facilities.
Iraq
Top Commander: Iraq Assessment Needed
Pakistan
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a naval college in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19. The chief of the US military held talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and other top Pakistani military officials on Tuesday, his second visit to Pakistan within a […]
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Kabul hotel attack mastermind in Pakistan: intelligence chief
Al Qaeda leader Saleh target of US airstrike in southern Somalia
Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was behind 1998 suicide attacks against US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and 2002 attacks in Kenya.
Iraq
Report from the Triangle of Death
Somalia
Yesterday’s missile strike was aimed at Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a Kenyan born in 1979 who is wanted by the FBI for questioning in the nearly simultaneous attacks in 2002 on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, and on an Israeli airliner taking off from there, said three American officials, who spoke on the condition of […]
Algeria
The death toll from political violence in Algeria fell to 19 in February, from 25 in January, according to a Reuters count. Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz on Sunday confirmed that officials from the country had visited the US base at Guantanamo Bay to identify Algerian detainees, and said that although the country would accept […]
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New governor picked for Helmand
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Pakistan: The case of the “missing” Qari
Israel
Israeli forces have pulled out of northern Gaza; nearly 120 Palestinians, two Israeli soldiers were killed in the operation targeting Palestinian rocket cells. Further operations are pending, as Israeli PM Omert said, “we have no choice but to continue action until terrorism stops.” Palestinians launched 40 missiles at Sderot and Ashkelon since Sunday. Palestinian President […]