Lebanon
Lebanon lawmaker killed in blast
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Pakistan
Taliban rife with jihad recruits
Al Qaeda
Intercepted Letter Shows Al Qaeda Weakened in Iraq
Taliban attack mosque kills 25 in Pakistan
Taliban fighters lobbed three hand grenades into a packed mosque in the Dir district in northwestern Pakistan and then raked the crowd with gunfire.
Iraq
Foreign Minister Zebari said the US-Iraqi negotiations on the status of forces agreement are nearing completion. Iraqi troops detained seven Special Groups operatives in central Iraq; US troops captured a cell member in Baghdad and four operatives in Muwaffaqiya. Police captured 15 al Qaeda fighters in Buhriz, three in Touz Khormato, and two in Kirkuk.
Iraq
Safer Iraq draws foreign investors
Iraq
Zebari: US-Iraqi negotiations at final stage
Iraq strengthens the Counter Terrorism Bureau
The Counter Terrorism Bureau, which houses much of Iraq’s special operations capable forces, provides the third leg of the security forces troika.
Pakistan
Pakistan army chief criticises US raids
Iraq
In Iraq — US has entered ‘endgame’ in Iraq-Pentagon chief
Pakistan
How to Catch Osama
Pakistan
Pakistan’s tribal badlands
Afghanistan
The prime minister of Canada said he intends to pull all Canadian forces out of Afghanistan by December 2011. The Taliban said attacks have been stepped up to influence Canada’s election. Afghan and Coalition forces captured a former policeman who served as a Taliban heavy weapons and suicide bomb facilitator in the Tarin Kot district […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban conducting a “defensive war” says leader
Iraq
Iraqi leaders form panel to resolve election law dispute
Lebanon
Twelve acquitted of attempt to kill Hezbollah’s Nasrallah
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s puppet Islamic State of Iraq released an audiotape by “Abu Omar al Baghdadi.” In his first tape since April, Baghdadi calls for the assassination of senior Sunni political leaders and continues to offer a $100,000 reward for the killing of a Danish cartoonist who published images of the prophet Mohammed.
Al Qaeda
Petraeus: Iraq Is ‘Central Front’ for Extremists
Philippines
The military accused the Moro Islamic Liberation Front of murdering a member of a cease-fire committee. MILF accused the interior secretary ignoring the existence of the Ilaga “vigilante” group. A lawyer said US soldiers advising Philippine troops are legitimate targets for MILF.
Pakistan
The Haqqani Network attacked Pakistani bases in North Waziristan one day after the US struck the Manba Ulom madrassa. Al Qaeda’s leader in Pakistan is said to have been killed in the strike. Prime Minister Gilani said the US is targeting innocent people in Waziristan. The military said it killed seven Taliban fighters in Bajaur. […]
Europe
Netherlands: Veiled faces banned under new school rules
Algeria
Security forces killed a regional military adviser for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Police broke up a plot against a military barracks that was to be carried out by a female suicide bomber. An al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb operative who surrendered to authorities said the group planned to conduct attacks on key […]
Haqqanis attack Pakistani forces in North Waziristan
Bases in Miramshah and Mir Ali were targeted, heavy fighting reported. Al Qaeda’s commander in Pakistan was reported killed in yesterday’s airstrike along with 14 other operatives.
Iraq
The US will maintain troop current levels in Iraq through the end of the year. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained two suspects during raids in the Baghdad area. Two policemen were killed in Mosul and one was killed in Isahaqi. One Iraqi was killed and six were wounded in eastern Baghdad.
Sudan
Sudan ‘retakes’ rebel strongholds
Lebanon
Afghanistan
Twenty-eight Taliban fighters were killed in clashes in Uruzgan and Paktia province while three ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the East. US soldiers captured two members of the Haqqani Network in Khost. ISAF has tightened the rules of engagement after an increase in civilian casualties. The Taliban claimed a senior military […]
Somalia
Residents are leaving the town of Bardale after heavy fighting between Ethiopian and Shabaab fighters. Shabaab has declared a nighttime curfew in Kismayo. Two Kenyan soldiers were killed and three were wounded after “bandits” crossed the border from Somalia and stole weapons and ammunition.
Afghanistan
Taliban learning how to win key propaganda battles
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Three US-led soldiers, 28 rebels killed in Afghanistan