Philippines
Rogue MILF members have splintered to smaller groups, says military
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Iraq
Electricity powers more normalcy in Iraq suburb
Iraq
Iraq to go ahead with local polls
Pakistan closes Torkham border crossing, shuts down NATO’s supply line
Khyber political agent cites security problems. The decision comes the same day the Pakistani military threatens to retaliate against US cross-border strikes.
Pakistan
Pakistan closed the Torkham border crossing in Khyber agency to NATO traffic the same day it said it reserved the right t respond to US airstrikes inside Pakistan. The US struck an al Qaeda safe house in North Waziristan; five “foreigners” were reported killed. The Taliban raided a checkpoint in Khyber. The Salarzai tribes in […]
Iraq
Car bomb targets controversial Shiite politician
Somalia
Malaysia deploys navy to Somalia
Pakistan
Pakistan warns US of retaliation over strikes
Pakistan
From jail to high office: the strange journey of Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan
Malik proposes loya jirga for restoration of peace in Kurram Agency
Somalia
Shabaab leaders revealed earlier today on Paltalk that the group would announce the establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Somalia very soon. Shabaab has made overtures to merge with Al Qaeda over the past several weeks.
Iraq
Coalition forces detained 14 al Qaeda operatives during operations in the Mosul region. US and Iraqi forces detained four Special Groups fighters in Maysan province. A senior police official in Wasit province and his wife were killed in an attack. More than 12,000 detainees have been released this year.
United States
Man Arrested Near Capitol After IED, Rifle, Ammunition Allegedly Found in Jeep
Pakistan
Lahore Conference Celebrates Jihad
Al Qaeda
Jihadis Dispute Role of Iraq™s Female Suicide Bombers
Iraq
The Mumahidun: Muqtada Al Sadr™s New Militia
Philippines
(Philippines) More troops rushed to Mindanao after peace breakdown: official
Somalia
No peacekeepers for Somalia – UN
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda’s latest videotape featured the suicide bomber who carried out the June 2 attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad. Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan, said attacks would continue. “The Danish embassy (attack) and prior operations is but the beginning.”
Hezbollah
(Lebanon) Nasrallah reaches out to family of slain LAF helicopter plot
Lebanon
Lebanon ruling bloc slams Syrian ‘interference’
Pakistan
Pakistan restores 3 judges ousted by Musharraf
Afghanistan
Eight Taliban fighters, including three local commanders and two civilians were killed in an airstrike in Farah province. The Taliban gathered elite fighters for an attack on Canadian forces earlier this week. A British soldier was killed in the Sangin district in Helmand province.
Afghanistan
Furor over pics of Taliban in dead soldiers’ kit
US airstrike kills 5 al Qaeda operatives in North Waziristan
The US campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda’s safe houses in Pakistan’s tribal areas has intensified. Today’s strike is the fifth inside Pakistan in six days.
Iraq
Petraeus Recommends One Brigade Leave Iraq Before New President Takes Over
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: September 2008 update
Anbar is the eleventh province to go under Iraqi control, the 17th Division takes control of southern Baghdad, and more.
Iraq
Pentagon Urges a Pause in Iraq Drawdown Until 2009
Pakistan
Al Qaeda suspect refuses strip search
Pakistan
The US killed four during an airstrike on an al Qaeda safe house in South Waziristan. Seventeen Taliban were reported killed during fighting in Swat. The Lashkar-e-Islam kidnapped three tribal police personnel in Khyber. The Taliban threatened a pro-government tribe in Bajaur. “Very important” government officials have received death threats from the Taliban.