Afghanistan
Marines stay in Afghan town after Taliban influx
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Lebanon
Lebanon’s cabinet is expected to cancel the orders to replace pro-Hezbollah secuirty chief of the Beirut airport and the dismantling of Hezbollah’s communications network. Sunni groups are building a political and security bloc to oppose Hezbollah’s power. The Syrian press said Hezbollah’s actions are “legitimate.”
Pakistan
Pakistan: Prisoner swap ahead of peace deal with militants
Iraq
Air Combat by Remote Control
Iraq
US troops search in Baghdad’s Sadr City
Pakistan
Jamaat-e-Islami Leader: US Is Eternal Enemy Of Islam And Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda has purportedly ordered its fighters to leave Saudi Arabia and move to to Yemen. “Leave the country for Yemen, lest [you] be killed or arrested by Saudi security forces,” the statement said on a website.
Al Qaeda
US Drops Charges Against Alleged ’20th Hijacker’ in September 11 Attacks
Hezbollah
Hizballah’s Toughest Foe in Lebanon
Iran
Iranian Official Accuses al-Maliki of Surrendering to the US
Lebanon
Hariri vows March 14 leaders ‘will not surrender’
Afghanistan
Clashes, air strikes kill 12 militants in Afghanistan
Pakistan
US paid bounty to Pakistan to arrest terror suspect
Iraq
Iraqi troops have begun operations in Qurnah north of Basrah. Prime Minister Maliki denied the Basrah operation is fully underway. Iraqi troops are operating in the Mahdi Army-controlled neighborhood of Shula in Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured two senior al Qaeda leaders near Mosul while five soldiers were killed and four wounded in a bombing in […]
Iraq
Maliki’s Southern Strategyt
Pakistan
Fight continues in Darra Adam Khel as the Indus Highway remains closed due to Taliban attacks. A soldier was killed in a mortar and rocket attack on a check post in Bajaur. During peace talks in Sawt, the Taliban distributed pamphlets asking the government, military, and people of Pakistan to join hands with the Taliban […]
Clashes continue in Sadr City
Iraqi and US forces kill 11 Mahdi Army fighters over the past 24 hours as the Mahdi Army continues to conduct attacks on barrier emplacement teams and patrols. The Iraqi Army has reinforced the Shula neighborhood.
India
Eight bombs were detonated in the tourist city of Jaipur. More than 80 have been killed and 200 wounded in the attacks. Security officials suspect the Bangladesh-based Harkat ul Jihad al Islami, an al Qaeda affiliate, as being behind the attacks.
Iraq
Operation Charge of Knights enters new phase in al Qurnah
Iraq
Two al-Qaeda senior commanders captured east of Mosul
United States
Judge approves charges against accused 9/11 mastermind
Iraq
Shiites attack Baghdad wall builders
Lebanon
Al Jazeera English – Fresh Battles Rock North Lebanon
Israel
Israel to be ‘swept away soon™: Ahmadinejad
Saudi Arabia
Saudi says Lebanon violence will affect Iran ties
Lebanon
Pro-government Lebanon TV station to resume broadast
60 killed, 200 wounded in multiple bombings in India
The Bangladesh-based Harkat ul Jihad al Islami is suspected to be behind the near-simultaneous bombings in the western city of Jaipur.
Lebanon
Jumblatt’s Men Set Back Iran’s Militia in Lebanon
Al Qaeda operatives killed in Afghanistan were Saudis
Otaibi was the minder for the minister of the Islamic State of Iraq’s sharia courts. Abu Dejana was the brother of one of the four al Qaeda operatives who escaped from Bagram prison in 2005.
Sudan
Bin Laden host Hassan al-Turabi held after rebel raid on Khartoum