United Kingdom
UK doctor says he is ‘a terrorist’
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed “a large number of insurgents” in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. US forces returned fire on a Taliban rocket team inside Pakistan. A suicide bomber killed two policemen and a civilian in Kandahar; an IED attack killed four civilians in Panjwai. China denied it would send troops to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban reject Karzai’s safety vow
Syria
IAEA urges Syria transparency in probe: ElBaradei
Pakistan reopens Khyber crossing to NATO convoys
The deteriorating security situation in Pakistan’s tribal areas highlights NATO’s Achilles heel in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Khyber pass reopened to convoys
Somalia
Somali govt says weakened by Islamist onslaught
Bangladesh
Bangladesh raids militant den, seizes explosives
Leaving Baghdad, battalion recalls a long deployment
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment reflect on a year’s tour in Northwestern Baghdad, where the security situation has improved drastically since last spring, and the changing nature of the mission.
Pakistan
The Washington Post said the Pakistani government approves of the US airstrikes in the tribal areas; the government denied the report. The Torkham border crossing may reopen to NATO traffic shortly. A tribal leader and 16 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Bajaur.
Iraq
Six Iraqis were killed and 15 were wounded in car bombing in Jalawlaa. Three Iraqis were killed and seven were wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and captured 10 in raids nationwide. Iraqi forces killed two al Qaeda fighters in Mosul and two more in Diyala.
After nemesis’ death, Sons of Iraq leader recovers from attack
Abu Ghazwan was behind numerous attacks in the Tarmiyah region, including a bombing that seriously wounded the leader of the Sons of Iraqi who helped restore the peace.
Afghanistan
President Karzai said he would offer Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders protection if they return to Afghanistan for peace negotiation. Coalition forces killed 30 Taliban fighters in the Nahr Surkh district of Helmand province. One British soldier was killed in an IED attack in the Musa Qala district of Helmand. The US is moving […]
Iran
Iran vice-president under fire over Koran dance
Pakistan
Pakistan to re-open Khyber to supply Western forces
Iraq
Iraqi Cabinet approves security pact with US
Iraq
‘Mother of all suicide bombers’ warns of rise in attacks
Pakistan closes border crossing to NATO traffic
The political agent in Khyber suspends shipments into Afghanistan after a rash of hijackings. Security in Khyber deteriorates.
Somalia
Islamic Courts fighters arrested and whipped 32 dancers just south of Mogadishu. Three Somalis were killed during fighting north of Mogadishu. Fighting between Islamic Courts members broke out again in Jowhar. Somalia’s president said the Transitional Federal Government has collapsed.
Iraq
Iraqi government pays Sons of Iraq
Iraq
Ten Iraqis were killed and 20 were wounded in a suicide car bombing in Tal Afar. A US Marine was killed in an IED attack in Ramadi. Iraqi forces arrested nine “wanted men” in Thi Qhar, two al Qaeda fighters in Iskandariyah and a Special Groups leader in Al Kut, and a “dangerous wanted” man […]
Pakistan
Iraq
Iraq: Negotiators agree on US security pact draft
Iraq
Car bomb kills 10 in northern Iraq
Somalia
Islamist rebels whip 32 dancers in Somalia
Afghanistan
US troops killed 10 Haqqani Network fighters and captured a commander in Paktia. The US and Pakistan are coordinating operations in Kunar province and the Bajaur tribal agency. The US is seeking up to 10,000 smaller MRAPs for its forces.
Pakistan
Pakistani President: "It’s Our War",
Yemen
Yemen : Claim Made on Embassy Blast
Pakistan
Pakistan torn over its tribal areas
In Shia Baghdad, a Sunni tribe recalls weathering the storm
The Abu Ghaydat tribe in a small Sunni corner of the Kadhimiya district fended off attacks by the Mahdi Army for several years before the “surge.” The attacks stopped after US forces took down the Mahdi Army command in the district.