Somalia
Somaliland officials said the suicide bombers that struck on Oct. 29 were from Mogadishu. An Islamic cleric was arrested after the attack. Six Somalis were wounded in an explosion in Baidoa. Pirates hijacked a Turkish freighter.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed credit for the attack on the Information and Culture Ministry in Kabul. A small team assaulted the main gate and then entered the compound. Five were killed and dozens were wounded, including children in a daycare center, after the suicide bomber detonated inside the ministry.
Pakistan
More shocks for shattered Pakistan
Iraq
Next Step: Which Definition of Iraqi Patriotism?
Iran
Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani threatened the US with suicide attacks in response to US incursions into Syria and Pakistan. “The US method and conduct, expressed by this aggression, will only be stopped by a clear-cut and unexpected response, whose grounds were set by the martyr Hussein Fahmida,” he said. Fahmida was a suicide bomber.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Tests Waters for Overture to Taliban
61 killed in multiple bombings in India
More than 470 wounded in 13 blasts in the restive state of Assam. Indian officials point the finger at Bangladesh-based HuJI, an al Qaeda affiliate.
Iraqi troops find EFP factory in Sadr City
Third massive cache found inside the former Mahdi Army stronghold; 49 explosively formed penetrators found in Sadr City since Oct. 20. Seven Special Groups fighters killed and 118 captured during October.
India
Serial bombs kill at least 48 in India’s Assam state
Afghanistan
Afghan ministry suicide blast kills 5: government
Canada
Canadian court convicts man on terrorism charges
Syria
The US embassy in Damascus will close due to government-planned anti-US protests over the Oct. 26 raid that killed a senior al Qaeda facilitator and his staff; the embassy cited “security concerns.” Syria’s ambassador to the UN requested the Security Council take action to prevent future US incursions.
Pakistan
Five security officials were killed and 11 were wounded in a suicide attack in Bannu. The local Taliban in the Mamoond region in Bajaur Agency surrendered to jirga and said they would not provide shelter to foreigners or fight the government. The government summoned the US ambassador to protest strikes in the tribal areas.
Afghanistan
Anti-Taliban Protests Spread To Kunar, Khost And Bamian Provinces
Afghanistan
New anti-coalition force party formed in Afghanistan
India
North-Eastern India: Mosque Closed Due To Islamic Militants
Somalia
Five suicide bombers struck four compounds in the northern Somali, killing 28 and wounding scores. Three suicide car bombers struck the presidential palace, the UN Development Program compound, and the Ethiopian Consulate in the city of Hargeisa in Somaliland. Two bombers targeted an intelligence facility in the city of Bosasso in Puntland. Four Ethiopian soldiers […]
Iraq
Wast province became the 13th of Iraq’s 18 provinces to transition to Iraqi control. Iraqi security forces captured 28 “wanted men” in Baghdad, 15 al Qaeda fighters in northern Iraq. Iraqi troops also found a massive cache in Sadr City, which included 43 EFPs. Coalition forces captured five Hezbollah Brigades operatives in Amarah, two Special […]
Afghanistan
Afghan women decry Taliban talks
Pakistan
Piece by piece, talking peace
Iraq
Iraq says US deal would ban strikes on neighbors
Iraq
Relaxed lifestyles show Baghdad extremists waning
Indonesia
Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi told a CNN that he had “no regrets whatsoever,” about the attacks and said others would strike again. “My message for Australians; don’t you come to places like that ever again. I’m sure that my colleagues will bomb it again.” The bombers also urged supporters to kill those who executed them.
Iran
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said hatred of the US runs deep. Iran opened a new naval base east of the Strait of Hormuz; an admiral said Iran could “prevent the entry of any enemy naval units” into the Persian Gulf. President Ahmadinejad blamed the US for the world’s economic crisis.
Pakistan
Three dead in Pakistan car attack
Iran
Iran opens ‘new line of defence™
United Kingdom
UK govt toughens rules to block entry of extremists
Germany
Germany cuts mandate for anti-terrorism missions
Five suicide bombers strike in northern Somalia
The coordinated attacks hit the presidential palace, a UN compound, and the Ethiopian Consulate in Somaliland, and an intelligence headquarters in Puntland. The attacks were carried out by Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group.
Thailand
Thailand: Bombing at Yala government unit, wounds 2 soldiers, 7 residents