Iran
Senior Iran cleric says president spreads poverty
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Lebanon
Lebanon: The conflict™s Iranian face
Al Qaeda
Mystery Grows Surrounding Whereabouts of Adam Gadahn
Afghanistan
Taliban gearing up for spring offensive
Afghanistan
Diggers launch strike on Taliban in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province
Al Qaeda
Conviction of ‘Millennium bomber’ Ressam upheld
Morocco
Morocco arrests alleged terror plotters
Thailand
Bombs kill policeman, wound 13 civilians
Iraq
Central Court sentences Mosul archbishop killer to death
Iraq
Secret operation launched in Baghdad to secure Britons’ release
Pakistan
Pakistani militants savor a sweet deal
Pakistan
NATO beefs up forces along Afghan-Pakistan border
Iraq
Kirkuk Police chief arrested on alleged collaboration with gunmen
Iraq
Coalition forces killed six “enemy personnel” near Khan Bani Sa™ad and captured 15 al Qaeda operatives in raids throughout Iraq. Iraqi security forces detained 50 “wanted persons” near Amara. Four Iraqis were reported killed and 38 wounded in clashes between the Iraqi Army and the Mahdi Army in Sadr City. A police chief in Kirkuk […]
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden urges Muslims to fight Gaza closure
Pakistan
Pakistan swaps Taliban for envoy
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed four Afghanis and wounded eight in an attack on a police chief in Musa Qala in Helmand province. One NATO solider and a civilian were killed an IED attack in Zabul province. Afghan soldiers killed 15 Taliban fighter in Badghis province.
Pakistan
Pakistan Military: We’ve Sanitized Border
Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 13 Pakistanis, including four policemen, and wounded 22 in a blast at a bakery in Mardan. A Pakistani general said al Qaeda is not plotting attacks from the tribal areas as he showed suicide training camps run by Baituallh Mehsud. The Taliban occupied the home of a minister of parliament […]
Iraq
Iraqi forces, Shiite militants fight in Sadr City
Taliban suicide bomber kills 13 in Mardan
Thirteen killed, including four policemen, and 22 wounded in a blast at a bakery. The bombing in Mardan is the latest in a string of suicide attacks.
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden will release yet another tape in the next several days, according a banner posted by Al Ekhlass, an al Qaeda-linked web forum. The banner said bin Laden will make a “very strong statement” to the Muslim world. His last audio tape was released on May 16 and addressed the state of Israel.
Yemen
FBI Most Wanted Jaber Elbaneh was jailed after losing his appeal. Evidence against the Yemeni-American in the 2006 pre-election attack on oil facilities was weak, Interior Minister Rashad al Alimi said in defending Elbaneh’s prior release on bail after he surrendered to President Saleh.
Iraq
Sadr City residents start receiving urgent services
Israel
‘Wipe Out the Jews’ : Anti-Semitic Hate Speech in the Name of Islam
Iran
Iraq Al Sadr Bloc denies relations with Iran
Pakistan
India to resume Pakistan peace talks
Europe
Dutch Cartoonist Arrested on Suspicion of Violating Hate Speech Law
Somalia
Shabaab fighters took control of the towns of Jilib, Dinsoor, and Bal’ad. Three militia fighters were killed and three more were wounded during the fighting in Jilib. Four Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Mogadishu. Four Ethiopian soldiers and three Shabaab fighters were wounded in a firefight after the attack.
Iraq
US soldier uses Quran for target practice; military apologizes