Pakistan
Pakistan: Dozens of militants reportedly killed in northwest
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Lebanon
Lebanon: The ties that bind
Afghanistan
British soldier in Afghanistan on Iran spy charges
Pakistan
Pakistani Government to Unveil Anti-Terror Strategy
An interview with Ambassador Crocker
Bill Murray sits down with Ambassador Crocker and discusses the state of Iraq.
Turkey
Istanbul ‘Suicide’ Attack Foiled
Lebanon
Lebanese Army arrests terrorists implicated in Tripoli blasts
Iraq
Time to go home, Nouri al-Maliki tells Britain
Afghanistan
We’re still in control, Royal Marines tell Afghans after Taliban onslaught
Pakistan
Pakistani troops killed 27 Taliban fighters, including 12 bombers, in Arakazi and killed 13 fighters in Bajaur. Six “extremists” from South Waziristan were detained in Zhob in Baluchistan province. The death toll in the Oct. 10 bombing of a tribal meeting in Arakzai has risen to 110. US Predators were spotted flying over North Waziristan.
Iraq
The Interior Minister has fired more than 20,000 policemen in an effort to stamp out corruption. Coalition forces detained 12 al Qaeda fighters in Mosul and captured two Special Groups fighters in Baghdad. Five Iraqis were killed and 35 wounded in two suicide car bomb attacks in Mosul. Eleven Iraqis were killed in bombings in […]
Iraq
Iraqi official says interior ministry sacked 20,000 policemen
The Taliban
The Taliban reiterated that it would not negotiate with the West to settle the conflict in Afghanistan. In a statement on its website, Voice of Jehad, the Taliban said they are “the verge of victory” and mocked American, British and, United Nations statements that Afghanistan cannot be won. “The Islamic Emirate wants to make it […]
Al Qaeda
The Al Fajr Media Center has closed three al Qaeda forums: Al Ekhlaas, Al Firdaws, and Al Boraq, citing “technical reasons.” Al Fajr denied the forums were under the control of Western intelligence and stated the forums are not run out of any single office. The forums were used to disseminate al Qaeda’s propaganda audiotapes, […]
Afghanistan
The Senior NATO commander in Afghanistan said the West is not losing in Afghanistan, but there are too few troops to provide security. ISAF and Afghan troops killed 65 Taliban fighters in Helmand province. ISAF forces killed two Taliban fighters after they ambushed a World Food Program convoy in Badghis province. Five civilians were killed […]
Iraq
Baghdad Attacks Kill 11
Iraq
Christians flee Iraqi city after killings, threats, officials say
Afghanistan
NATO not losing Afghan war, commander says
Pakistan
No al Qaeda fighters reported dead in US airstrike
Pakistan
Arakzai Agency suicide attack death toll reaches 110
Somalia
Puntland soldiers and pirates clashed over a Somali ship. Shabaab hit an Ethiopian convoy outside of Mogadishu with an IED attack. The Hawiye clan spokesman held negotiations with Shabaab over death threats to clan leaders. More than 400 Burundian soldiers arrived in Mogadishu via air.
Philippines
Eight Philippine soldiers were wounded in a landmine explosion after Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters attacked an army outpost in Maguindanao province. One of the leaders of the MILF force is thought to have direct links to Jemaah Islamiyah. The military arrested a Abu Sayyaf operative believed to be behind the kidnapping of a Philippine […]
ISAF repels attacks in Helmand, launches strike into Pakistan
Sixty-five Taliban are killed during an assault on Lashkar Gah. US forces killed five Taliban inside Pakistan as they attempted to attack a US base in Paktika.
Afghanistan
Taliban leader killed by SAS was Pakistan officer
Afghanistan
Afghan president offers Taliban a role in governing country
Pakistan
A US strike in North Waziristan killed four suspected Taliban. US forces coordinated with Pakistani forces to kill five Taliban in the tribal areas. Four security personnel were wounded in an IED attack in Swat. Security forces detained 14 suspected suicide bombers. Pakistan said the inclusion of Indian forces to secure the Afghan-Pakistani border is […]
Iraq
Turkish planes hit 31 PKK targets in N.Iraq: army
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained a Sadrist leader in Amarah, captured a key member of the Islamic State of Iraq in Suwayra, and arrested four al Qaeda fighters north of Baqubah. US troops arrested four policemen in Miqdadiyah. Police found 15 missile launchers in Al Kut.
US targets safe house in North Waziristan
US Predators hit in a tribal region run by the Haqqani Network for the second time in three days.
Iraq
Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their Own