Afghanistan
Afghan trader-turned-Taliban profits from new alliance
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Algeria
Ten dead in attacks as Ramadan ends in Algeria
Somalia
Ethiopian troops are reported to be moving towards the Islamic Courts-controlled town of Hudur. Five people were killed after Shabaab attacked the airport Mogadishu. Shabaab threatened the spokesman of the Hawiye council. The Islamic Courts said planes banned from Mogadishu could land in Kismayo.
Al Qaeda
SYRIA: Al Qaeda mastermind said to be captured
Somalia
Somali Pirates Stare Down Global Superpowers
Iraq
An al Qaeda suicide bomber detonated his vest during a raid in Mosul. Three women, three children, and five terrorists were killed in the explosion. Iraqi forces captured two al Qaeda emirs and nine fighters in Buhriz and detained six al Qaeda operatives during operations in northern Iraq.
Iraq
Schools ready to open in Sadr City
Afghanistan
ISAF forces captured a senior Taliban leader behind suicide and conventional attacks in Uruzgan province. Afghan police and soldiers killed five Taliban fighters after they attacked a police leader’s home in Kandahar. President Karzai’s brother has been linked to the heroin trade.
Pakistan
Officials say Taliban mad over alleged US strike
Pakistan has poor track record reporting deaths of senior terrorist leaders
Reports indicate a senior al Qaeda or Taliban leader may have been killed in the Oct. 2 cross-border strike, but Pakistani sources must be treated with skepticism based on past performance.
Afghanistan
Relentless Taliban just keep coming
Iraq
Polish Military Marks Close Of Iraq Mission
Afghanistan
War on Taliban cannot be won, says army chief
Pakistan
Baitullah Mehsud proved he is alive by visiting several villages in South Waziristan. The Mahmood tribe decided to form an anti-Taliban lashkar while the Salazaris killed three Taliban in Bajaur. Security forces arrested a Lashkar-e-Islam commander and five fighters in Khyber.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Mysterious New Spymaster
Iran
US won’t put diplomats in Iran
Afghanistan
ISAF and Afghan forces killed 23 Taliban fighters during operations nationwide. A battalion of French troops reportedly oppose being deployed to Afghanistan. Germany’s foreign minister wants the country’s commandos withdrawn.
Iraq
Coalition forces captured 10 al Qaeda in Iraq operatives in northern and central Iraq. Iraqi forces detained a senior al Qaeda leader and 14 operatives in Mosul. Police captured a senior al Qaeda leader in Wasit province. One Iraqi soldier was killed after two US helicopters collided in Baghdad.
Thailand
Thailand: Two soldiers killed in Pattani
Al Qaeda
Adam Gadahn and Mustafa Abu Yazid appeared on al Qaeda’s latest videotape, which was released by As Sahab. Both Gadahn and Yazid have been rumored to have been killed in aistrikes and clashes in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Adam Gadahn resurfaces in new al Qaeda tape
Al Qaeda’s American spokesman was rumored killed in a January airstrike that killed Abu Laith al Libi. Gadahn references the US “economic meltdown.”
Pakistan
The Most Difficult Job in the World: Pakistan’s president on terrorism, India and his late wife. – WSJ.com
Iraq
Police Station to be Built in Remaining Enemy Hot Spot
Iraq
Defying a Spate of Bombings, Baghdad Has a Party
Turkey
Fifteen Turkish soldiers and 23 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in a major clash in the town of Semdinli in the southeastern province of Hakkari near the Iraqi border. The two day battle began after PKK terrorists ambushed Turkish troops.
Somalia
US: 4 failed Somali pirate attacks in 24 hours
Turkey
Fifteen Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with PKK
Pakistan
The US conducted two strikes in North Waziristan. The government of the Northwest Frontier Province is ready to hold talks with the Taliban in Swat. The Red Cross declared Pakistan a “new war zone.” Extremists kidnapped a security official in Khyber.
Somalia
Shabaab attacked Burundian peacekeepers in Mogadishu. The Shabaab-linked mujahideen of southern Somalia named a 23-member board to enforce shariah law in Celwaq. Shabaab has banned aid groups from operating in regions under its control.
Iraq
Iraq presidency council approved the provincial election law; elections will be held in January. Coalition forces killed a senior al Qaeda leader in Baghdad and detained 18 al Qaeda operatives in raids nationwide. US troops detained seven Special Groups fighters in Baghdad and a Army of the Righteous weapons smuggler in Amarah. A US soldier […]