United Kingdom
Muslim Convert Charged in U.K. Restaurant Bombing
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Syria
Diplomats: 3 suspect Syrian nuke sites off limits
Iraq
Iraq says likely to miss deadline for US pact
United States
Ohio man pleads guilty in alleged terror plot
Afghanistan
General David McKiernan assumed command of NATO forces in Afghanistan. British troops launched an offensive in Zabul province. Afghan and ISAF forces killed “several” Taliban fighters in operations in Paktia, Helmand, and Uruzgan provinces. One Canadian officer was killed in a battle in Kandahar; two ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Paktia.
Pakistan
Pakistani officials said the bombing at the Danish embassy may have been carried out by the Taliban and “was part of widespread outrage throughout the Islamic world against publishing blasphemous caricatures” of the Prophet Mohammed. Seven civilians were killed in a landmine explosion in Kurran agency. Security was increased in Peshawar after extremists sent threatening […]
Thailand
Five killed in Thai south as death toll rises to 3,300: police
Al Qaeda
Denmark: Al Qaeda ‘likely’ behind embassy attack
Iran
Ayatollah vows Iran’s nuclear program will go on
Iraq
Bomb blast near Iranian Embassy in Iraq, 2 killed
Somalia
UN OKs foreign ships to fight Somali pirates
Al Qaeda
US Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
Kashmir
LeT terrorists killed in North Kashmirs
Iran
Israel to disappear: Ahmadinejad
Syria
Syria to allow UN probe of alleged nuclear site
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Saudi clerics accuse Shias of destabilising Muslim countries
Lebanon
Palestinian official says would-be suicide bomber had fake ID
Philippines
Philippines: Catholic bishop backs Islamic state in south
Iraq
Nine Iraqis, including five policemen, were killed and 46 were wounded in a suicide attack on a police station in Mosul. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 31 during raids in central and northern Iraq. Police detained 18 Mahdi Army fighters in Basrah and six more in Diwaniyah. The spiritual leader of […]
Afghanistan
Interview with Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan
Afghan officials said 49 Taliban fighters were killed and 35 wounded during a massed Taliban attack on a police checkpoint in the Murghab district in Badghis province; ISAF put the number at 10 killed. Four Canadian soldiers and an interpreter were wounded in two IED attacks in Kandahar.
Al Qaeda
The FBI has increased its efforts to capture Adam Gadahn, the American traitor involved in al Qaeda’s propaganda efforts. A reward of $1 million has been offered for information leading to his capture, and this is being publicized throughout Afghanistan.
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Navy sees future with drones for spying but not fighting
Al Qaeda
Deoband fatwa terms terrorism an enemy: All kinds of ‘unjust violence™ rejected
Pakistan
A car bomb outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad killed eight and wounded more than 30 Pakistanis. Norway and Sweden have closed their embassies. The Taliban reported a missile strike on a home in North Waziristan; no one was killed. Haji Khanan, a close lieutenant of Mullah Nazir, was killed in Dera Ismail Khan. A […]
Bombing near Danish embassy in Islamabad kills eight
More than 30 have been reported wounded in the secured section of the city. Al Qaeda linked Lashkar-i-Jhangvi is thought to be behind the attack.
Afghanistan
Taliban flee US Marines onslaught in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Taliban Leader Flaunts Power Inside Pakistan
Coalition and Taliban vie for control of southwestern Afghanistan in Farah province
The Taliban is fighting to control the southeastern province of Farah, while ISAF is bolstering reconstruction and security in the region. Iranian weapons continue to flow through Farah province.
Iran
Iran warns IAEA on nuclear cooperation