Iraq
US Forces Seek to Cement Gains in Iraq
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Iraq
Gen. Petraeus Addresses his ‘Legacy’
Al Qaeda
After a Decade at War With West, Al-Qaeda Still Impervious to Spies
Iraq
US company to help expand Iraqi refinery
Al Qaeda
Usama bin Laden Criticizes Europe for Anti-Islamic Cartoons, Vows Reaction
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New ‘bin Laden tape’ threatens EU
Al Qaeda
A new audio tape recording purportedly of Osama bin Laden appeared on the al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Ekhlaas Internet forum. In the message titled, “The Response Will Be What You See, Not What You Hear,” bin Laden threatens to “punish” the European Union over the recent re-publication of cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Mohammad. The voice on the […]
Afghanistan
Riots broke out at Pul-i-Charkhi prison, a high-security jail on Kabul™s outskirts, leaving an unknown number of inmates wounded. Another cellular phone antenna was badly damaged in Kandahar province. Six members of a family were killed during a US raid in Khost. Helmand™s new governor supports holding talks with the Taliban.
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Chemical Ali will not hang alone
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Second Austrian official flies to Mali for hostage talks
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Guantanamo Algerian prisoners welcomed in Algeria
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Inmates riot at high-security Kabul jail
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Afghans demonstrate against ‘deployment of Russian troops’
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Helmand governor seeks talks with Taliban
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden to release new message: monitor
Palestinian Territories
Egypt is brokering a Hamas-Israel truce in Gaza. Yemen is mediating talks between Hamas and Fatah. Poll: 84 percent of Palestinians support the terrorist attack on a religious school in Jerusalem earlier this month. Visiting Sderot, John McCain said of Israeli operations, “No nation in the world can be attacked incessantly … without responding.”
Yemen
[Update 2] No injuries were reported Wednesday from a midday bombing in Aden, southern Yemen near the National Bank. Yesterday, in nearby Abyan, an early morning explosion wounded five solders at a government building. Last week in Aden, security forces defused an explosive device near a main road. Seventeen protesters were killed in South Yemen […]
Iraq
In Mosul, New Test of Rebuilt Iraqi Army
Israel
Israel Blocks Palestinian Access to Country From West Bank, Gaza Strip
Iraq
Iraqi law paves way for provincial vote
Al Qaeda
Austria opposes ransom for Mali hostages: envoy
Palestinian Territories
US, Palestinians sign $150 million agreement
Somalia
Battles erupt in Somali capital
Iraq
Trial of Iraq fighter suspects opens in Paris
Iraq
Gen. Petraeus Defines Victory in Iraq
Pakistan
US Works to Tighten Military Ties with Pakistani
Iraq
Living in an Iraq Still at War, Five Years Later
Iraq
Pledging to ‘Do Better’ Amid Corruption in Iraq
Iraq
Woman Bomber Kills 3 in Iraq
Palestinian Territories
Poll Shows Most Palestinians Favor Violence Over Talks