Iraq
Iraq ready to replace US troops in Baghdad
Yearly Archives: 2008
Iraq
Qaeda clings to Mosul as violence falls in Iraq
Iraq
A female suicide bomber killed nine Iraqis in Baqubah. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 12 suspects in raids throughout Iraq. Policemen captured nine al Qaeda operatives while three policemen were killed in an IED attack in Ninewa province. US and Iraqi troops captured two Special Groups fighters in Babil and one […]
Pakistan
Chinese Kidnapped in Pakistan Plead for Release
Lebanon
The US Embassy has reported two US journalists who left to vacation in the north near Tripoli have been missing since Oct. 1. President Michel Sleiman said the Lebanese Armed Forces needed to be equipped with advanced weaponry in order to confront terrorism and preserve the peace in Lebanon.
Algeria
The leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb dismissed its chief Islamic scholar, Rashid Zerami, for opposing suicide bombings in Algeria. An Army major was killed in a bombing in M™sila; the bomb was hidden under the dead body of a man kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
Afghanistan
Why it’s so hard to negotiate with the Taliban
Indonesia
Islamic Group Gains Power in Indonesia
Pakistan
Spy planes trigger exodus in Waziristan
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Africom Stands Up
Iraq
Iraqi police: Suicide bomber kills 9 in Baqouba
Afghanistan
Pentagon looks outside NATO for Afghanistan troops
India
Pakistan
Seven people were wounded in a series of small bombings in Lahore. The leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami asked the government to halt operations in the tribal areas. The Taliban bombed two girls colleges and kidnapped tow policemen and two security guards in Swat. The Taliban freed five government officials in Hangu. The Salarzai tribe said […]
Somalia
Mortar exchanges between Shabaab and Somali forces in Mogadishu claimed 20 killed and 35 wounded. Tribesmen in Gedo vowed to expel the Islamic Courts from the region. Shabaab took a cut of the ransom money paid for a Spanish ship. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said the Islamic Courts has not yet implemented the ceasefire.
Iraq
Coalition forces captured 16 al Qaeda operatives in northern Iraq. Police detained 10 insurgents in Mosul. Coalition forces captured five Hezbollah Brigades operatives in Al Kut and a Special Groups fighter in Baghdad. A US Soldier was killed in Mosul.
Pakistan
Five injured in series of blasts in Lahore
Pakistan
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed 43 Taliban during fighting in the Qalat district in Zabul province. An ISAF soldier accidentally killed a civilian during an escalation of force incident in Paktika. Germany has extended its mandate to operate in Afghanistan by 14 months.
Pakistan
Our secret war in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Look who came to dinner …
Iraq
US soldier killed in northern Iraq gun battle
Iraq
Turkey: PM warns of Iraqi incursion to target Kurdish militants
Lebanon
Washington and Beirut set up joint military panel
Iraq
Arabs Begin Return to Iraq
Iran
The US military denied an airplane carrying US military and civilian personnel was forced to land in Iran after Iranian news agencies reported eight Americans were captured and released. The plane was later reported to be a civilian Hungarian Falcon jet.
United States
A federal judge ordered the government to immediately release 17 al Qaeda-linked Uighers from Guantanamo Bay into the United States since they are no longer considered enemy combatants. China is demanding the US release them back to China. The US fears the men will be tortured.
Taliban have not split from al Qaeda: sources
Senior US sources see no evidence the Taliban have severed ties with al Qaeda. Europe is seeking an out from Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
US dismisses Afghan war comments as defeatist
Afghanistan
Resurgent Taliban vow to disrupt ‘joke’ presidential election