Iraq
US troop deaths in May near lowest level of war
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Al Qaeda
US Cites Big Gains Against Al Qaeda
Philippines
MILF condemns Zamboanga bombing
Somalia
Hassan Dahir Aweys said Sheikh Sharif Ahmed will be replaced as leader of the Reliberation of Somalia Alliance, the front group for the Islamic Courts. “He sullied the laws of the group,” Aweys said. Somali pirates hijacked two more ships in the Gulf of Aden.
Iraq
Coalition forces captured a Special Groups financier in Mahmudiyah killed two Mahdi Army fighters in New Baghdad. Iraqi security forces killed nine insurgents as they attempted to ambush a checkpoint near Owja. Coalition forces detained 11 al Qaeda operatives in Mosul. Two police were killed and two were wounded in a car bomb attack in […]
Iran
Rival to Iran™s President Is Elected Speaker
Afghanistan
Norwegians out of the fray
Negotiations with the Taliban under way in Kohat
The Taliban call a truce in the settled district after talks begin with the government. The proposed peace deal is much like the terms of the recent agreements in Pakistan.
Pakistan
The government is conducting talks with the Taliban in Darra Adam Khel. Eight Taliban were killed after their explosives-laden truck detonated in Bajaur. Police detained a suspect in the November 2007 bombing attack on an Air Force bus in Sargodha. Security forces are establishing checkpoints outside Peshawar to address the deteriorating security situation. Jamaat-ud- Dawa […]
Iraq
Suicide Bomber Kills Iraqi Police Recruits
Philippines
Three civilians were killed and 21 wounded in a bombing at a building outside the gate of the Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga City in Mindanao. The military accused the Moro Islamic Liberation Front™s special operations group for the blast. MILF denied the charges.
Al Qaeda
Officials Say Iran, Al Qaeda in Talks
Afghanistan
The Third World War: Why NATO Troops Can’t Deliver Peace in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Top NATO general hope Pakistan would resume operation in FATA
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Suicide bomber kills 16 people in northwestern Iraq
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UN praises progress in Iraq as Baghdad seeks debt relief
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Gordon Brown: Britain will scrap cluster bombs
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Infighting leaves eight Taliban dead in Ghazni
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Soldier denied payout in ‘wrong type of bomb’ case
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber targeting a US convoy in Kabul killed three civilians and damaged two US vehicles but caused no serious injuries. A Coalition airstrike in Farah province left at least 30 Taliban dead. A vital causeway that spans the Tarnack River and links Kandahar’s Dand district with Kandahar City has opened under tight security. […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s military sank four Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the island’s northern coast after a battle that killed eight rebels and one soldier. The rebel boats were sunk when troops fired artillery at them as they attempted to attack army and naval positions in Sirutheevu off northern Jaffna. The Tamil Tiger rebel group dismissed […]
Yemen
Yemeni authorities have detained 11 al Qaeda operatives in the capital who were suspected of planning terrorist acts. Those arrested include African nationals and Saudis. The group members were detained before they could continue their travels to Iraq.
Afghanistan
Italy rethinks Afghanistan troop deployment: Berlusconi
“Key” Special Groups financier captured south of Baghdad
Twelve Mahdi Army fighters were killed in New Baghdad on May 28. Iraqi security forces capture 34 Mahdi Army fighters in the South.
Al Qaeda
Experts play down ‘Nuclear Jihad’ video threat
Syria
Iran-Syria sign defence pact
Al Qaeda
Female al Qaeda supporter uses internet as ‘bomb’ to recruit others to wage jihad on West
Iraq
Salman Pak showing signs of improvement
Pakistan strikes deal with the Taliban in Mohmand
The latest peace agreement was signed with Omar Khalid, the leader of the Taliban in the Mohmand tribal agency. The deal is sanctioned by Baituallah Mehsud.
Iraq
Iraq: Over 7,500 police members sacked this year- official