Iraq
Anti-Qaeda tribal chief and family killed in Iraq
Yearly Archives: 2008
Iraq
In Iraq’s Diyala Province, US forces anticipate exit
Iraq
Iraq plans to cut Sunni fighters’ salaries
Indonesia
Indonesia says bombers must die despite fresh appeal
Al Qaeda
Three groups re-listed as terrorists
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia claims it foiled terror attack against US
Iraq
Iraqi city calls for US raids on Syria
Suicide attack in South Waziristan threatens government’s truce with Taliban
Eight paramilitary troops were killed in the attack on a Frontier Corps checkpoint. The bombing comes two days after Mullah Nazir escaped a US Predator strike.
Pakistan
Eight paramilitary troops were killed in a suicide attack in South Waziristan. Thirteen Taliban fighters were killed and four policemen were captured in Swat. A Taliban spokesman claimed the group is not under al Qaeda control and is sincere abut peace talks. The Taliban launched rockets at the Peshawar airport and took over four schools […]
Afghanistan
General Petraeus has arrived in Afghanistan for talks with military and government officals. US troops wounded five Afghan soldiers in a friendly fire incident in Kunar. Two Bangladeshi aid workers kidnapped by the Taliban have been freed.
Pakistan
Suicide truck bomb kills 8 troops in Pakistan
Iraq
Iraqi forces captured a Special Groups battalion commander, four al Qaeda cell leaders, and three operatives. US soldiers captured a Special Groups roadside bomb emplacer in Baghdad. Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in a bombing in Mosul. One policeman was killed in a bombing in Baghdad. Three children were killed in an IED attack in […]
Tunisia
Britain extradites three Tunisians to Italy
Al Qaeda
Salafism, a Conservative Strain of Islam, Gains Ground in Algeria
Pakistan
Terror-Linked Islamic Charity Pledges to Build 1,000 Homes for Pakistan Earthquake Victims
Pakistan
As Taliban Overwhelm Police, Pakistanis Hit Back
Iraq
Iraqi Kurd says US can have bases in northern Iraq: report
Iraq
General David Petraeus plans more border raids
Afghanistan
The Taliban Aren’t Talking
Pakistan
Question mark over fate of Al Qaeda man
Somalia
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the former leader of the Islamic Courts and current leader of the Alliance for Re-liberation of Somalia, returned to Jowhar after sheltering in Eritrea. Somali troops arrested a cleric in Mogadishu who is accused of being a member of Shabaab. Two Ethiopian soldiers were killed in a gunfight in Mogadishu.
Pakistan
The Oct. 31 airstrike in North Waziristan may have killed al Qaeda commander Abu Jihad al Masri. The government freed 21 Taliban leaders and fighters in exchange for 21 captives. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters and captured nine more in Swat, and killed eight more in Bajaur. The Taliban have increased activities in Upper […]
Syria
Iraq has deployed police units to the Syrian border after Syrian troops were withdrawn in protest over the Oct. 26 raid that killed al Qaeda operative Abu Ghadiya. Iraq’s ambassador to Syria denied the Syrian government cut off diplomatic relations with Iraq.
Afghanistan
US forces killed 18 Haqqani Network fighters in Khost and seven Taliban fighters in Kunar. Kabul has asked tribes in the South to raise local militias; the US commander who oversees the training of Afghan security forces called the plan a “mistake.” The commander of the British SAS resigned over poor equipment for his forces.
Iraq
More than 600 Sons of Iraq began in-processing at the Al Furat Iraqi Police Training Center. Iraqi forces detained four suspects in Diyala and five “wanted men” in Amarah. Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Mosul.
Somalia
Moderate Islamist returns to Somalia for talks
Senior al Qaeda leader thought killed in North Waziristan strike
Officials believe Abu Jihad al Masri was one of several al Qaeda operatives killed in yesterday’s strikes in North and South Waziristan. He is the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group, sits on al Qaeda’s Shura Majlis, and serves as an operational and intelligence chief.
Afghanistan
Canada’s strategy in Afghanistan to change
Afghanistan
To Further Afghan Reconciliation: Fight Harder
Iraq
US deaths in Iraq plunge to wartime low in October