Pakistani military advances in Khyber
Bara under government control. Taliban suspends peace agreements in all regions. Government bans three Khyber-based groups.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Iran
US escalating covert operations against Iran
Saudi Arabia
Saudi will continue to carry out raids in bid to foil terrorist plots
Relative peace in Baghdad remains fragile as troops carry out counterinsurgency plan
US soliders seek to stablize the Mahdi Army dominated neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad.
Blowing up insurgents’ old hut sends signal that Tarmiyah area is more secure
Nathan Webster is embedded with the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment in Tarmiyah, Iraq. The US soliders destroy a hut that served as a al Qaeda weapons depot owned by an al Qaeda emir.
Iraq
Iraqi security forces detained the leader of the Basrah Sadrist office in Amarah and 12 “terrorists” in Basrah. Iraq forces detained 43 insurgents in Baghdad and 10 in Kirkuk. Five al Qaeda operatives were detained in Mosul and two leaders in Diyala.
Pakistan’s inconclusive military operations against the Taliban
A history of the outcome of recent military operations directed against the Taliban in Islamabad, the tribal agencies and the Northwest Frontier Province.
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban chief halts peace talks
Al Qaeda
A British court ordered the release of an unnamed senior al Qaeda in Europe leader. The man is an Algerian who has recruited, trained, and facilitated operations for al Qaeda operatives to conduct attacks in the US and Europe. He ran his operations from the Finsbury Park Mosque.
Iran
Satterfield: Hezbollah is training Iraqi fighters
Lebanon
Two Lebanese were killed and 20 wounded in a bomb blast in a predominately Sunni neighborhood in Tripoli. Lebanese troops are deploying to the neighborhood. The US said Syrian troops are still deployed inside Lebanon.
Iran
Iran would shut down oil shipments in the Persian Gulf if attacked, said Major General Jafari, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Corps. Iran threatened to sue the European Union for imposing sanctions. An Iranian man is being tried for spying for Israel.
Iraq
Iraq police find 7 bodies, suspected al Qaeda jail
Afghanistan
Afghan, US troops kill 32 Taliban in clashes
Iraq
Sadr office manager for Basrah arrested in Amarah
Pakistan strikes at Taliban in Khyber agency
Government launches an offensive to clear Taliban from the vital link to Afghanistan and the gateway to Peshawar. The Army is on the sidelines for the moment. Baitullah Mehsud suspends peace talks.
Al Qaeda
Iraqi Qaeda group claims Anbar attack
Pakistan
Taliban Imperil Pakistani City, a Major Hub
Al Qaeda
The Paradise Boys: The Internal Debate over the Use of Child Jihadis in Iraq
Al Qaeda
The Next Generation of Radical Islamist Preachers in the UK
Iraq
Baghdad now a city of shadows
Iraq
Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained eight, including a suspect in yesterday’s suicide bombing in Karmah, during raids in central and northwest Iraq. The Mahawil Emergency Response Unit detained five al Qaeda operatives. Twenty-five wanted Mahdi Army fighters surrendered in Maysan province. US troops captured eight Mahdi Army fighters in the Rashid […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban rocketed a US base in Paktika province from inside Pakistan. The Taliban killed two civilans and wounded 11 in mortar attacks in Kunar province. A Coalition soldier was killed in an attack in Farah province.
Pakistan
Islamabad blinks at Taliban threat
Taliban attack US base in Afghanistan from Pakistan
A US base in Paktika province is rocketed from inside Pakistan; US soldiers launch counterbattery attack. The Haqqani network is still active.
Pakistan
Washington endorses FATA strategy: Boucher due next week
Indonesia
New Report Urges Continued Caution Toward Jemaah Islamiyah
Pakistan
The Taliban killed seven civilians, burned 11 girls’ schools, and torched a ski resort in Swat. The Bajaur Taliban slit the throats of two “US spies” during a public execution. President Musharraf said the government must use an iron fist to weed out extremists. The Army said it would only strike with government approval. The […]
Iraq
US troops nab suspect in deadly Iraq suicide bombing
Iraq
Iraqi judge slain in drive-by shooting