Afghanistan
Fury at Paris Match picture of Taliban in dead soldier’s uniform
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Iran
Sarkozy warns Iran it risks Israeli attack
Afghanistan
NATO, Afghans to coordinate to avoid civilian deaths
Pakistan
Faqir Mohammed: Pakistani Leaders US Stooges
Hezbollah
Homage to Mugniyah: Hezbollah Exhibit Celebrates War and ‘Martyrs’
Iraq
Petraeus Says US Combat Troops Could Exit Baghdad by July
Iraq
The Iraqi government will take over the Sons of Iraq program in October. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 15 during raids in Baghdad and the Tigris River Valley. Iraqi forces killed one insurgent and captured 18 in Baghdad. Two US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Baghdad.
Hezbollah
Syria vows not to abandon Hezbollah
Iraq
Somalia
Islamic Courts fighters forced restaurants in the Middle Shabelle region to shut down for Ramadan. Somaliland released a politician after accusing him of having links to Shabaab. Pirates seized an Egyptian ship and a French yacht; 10 ships and their crews are being held for ransom.
Russia
Gunmen assassinated Abdulla Alishayev, a host on one of the most popular Islamic television stations in the Russian republic of Dagestan; he is the second journalist to be killed in the Caucasus this week. A third journalist, Miloslav Bitokov, editor-in-chief, of the independent weekly Gazeta Yuga, was severely beaten yesterday by unidentified men outside his […]
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Top Afghan anti-drugs judge murdered in Kabul
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ISI behind abduction of Japanese worker, alleges Afghanistan
Palestinian Territories
Hamas detained Abu Hafss, the leader of Jaish al Ummah (Army of the Nation), a pro-al Qaeda group operating out of Gaza. The terror group gained prominence after Reuters visited a training camp two days ago. Hamas has allow the group to operate as long as it stays out of local politics and does not […]
Iraq
Iraqi Police and Army join forces in Basra
Afghanistan
Five senior Taliban leaders in Kapisa province, including two behind the Aug. 18 attack on French forces in Kabul, were killed during a series of Coalition raids. A British soldier was killed during a patrol in southern Afghanistan. ISAF soldiers killed a civilian in an escalation of force incident in Helmand province. A 100-man Czech […]
Report: US airstrike kills 4 in North Waziristan
The attack occurred along the border with Afghanistan in territory run by the Haqqani family. This is the fourth cross-border strike in five days.
Iraq
Baghdad to take control of Sunni anti-Qaeda groups: US
Afghanistan
U. S. troops to step up offensive in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
How the Taliban gave a French lesson
Afghanistan
Ambushed French troops faced large rebel force: officers
Coalition: Senior Taliban leaders killed in Kapisa province
Five Taliban leaders have been killed in fighting north of Kabul, including two who were involved in the deadly Aug. 18 ambush that killed 10 French ISAF soldiers and wounded 21 others.
Pakistan
Taliban took credit for the assassination attempt on the prime minister. The government claimed 30 Taliban were killed during an operation in Swat. The Taliban kidnapped 32 police recruits in Khyber and six security officials in Landi Kotal. Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban joined forces with the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Karachi.
Somalia
Shabaab vowed to continue attacks during Ramadan. Fifteen Somalis were killed in a Shabaab attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu. The Islamic Courts said the government is incapable of retaking Kismayo.
Philippines
President Arroyo disbanded the government panel negotiating autonomy with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Arrest warrants have been issued for MILF commanders Kato and Bravo, and 12 other members of the group. The government said 66 people have been killed and 79 wounded during recent fighting with MILF in the South.
Iraq
Coalition forces killed an al Qaeda weapons facilitator and detained eight fighters during raids in the Tigris River Valley and captured six operatives in Bayji and Mosul. Iraqi forces detained 40 insurgents in Baghdad. Iraqi and US soldiers detained four Special Groups operatives during air assaults in Dhi Qar and Maysan provinces. Police captured seven […]
Afghanistan
Afghan police killed 32 Taliban fighters during engagements in southern Afghanistan. Three Canadian troops were killed and five were wounded in a “direct fire” incident in the Zari district in Kandahar province. The US military said last week’s raid in Azizabad in Herat province resulted in seven civilian casualties, not the 90 cited in the […]
Somalia
Somali fighters vow Ramadan attacks
Pakistan
A sting in Pakistan’s al Qaeda mission
Taliban take credit for assassination attempt on Pakistan’s prime minister
Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani dodged an assassination attempt after his motorcade came under gunfire earlier today. The Taliban have taken credit for the attack.