Iraq
Navy trains Iraqi water patrol
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Philippines
Philippines: Foreign fighters ‘could join renegade Muslims in south’
Al Qaeda
Germany Arrests Alleged Courier for Terror Group
Pakistan
Pakistan: NWFP govt, tribal elders to devise strategy against US drones
Pakistan
Thirty-five Taliban were killed during airstrikes in Bajaur; a policeman was beheaded in Swat. Eight tribal elders were killed in Arakzai. The US has started training Frontier Corps troops. Pakistan will begin arming the tribes with Chinese-made weapons.
Pakistan on the Taliban: “Dialogue must now be the highest priority”
A unanimous 14-point resolution passed by parliament on extremism in Pakistan stresses talks and fails to mention a counterinsurgency plan for the turbulent northwest.
Pakistan
Pakistan plans to arm militias in tribal lands
Coalition, Afghan forces battle Taliban in Uruzgan
More than 70 Taliban fighters, including a senior commander, are killed in three days of clashes in the southern province.
Somalia
The Islamic courts have taken control of Burdhubo and have declared a curfew in Jowhar. A leader of the Hawiye clan said Shabaab has lifted a ban on humanitarian organizations providing aid. A NATO anti-piracy force is just days from reaching region.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Twenty-three killed in border tribal area
Afghanistan
Kiwi troops up security, after signs Taliban targeting soldiers | NATIONAL | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz
Australia
Australian acquitted of taking al Qaeda cash
Afghanistan
NATO and the Afghan government said they would only conduct limited talks with Taliban members willign to lay down their weapons. Coalition and Afghan forces killed a Taliban leader and 17 fighters in Uruzgan province, and three fighters in Farah province. Three US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Farah.
Hezbollah
Lebanon: A Shia affair
Hezbollah
Colombian police arrested three Middle Eastern men for running a drug ring that funneled cash to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups. Egypt denied that it extended an invitation for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to visit the country. Hezbollah denied reports that Nasrallah was poisoned by Israeli agents.
Iraq
Babil province is the 12th of 18 provinces to transfer security to Iraqi control. Ten Iraqis were killed and more than 20 wounded in a car bombing in Baghdad. Iraqi forces arrested five “wanted men” in Amarah. Coalition forces captured two al Qaeda bomb makers in Habbaniyah and detained three Special Groups operatives in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
Pentagon sees fewer foreign fighters slipping into Afghanistan
Pakistan
NATO does not rule out Afghan talks with Taliban
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Ultraconservative Islam gains in unlikely places
Iran
Top Iran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel
Al Qaeda
A Mujahideen Bleed-Through From Iraq? A Look at Syria
Al Qaeda
New Video of Most Wanted German Terrorist Eric Breininger
Iraq
Iraq: Face to face with the insurgency
United Kingdom
Convicted British terrorist had links to accused in Toronto 18 case: U.K. court documents
Al Qaeda
Militants see signs of West™s ‘weakening™
Iraq
US turns over control of 12th Iraqi province
Iraq
Suicide car bomber hits Iraq convoy, 11 killed
Afghanistan
Bomb kills three coalition soldiers in Afghanistan
Indonesia
The five members of an Islamist terror cell arrested in Jakarta earlier this week were reportedly trained by Malaysian-born Jemaah Islamiyah bomb maker Azahari Husin. The cell was targeting the Pertamina fuel depot in Plumpang in north Jakarta.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s parliament passed a 14-point anti-terrorism resolution. “Dialogue must now be the highest priority, as a principal instrument of conflict management,” the document stated. The Taliban said it would lay down its arms if the government ended military operations. The US conducted an airstrike in North Waziristan.