Iraq
Iraqi Deputy Premier and al-Sistani Discuss Kurdish Crisis
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Multiple blasts rock New Delhi
Five bombs are detonated in the span of 45 minutes in markets in India’s capital. The Indian Mujahideen took credit for the attack.
Germany
German police arrest suspected al Qaeda supporter
Iraq
Bombs kill 10 in Baghdad and near Iranian border
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Pakistan claims killing 72 militants in 3 days
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Afghan governor, 3 others die in blast near Kabul
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No Arab killed in US attack: Haqqani family
Saudi Arabia
Jihad Waning in Osama’s Homeland
United States
Mexico, US find no al Qaeda links since 9/11
Pakistan
Pakistan to protest new US missile strike
Pakistan
Pakistan opposition angered by US attacks
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 27 and wounded more than 40 in an attack on a police station in Dujail. A suicide bomber killed two and wounded 13 outside a mosque in Sinjar. Iraqi and Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda fighters and detained 13 during raids nationwide. Coalition forces captured two Hezbollah Brigades operatives in […]
Al Qaeda
Suicide bomber kills 25 in attack on Iraq police station
US hits compound in North Waziristan
The US targeted a group related to Hekmatyar. The airstrike attack is the fifth such cross-border attack in the North Waziristan tribal agency in two weeks.
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Fresh clashes leave 20 Taliban militants dead in Bajaur
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US firm ambushed again in Afghan south, 23 dead
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12 killed in US attack on Pakistani border town
Pakistan
Missiles fired from a suspected US drone killed 12 people associated with the Afghan militant organization, Al Badar, in North Waziristan. Security forces killed 20 more insurgents in fresh clashes that broke out in the Loisam, Sangkhata, and Shankai areas of the Bajaur Agency. The Sept. 3 commando stike by US Navy SEALS in South […]
Somalia
Owners of the German-owned cargo ship that was released on Thursday by Somali pirates paid a $1.1 million ransom. Nine Filipino seamen who were among the 13-member crew of that German-owned vessel were also freed by the pirates. At least six Ethiopians have been killed and 23 others injured in a new series of clashes […]
Pakistan
The military claimed more than 100 “militants” including many foreigners were killed during fighting in Bajaur and another eight were killed in Swat. The Taliban beheaded two police recruits in Hangu and executed three “US spies” in Bajaur. Baitullah Mehsud’s deputy has been granted bail. NATO said it would not participate in cross-border attacks inside […]
Iraq
Coalition forces captured 18 al Qaeda operatives in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi forces detained 42 insurgents in Baghdad. US troops captured four Special Groups fighters in Baghdad. Five civilians were killed in an attack in Diyala. Eleven civilians were wounded in a bombing near a shrine in Karbala.
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed “several” Haqqani and Taliban fighters during operations in Khost and Ghazni provinces. Two Taliban fighters were killed during a raid in Kapisa province. A US and a British soldier were killed in attacks. A Taliban suicide bomber killed two civilians in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban accused of using civilians to provoke US attacks
Pakistan
‘Scores killed’ in Pakistan raids
Iran
Iran ship firm dimisses US charges, sanctions
Iraq
3 killed in Iraq shrine bombings
Iraq
US troops already out of cities of most Iraqi provinces: Petraeus
Letters from al Qaeda leaders show Iraqi effort is in disarray
A series of letters from Zawahiri, Baghdadi, and al Masri found on the body of al Qaeda in Iraq’s former information minister show senior al Qaeda leaders have lost confidence in al Qaeda in Iraq’s leader. Captured operatives say the war is lost.
Pakistan
The Afghan-Pakistan militant nexus
Pakistan
US to focus on Pakistani border