Pakistan
Emboldened militants set sights on Peshawar
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Iraqi and U.S. Troops Seize 7 EFPs, Mortar Systems in New Baghdad Night Raids
The US Army and the Iraqi police conduct a series of raids against the Mahdi Army Special Groups in northeastern Baghdad.
Northwest Pakistan descends into chaos
Baitullah Mehsud’s forces take over Jandola, behead 22 rivals. Peshawar security situation rapidly deteriorates as Taliban press.
Iraq
Iraq integrates 9000 awakening council members into Baghdad police
Iraq
Bomb in Qaeda bastion in Iraq kills 3 US troops
Iraq
The Iraqi government integrated 9,000 Sons of Iraq members into Baghdad’s police force. Three US soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an IED attack in Ninewa province. A US solider was killed in an EFP attack in eastern Baghdad. US troops killed seven Special Groups fighters in Baghdad. Iraqi forces detained eight Special Groups […]
Al Qaeda
Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Encourages Jihadists to Obey al-Baghdadi, Before Embarking on His Suicide Mission
Afghanistan
Afghan forces killed 22 Taliban after attacks on district centers in Paktia and Paktika provinces in eastern Afghanistan. A US helicopter crashed in Kunar province. One Coalition soldier was killed and three were wounded in an IED attack in Helmand province. An Afghan government official blamed Pakistan for the April assassination attempt in Kabul on […]
Pakistan
Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban forces killed 22 pro-government tribal leaders in South Waziristan. Prime Minister Gilani approved a military operation to clear the tribal areas of the Taliban while continuing to push peace negotiations. Talks with the Taliban in Swat will continue on June 27. The Taliban seized a girls’ school in Bajaur. European converts to […]
Yemen
The family of convicted USS Cole bomber Fahd al Quso warned Shabwa’s governor not to rearrest him. Al Quso was indicted in the US after escaping from Yemeni jail in 2003. He was recaptured, and the US learned in February 2008 that al Quso was secretly released months earlier.
Somalia
Hassan Dahir Aweys criticized Saudi Arabia for backing the peace deal between the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the Somali government. The deputy leader of the ARS rejected al Qaeda’s criticism of the peace accord. The African Union said Nigeria would deploy forces to Somalia. Four Europeans were kidnapped from a yacht […]
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban after an attack on a district center in Paktia province. Attacks in eastern Afghanistan are up by 40 percent from last year. Two NATO soldiers were killed in attacks in Helmand and Nangahar provinces. Germany may send an additional 1,000 soldiers to deploy to the northern provinces.
Iraq
Coalition forces killed al Qaeda’s leader of Mosul. Two US soldiers, two US civlians, and six Iraqis were killed in a bombing at a government center in Sadr City. The US military said a Special Groups operative was behind the attack. Four Mahdi Army fighters were detained in Baghdad; 44 were captured in Hillah; two […]
Iraq
General David Petraeus: My philosophy on war
Afghanistan
Afghan warlords stockpiling opium crop
United Kingdom
Britain’s Armed Forces ‘stretched beyond their capabilities’ by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan
Indonesia
Indonesia backs sharia law, poll shows
Algeria
Sir David Veness quits as head of UN security over Algiers bombing
Al Qaeda
Positive test for terror toxins in Iraq – MSNBC.com
Afghanistan
Attacks in east Afghanistan up 40 percent, US says
US, Afghan forces kill 16 Taliban in eastern Afghanistan
Afghan police hold off attack by Afghan, Arab, and Chechen fighters on a district center in Paktia. US forces back up police, kill 16 Taliban fighters.
Iraq
Bomb kills 6 Iraqis, 4 Americans at Baghdad meeting
US forces kill al Qaeda’s leader in Mosul
US and Iraq forces continue to roll up al Qaeda in Iraq’s network in what is considered the terror group’s last urban stronghold in Iraq.
Pakistan
Baitullah Mehsud’s forces overran Jandola after killing seven pro-government tribesmen. The Taliban kidnapped 17 government paramilitaries after storming checkpoints in Khyber. The government of the Northwest Frontier Province will honor the peace agreement with the Swat Taliban; sharia law will be implemented and charges against 600 Taliban fighters will be dropped.
Afghanistan
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said three additional combat brigades are needed in Afghanistan. Five civilians were killed and 19 were wounded in a suicide attack on a Coalition convoy in Herat province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban fighters and detained 11 during fighting in Helmand and Ghazni province.
Al Qaeda
Khawaja ‘directly involved’ in British bomb plot: prosecutor
Iraq
PM Maliki announces the formation of 17 tribal councils in Maysan province
Iraq
Ten Awakening fighters were killed and 24 were wounded in a mortar attack on their checkpoint in Baqubah. Two US soldiers were killed and three wounded in a shooting in Salman Pak. Iraqi security forces detained 37 Mahdi Army fighters in Hillah. US and Iraqi forces arrested a senior al Qaeda leader in Salahadin province.
Lebanon
The Army has intervened in Tripoli after clashes between pro-government forces and Hezbollah entered the second day. Eight were killed and 44 were wounded in the fighting. A senior leader in Jund al Sham was wounded in an explosion in Ein al Hilwah.
Somalia
Al Qaeda urges Somalis to fight UN