Al Qaeda
Algeria reports 115 kidnappings by militants last year in rare public tally of abductions
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Somalia
UN resolution opens way for presence in Somalia
United States
Member of Afghan Taliban Convicted in US Court on Narco-terrorism and Drug Charges
Al Qaeda
Jihadis Urge Naval Terrorism in the Middle East
Bangladesh
The Bengali Taliban: Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
Iran
More Pressure Needed to Curtail Iran™s Destabilizing Activities
Iraq
Iraqi security forces have detained 833 suspects during security operations in Mosul. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda cell members and captured three near Baghdad, and captured 14 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Mosul and Bayji. The Iraqi Army captured a Special Groups cell leader and three associates in Husayniyah. Two Iranian diplomats were […]
India
Sketechs of four more suspects in this week’s bombings in Jaipur have been released. The cell behind Jaipur attacks is likely the same Harkat ul-Jihad Islami cell behind the November 2007 bombings in Uttar Pradesh. The Students Islamic Movement of India is believed to be behind the bombing of a courthouse in Hubli on May […]
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to attack Westerners in the Arabian Peninsula. “We warn you not to enter the Arabian Peninsula under any name or cover be it as tourists, diplomats, scientists, experts or journalists; you will be a primary target for the mujahideen,” the group said on its website. “(Targeting) their blood and money […]
Pakistan
US and Pakistani intelligence officials said the Bajaur attack was directed at a “high-value target an Arab” planned attacks outside of Pakistan. Taliban leader Faqir Mohammad said the attack would not derail the peace negotiations. Numerous Pakistani political parties condemned the strike. The Taliban fired rockets at a military check post in Peshawar. A […]
Attacks decrease in Sadr City; fighting shifts to western Baghdad
The Mahdi Army continues to strike in Sadr City, but the intensity of the attacks has decreased significantly. Fighting may be shifting westward.
Iraq
Gunmen wound two Iranian diplomats in Baghdad
Iraq
War Over Wall Persists in Sadr City Despite Truce
Somalia
Ethiopian troops have deployed in northern Mogadishu after a string of attacks on convoys. Burundi said it would send more troops in June. The Somali government is optimistic about talks with the Islamists; Hassan Dahir Aweys said talks are “a waste of time.”
Iraq
Army’s Next Crop of Generals Forged in Counterinsurgency
Afghanistan
A burqa-clad suicide bomber killed 16 Afghans, including four police, at a bazaar in the western province of Farah. NATO said the peace deals in Pakistan’s tribal areas are sparking a rise in attacks in Afghanistan. The US has intercepted night-vision devices destined for Afghanistan.
India
(India) Two suspects arrested after Jaipur blasts
Lebanon
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group’s uprising was a “reaction to the government™s decisions” and “the resistance™s weapons are targeting Israel. It is not planning any internal military activity.” The Army denied rumors that officers resigned in protest of the military’s conduct during Hezbollah’s uprising.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah™s weapons of mass delusion
Hezbollah
Pity Lebanon™s Shia community
In Pictures: From Rusafa to Sadr City
Images from Bill Ardolino’s recent embed with the 3rd Squadron of the 89th Cavalry in Rusafa and Military Police units in Sadr City.
Iraq
Security gains in Iraq give boost to new projects
Iraq
Sadrist MP accuses US of attempting to violate agreement with government
Iraq
Al-Sadr movement reiterates commitment to Sadr city truce deal
India
A group called the Indian Mujahideen took credit for yesterday’s bombings in Jaipur and said the attacks were intended to disrupt the tourist economy. The group sent videos to the media using an e-mail address that is nearly identical to the one used to announce the attacks in Uttar Pradesh in November 2006. Police released […]
Iraq
US troops killed five Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad. Iraqi troops arrested 11 “criminals” in Basrah. Iraqi security forces captured a communications specialist who conducted “remote distance communications transmitting and receiving from outside Iraq™s borders with neighboring countries.” Coalition forces detained 16 al Qaeda operatives during operations in Samarra, Balad, and Baghdad. The Tal Afar […]
Pakistan
A missile strike targeted a Taliban commander’s compound in Bajaur; more than 14 have been reported killed. The Army is swapping prisoners with Baitullah Mehsud. The government claimed a breakthrough in talks with the Taliban in Swat; 30 students of a madrassa were detained for “militancy.” The Taliban beheaded a “US spy” in Miramshah, North […]
Afghanistan
Agreements with militants may be fueling rise in Afghan attacks: NATO
Missile strike against Taliban safe house in Bajaur, Pakistan
Seven to 14 reported killed in the town of Damadola in the Bajaur tribal agency. This is the fourth such attack this year.
Iraq
Iraqi leader takes charge of offensive in Mosul