Iran
Iran crackdown on ‘indecent’ Western groups
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Lebanon
Lebanon army vows to end fighting with force
Iraq
US troops to help ‘deluded’ British in southern Iraq
Iraq
Iraqi security forces detained 142 “gunmen” since Operation Lion’s Roar began in Mosul on May 10. US and Iraq forces captured seven al Qaeda operatives in Mosul. Iraqi security forces killed one “gunman” and captured 24 in Baghdad. The leader of the Dulaimi tribe said the US and Europe must help stop the “growing Iranian […]
Iraq
Disagreements mar truce deal between government and Al Sadr men
Lebanon
Eighty-one Lebanese have been reported killed in the six days of fighting since Hezbollah staged its uprising and took over Sunni neighborhoods in Beirut. Thirty-six were reported killed in yesterday’s fighting between pro-Syrian Alawites and Sunnis near Tripoli. The Army said it would start intervening in the fighting on May 13. Lebanon’s Christian community has […]
Afghanistan
Two Humvees missing from US base in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
The US Quietly Slashes the Reward Posted for the Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen
Dozens were killed in renewed fighting in the four-year Sa’ada War. Zaidi rebels destroyed several tanks and 12 soldiers were among the casualties. Military aircraft struck several villages after residents received warnings. Over 100,000 are internally displaced in Yemen.
Somalia
Shabaab attacked an Ethiopian convoy in Mogadishu and a Somali and Ethiopian convoy in Baidoa. Casualties are not yet known in either event. The Islamic Courts Union is regrouping in the Gedo region.
Pakistan
The PML-N has quit the government after its attempts to reinstate judges dismissed by President Musharraf failed. The provincial government of the Northwest Frontier Province has entered a cease-fire with Mullah Fazlullah’s Taliban in Swat. The Army deployed tanks in Darra Adam Khel after the Taliban closed the Indus Highway. The Taliban destroyed a electricity […]
In Pictures: Patrolling the Shorja Market with the Sons of Iraq
Bill Ardolino goes on a night patrol in the Shorja Market in Baghdad’s Rusafa District with the Al Sadria Sons of Iraq and the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment.
Iraq
Commander Says al Qaeda ‘Virtually Destroyed™ in Kirkuk
Iraq
In Sadr City, a Cease-Fire Is Put to the Test, and Fails
Iraq
Drive in Basra by Iraqi Army Makes Gains
Senior Afghan officials sacked, questioned over Kabul attack
Eight more officials have been sacked for their alleged involvement or failure to prevent the near assassination attempt on President Karzai’s life late last month. The move comes as Afghan Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit takes over investigation.
Iraq
Iraqi lawmakers, Sadrists sign four-day cease-fire
Iraq
Shiite bloc says Sadr City cease-fire signed with Sadrists
Iraq
As Iraqis return home, challenges await
Afghanistan
British troops guide US Marines on anti-Taleban raids in Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban, Iraqi al Qaeda operatives killed in Afghanistan
Mullah Nazir’s deputy and the former leader of Islamic State of Iraq killed during recent clashes in eastern Afghanistan.
Lebanon
Eight people were killed in clashes between Hezbollah and pro-government Druze forces in the Aley region north of Beirut. The Druze forces took control of a Shia village and Lebanese soldiers are arriving in the region. Fighting was also reported overnight in Tripoli and the Bekaa Valley in the north.
Al Qaeda
US forces killed two senior al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan. Abu Suleiman al Otaibi, formerly a leader in al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq, and Abu Dejana al Qahtani were killed during fighting in Paktia province, according to an al Qaeda forum.
Operations continue in Sadr City
Multinational Forces Iraq indicates the building of the wall and operations against the “Special Groups” will continue despite the cease-fire. EFPs are “the number one killer of our soldiers” in Baghdad.
Iraq
Parading of fighters’ bodies taunts Mahdi Army
Iraq
The Iraqi government and the Sadrist bloc entered an agreement that lets the Iraqi Army enter Sadr City. US forces killed 10 Mahdi Army fighters in Sadr City. Iraqi special forces captured three Special Groups operatives in Amara. Iraqi soldiers captured 14 Mahdi Army fighters in Basrah. Coalition forces detained 12 al Qaeda operatives during […]
Afghanistan
The Afghan government is in negotiations with Hezb-i-Islami leader and al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Police in Kandahar arrested three Taliban and foiled two IED attacks. Two Afghans were killed and seven wounded in eastern Afghanistan on after police fired at demonstrators protesting US raids in Nangahar.
United States
‘Mosque™ raid drill irks Muslims in US
Pakistan
Fifty tribesmen were arrested after the Taliban kidnapped 20 soldiers in Bajaur. Three terrorists with suicide jackets were arrested in Rawalpindi. An explosion damaged a mosque in Swat. Police defused a bomb planted near a police station in Peshawar.
Lebanon
Hezbollah has withdrawn from Sunni neighborhoods after the Army reinstated the pro-Hezbollah security official at Beirut Airport and said Hezbollah can keep its private communications network. Fourteen people were killed in clashes in the North between pro-government forces and the Syrian Social National Party. Six Sunnis were killed and 20 wounded after “gunmen” attacked a […]