Iraq
In Iraq — Iraqi village shows hope for wider stability
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Iraq
Sunni bloc rejoins Iraqi cabinet
Pakistan
The Army said 10 Taliban have been killed during the Hangu operation. The government of the Northwest Frontier Province said it would not bow to the Taliban’s order to cede power. Mullah Nazir’s Taliban fighters murdered three “US spies” in South Waziristan. The Taliban vandalized trailers transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
ISAF rejected claims that an airstrike that killed two Taliban commanders and scores of fighters in Herat also killed more than 50 civilians. Two French aid workers were kidnapped in central Afghanistan. Police shot and detained a female suicide bomber and a 13-year-old child after they attempted to attack US troops in Ghazni province.
Iran
World powers test Iran’s will to end nuclear row | Reuters
Iraq
Coalition forces captured five Special Groups operatives in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad. Iraqi forces detained 10 insurgents in Diyala and nine in Mosul. Awakening forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Samarra. Three soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a suicide attack north of Mosul. The K3 oil refinery in Haditha has been […]
ISAF rejects claims civilians killed in strike that killed two Taliban commanders
Two “high priority Taliban targets” along with dozens of fighters were killed in the western province of Herat.
The spreading destruction of the Sa’ada War in Yemen
The war in Yemen is expanding beyond the northern Sa’ada governorate as bombings are audible for the first time in Sana’a, the nation’s capital.
Afghanistan
Japan gives up SDF Afghan deployment
Iraq
Bush, Maliki agree on not setting withdrawal timeline
Israel
Shin Bet detained four Palestinians and two Israeli Arabs for creating an al Qaeda cell. The group was plotting to shoot down helicopters used by US President George W. Bush during a visit to Israel. Shin Bet found bomb-making manuals on computers seized during the raid.
Al Qaeda
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Pakistan
Pakistan troops kill 13 fighters in Hangu operation
Iran
Iran sees ‘positive’ nuclear talks with U.S
Iraq
Iraqi army patrols Sadr City
Yemen
New clashes belied President Saleh’s announcement that the Sa’ada War ended three days ago. Hardline clerics are raising a militia of 27,000 Afghan Yemenis and other jihadists to battle the rebels.
Pakistan
The Taliban gave the Awami National Party five days to give up control of the Northwest Frontier Province. Police detained three suicide bombers in Swat. Two were killed during clashes between extremist groups in Mohmand. A jirga failed to negotiate an agreement between the Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam.
Iraq
Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri visited Baghdad while Kuwait named its ambassador to Iraq. Iran denied sponsoring the Special Groups. Coalition forces detained nine al Qaeda operatives during raids. Iraqi forces detained 15 insurgents in Baghdad and an al Qaeda leader in Fallujah.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda draws more foreign recruits to Afghan war
Pakistani Army launches operation in Hangu; Taliban issue ultimatum
Operation begins after the Taliban launched multiple assualts on police and paramilitary outposts in the settled district.
Decapitation campaign: tracking the liquidation of Afghan insurgent commanders
The son of infamous Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani is among those killed during recent battles in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Indonesia
Bali bombers’ final appeals rejected
Algeria
The US Department of the Treasury designated four leaders of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as Specially Designated Global Terrorists for their links to Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, and the Taliban. The head of the information committee, the South Zone commander, the finance chief, and a deputy battalion commander operating in Mali were […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Tension grips town over Koran burning
Spain
Spain’s Supreme Court overturned the convictions of four of the terrorists behind the 2004 Madrid train bombing, which killed 191 civilians and wounded more than 1,800. Three were cleared of being members of a terrorist cell and one was cleared of trafficking explosives. Rabei Osman el Sayed, the Egyptian mastermind of the attacks, was also […]
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed three Taliban commanders in Kandahar province, two leaders in Herat, and another in Helmand. More than 10 Taliban were killed during the Herat raid. A NATO airstrike killed eight civilians after a Taliban ambush in Farah province.
Iraq
15 killed, 90 wounded in car bombing in northern Iraq
Somalia
13 killed in Somalia clashes
Thailand
Thailand: Yala people alerted for possible more attacks
Pakistan
The Pakistani Army launched an operation against the Taliban in Hangu. The Taliban captured two policemen in Swat. The former Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan who was kidnapped in Khyber in February was taken to South Waziristan for captivity. A senior minister for the Northwest Frontier Province asked the Taliban to lay down their weapons for […]