Israel
MI6 chief visits Mossad for talks on Iran’s nuclear threat
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Nigeria
Shell shuts more Nigerian oil after rebel attack
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GMLRS aka Hand of Allah
Iraq
AFRICOM halts HQ plan; will phase in staff
Iran
Mahdi Army fighters grateful for sand storm standstills in Sadr City
Turkey
The Turkish military said an estimated 150 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed during airstrikes in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq over the past week. A PKK spokesman said that only six fighters were killed during the raid.
Somalia
Islamic Courts fighters lobbed a hand grenade at a police commander of the Horsed village; three civilians were wounded. Ethiopian soldiers have begun house-to-house search operations in areas near the Warshadaha toll road in Mogadishu. The leader of the African Union urged member countries to provide more troops to Somalia.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah in airport spying row
Iran
Karbala operations commander accuses Iran of disturbing the city
GMLRS strike knocks out Special Groups command center in Sadr City
Special Groups command and control center positioned near the Sadr Hospital destroyed in guided rocket attack. US, Iraqi troops kill 14 Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad as an Iraqi delegation confronts Iran over arming militias.
Iraqis begin to ‘despise’ the Mahdi Army in Baghdad’s Rusafa district
Bill Ardolino is embedded with the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment in the Rusafa district in central Baghdad, where Iraqi Shiites are turning on the Mahdi Army.
Yemen
Yemenis protest mosque bomb as northern truce falters
Nigeria
Nigerian militants blow up Shell wells: sources
Iran
Iran to UK: Don’t cross red lines in atomic offer
Iran
Iraq presents proof of Iranian meddling: official
Iran
Iran demands halt to US attacks in Iraq
Afghanistan
At least 17 Taliban fighters were killed during a joint Coalition-Afghan operation in southern Zabul’s Shar-e-Safa district on Friday. One British soldier was killed and three others injured after their vehicle struck a landmine in Helmand’s Taliban controlled Now-zad district. The US is considering retaking command of NATO troops in southern Afghanistan in the coming […]
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: May 2008 Update
The new schedule for provincial control has been announced; the Iraqi military is forming quick reaction forces; the Iraqi Army is incoporating new equipment; and Kurdish Peshmerga forces will be integrated into the Army.
United Kingdom
Details of July 7 ‘bomb factory’ disclosed
Iraq
The Iraqi government has ignored the Sadrist bloc’s request for a negotiated settlement to the fighting in Baghdad. US troops killed eight Mahdi Army fighters in Sadr City. Iraqi troops captured a Special Groups commander in Baghdad. Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and captured 19 during raids throughout Iraq. A US Predator crashed […]
Pakistan
Haji Namdar, a Taliban commander in Khyber agency, is teaching his followers not to fight the Pakistani government. Namdar does advocate jihad against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. “Yes, we do attack the US forces across the border and that is what real jihad is all about,” he said. The Hakeemullah Group, a Taliban […]
Afghanistan
A day of skirmishing for Marines in southern Afghan town
Kuwait
Iraq
Iraq’s Shiite clerics deeply divided on militia crackdown
Iraq
Sadrist bloc awaits government’s response on parliamentary initiative – spokesman
Afghanistan
The US said it may increase forces in Afghanistan by 7,000 troops next year, which would put more than 40,000 troops in country. Afghan and Coalition forces detained three members of the Haqqani Network in Khost province.
Thailand
Three killed in attacks in Thailand’s Muslim south
Iraq
Suicide bomber in Iraq faked pregnancy, US military says
Yemen
Fifteen people were killed and 35 wounded at a mosque bombing in the northern Sa’ada province where a four-year war between the government and Zaidi Shiite rebels has displaced 77,000 people. The government has placed the blame on rebel leader Abdul Malik al Houthi after detaining several suspects. Houthi denied the charges, saying the attack […]
Sadr City barrier ‘a magnet’ for Mahdi Army attacks
The large majority of the direct attacks on US and Iraqi forces by the Mahdi Army are occurring on Qods Street, where the barrier is being erected to separate the Iraqi Army and US controlled sections of Sadr City from the northern portion of the district.