Iraq
Prominent names on al-Sadr’s martyr list
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Iraq
`Martyrs’ List’ tallies Mahdi Army’s troubles
Pakistan
The Taliban overran a police station in Swat and captured 30 policemen. Security forces are reportedly searching a madrassa in North Waziristan. Security forces regained control of a television booster station that was taken over by the Taliban. The Pakistani military warned the US not to conduct cross-border attacks inside Pakistan.
India
Police arrested three terror suspects with links to the Students Islamic Movement of India and defused 18 bombs in the city of Surat. Police also defused three crude bombs in Rajasthan. Phoned in bomb hoaxes created panic in Kerala.
Turkey
Turkish warplanes bombed a cave in northern Iraq where fighters in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were sheltering. “Many of the terrorists outside the cave and an unknown number of others inside were neutralized,” the military stated. The PKK claimed there were no casualties.
Iran
Iran seeks closer ties with Syria in countering external threats
Iraq
Violence in Iraq nearing ‘normal’ levels: Petraeus
Pakistan
Jihadi Forum To Launch Pro-Taliban Propaganda Campaign
Al Qaeda
Pakistani intelligence officials claimed they positively identified the remains of al Qaeda WMD expert Abu Khabab, who was the target of a US missile strike in South Waziristan yesterday. The Pakistanis claimed to have positively identified Khabab as being killed in a 2006 strike in Bajaur. Abu Yahya al Libi release a tape calling for […]
Operation Omens of Prosperity begins in Diyala
The rural northern and eastern districts are the likely target of the operation. Iraqi troops redeploy in Kirkuk, police detain three Ansar al Islam operatives.
Al Qaeda
US-produced Al Qaeda movie played at Gitmo trial
Pakistan
Pakistani sources claim al Qaeda WMD expert Abu Khabab was killed in a missile strike in South Waziristan. The Taliban in Bajaur has split over the infighting in Mohmand. Three intelligence personnel were killed in an ambush in Swat. The Taliban executed a “US spy”in Mohmand. A boy was killed in a bombing in Kohat.
Iraq
Four female suicide bombers killed 70 Iraqis and wounded more than 300 in attacks in Kirkuk and Baghdad. Iraqi and Coalition forces captured 88 al Qaeda operatives and killed four during operations in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi security forces captured 50 insurgents and defused 50 IEDs in Baghdad. Police detained five wanted men in […]
India
Terrorist Attacks Unsettling India
India
Bombings may threaten India-Pakistan relations
Indonesia
Suspected Indonesian Militants Executed Christian Teacher, Planned To Kill US Teacher, Attack Court
Turkey
Police Investigate Istanbul Bombings
Turkey
Istanbul Blasts: Arrests Made as PKK Denies Involvement – International – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News
Al Qaeda
Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced
Iran
Bungling Iranian hostage commander fired
Pakistan
UN envoy backs Karzai against Pakistan
Pakistan
In Pakistan Mountains, Jihadis Train for War
Female suicide bombers kill 70 Iraqis in Kirkuk, Baghdad
Three suicide bombers attacked a Shia religious festival in Baghdad and one bomber and gunmen struck at a protest in the flashpoint city of Kirkuk.
Iraq
Iraqi bombings kill dozens, wound more than 200
Pakistan
US war on terrorism loses ground in Pakistan
Report: Al Qaeda WMD expert Abu Khabab thought killed in South Waziristan strike
The report is unconfirmed. Abu Khabab has been reported killed in strikes in the past, but the claims were untrue.
Six killed in strike in South Waziristan
Three foreign fighters are among those reported killed in the sixth targeted attack on al Qaeda and Taliban safehouses in Pakistan this year.
India
The death toll in yesterday’s serial bombings in Ahmedabad climbed to 49. Police found undetonated bombs in the cities of Ahmedabad and Surat. Police arrested a member of an extremist Wahabi group that founded the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. Investigators said the bombers are using a TNT-ammonium nitrate mix as a replacement for RDX to mask the […]
India
Is it SIMI in garb of Indian Mujahideen?
Afghanistan
Iran becoming main route for militants