Iraq
Two car bombs kill seven people in Iraq
Yearly Archives: 2008
Pakistan
No legal aid to Mumbai terrorist unless citizenship proved: Pakistan
Yemen
Yemen: Al-Qaeda ‘allied’ with separatists in south
Al Qaeda
Algeria: Al-Qaeda leader to be tried on terror charges
India
Pakistan: Relations remain tense after India activates bases near border
Pakistan
Kayani, the real power wielder in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Amid Taliban Rule, a NATO Supply Line Is Choked
Iraq
Iraq’s Main Sunni Arab Bloc Splinters
Somalia
Somali president decides to resign: spokesman
Thailand
Thailand: Death, violence overshadow Deep south plan
Pakistan
Security forces killed 11 Taliban in Swat. The Taliban banned female education in Swat. A Chinese engineer was killed in Malakand. A woman was killed in a car bombing in Lahore; police claimed “Indian spies” were behind the bombing. The “masterminds” behind the kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat have been arrested.
Afghanistan
Afghan commandos captured a Taliban commander in Baglan province and two Taliban fighters in Herat province.. Two Taliban fighters have died while in custody. A US soldier was killed in Eastern Afghanistan.
Iraq
Three US soldiers were killed in an accident in southern Iraq. Iraqi forces captured five “criminals” in Baghdad and four wanted men in Fallujah. Seven civilians were wounded in a bombing in Fallujah, and seven civilians and four soldiers were wounded in a IED attacks in Mosul.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Government building blown up in Mohmand Agency
Pakistan
Pakistani soldier among three held in terror plot
Pakistani intel service behind new terror plot: India
Three Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives detained in Jammu and Kashmir were supported by the Inter-Services Intelligence, according to Indian police. One of the men is a Pakistani soldier.
Bangladesh
Death penalty for militants who attacked British envoy
Afghanistan
Supply convoys through Afghanistan battle terrain, rough weather and Taliban
India
Mumbai attack prompts India to seek cluster bombs
‘Pro-government’ Taliban group threatens Pakistani military
A senior lieutenant of Mullah Nazir threatens to hit the Pakistani military with suicide bombers if US airstrikes continue.
Hezbollah
Pakistani admits to helping air Hezbollah broadcasts
Pakistan
Interpol said India has failed to share evidence concerning the Mumbai attacks, while a UN official said Pakistan has complied with sanctions against Jamaat-ud-Daw and Lashkar-e-Taiba. A soldier was killed in a Taliban rocket attack in North Waziristan. A Taliban leader was handed over to authorities in Mohmand. The Taliban killed four people and bombed […]
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The US backs India’s evidence on Lashkar-e-Taiba’s involvement in the Mumbai attack. The captured Mumbai terrorist Kasab may speak on Indian television. Pakistan claimed Kasab is not a Pakistani citizen.
India
CTV.ca | Interpol chief presses India to provide evidence
India
Delhi demands more global pressure on Pakistan
United States
Officials from two US Muslim groups objected to the conviction of the Fort Dix Five who plotted to kill US soldiers at a New Jersey Army base. “I don’t think they actually mean to do anything,” said the president of the American Muslim Union. “Many people in the Muslim community will see this as a […]
Iraq
Four policemen and a civilian were killed in a bombing in Tarmiyah. Two policemen were wounded in a shooting in Baghdad. Iraqi forces detained 14 “wanted men” in Thi Qar province and captured two more in Mosul.
Thailand
One Army officer was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province. Eight soldiers were wounded in a remotely detonated bomb attack outside an office in Narathiwat province. On Dec. 20, one person was killed and seven were wounded in a bombing in Pattani, and four people were wounded in a bombing in Yala province.
The Taliban
Mullah Omar rejected reports claiming he is negotiating with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah or submitted a seven-point peace plan. “The fact is that the Islamic Emirates has neither held any negotiations in Saudi Arabia or in the United Arab Emirates and neither anywhere else,” Omar said.
Pakistani Taliban vows to battle India
Baitullah Mehsud offers to send hundreds of suicide bombers and thousands of “well-armed” fighters to fight alongside the Pakistani Army in the event of war with India.