Palestinian Territories
PA Threatens Military Attack on Hamas
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Lebanon
LAF officer plays down massing of 10,000 Syrian troops on border
Palestinian Territories
Hamas releases Islamist militant in Gaza
Iraq
Iraq’s Samarra offers way out for suspected insurgents
Pakistan
Pakistan: Bomb attack a ‘challenge for democracy’, says Zardari
Pakistan
US terms Marriott hotel attack Pakistan™s 9/11 – GEO.tv
Pakistan
Peshawar: attempt to kidnap Afghan Commercial Consul failed
Pakistan
Pakistani spies hear al Qaeda celebrating blast
Pakistan
Pakistan Says 50 Suspected Militants Killed in Recent Fighting
Philippines
MILF separatists sacks village in Mindanao: military
Pakistan
Pakistani forces fired on two US helicopters as they attempted to enter North Waziristan. The Fedayeen-e-Islam claimed credit for the Marriott Hotel bombing. Nine soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Swat. Afghanistan™s consul general in Peshawar was kidnapped. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa is using mosques in Peshawar to issue the call for jihad. Taliban and […]
Iraq
Iraqi forces captured seven al Qaeda fighters in Salahadin, 13 operatives in Mosul, and seven fighters and a leader in Diyala. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and captured four. Five children were killed and three were wounded in a bombing in Mosul. Three Iraqis were killed and five were wounded in a car […]
Al Qaeda
Abu Musab Abdulwadood, the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, released an audiotape titled, “A message to our nation in the Islamic Maghreb.” Abdulwadood called for Muslims to unite behind jihad and said Mauritania “has become a nest of foreign intelligence.” He also said Algeria is dominated by France and the US.
Pakistan
Pakistan, Afghanistan discuss joint force for border)
Egypt
‘Gangsters’ free 19 tourists kidnapped in Egyptian desert
Syria
Syria: Damascus deploys 10,000 troops, claims Lebanese army
Bangladesh
Bangla court refuses bail for Islamists
Egypt
Egypt: European tourists among 15 kidnapped in south
Iran
IAEA urges Iran to come clean on alleged nuke warhead
Iraq
Iraq: lawmakers condemn suicide bomber cartoon
Somalia
Sixteen Somalis were killed in exchanges of mortar fire in Mogadishu. A Somali soldier and officer were killed in an attack in Baidoa. Kenya has deployed soldiers along the border. A Greek ship was hijacked off the coast of Somalia.
Iraq
Iraq government faces credibility test: US general
Pakistani military fires on US helicopters at border
A US raid is thwarted for the second time in one week. Fedayeen-e-Islam takes credit for the Marriott bombing. Afghanistan’s ambassador-designate to Pakistan is kidnapped in Peshawar while a suicide bomber kills nine soldiers in Swat.
Afghanistan
The Taliban kidnapped 140 day laborers in Farah province and killed six civilians in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. Coalition forces killed one member of the Haqqani Network and captured seven in Khost province. France will increase the number of troops in Afghanistan.
Mystery surrounds hijacked Iranian ship
An Iranian-flagged and operated ship hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia is carrying a suspicious cargo.
Iran
Iraq’s Mahdi Army at crossroads as US scales down
Afghanistan
Losing the Afghan war?
Al Qaeda
Spies Warn That Al Qaeda Aims for October Surprise
Pakistan
Islamabad Marriott bombing: Was Harkatul Jehadul Islami responsible?
Pakistan
21 Foreigners Among Dead in Islamabad Suicide Bomb Blast