Afghanistan
Afghanistan: When the smoke cleared in the Arghandab valley
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Al Qaeda
Report: Europeans Trained in Terror Camps
Iraq
Baghdad Base’s New Generators Run on Trash
Iraq
Calm in Basra May Offer A Guide for Iraqi Security
United States
Abu Hamza loses High Court battle against US extradition
Three senior Mahdi Army commanders captured in Baghdad, Hillah
Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a Mahdi Army leader with “close ties” to Sadr’s office in Najaf. Coalition forces captured two senior Mahdi Army commanders in Hillah and Baghdad.
Iraq
Five senior Sadrist leaders and a provincial department director were detained along with dozens of Mahdi Army fighters and 20 policemen in Amarah. Iraqi and US forces detained three senior-level Mahdi Army commanders during raids in Baghdad and Hillah. Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda fighters and detained 18 during raids around Baghdad and detained […]
Pakistan
Fifty-eight percent of Pakistanis support negotiations with the Taliban; 50 percent support negotiations with al Qaeda. The Northwest Frontier Province government is fighting to save the Swat peace accord but said it would not allow the Taliban to take over Peshawar. The Taliban warned truck drivers to stop transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
United States
US lawmakers pass under-fire spy bill
Iraq
Iraqi crackdown angers cleric’s supporters
Iraq
AP Exclusive: Probe halts rebuilding of Iraqi city
Iran
Hundreds of Shiites protest US-Iraqi security deal
Iran
Ahmadinejad says plot to kill him in Iraq foiled
Pakistan
Poll finds Pakistanis favour talks with militants
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban still strong despite NATO operation
Israel
Iran Threatens ‘Strong Blow’ if Arch-Enemy Israel Strikes
Israel
Israel ‘held Iran attack exercise’
Iraq
Iraqi oil pipeline sabotage drops sharply
Somalia
Two policemen were killed in an attack that targeted President Abdullahi Yusuf’s convoy in Mogadishu. A senior Somali military officer resigned after claiming Ethiopian military officers interfered with his command. The provincial government and security forces are reported to have withdrawn from Beledweyne in Hiran.
Afghanistan
Five civilians and one Coalition soldier were killed in a suicide attack on an Afghan Army convoy in the Gershk district in Helmand province. Afghan and Canadian forces are wrapping up operations against the Taliban in the Arghandab district in Kandahar; 56 Taliban have been confirmed killed. One Coalition soldier was killed and three were […]
Al Qaeda
Iran: Leader of the Sunni Movements
Afghanistan
Afghans count Taliban dead in valley near Kandahar
Maysan operation continues to target Sadrist leaders
Mahdi Army caves to security forces, no opposition as political and militia commanders are detained. Sadrists are in disarray. Operations will move to the marshes on the Iranian border.
Iraq
Iraq and US: the Path of the Future
Pakistan
NWFP allowed to strike deal with Taliban
Pakistan
Nineteen civilians and six Taliban were killed after the Taliban ambushed and looted a convoy in Kurram. Four Pakistani soldiers were killed by Kashmiri terrorists as they crossed the Line of Control. The Swat Taliban said it would suspend the peace agreement if its prisoners were not released. Peshawar business leaders said they are concerned […]
Iraq
Iraqi security forces detained the Sadrist mayor of Amarah. US troops captured four Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers detained nine al Qaeda operatives in Mosul. The Sharqat Emergency Response Unit captured three al Qaeda fighters.
Iraq
Funding for Sons of Iraq groups phasing out
Iran
Iran’s foreign minister said it is ready to negotiate a package of economic incentives in exchange for agreements to curb its nuclear program. Britain is pushing the European Union to adopt stricter sanctions against Iran. President Ahmadinejad said the West failed to stop Iran from enriching uranium.
Iran
Al-Mahdi Army militias routed without a shot fired