US targets safe house in North Waziristan
US Predators hit in a tribal region run by the Haqqani Network for the second time in three days.
Yearly Archives: 2008
Iraq
Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their Own
Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence said it foiled a plot to free Taliban fighters from the Pol-i-Charki prison outside of Kabul. Three guards were arrested for aiding in the plot. Nine Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, including two Taliban commanders, were killed in southern Afghanistan. Thirty Taliban fighters were captured.
Deadwalkers in Ramadi
Wesley Morgan reports from Anbar province. A battalion of US Marines provides overwatch for Iraqi police in Ramadi, the city once the capital of Zarqawi’s Islamic State of Iraq.
Pakistan
Pakistan Tribes Raze Taliban Houses after Bombing
Sudan
The US warned that al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles threatened to attack US citizens and allies in Sudan. Embassy officials warned staff against using a Khartoum cafe popular with Westerners and wealthy Sudanese. Sudan denies al Qaeda has a presence in the country.
Afghanistan
Afghan officials: Taliban jailbreak thwarted
Al Qaeda
From Germany to Guantanamo: The Career of Prisoner No. 760
Pakistan
Suicide attacks a growing threat in Pakistan
Iraq
US forces arrest anti-Qaeda leader in Baghdad
Iraq
Sadrist leader arrested in Amara
Iran
Report: Arrested Iranian businessman was German agent
Iran
Baghdad papers blame assassinations on Iran
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 48 and wounded more than 100 in an attack on a tribal meeting in Arakzai. The Taliban beheaded four tribal leaders in Bajaur, kidnapped a politician and bombed two girls’ schools in Swat, and bombed a politician’s home in Dir. Security forces killed 23 Taliban fighters in Bajaur.
Somalia
Mystery "Death Ship" Released From Somalian Pirates
Afghanistan
Nawaz Sharif Willing to Mediate Between Afghan Government and Taliban
Iraq
Clashes in Sadr City, 1 US soldier wounded
Iran
Iran: Tehran could make 60 nuclear bombs in two years, says US expert
Iraq
Ten Iraqis were killed and 25 wounded in a car bombing in Baghdad. Four Iraqis were killed and 18 wounded in an IED attack in Mosul. Eight Iraqi soldiers were wounded in a car bombing in Fallujah. Coalition forces captured eight al Qaeda fighters in northern Iraq. Iraqi troops killed three al Qaeda fighters and […]
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed a provincial intelligence officer and wounded three policemen in Khost province. NATO has tasked its troops to target the Afghan drug trade. The US is considering the creation of local militias to fight the Taliban.
Pakistan
Baitullah Mehsud involved in Wah Cantt suicide blasts
Pakistan
Al Qaeda commanders escape Pakistan missile strike
Pakistan
Pakistan: Reason for hope in the fight against militancy
Afghanistan
Mountain war tests US troops in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistanis Repudiate Violence
Afghanistan
NATO strikes deal for tougher Afghan drug action
Afghanistan
Joint Chiefs Chairman Is Gloomy on Afghanistan
Suicide bomber hits tribal meeting in Pakistan
Fifty-five Pakistanis were killed and more than 100 were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated in the midst of the tribal leader’s meeting in Arakzai.
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian Militant Admits Hezbollah Financial Support
Hezbollah
Iran has sent a new Qods Force officer to replace Hezbollah’s top military commander in Lebanon. Mohammad Rida Zahidi, also known as Hassan Mahdawy, has taken over Hezbollah’s operations and coordination with Syria after Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated in Damascus in February 2008. Zahidi is also assigned to set up terror camps in southern Lebanon.