Europe
Spain remains Al Qaeda target
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Somalia
Crew freed from pirate-seized Indian vessel
Europe
Denmark has convicted an Afghan and a Paksitani for preparing a terrorist attack. Police filmed them mixing explosives and found handwritten bomb-making manuals in the men’s homes that the Pakistani, who spent time in Waziristan, had copied while at the Red Mosque in Islamabad. A Spanish court ordered the release of 10 North African men […]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has charged 991 al Qaeda suspects for violence and attempting to overthrow the government. At least three clerics have been charged. Saudi Arabia has released more than 1,500 suspects after putting them through “re-education” programs, while 2,000 to 3,000 remain in custody.
Iraq
US military chief warns Iraq on security deal
Europe
2 convicted in Denmark of preparing terror attack
Pakistan
In Parliament, Pakistanis Show Little Enthusiasm for Fighting Militants
Iraq
US referees Iraq’s troubled Kurdish-Arab fault line
Pakistan
The US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia said the “Friends of Pakistan” would not “throw money on the table” to help Pakistan avert economic collapse. The IMF said Pakistan needs $10 billion to avoid default. The military killed 15 Taliban fighters in air and artillery strikes in Bajaur.
Indonesia
Islamic militants compete to build shrine to the Bali bombers
Iraq
Iraqi army creates civil affairs program
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The night I was ‘killed in action’ by a Taliban ambush
Pakistan
Pakistan does some US dirty work
Afghanistan
Poland Set to Take Control of Ghazni
Pakistan
Pakistan: Taliban resisting US-backed attacks, claims leader
Iraq
Police captured three Qods Force officers in Al Kut. Iraqi troops killed a Saudi al Qaeda leader in Diyala province. Iraqi forces detained 65 suspected insurgents in Ninewa province, 15 in Baghdad, and ten in Maysan province. Coalition forces captured 15 al Qaeda operatives in and around Baghdad.
Iraqi forces detain seven Iranian agents in Iraq
Four Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps officers were captured in Diyala and three were captured in Wasit over the past three days.
Somalia
US Navy: Crew held by Somali pirates healthy
Somalia
Fighting broke out between Shabaab and the Islamic Courts in the town of Balad; Islamic Courts fighters fled the town after the clash. Four Somalis were killed in the Islamic Courts-controlled town of Abudwaq. A United Nation employee was killed in Hudur; he is the second UN employee killed since Oct. 18.
Pakistan
US official hails Pakistani army offensives
Iraq
Helicopter-plane Osprey faring well in Iraq
Pakistan
The Mystery of Arab Afghans
United States
Pakistani judge extends detention of US man
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda is global, fluid and unpredictable: Sherpao
Afghanistan
Afghans™ Toll Shakes Generals
Afghanistan
NATO’s commander said the organization’s political will is “sometimes wavering.” Italy’s foreign minister rejected the call for more troops. A suicide bomber killed five children and two German soldiers. The Taliban took credit for murdering a female aid worker in Kabul. Afghan troops killed 34 Taliban during fighting near Lashkar Gah.
Pakistan
Pakistan muzzles its guns
Saudi Arabia
Saudi judges review militant cases ahead of trials
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Arab leaders deliberate on democracy
Iran
Iran busts ‘spy pigeons™ near nuclear site