Pakistan engages the tribes in effort to fight the Taliban
The effort to engage the tribes in Pakistan is fraught with difficulties. “The tribes may achieve tactics success in some areas, but likely will fail to achieve strategic success.”
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Iraq
Security forces detained 21 policemen believed to be behind the Saadiya bombing. Coalition forces detained seven al Qaeda operatives in and around Baghdad. Three al Qaeda fighters were killed in Baqubah. The Hillah SWAT found numerous illegal weapons in an office run by the Badr Corporation. Coalition Detainee Operations released more than 14,150 prisoners this […]
Somalia
The US Navy has surrounded the hijacked Ukrainian-flagged vessel transporting weapons to Sudan. The secretary of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia called Shabaab “criminals.” Seven people were killed and 17 wounded during fighting in Mogadishu.
Pakistan
Pakistani villagers start armed anti-Taliban push
Afghanistan
The Taliban leadership denied it was conducting negotiations with the Afghan government. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldiers in Kabul province. A US soldier was killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan.
Algeria
A suicide bomber killed three civilians and wounded six in an attack on a police checkpoint in Dellys. Security forces killed three “terrorists” during an operation in Tebessa. Police have increased the number of checkpoints in Tizi Ouzou.
Lebanon
Five people were killed and 25 were wounded when a roadside bomb was detonated on a bus carrying Lebanese soldiers north of Tripoli. Four soldiers were killed and 22 were wounded in the attack. The Lebanese Army command said the attack was designed to derail reconciliation between Sunni and Alawi groups in Tripoli.
Pakistan
Spec ops raids into Pakistan halted
Lebanon
Officials: Bomb explodes near troops in Lebanon
Iraq
Baghdad bombs kill at least 32
Pakistan
A Polish engineer was kidnapped and his drivers and translator were killed in Nowshera. Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters detained 18 in Peshawar. President Zardari said Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri would be tried in Pakistan if captured. General Kiyani said the tribes are backing the Army against the Taliban.
Iraq
Thirty-two Iraqis were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad. Iraqi forces killed one insurgent and detained 29 in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured three Hezbollah Brigades fighters in Naharwan and seven al Qaeda operatives throughout Iraq. Iraqi security forces are planning security for the end of Ramadan celebrations in Najaf.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s foreign minister denied negotiations were underway with the Taliban based out of Quetta. A senior female police officer in Kandahar was assassinated outside of her home. Two al Qaeda fighters were killed in a battle in Kunar province; police said three civilians were killed. Two Canadian soldiers were wounded in an attack on a […]
Pakistan
Gunmen kidnap Polish engineer in north Pakistan: police
India
Police detained 12 men believed to be involved in yesterday’s bombing in New Delhi that killed two, including a child, and wounded 22. Two men dropped the bomb off of a motorcycle in a market. Police also detained two men for making a call threatening follow-up attacks in the capital.
Afghanistan
Top Afghan policewoman shot dead
Afghanistan
Taliban revival sets fear swirling through Kabul
Iran
Coalition forces catch three Iranian backed Hezbollah Brigades Suspects
Pakistan
Sixteen Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur. Police detained 35 Taliban fighters in an effort to clear Peshawar’s suburbs. The Taliban began imposing fines on women for not wearing the veil in Peshawar. A suicide bomber was detained in Khyber. The Kohat Tunnel has been reopened.
Afghanistan
US general: Taliban can’t launch winter campaign
Pakistan
Taliban show no let up despite 8,000 soldiers in FATA
Pakistan
US steps up Pakistan raids to thwart al-Qaeda ‘October surprise’ plot
Iraq
Coalition forces detained 12 al Qaeda operatives in northern Iraq and five Hezbollah Brigades fighters in New Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured an al Qaeda leader in Tarmiyah. A policeman and a Kurdish security guard were killed during a clash in Jalawlaa. Four policemen were wounded and three insurgents were captured during a raid in Touz […]
Iraq
VOA News – US, Iraq Say Progress Made on Security Deal
US, Iraq step up operations against Iranian terror groups
More than 100 Iranian-backed Shia extremists have been detained in security operations over the past two weeks as reports indicate Iran is sending fighters back into Iraq.
Syria
A car bomb exploded near a security headquarters in Damascus, killing 17 people and wounding 14. The bomb contained 450 pounds of explosives. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan
15 militants killed, 22 injured in Bajaur
India
New Delhi flower market blast kills boy
Somalia
Reports: Somali Pirates Seek $35 Million For Captured Ship Carrying Tanks
Somalia
US destroyer watching hijacked ship off Somalia