Iraq
Petraeus Says Fresh Iraq Troop Cuts Hinge On Security
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Al Qaeda
Base survives close battle with Taliban
Iraq
Britain to send more troops to Iraq
Joint al Qaeda and Taliban force behind Nuristan base attack
Al Qaeda, Taliban, and Pakistani terror groups united to conduct the complex attack on a joint US and Afghan outpost that resulted in the death of nine US soldiers and more than 40 Taliban fighters.
Pakistan
Prime Minister Gilani admitted al Qaeda is in the tribal areas and fears another 9/11 style attack will be launched from there. The Taliban destroyed a Frontier Corps checkpoint in Hangu. Two Hangu tribes formed a lashkar to oppose the Taliban. The wife of Red Mosque cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz is training girls to become […]
Afghanistan
President Karzai directly blamed Pakistan’s intelligence service for the rise in attacks. The Taliban murdered seven “US spies” in Zabul province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban during fighting in Uruzgan province.
Iraq
Seventy insurgents surrendered to US forces in Baiji. An Iraqi SWAT team detained two Special Groups operatives during raids in Hillah and Al Kut. Coalition forces detained five suspected al Qaeda fighters in northern Iraq. Two police were killed and nine wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Police stopped a suicide bomber in Mosul. […]
Algeria
Security forces killed a “top leader” in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb know as al Tuhami. A specialized counterterrorism platoon staged an ambush against Tuhami and two other supporters in a town east of Algiers.
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Netherlands: Radical imam claims damages for anti-Koran film
Pakistan
Pakistan fears over US air raids
Iraq
Iraq faces dilemma over US troops
Hezbollah
Hezbollah decorates South in anticipation of prisoner swap
Iraq
Sadr’s militia may live to fight again
Iraq
UIC leader: Most points settled in US-Iraqi agreement
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Hundreds repelled from NATO outpost
Iraq
4,800 cadets graduate from Iraqi military academies in ceremony attended by Petraeus
Sudan
ICC Prosecutor Charges Sudan’s President with Genocide
Turkey
Man ordered held over consulate attack in Turkey
Pakistan
Fear choking Peshawar despite deal with militants
Pakistan
The co-leader of the ruling political party said the US should avoid talk of hot pursuit into the tribal areas. The Taliban beheaded a “US spy” in North Waziristan. A suicide bomber wounded three Pakistanis after detonating at a Shia gathering in Dera Ismail Khan. The Taliban said a jirga would decide the fate of […]
Iraq
The Iraqi military is awaiting the order to start an operation to clear Diyala province. Iraqi and US forces detained 39 suspected al Qaeda operatives in Dalouiya, Tal Afar, Samara, Baiji, Balad, and northern Iraq. US troops captured a Special Groups leader in Baghdad.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters took over the towns of Bardhere and Burhakaba without any resistance. Ethiopian and Somali forces are conducting operations in Daynile. The Hawiye, which supports the Islamic Courts, claimed Somali soldiers killed eight civilians in Mogadishu.
Pakistan
Pakistan militants focus on Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Nine US soldiers and an unknown number of Taliban were killed in a battle in Kunar province. A Taliban suicide bomber killed 24 Afghans and wounded more than 40 in Uruzgan province. US and Afghan forces killed more than 40 Taliban in Helmand province.
Taliban launch deadly attack on a combat outpost in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province
Heavy fighting is ongoing after Taliban launched a complex attack against US forces in a new outpost. Multiple US casualties have been reported.
Iraq
US, Iraq Scale Down Negotiations Over Forces
Sudan
Sudanese government backed Darfur attacks, says Janjaweed commander
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 22 Pakistanis in Hangu, including 15 soldiers, after ambushing a convoy. The Taliban threatened to kill 29 hostages taken in Hangu if their leader is not freed; the government said it would hold the Taliban accountable if they were killed. Four members of a polio vaccination team were released by the Taliban […]
Iraq
Coalition forces detained 12 al Qaeda operatives during raids in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi forces detained 52 suspected insurgents in Baghdad, eight south of Baghdad, and 10 near Baqubah. Police detained nine people wanted for “terror and criminal cases” in Basrah province.
Pakistan
Pakistan involved in Kabul embassy attack: India