Pakistan
Bomb explodes outside Shiite mosque in Pakistan
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Yemen
Yemen retracted reports that 16,000 al Qaeda suspects were deported from 2005-2008. The statement that the “Afghan Arabs” were expelled in a counterterror campaign were clarified to indicate the deportees were migrants from the Horn of Africa. A government official also stated that the blockade on food to the 75,000 residents of Bani Hushaish was […]
Afghanistan
An estimated 500 Taliban fighters took over several villages in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province. Afghan and Coalition forces are organizing a counterattack. Twenty-seven Taliban fighters who escaped from a prison in Kandahar have been killed; 20 prisoners have been recaptured. Britain will deploy an additional 230 troops to Afghanistan.
Iran
Iran has withdrawn an estimated $75 billion from banks in Europe to dodge potential sanctions. Britain said the assets of Iran’s Bank Melli would be frozen. Iran may have obtained advanced nuclear warhead designs from the AQ Khan network.
Iran
Egypt sees Iran ‘on a surge™ in Arab world
Philippines
Against great odds, Philippine al Qaeda-linked militants survive, attack
Philippines
Winning A War of Stealth
Philippines
(Philippines) Military troops seen moving into Jolo hostage area: report
Iraq
Iraqi foreign minister: Al-Sadr threats ‘unacceptable’
Iraq
The Sadrist movement has decided to sit out the provincial elections. Iraqi forces detained 11 Mahdi Army fighters in Basrah. The government replaced the chief of police in Maysan province. Coalition forces detained 33 al Qaeda fighters in raids throughout Iraq. Officials in Diyala believe al Qaeda has sent 25 female suicide bombers into the […]
Pakistan
Prime Minister Gilani warned Afghanistan not to interfere inside the tribal areas after President Karzai threatened to attack the Taliban inside Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban threatened to boost attacks inside Afghanistan. General McNeill, the outgoing US commander in Afghanistan, questioned the effectiveness and loyalty of Pakistani troops. The government inserted requirements for the Taliban to […]
Iraq
Iraqi Forces Mass Outside Southern City of Amarah
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Many ‘Important’ Taliban Among Hundreds Of Prison Escapees
Pakistan
Pakistan rebuffs Karzai warning
Pakistan
British commandos ‘join hunt for bin Laden’
Iraq
US-Iraq security pact ‘not dead,’ deal ready in July: Iraqi FM
Afghanistan
President Karzai threatened to attack Baitullah Mehsud inside Pakistan. “When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same,” Karzai said. Afghan and Coalition forces killed 15 Taliban in Kandahar while tracking down escaped prisoners. Coalition […]
Iran
Iraqi Shi’ites to Iran: Stop interfering
Al Qaeda
The US Treasury Department has designated the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RHIS) for providing financial and material support to al Qaeda groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jemaah Islamiyah, and Al Itihaad al Islamiyah. “RIHS has used charity and humanitarian assistance as cover to fund terrorist activity and harm innocent civilians, often in poor and impoverished […]
Pakistan
Karzai: I’ll send troops after Pakistan insurgents
Pakistan
Pakistani Nuclear Ring Reportedly Had Advanced Weapon Design
Iraq
Iraq says to take control of province in July
Iraq
An Initial Look at the Registrants for Provincial Election
Report: Strike targets Baitullah Mehsud’s hideout in Pakistan
The US military may have targeted Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in the town of Makeen in South Waziristan.
Iraq
Powerful Iraqi Cleric Recalibrates Strategy
Iran
Iran refuses to back down from the development of its nuclear program as the West threatens more sanctions. Twenty-eight IRGC soldiers were kidnapped by “militants” in a region of Sistan-Baluchistan province on the Pakistani border. Pakistan has turned over four Jundallah fighters to Iran.
Afghanistan
More than 15 Taliban killed in Afghan prisoner hunt
Iraq
Female suicide bomber strikes soccer fans in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq beefs up forces in militia crackdown
Sadrist movement withdraws from political process
One day after demobilizing the Mahdi Army, Muqtada al Sadr has ordered the Sadrist political movement to boycott the upcoming provincial elections.