Pakistan
A China Threat From Pakistan?
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Al Qaeda
A US district judge refused bail to al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui, who appeared in a Manhattan federal court in a wheelchair. Pakistani diplomats met with Siddiqui and pledged support. “Pakistan will provide all possible assistance to her,” the spokesman for the foreign ministry said.
Iraq
US to Complete Redeployment of Georgian Forces from Iraq
The Chai count
The US Army discovers a new way to measure the effectiveness of counterinsurgency efforts in Diyala province.
Iraq
Jordan’s king in first Iraq visit
Turkey
Roadside Bomb Kills Eight Soldiers in Turkey
Yemen
Five Yemen policemen wounded in clash with militants
Philippines
Thousands flee Philippine fighting
Iraq
Iraqi troops captured 29 insurgents in Diyala, 24 “wanted men” in Baghdad, and 55 Mahdi Army fighters in Thi Qhar. Iraqi special forces captured 12 al Qaeda operatives in Diyala and 13 Special Groups operatives in central Iraq. US troops captured a Special Groups leader in Baghdad. A female suicide bomber killed one Iraqi and […]
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed 25 Taliban fighters during an airstrike in Uruzgan province; eight civilians were also killed after the Taliban used them as human shields. Two Australian special forces soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Uruzgan. President Karzai urged Coalition forces to target “terrorist bases, hideouts and training camps” inside Pakistan.
Iraq
Marines target oil smuggling, protect citizens
Iran
Iran builds marine offices on disputed island
Al Qaeda
Al-Qa’eda in Iraq alienated by cucumber laws and brutality
Al Qaeda
Pakistani diplomats meet al Qaeda suspect under US detention
Pakistan
Pakistan intelligence helping Taliban: NATO general
Pakistan
Pervez Musharaf faces start of impeachment battle
Germany
‘Extremists plan German attacks’
Iraq
General Petraeus hails SAS after Iraq victory over al Qaeda car bombers
Iraq
IRAQ: First in, now Marines may be first out
Al Qaeda
In Ramadi, a Counterinsurgency in Cash
Pakistani troops retreat after Taliban onslaught in Bajaur
The Frontier Corps retreated from the Loisam region after three days of heavy fighting. Taliban forces dig in around Khar.
Philippines
One soldier was killed and five wounded after the military launched operations against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in North Cotabato province. MILF fighters occupied nine Christian villages in the region after the Philippine Supreme Court negated an agreement to establish a Muslim homeland in the South. MILF warned the fighting may spread.
Iraq
Four Iraqis and one US soldier were killed, and 23 were wounded in an IED and suicide attack in Tarmiyah. Two Iraqis were killed and 25 were wounded in a car bomb attack in Khaniqan. Four Iraqis were killed and five wounded in an IED attack in New Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured 10 al Qaeda […]
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri released a video directly to a Pakistani news channel. Zawahiri spoke in English on tape for the first time. He called for jihad in Pakistan, supported the impeachment of President Musharraf, and accused the government of being a puppet of the US and the West.
Iraq
Iraq, US ‘on the brink’ of security deal: Iraqi FM
Iraq
Khaleej Times Online – Iraqi army aims for self-sufficiency by mid-2009
Iran
Missiles of Illusion
Pakistan
The Frontier Corps retreated from the Loisam region in Bajaur after days of heavy fighting. The Taliban attacked a police outpost in Peshawar and bombed a bridge in Swat. Mangal Bagh’s former bodyguard was beheaded after he was accused of being a “US spy.”
Taliban “shadow” governor for Uruzgan province arrested
Australian special forces captured Mullah Bari Ghul, a key Taliban commander in the province. Ghul is the latest in a series of key Taliban leaders killed or captured in the South.
China
Seven Muslim terrorists, likely from the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, and one security guard were killed in a series of attacks in the western Xinjiang region. At least three of the attackers detonated their bombs to avoid being captured, but it is unclear if they used suicide vests.