Syria
Syria Rejects US Claims It Is Aiding Terrorists
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Iraq
Iraqi bomber was mentally disabled woman
Iraq
Baghdad bombs kill 20, 1 hits Green Zone entry
Syria
US alone critical of Syria at Iraq conference
Afghanistan
‘Man down!™ Gurkhas tell of rescue under Taliban fire
Afghanistan
Enlisting Tribes Against Militants In Afghanistan Carries Risks
Caucasus
Bomb Blast Kills Four In Chechnya
Pakistan
Prime Minister Gilani said US strikes are causing suicide attacks. NATO said cooperation with Pakistan is “the best it has ever been.” The Taliban said their forces are established in Karachi. Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad said al Qaeda and the Taliban are heroes. Nine Taliban fighters and four women were killed in Bajaur.
Iraq
US forces captured eight members of the League of the Righteous and six Hezbollah Brigades operatives during raids in Baghdad, and captured seven al Qaeda fighters during raids throughout Iraq. Iraqi forces detained nine insurgents in Basrah, 11 in Kirkuk, and eight in Baghdad. Nine Iraqis were wounded in two bombings in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
Taliban to target Afghan convoys
Hezbollah
Hezbullah urges Iraqis to reject US military pact
Somalia
‘Absurdistan along the Horn of Africa’
Egypt
Egypt detains 17 members of Muslim Brotherhood
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed a senior Taliban commander in Helmand province. US troops killed 17 Taliban fighters during an operation in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. Coalition forces plan on sustaining operations in the southern provinces throughout the winter months.
Iraq
US forces capture 14 Iraqi Shia terrorists in Baghdad
Eight League of the Righteous operatives and six Hezbollah Brigades operatives are captured in Baghdad over the past 24 hours.
Afghanistan
Blast kills French soldier in Afghanistan
Iraq
Iraqi ministers push pact
Saudi Arabia
The Saudi government denied a report in Der Spiegel that King Abdullah offered political asylum to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. “There lies no truth in reports which reported Saudi offer of asylum to Mullah Omar,” a foreign ministry official said. The German newspaper claimed Presidents Bush and Karzai pushed the offer.
Al Qaeda
A US court ordered the release of five of the six Algerians held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. A German man suspected of being part of an al Qaeda cell was extradited from Turkey to Germany.
Pakistan
Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf is reported to have been killed in a US strike in North Waziristan. A bombing at a mosque in Hangu killed five civilians and wounded seven. Three people were wounded in an IED attack on a NATO convoy traveling through Khyber. The Army took control of Kabal in Swat.
India
India: ‘Police need military tactics to counter terrorism™
Somalia
Police killed 15 Shabaab fighters in a failed attack on a government official’s home in Mogadishu on Friday. Fifteen people were killed and five were wounded in fighting in Mogadishu. Shabaab denied it was killing aid workers. Pirates released a Greek-owned tanker.
Pakistan
Hunt for Rashid Rauf that ended with hellfire
Iraq
Coalition forces detained 16 al Qaeda operatives during a series of raids and captured seven more in Baghdad. Iraqi forces killed one al Qaeda fighter and captured 15 in Khanaan, and captured another six in southern Diyala. An Iranian with forged documents was detained in Wasit province.
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia will give Mullah Omar asylum, according to reports. Coalition forces killed 14 Taliban fighters during operations in Farah and Helmand provinces. Eight people were killed in a grenade attack at a wedding in Parwan. Eight Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar province.
Iran
Iran executes man in Israeli spy case
Somalia
Pirates Collect $150M Over Past Year at Expense of Global Economy
Pakistan
Fugitive British Militant Killed in Strike in Pakistan
Iraq
Iraqi parliament to vote on US pact Wednesday