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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Somalia
The Indian Navy has arrested 23 pirates as they were trying to board a merchant ship. Thousands watched as two men were executed by Shabaab for murdering their parents. The Somali government has been accused of murdering civilians in Mogadishu.
Somalia
Indian Navy repulses attack on ship off Somalia
Pakistan
Major jihadi groups have disappeared, says Pak newspaper
Pakistan
Indian fighter jets violate Pakistan air space
Pakistan
Kasab in his own words: I am Pakistani and a terrorist
Pakistan
Money Eludes Pakistan’s Crackdown on Accused Terror Group
Pakistan
With House Arrest Pakistan Curbs, Lightly, a Leader Tied to Mumbai Attackers
China
Al Qaeda has appointed a new leader in China. Abdul Haq Turkestani, a Uighur who lives in Xinjiang province said Osama bin Laden personally appointed him the leader in China. Turkestani and 300 Chinese Muslims are operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jamaat-ud Dawa, the front group for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed 150 members have been detained, and 46 offices in the Northwest Frontier Province have been shut down. Many members of the Lashkar have gone in hiding. Pakistan’s defense minister said the nation took action against Jamaat-ud Dawa to prevent the country from being declared a terrorist […]
Pakistan
Pakistan
The Taliban attacked two truck terminals in Peshawar; 10 NATO trucks and 15 containers were destroyed. The government said paramilitary forces will protect NATO supply trucks. The Taliban kidnapped a former policeman in Hangu and bombed a politician’s home and a school in Swat.
Pakistan
Pakistan sends troops to guard NATO supply trucks
Afghanistan
SAS to take on Taliban ‘decapitation’ mission after leaving Iraq
Afghanistan
Nato hard at work making deals to beat the Khyber Pass convoy trap
Afghanistan
Four British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Somalia
Teen disappears: ‘Mom, I’m in Somalia’
Iraq
Thousands celebrate in Baghdad as violence falls
Iraq
General says Iraq work far from over
Afghanistan
Coalition forces detained nine members of the Haqqani Network in Paktia province. Three Afghans were accidentally killed during an escalation of force incident in the Sayed Abad District of Wardak province. Japan has extended its mission in Iraq.
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained 48 suspected insurgents south of Mosul, two al Qaeda fighters in Samarra, and three Mahdi Army fighters in Durayji. Coalition forces captured 10 al Qaeda fighters in central Iraq and a Mahdi Army weapons smuggler in New Baghdad.
Al Qaeda’s anthrax scientist
Malaysia releases a dangerous terrorist from jail. The case highlights the dangers of turning over terrorists to their home countries. Originally published at The Weekly Standard.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s military takes a big hit
Taliban attack two shipping terminals in Peshawar
Fourteen NATO supply trucks are torched in the fifth attack on Peshawar terminals in six days. Peshawar police are “overstretched because of the law and order situation.”
Iraqi military plans major arms purchase
Iraqi Army buying more M1 Tanks; Iraqi National Police buying Strykers for its mechanized divisions; Iraqi Navy doubling; Iraqi Air Force buying first real light attack aircraft.
Pakistan
Pakistan cracks down on Lashkar
Afghanistan
Afghan improvised roadside blasts rise sharply
Philippines
Philippines says foils bomb plot in south
Pakistan
The winds blowing in Islamabad
Europe
Belgian police arrest ‘al Qaeda legend’