Afghanistan
Afghan insurgency spreads, attacks rise sharply: U.N.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Afghanistan
Three US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban murdered the head of social affairs department for Kandahar province and his driver. US forces killed a Taliban commander and four fighters in a raid in Ghazni province.
Indonesia
Bali Bomber, Facing Firing Squad, Warns of Anti-Western Attacks
Sudan
Sudan Arrests Militia Chief Facing Trial
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda possibly behind piracy in Gulf of Aden: official says
United States
Pakistani police have freed Juddi Kenan, the 20-year old American man who was arrested as he tried to enter the Mohmand tribal agency. “He told us that he was a student at a community college in Florida and wanted to enter the tribal region to see a friend,” a police official said.
Iraq
Iranian official says 100 nationals detained in Iraq for illegal entry
Somalia
Al Qaeda leader Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and Shabaab military commander Sheikh Mukhtar Robow are seen on a videotape training terrorists with AK-47s, RPGs, and anti-tank weapons while English-speaking recruits say they are training for a “global mission.” Two Somalis were killed in mortar exchanges in Mogadishu. Somali forces freed a Panama ship from pirates.
Somalia
Somali Forces Free Panamanian Ship From Pirates
United Kingdom
British Lords Reject Plan to Lengthen Detentions
Iran
Public Stage for Iran™s Ex-President Fuels Talk of Political Return
Iraq
Lacking an Accord On Troops, US and Iraq Seek a Plan B
Iraq
Egypt building Iraq embassy but ties will take time
Afghanistan
2008 Afghanistan’s ‘Worst Year’: Minister
Afghanistan
Civilians die in Afghan bus blast
Pakistan
Pakistan: ‘Nine militants killed in anti-Taliban operation’
Lebanon
Terror cell ‘sought revenge’ for Nahr al-Bared defeat
Philippines
Philippines autonomy deal ‘illegal’
United Kingdom
British Army arrived with lofty ideals; four years later Basra was a dirty word
Indonesia
Indonesia has charged Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Abu Husna, Agus Purwanto, and Parmin with training fighters and assisting in the Bali bombings. Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Amrozi, Mukhlas, and Imam Samudra may face a firing squad next week. The three were convicted for involvement with the Bali bombings.
Pakistan
The beginning of the Talibanization of Lahore?
Pakistan
Security forces killed 47 Taliban fighters during fighting in Bajaur and Swat. A tribal jirga met in Swat and proposed a new seven-point peace plan. The Taliban freed three police recruits in Hangu. Jamaat-e-Islami leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad said the government said supporting the tribes against the Taliban will lead to civil war.
United States
A 20-year old American man named Juddi Kenan was arrested by Pakistani police while trying to enter the Mohmand tribal agency. Kenan has a US passport and is said to be from Florida. Pakistani police are trying to determine if he is a journalist, tourist, researcher, or a members of al Qaeda or the Taliban.
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained seven Special Groups fighters in Nasariyah and four in Amarah. Police captured a female suicide bomber and four al Qaeda operatives in Diyala province. Coalition forces detained 10 al Qaeda suspects in Mosul and Baghdad. Iraqi forces deployed to Mosul to protect Christians from a wave of killings; al Qaeda denied being […]
Somalia
Shabaab executed a militia leader in Kismayo. Sixteen people were killed in fighting in southern Somalia. The leader of the Organization of the Islamic Conference met with Islamic Courts leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmad.
Al Qaeda
Algerian police kill four militants
Afghanistan
Germany in Afghanistan: An Expensive Engagement
Iran
General: Iran interfering in US-Iraq pact
Afghanistan
General Says He™s Hopeful About Taliban War
Afghanistan
5 more Taliban killed in Afghanistan clash