Afghanistan
Taliban Denies Negotiating, or Being Willing to Negotiate, With US, NATO, or Karzai Government
Yearly Archives: 2008
Iraqi, US forces strike al Qaeda’s network in the North
Security forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and captured 149 suspects during operations in Diyala and Ninewa provinces. An Iraqi soldier killed two US troops and wounded six during a patrol in Mosul.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed a US aid worker and his driver in a secure neighborhood in Peshawar, and killed seven Pakistanis, including three security personnel, in a suicide attack in Charsadda. Eight Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in fighting in Swat. The Taliban bombed a security checkpoint in Khyber. Taliban spokesman Mullah Omar warned […]
Iraq
12 killed, 60 wounded in bombing in Baghdad
Afghanistan
The failed suicide bomber who changed the war on terror in Afghanistan
Somalia
Royal Navy in firefight with Somali pirates
Iraq
A purported Iraqi soldier killed two US soldiers and wounded six during a joint patrol in Mosul. Iraqi forces detained 130 suspects in Basrah and 32 insurgents in Diyala. Iraqi troops also arrested al Qaeda’s “number one butcher” and an emir in Diyala. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 16 more, and […]
Iran
The military claims to have successfully tested a ballistic missile that can reach Israel and the European continent. The US denounced the purported test. Iran released an Iranian-American student on bail; she was detained four weeks ago for investigating the woman’s rights movement.
Indonesia
Abu Dujana, the captured leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, testified that he trained Agus Purwanto and Abu Husna at a terror camp in Moro, the Philippines in 1999. “They learned basic military training including how to use guns, as well as knowledge of sharia and jihad,” Dujana said. Husna, Purwanto, and another operative named Parmin are […]
Iraq
Iraq to vote on US military pact this weekend: minister
Afghanistan
A suicide truck bomber killed six Afghanis and wounded 41 more in an attempt to kill President Karzai’s brother outside his office in Kandahar. “Men” wounded six girls by spraying them with acid outside of a girls’ school in Kandahar; two girls were blinded in the attack. The government executed three men tied to al […]
Al Qaeda
FBI accuses man of lying in terror case
United Kingdom
Britain has re-arrested Abu Qatada for attempting to flee the country. Qatada is known as Osama bin Laden’s ambassador to Europe and has been linked to the Sept. 11 attacks. He was released on bail in June after a court decided he could not be deported to Jordan.
United Kingdom
Extremist cleric Abu Qatada faces court over ‘attempt to flee Britain’
Taliban murder US citizen, launch suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan
A US aid worker was shot outside of his home in Peshawar; a suicide bomber detonated outside a high school in Charsadda,
Iraq
Iraqi town defies Al Qaeda
Afghanistan
Inside a US hostage rescue mission in Afghanistan
Syria
IAEA taking Syria nuclear allegations seriously
Iraq
Iraqi Sunni guards join Shi’ite government payroll
Afghanistan
Afghan army growing rapidly: commander
Pakistan
Four people, including two bodyguards for the provincial chief minister of the NWFP, were killed in a suicide attack in Peshawar; the Taliban took credit for the attack. Eleven Taliban fighters were killed in Swat and seven more were killed in Bajaur. Three Taliban and five civilians were killed in Khyber after security forces attempted […]
Afghanistan
The US military is building additional airfields in southern and eastern Afghanistan to base Reaper and Predator aircraft that provide surveillance and striking power for Coalition and Afghan forces. A New York Times reporter, his driver, and his interpreter were kidnapped by forces loyal to Siraj Haqqani.
Iraq
Iraqi Security Forces captured 66 insurgents south of Mosul, 11 al Qaeda operatives in northern Iraq, eight wanted men in Nasariyah, and eight insurgents in Kirkuk. Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and captured 18 more. Iraqi troops captured an “Iranian infiltrator” in Al Kut while US forces killed a Hezbollah Brigades operative and […]
Indonesia
Indonesia Islamists made veiled threats after the execution of three Bali bombers. “At the moment our jihad is to transmit the words of the Koran,” said Abdul Rochim, the son of Abu Bakar Bashir, Jemaah Islamiyah’s spiritual leader. “But if the infidels attack us, we are ready to fight.”
Somalia
Shabaab fighters seized the towns of Bulo Marer and Quryoley in southern Somalia, and are moving towards the port city of Merka. Pirates hijacked a Philippine tanker manned by a crew of 23. Two Shabaab fighters were killed after militiamen attacked their outpost in Eldher.
Afghanistan
At Afghan outpost, a lonely war drags on
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, Islamists’ influence widens
Somalia
Islamic insurgents seize key Somali towns
Iraq
Baghdad bridge of death becomes bridge of hope
Iraq
Iraqi Police: 4 Killed in Baghdad Attacks