Yearly Archives: 2008

Iraq

| October 2, 2008

Iraq attacks kill 26 as Shias mark Eid

Hizb ut-Tahrir

| October 2, 2008

Hizb ut-Tahrir Pakistan advocated for the government to cut diplomatic and military ties with the West and deploy its nuclear weapons if the US continues to violate Pakistan™s territorial integrity. In an earlier release, Hizb ut-Tahrir urged Pakistan to attack US bases in Bagram and Doha with nuclear weapons and suggested all of Pakistan’s 160 […]

Pakistan

| October 1, 2008

Prime Minister Gilani described US strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas as “terrorism.” Security forces detained 14 “militants” in the Arakzai tribal agency. The Salarzai tribe in Bajaur called for operations against the Taliban after Eid. The Afghan diplomat kidnapped in Peshawar is still missing.

Iraq

| October 1, 2008

US combat hospital saving more wounded Iraqis

Somalia

| October 1, 2008

Pirates off Somalia get $18-30 million ransoms: report

Somalia

| October 1, 2008

The Somali government permitted foreign countries to hunt down pirates in Somali waters. Nine people were killed and 13 were wounded in a Shabaab mortar attack in Mogadishu. The Islamic Courts imposed a curfew in Beledweyne and warned the residents of Kismayo to observe Eid celebrations.

Thailand

| October 1, 2008

Three Special Forces soldiers were severely wounded after their convoy was ambushed by Islamist terrorists in Narathiwat province in the South. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat denied the government has been negotiating with Islamist insurgents as he prepares to visit the region.

India

| October 1, 2008

Four Indians were killed and 76 were wounded in a string of four near-simultaneous bombings at major markets in Agartala, the capital of Tripura state. Police believe Harkat ul-Jihad-i-Islami-Bangladesh is behind the attack.

Iraq

| October 1, 2008

Three Iraqis were killed and 30 were wounded in a bombing near a shrine in southern Salahadin province. Five Iraqis were wounded in a bombing in Baghdad. Coalition forces detained six al Qaeda operatives during raids in Mosul, Baghdad, and in the Jazeera Desert. ISF troops detained two Special Groups fighters and found large amounts […]

Iraq

| October 1, 2008

Iraq: Car bomb kills at least three, injures 30 others

Iraq

| October 1, 2008

Al Qaeda in Iraq Cornered in Diyala Province

Iraq

| October 1, 2008

Iraq taking control of anti-Qaeda fighters from US forces

Al Qaeda

| October 1, 2008

Al Qaeda in Iraq has used 24 children to carry out suicide bombings in Iraq over the past two years. “Of the 24 children, five had a mental disability,” Iraq’s interior ministry stated. Sixteen women have carried out suicide attacks in Iraq this year.

Algeria

| October 1, 2008

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the Sept. 28 suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in Dellys, which killed three and wounded six. “We bring (the Muslim Ummah) the glad tidings of the mujahideens’ victories and their massacre of the apostate slaves of America,” AQIM said in a statement released on the […]

Pakistan

| October 1, 2008

British diplomats’ children evacuated from Pakistan after Marriott Hotel bomb

Afghanistan

| October 1, 2008

The senior US general in Afghanistan said more troops are needed immediately. A leaked report by the British Ambassador in Kabul claims US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as lost. A leaked Spanish report said Pakistan’s ISI provided arms, IEDs, and other support to the Taliban.

Somalia

| October 1, 2008

Somali insurgents now control much of southern Somalia

Pakistan

| September 30, 2008

Baitullah Mehsud is reported to have died of natural causes; US intelligence does not believe he is dead. A US airstrike killed five extremists in Mirali in North Waziristan. Thirteen Taliban were killed in fighting in Bajaur. Security forces detained five members of Lashkar-e-Jhangwi in Gujranwala. The Taliban demanded the release of 136 of their […]

Iraq

| September 30, 2008

Iraq forces gain more control, but lose more lives