Iraq
Proposed Iraqi law could blunt anti-US cleric’s power
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Al Qaeda
Report: Al Qaeda in Iraq Leader Identified With Photo
Hezbollah
Clashes erupt in Lebanon as Hezbollah stages labor strike
Iran
Iraq readies arms case against Iran
Iraq
US and Iraqi forces killed 18 Mahdi Army fighters and captured nine in Baghdad. US and Iraqi force captured 15 al Qaeda operatives and 38 insurgents during operation in Iraq. A Sadrist spokesman said Muqtada is in Iraq.
Al Qaeda
Jihadi Website Advises Recruits on How to Join al Qaeda
Iran
Senior Iraqi Official: Terrorism in Middle East Can Be Eradicated Only With Regional Cooperation – But Syria, Iran Are Assisting the Terrorists
Somalia
Ethiopia rejected claims by Amnesty International that Ethiopian troops slaughter and rape Somali civilians, saying it is propaganda from Shabaab. Three Ethiopian troops were killed in an attack in Mogadishu. Somalia’s president requested that France send soldiers and naval forces to help secure the country.
Iran
Iraqi militia commanders harden stance toward US
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed three and wounded 10 Pakistanis in Bannu. Two police were killed in Swat. The Taliban has taken control of police stations in Swat. Five suicide bombers associated with Baitullah Mehsud are reported to have entered Karachi. A bail hearing for Maulana Abdul Aziz, the former leader of Islamabad’s Red Mosque, has […]
Iraq
Muqtada al Sadr in Najaf – Sadrist lawmaker
US, Iraqi forces kill 18 Mahdi fighters during clashes, raids in Baghdad
Iraqi troops arrest 42 policemen and 35 hospital workers in Shula. Explosively formed penetrators and weapons cache found in mosque.
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Indonesia
Indonesian police arrested Faiz Fauzan, a key member of Jemaah Islamiyah who was behind the suicide bombings on the resort island of Bali in 2005. Fauzan was a close associate of Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Noordin Muhammad Top and Azahari Husin. Fauzan “is suspected of involvement in the planning of the second Bali bombings and among […]
Afghanistan
Freed Guantanamo Men Face Trial
Iran
AFP: Iran ex-president rebuked over insurgent remarks
Iraq
Back From Syria
Iraq
Document lists 6,000 al Qaeda suicide bombers in Iraq
United States
FBI confirms stateside terror cells, credits US Muslim community
3-89 Cavalry conducts operations targeting Mahdi Special Groups in northern Rusafa
Bill Ardolino is embedded with the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment in the Rusafa district in central Baghdad. US troops and Iraqi police conduct raids against Mahdi Army criminal enterprises and a suspected IED cell.
Iraq
Unit finds peace by immersing itself daily in Iraqi village
Iran
US military chief in overstretch warning on Iran
Algeria
Out of Africa: a growing threat to Europe from al Qaeda’s new allies
Iraq
More women suicide bombers expected
Iraq
US and Iraqi troops killed 18 Mahdi Army operatives in Baghdad. US and Iraqi troops killed six al Qaeda operatives and captured 20, including a mid-level al Qaeda leader and two cell commanders. Al Qaeda killed 10 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 13 in an attack on a checkpoint in Diyala province.
Yemen
Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for an April 30 mortar attack on the Italian Embassy in Sana’a. The shells fell short and landed near the neighboring Customs Ministry. Al Qaeda earlier claimed responsibility for a March 18 mortar attack that missed the US embassy, and an April 6 mortar attack on a western residential compound that […]
Pakistan
An Army official was wounded after the Taliban resumed attacks in South Waziristan. The Taliban attacked a village in Kurram agency. Haji Namdar’s Taliban group in Khyber agency has established a virtue and vice squad to punish those who miss prayers and shave their beards. The residents of Mardan fear the Taliban will resume attacks […]
Thailand
Twelve civilians were wounded in a bombing at a Red Crescent fair in Narathiwat province. Muslim terrorists also burned down two schools and shut down transformers during attacks in Pattani province.
Al Qaeda
Ten Iraqi soldiers slain in checkpoint attack
Mahdi Army takes a hit in Baghdad, Basrah
Eighteen Mahdi Army fighters killed in Baghdad since May 3. Iraqi forces clear another Basrah neighborhood.