Al Qaeda
Accused 9-11 mastermind wants death sentence
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Pakistan
The military will withdraw from the Mehsud tribal areas in South Waziristan if the Taliban releases captive soldiers. The government claimed it is negotiating with the tribes, not the Taliban or al Qaeda. Three cars packed with explosives were found in Rawalpindi; four suspects were arrested. The Taliban tortured and killed a paramilitary soldier in […]
→
Air Force Chief, Secretary Resign
→
Air Force leadership in shake-up
Mahdi Army uses “flying IEDs” in Baghdad
“Improvised Rocket Assisted Mortars” and “Lob Bombs” are being fired from crude launch systems. The improvised weapons system uses Iranian components.
Al Qaeda
The List: The Worst Places to Be a Terrorist
Pakistan
Danes working with Pakistanis investigating blast
Iraq
Slowly, US military gets more unmanned aircraft aloft
Pakistan
Pakistan Suspends Talks With Tribes on Afghanistan Border
→
Ban on Iraq war propaganda faces fight
In Pictures: Mahdi Army caches seized in Sadr City
The Iraqi Army and police have seized 94 weapons caches inside the Mahdi Army stronghold since May 20. Numerous heavy and medium weapons, including EFPs, have been found in Sadr City.
Al Qaeda
[Update 2] Ayman al Zawahri issued an audiotape where he called on Muslims to enter jihad against Israel for sealing off the Gaza Strip. He blamed Arab governments fr the plight of Palestinians. “The sons of the nation should break the shackles of the treacherous regimes [of the Middle East] and move to wage jihad, […]
Algeria
A suicide bomber wounded five Algerians in an attack outside a police barracks on the outskirts of Algiers. Another Algerian was wounded in a bombing in front of a shop in the same area. The Kabylie region east of Algiers remains an al Qaeda haven.
Afghanistan
US Marines killed more than 12 Taliban after being ambushed in Helmand province. A suicide bomber killed a child and an adult in an attack near Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. France will deploy 700 troops to Kapisa province.
Al Qaeda
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, took credit for the bombing of the Danish embassy in Islamabad that wounded eight Pakistanis and wounded more than 30. The attack was a “revenge against the infidel government … of Denmark which published degrading drawings of the prophet … and refused to apologize but continued” to […]
Iraq
Iraqi Army Conduct Training for 1st Sadr City Neighborhood Guard Recruits
Pakistan
Pakistan has suffered more that 250 bombing attacks this year; more than 200 people were killed and 700 wounded in the 27 mass-casualty attacks. The Taliban bombed CD shops in North Waziristan and Kohat; three were killed in the Kohat bombings. The government freed 75 Taliban prisoners from Malakand. Peshawar’s police chief said the Taliban […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: ‘Musharraf reconciled to exit™
Somalia
Four Kenyan soldiers were killed after Islamic Courts fighters seized a vehicle near the town of Liboi along the southern border. Three Somalis were killed killed and three were wounded after Islamic Courts fighters threw a hand grenade into a cinema in the town of Galkaio. The prime minister flew to Djibouti for talks with […]
Thailand
One Thai was killed and four were wounded in a motorcycle bombing outside the Yala Red Crescent Fair in Yala province. Two policemen were wounded after Muslim terrorists detonated an IED as they escorted teachers to a school in Pattani province.
Iran
Developing states back U.N. probe of Iran bomb claims
Five senior Mahdi Army commanders captured in Karbala
The commander of the Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib Jihadi Brigades is among those captured. Police leaders are targeted in Baghdad and Nasiriyah.
Iraq
Suicide bomber kills 13 in Baghdad
Pakistan
Pakistan: Bomb attack kills three in border region
Afghanistan
Suicide attack kills 2 Afghan children
Four Mahdi Army fighters killed in New Baghdad
Thirty-nine Mahdi fighters captured in raids in Al Kut, Basrah, Samawah. Iraqi troops have seized 175 roadside bombs and 76 EFPs in Sadr City since May 20.
Iraq
US troops killed four Mahdi Army fighters in New Baghdad. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups leader and five associates in Al Kut. Iraqi security forces detained 16 Mahdi Army fighters in Samawa and 16 more in Basrah.
Iran
Al Maliki to raise Iran interference in Iraq
Pakistan
Al Qaeda linked to Danish embassy attack
Al Qaeda
Terrorists now swear by ‘qattal’