Philippines
“Philippine government rejects ransom demand for abducted aid workers in Basilan
Yearly Archives: 2008
Afghanistan
ISAF forces will halt military operations to recognize “peace day.” Twenty-five Taliban fighters, one ISAF soldier, and two civilians were killed in fighting in the South. The US seeks $20 billion from NATO countries to help expand the Afghan Army and provide for reconstruction.
Iraq
Officials say gunmen kill cleric in southern Iraq
Iraq
Provincial Iraqi Control in Multi-National Division-Center Almost Complete
Pakistan
Deadly blast targets Marriott Hotel in Islamabad
Iraq
Petraeus™s team of experts to review CentCom
40 Killed in Islamabad suicide attack
Officials fear more than 100 people are believed to have been killed in the suicide strike at the Marriott Hotel as an unknown number are trapped in the burning building.
Afghanistan
Taliban turn much of Afghanistan into ‘No Go™ zone
Pakistan
A bombing at a madrassa run by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in Quetta killed five people and injured 10. A tribal jirga in Swat threatened to break a peace agreement if the military does not withdraw from a region in Swat. Dozens of US military advisers are set to arrive in Pakistan in the next several weeks.
Al Qaeda
US trying to ‘tickle™ enemy, says CIA
Pakistan
US sees threat from Afghan-Pakistan border area
Somalia
Shabaab launched mortars as a plane landed at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. Twelve were killed and 35 were wounded in heavy fighting in Mogadishu. Airlines have refused to fly into Mogadishu. The Islamic Courts said it would continue to wage jihad despite ongoing negotiation in Djibouti.
Pakistan
US officer: Pakistani forces aided Taliban
Yemen
Yemen vows to find those behind US embassy attack
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda was finally able to release its yearly Sept. 11 tape. Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second in command, also released a six-minute audiotape that criticized the Egyptian government for its handling of a rock slide near Cairo. Al Qaeda’s Web site remain offline due to hackers.
Iraq
The US military said a raid near Tikrit province killed four insurgents and three civilians; Iraqi police said eight civilians were killed. Coalition forces captured eight al Qaeda operatives during raids in Mosul, Samarra, and Baghdad. US soldiers killed the IED emir in the Miqdadiyah area. Iraqi police captured a Special Groups leader in Al […]
Pakistan
Danger Along the Durand Line
Iraq
Former Iraqi MP Mocks US Treasury’s Decision to Freeze Assets
Iraq
US air strike kills eight family members in Iraq
Iran
Iran’s top leader firms up backing for Ahmadinejad
Iran
Iran: Hard-line president thanks Allah for new sanctions
Pakistan
Bomb kills five at Pakistani religious school in Quetta
Afghanistan
A US soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Canadian troops killed an Afghan civilian during an escalation of force incident in Kandahar province. The British defense minister denied his country would send a large amount of troops to Afghanistan.
India
Two terrorists, including a senior leader in the Indian Mujahideen, were killed in a shootout with police in southern New Delhi. The suspects were behind last week’s bombing in New Delhi that killed more than 20 civilians. One policeman later died of gunshot wounds.
Afghanistan
US seeking sole command of Nato’s war against the Taliban
US strikes in Pakistan aimed at stopping the next Sept. 11 attack
The recent strikes in Pakistan are aimed at al Qaeda’s external operations against the West as well as the Taliban support networks that aid in attacks inside Afghanistan.
United Kingdom
UK’s youngest terrorist jailed
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda commander among those killed in US strike in Pakistan
Pakistan
Taliban opens new front in Pakistan
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