Iraq
Huge weapons cache found west of Baghdad
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Iraq
Assassinations replacing car bombs in Iraq
Pakistan
Pakistan: TNSM chief to persuade fighters to disarm if shariah imposed
Pakistan
A US airstrike killed nine Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in North Waziristan. Ten Pakistanis were killed in a Taliban bombing in Dir; eight police were wounded in a suicide attack in Islamabad. A Taliban letter was found at the Islamabad attack site. The military killed 21 Taliban fighters in Bajaur. n administrator and a […]
Afghanistan
Thirty-six Taliban and six civilians were killed in clashes in Uruzgan province. The US Army closed down a combat outpost in the Gowardesh Valley in Kunar province. The US secretary of defense said negotiations with some elements of the Taliban is possible.
Somalia
Unknown aircraft bombed an Islamic COurts stronghold in the town of Goofgaduud. Shabaab may lift the Mogadishu airport flight ban. NATO will send warships to protect shipping from Somali pirates. The Kenyan Army will train up to 10,000 Somali troops.
Afghanistan
ISAF closes outpost in Kunar province
Afghanistan
Will the Afghan Taliban join peace talks?
Iraq
A Sadrist member of parliament and three civilians were killed in an IED attack in Baghdad. The director of the Karbala provincial council was killed in an IED attack. Iraqi forces captured eight al Qaeda operatives and a Special groups fighter in raids nationwide. US troops captured three Special Groups fighters in Baghdad and two […]
Somalia
NATO Will Fight Piracy Off Somalia
Iraq
US Army says it has disrupted Iraq weapons network
US strike kills 9 al Qaeda and Taliban in North Waziristan
Two homes belonging to a local Taliban leader near Miramshah are targeted in the attack; six al Qaeda reported killed.
United States
The United States Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees into the Washington, DC. The 17 Chinese Uighurs were captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and some participated in terrorist training at al Qaeda and Taliban run camps in Afghanistan.
Somalia
Aircraft bombs Islamist stronghold in Somala
Bombings rock Islamabad, Dir
The Pakistani military admits Swat and Shangla under Taliban control.
Iraq
As violence drops, Iraqi tribes begin to make amends
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Court blocks Guantanamo releases
Evaluating the Uighur Threat
A US federal court order the government to released 17 Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay inside the US after ruling they are not a threat. But the Uighurs are members of an al Qaeda-linked group.
Afghanistan
US To Give Afghan Army New Vehicles, Weapons
Pakistan
In a briefing to parliament, the military said Swat, Shangla, and other districts are under control of the Taliban. The military killed 20 Taliban and “foreign” fighters in Bajaur; five Taliban were killed and 27 were arrested in Darra Adam Khel; 22 Taliban were detained in Swat. Mullah Fazlullah announced a ‘conditional amnesty™ for officials […]
Afghanistan
NATO commander urges focus on stopping Afghanistan opium network
Al Qaeda
Marking Second Anniversary, ‘Islamic State of Iraq™ Cites ‘Accomplishments™
Bosnia
Bosnia: Police arrest Al-Qaeda suspect
Afghanistan
Petraeus sees value in talking to Taliban
Afghanistan
NATO to meet as Afghan war effort founders
Afghanistan
Inquiry shows Afghan raid killed 33 people
United States
Justice Department attorneys filed an emergency motion with a federal court in an effort to block the release of 17 Uighurs currently detention at Guantanamo Bay into the United States. A judge ruled the al Qaeda-linked operatives from the East Turkestan Islamic Movement were no threat to the US and said they should be released […]
Pakistani Army rejects Waziristan operation
Pakistan has a tribal problem. The military looks to keep to the February peace agreement despite the presence of al Qaeda and Taliban camps. The Taliban seeks the status quo in South Waziristan.
Iraq
Iraq ready to replace US troops in Baghdad
Iraq
Qaeda clings to Mosul as violence falls in Iraq