Iraq
Coalition forces continue drawdown in Iraq
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Pakistan
US military chief urges India and Pakistan to work together
Iraq
Britain gets ready for urgent Iraq pullout
Pakistan
A monster out of control: Pakistan secret agents tell of militant links
Somalia
Troubled Somalia mission extended
Somalia
Heavy fighting erupted in Mogadishu, wounding 23 people and killing 3 others. The fighting originated at the presidential palace between government fighters and insurgents. The African Union urged Ethiopia to delay its troop withdrawal until more AU troops can be deployed.
Pakistan
Indian provided proof of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai attacks. Fifteen Taliban were killed in Bajaur. Four civilians were wounded in multiple bombings at a Peshawar school. The Awami National Party fears the birth of another East Pakistan if the situation in the northwest is not resolved.
Thailand
Two shot dead in Thai south
France
Three ‘extremists™ charged in France
Kashmir
Police captured a senior leader of the al Qaeda-backed Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami. Two Indian policemen were killed after insurgents ambushed a patrol in India-occupied Kashmir. A mob from the Indian Popular Youth Front, a wing of the nationalist BJP party, stormed a Nokia showroom after learning the company’s mapping program showed Kashmir as part of Pakistan’s territory.
Iraq
Baghdad celebrates first public Christmas amid hope, memories
United States
A US federal court convicted five Muslim immigrants of conspiring to kill US soldiers in Fort Dix, New Jersey. The men claimed to have been inspired by Osama bin Laden but were not members of al Qaeda. Three of the men are from Albania, one is from Jordan, and one is from Turkey.
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed more than 20 Taliban fighters during operations in Kunar along the border with Pakistan’s tribal agency of Bajaur. An ISAF soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan. Bosnia will deploy 100 troops to Afghanistan; Poland does not see a need to deploy more forces.
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained 89 “wanted men” in Diwaniyah, 13 al Qaeda operatives in Samarra, six “criminals and terrorists” in Basrah, five terrorists in Baghdad, and an “Iranian infiltrator” in Diyala. A US Marine was killed during fighting in Anbar province.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Air force on ‘alert’ for Indian strike
The Taliban
The Taliban dismissed the plans to increase US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. “Every day they (the Americans) change their speech to hide their defeat,” Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said. “When the US increases its troop levels to that of the Russians, they will also be cruelly defeated. More troops – that means there will […]
Iraq
Iraq non-US troop vote postponed
Al Qaeda
FBI diverts anti-terror agents to $50 billion swindle
Afghanistan
NATO Says Allies Must Follow US In Boosting Afghan Forces
Pakistan
‘Lashkar was operating as Dawa™
Pakistan
Enough proof given, Pakistan must act: India
India
India goes full throttle to get JeM chief
US strikes in 2 villages in South Waziristan
Eight people have been reported killed in two attacks near Wana; no high-value targets have been reported killed.
Pakistan
The Taliban executed two “US spies” in North Waziristan. The Taliban are enforcing Sharia in Arakzai. A large cache of arms seized during the Lal Masjid raid has been stolen. Four Taliban fighters were killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Bajaur.
Afghanistan
Canada ‘not onboard’ with US plan to arm Afghan militias
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters and captured five more in Zabul province. A Royal Marine was killed in Helmand province. Afghan and Coalition forces seized two tons of marijuana stored in a school in Kandahar and more than a ton of narcotics and weapons after a firefight in near Herat.
Somalia
Ethiopia announced that it would be withdrawing troops from Somalia by the end of December. Nigeria is planning to send an estimated 850 troops to Mogadishu after Ethiopian forces withdraw. Switzerland stated that it may send warships off Somali coast to protect Swiss vessels.
Iraq
Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda fighter and detained 25 more during raids throughout Iraq; a terrorist leader was also detained in Khan Bani Sab. US troops captured a Hezbollah Brigades leader and two associates, and two Special Groups leaders and eight operatives during separate raids in Baghdad. Iraqi troops arrested five “wanted men” in […]
Iraq
US Forces to Replace British Forces in Southern Iraq
Lashkar-e-Taiba operative details links to Pakistan
Sabauddin Ahmed trained at same camps as Mumbai attacks and met senior Lashkar leaders. The US warns Pakistan to act decisively.