United Kingdom
MI5: Terrorists not frustrated religious loners
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Pakistan
Pakistan: Tribal clashes expose country’s leadership vacuum
Pakistan
Pakistan: ‘Militants destroyed 125 girls™ schools in 10 months™ in Swat
Al Qaeda
Terror propaganda takes hit in Iraq
Pakistan
Eight al Qaeda and Taliban fighters were killed in an airstrike in Wana, South Waziristan. Nine Taliban were killed in fighting in Bajaur. Tribesmen in Khyber killed four Taliban while the Frontier Corps killed 15 Taliban in Kurram. The Taliban executed two “prostitutes” on the streets of Peshawar.
Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike
Eight killed, including “foreign militants,” in an attack on a known al Qaeda sanctuary in Wana.
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained 46 insurgents in Baghdad. Coalition forces detained 13 al Qaeda operatives in central Iraq. US troops captured a Special Groups leader in Baghdad. Police captured five Mahdi Army fighters in Maysan and a key leader in Wasit. Two policemen were killed and one wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad.
Iraq
No timetable in draft deal on US troops: Iraq
Iraq
US denounces chaotic Iraqi raid
Bungled raid in Diyala threatens political developments, military operations
Sunni-Shia tensions boil over in Diyala province as an unidentified force raided the governor’s office and killed his aide after attempting to arrest a Sunni member of the provincial parliament.
Al Qaeda
UN marks 5th anniversary of Iraq bombing
Afghanistan
10th Mtn. brigade to deploy early to Afghanistan
Philippines
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front warned that fighting in Mindanao could escalate into a full-blown war. The Philippine Defense Secretary said the offensive would not end any time soon. One of the two senior MILF commanders in Mindanao is believed to have been wounded during clashes.
Pakistan
Taliban executes women in Pakistan
Yemen
Security forces detained five suspected al Qaeda fighters in southeastern Yemen. Al Qaeda in Yemen threatened to avenge the death of five of its operatives during clashes with security forces in Tarim. The US Embassy in Sana™a has allowed its nonessential staff to return, citing an improved security situation.
Afghanistan
Coalition airstrikes killed nine Taliban fighters in Khost province. French President Nicolas Sarkozy reassured Afghanistan of his country’s commitment after 10 soldiers were killed in an ambush in Kabul province. The Afghan and Pakistan Army Chiefs of Staff and the ISAF commander met in Kabul to discuss regional security.
Algeria suffers second straight day of bombings
Eleven killed, 31 wounded in dual bombings in the town of Bouira one day after 43 Algerians were killed in a suicide attack outside a police academy.
Iran
The Reach of Hezbullah as Iran’s Surrogate
Pakistan
Afrasiab compares FATA with pre-9/11 Afghanistan
Iraq
15 bodies found in Iraqi village
Afghanistan
Afghans doubt US intentions: report
Turkey
Turkey: Suicide bomber targets police in south
New Special Groups splinter emerges on Iraqi scene
The Asaib al Haq, or League of the Righteous, a terror group backed by Iran’s Qods Force, is being targeted by Coalition forces in the Baghdad region and the South.
Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 29 Pakistanis and wounded 35 in an attack at a hospital in Dera Ishmail Khan. Twenty-five Taliabn fighters, five soldiers, and three civilians were killed during fighting in Bajaur. Twenty-one Pakistanis were killed in fighting in Kurram. The Taliban took over a coal mine in Darra Adam Khel and ordered […]
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban Ask UNICEF To Stop Its Activities
Pakistan
NATO should fight its war in Pak tribal areas: Karzai
Pakistan
Will Pervez Musharraf be sent into exile?
United Kingdom
BBC’s Children in Need funded 7/7 terrorist propaganda, says Newsnight
Afghanistan
Panjshir left to develop from the ground up
Thailand
Thai Surge and Change of Counterinsurgency Strategy