Iraq
Iraq bombings target US-allied, anti-Al Qaeda groups
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Al Qaeda
Suicide bombings up worldwide
Israel
Hamas suicide bombers attack Israel-Gaza crossing; 13 hurt
Pakistan
Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage
Iraq
Iraqi troops say control Basrah stronghold
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German held by US in Afghanistan
Iraq
Building occupied by Sadr office in Basrah evacuated
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Al Qaeda planning Baghdad attacks, says US
Iraq
Sadr City Fighters Lay Defenses Amid Latest Official Efforts at Calm
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Renewed Clashes With Shi’ite Militias In Iraq
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China to loan US$500 million to shore up Pakistan
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Pakistan,Turkey vow to continue fighting terrorism
Pakistan
Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February in the Khyber region, appeared on Arabic television saying he was being held by the Taliban and urged Islamabad to meet their demands. Islamist commander Maulana Faqir Mohammad offered shelter to Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar if they ask for it. American drones reportedly resumed […]
Afghanistan
Afghan security forces detained over 60 Pakistanis traveling the southern town of Spin Boldak and handed them over to “the relevant department for interrogation.” A vehicle transporting DynCorp police trainers struck a roadside bomb in Spin Boldak but no one was wounded in the attack. A roadside bomb destroyed a vehicle in the restive province […]
Iraqi troops advance against Mahdi Army in Basrah
The Iraqi Army clears the Mahdi Army-controlled Hayaniyah neighborhood in Basrah. The Sadrists are leaving a government-owned building after receiving an ultimatum by the military.
Algeria
Religious justification eludes leaders of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb
Pakistan
Pakistani Army alters strategy, turns to negotiations
Pakistan
US drones resume Waziristan flights
Iran
Iran: Justice tainted by western laws, says ayatollah
Yemen
A Member of Parliament for the ruling party and a prominent sheikh, Saleh al Hindi was shot dead Friday by gunmen in the northwestern region of Sa’ada, where a four-year war threatens to renew. Qatari mediators withdrew from Sa’ada on Thursday. Before joining the ruling party in 2004, Hendi was a leader of the opposition […]
Iraq
Iraq: US Troops Target Errant Iraqi Police
United Kingdom
Guantanamo Britons to sue MI5 over ‘illegal interrogation™
Somalia
Three Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a rocket attack in Mogadishu. One Somali soldier was killed after a CARE food convoy was hijacked by a “heavily armed militia.” Somalia™s interim president said the government is fighting the “children named al Shabaab,” which is backed by al Qaeda.
Iran
Basrah’s `dark ages’ lifting as hard-line grip weakens
Iraq
Iraqi troops captured 35 “wanted men” during sweeps in Basrah. Iraqi troops have surrounded a Sadrist office in Basrah. Border troops prevented 164 German and Italian-made mines from being smuggled into the country from Iran. US troops captured a Special Groups cell leader in Baghdad’s Rashid district. Coalition forces detained 12 al Qaeda operatives during […]
Afghanistan
Twenty-four Afghanis were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing in Nimroz province on April 17. The son of the Netherlands’ senior military officer was killed along with another soldier in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. Afghan forces detained a member of an IED cell in Khost province.
Iraq
Iraq: Reasons for Strategic Patience
Pakistan
The US will limit attacks in Pakistan and provide $7 billion for counterterrorism operations as part of its new strategy with the new government. The Pakistani Taliban agreed to implement sharia law in Mohmand agency at the end of its two-day conference. Two police and two children were wounded in shootings in Swat. Nine Taliban […]
Yemen
Yemeni MP shot dead in rebel region: witnesses
Iraq
Iraqi troops, Sadrists in Basrah standoff