Iraq
Car bomb strikes Baghdad restaurant
Yearly Archives: 2008
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained 25 suspected Soldiers of Heaven members in Babil province and 14 Special Groups fighters in Al Kut. Security forces arrested the Jalawlaa emergency police commander. Coalition forces captured 11 al Qaeda operatives in Baghdad and Mosul. US troops detained five Special Groups fighters in Baghdad. A US soldier was killed in Baghdad.
Pakistan
The ‘Talibanization™ of Pakistan™s biggest city
Reports of Baitullah’s death are false, sources say
Pakistani news outlets are reporting the death of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, but US intelligence is highly skeptical.
Philippines
Philippine Military tags lawless MILF as terrorists
Afghanistan
President Karzai requested Saudi Arabia assist with opening peace negotiations with the Taliban. Three US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the South. A US soldier and an Afghan policeman were killed in a confrontation during a patrol. Afghan and ISAF forces captured a senior Taliban leader in Uruzgan province.
Afghanistan
Karzai asks Saudi Arabia for help in peace talks
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Pentagon’s Africa Command met with skepticism
Iraq
Disbanding the Sunni Patrols: A Backlash Brewing?
Pakistan
Pakistan must deal with Taliban threat: Petraeus
Afghanistan
Why the West thinks it is time to talk to the Taliban
Pakistan
Pakistan Turns to Tribal Militias
Pakistan
Key-commander amid 5 militants killed in clash with Bajaur tribesmen
Pakistan
Pakistan changes chief of feared spy agency
Pakistan
Suicide attacks kill 1,188 in Pakistan since ’07
Afghanistan
Afghan policeman opens fire on US troops, kills 1
Iran
Iran Says Won’t Halt Nuclear Work Despite UN Demand
Afghanistan
No winter halt in war against the Taliban
Afghanistan
Taliban warrior who delights in killing British soldiers
Pakistan
‘The Longest Campaign of the Long War’
Iraq
Fear takes a back seat on Iraq’s ‘road to death’
Al Qaeda
Young Iraqi girls turned into perfect weapon
The Taliban
Taliban leader Mullah Omar offered a deal for the US to withdraw from Afghanistan in a rare message posted on the Internet. “Reconsider your wrong decision of wrong occupation, and seek a safe exit to withdraw your forces,” Omar said. “If you leave our lands, we can arrange for you a reasonable opportunity for your […]
Pakistan
The military replaced the head of the ISI and four Corps commanders. Unconfirmed reports indicate the kidnapped Afghan consular official has been freed. Nine tribesmen and four Taliban were killed in fighting in Bajaur. Security forces said the operation in Darra Adam Khel has been completed.
Pakistan engages the tribes in effort to fight the Taliban
The effort to engage the tribes in Pakistan is fraught with difficulties. “The tribes may achieve tactics success in some areas, but likely will fail to achieve strategic success.”
Iraq
Security forces detained 21 policemen believed to be behind the Saadiya bombing. Coalition forces detained seven al Qaeda operatives in and around Baghdad. Three al Qaeda fighters were killed in Baqubah. The Hillah SWAT found numerous illegal weapons in an office run by the Badr Corporation. Coalition Detainee Operations released more than 14,150 prisoners this […]
Somalia
The US Navy has surrounded the hijacked Ukrainian-flagged vessel transporting weapons to Sudan. The secretary of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia called Shabaab “criminals.” Seven people were killed and 17 wounded during fighting in Mogadishu.
Pakistan
Pakistani villagers start armed anti-Taliban push
Afghanistan
The Taliban leadership denied it was conducting negotiations with the Afghan government. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldiers in Kabul province. A US soldier was killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan.
Algeria
A suicide bomber killed three civilians and wounded six in an attack on a police checkpoint in Dellys. Security forces killed three “terrorists” during an operation in Tebessa. Police have increased the number of checkpoints in Tizi Ouzou.