Iraq
Odierno: No sign Iraqis will ask US to stay
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Pakistan
India sends elite commandos to protect embassy in Pakistan
Al Qaeda in Iraq strikes for third time in Baghdad area
Three major bombings in the Baghdad region indicate al Qaeda in Iraq can still effectively conduct terror attacks but lacks the capacity to exert real influence.
Iraq
Suicide attack in western Baghdad kills 28
Iraq
Saddam loyalists reject reconciliation calls
Pakistan
Pakistani officials believe the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore was carried out by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Security forces detained 125 militants in Kohat. The Taliban murdered three “US spies” in South Waziristan and released five soldiers in Bajaur. A court extended the house arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed.
Somalia
Fighting between Shabaab and Ahlu Suna Waljama has broken out in Bardhere. Islamic Courts fighters detained five Somalis in Beledweyne. Hizbul Islam vowed to attack African Union peacekeepers. Shabaab publicly flogged four boys accused of rape in Mogadishu. The Elman Human Rights groups said that 7,574 people were killed in Somalia during 2008.
Syria
The attack on Syria’s al-Kibar nuclear facility
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Philippine military accuses MILF of hiding Abu Sayyaf insurgents
Iraq
Two Awakening fighters and two policemen were killed, and four policemen were wounded, in attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, and Salahadin. Security forces detained 67 wanted men in Thi Qhar, 25 in central Iraq, and two more in Maysan. Iraqi emergency police have deployed in the Al Qaim region to seal the border with Syria.
Afghanistan
The US is considering using Iran as an alternate supply route for its forces in Afghanistan. The Afghan government urged Iran to aid in stabilizing the country. One Canadian soldier was killed and four were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
US eyes Iran for resupply of Afghan forces
Iraq
Sadrist MP demands immediate US troop pullout
Sudan
Sudan frees president’s chief opponent
Israel
Mideast: Hamas ‘arrests’ Islamists for Israeli attacks
Afghanistan
US open to Afghan Taliban talks
Taliban executes Pakistani troops in Mohmand
The Taliban has launched attacks in the tribal agencies of Mohmand and Bajaur, where the military claimed to have defeated the group.
Coalition cuts combat brigades by half since peak of US ‘surge’
The recent announcement to cut three brigades in Iraq by the summer will halve the number of brigades in Iraq since the summer of 2007, while the number Iraqi Security Forces personnel has doubled.
Pakistan
The Taliban executed 14 paramilitary troops in Mohmand. The government killed 15 Taliban fighters in Mohmand. The military is searching for an unmanned US Predator strike aircraft thought to have been shot down by the Taliban. Peshawar’s police chief claimed the provincial capital is no longer under threat of a Taliban takeover.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 28 police recruits in central Baghdad. Two US combat brigades, one British combat brigade, and an Air Force F-16 squadron will be withdrawn from Iraq over the next six months. Security forces detained 81 wanted men in Basrah, 12 more in Thi Qhar, and eight al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah.
Pakistan
Pakistan regains control of remote area, for now
Afghanistan
One Canadian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. A NATO soldier was killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition forces detained a weapons and explosives supplier during a raid in Logar province. Canadian and US troops conducted an air assault in the Zari district of Kandahar.
Somalia
Sheik Omar Iman Abu Bakar, the leader of Hizbul Islam, said the new government is powerless just as the old government was. Islamist leader Sheik Yusuf Inda™adde said he would join the government if it implements full sharia. Shabaab has dispatched hundreds of troops to retake the central towns of Guriel and Dhusamareb. A bombing […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Dead bodies of 14 security men handed over to families
Iraq
Suicide attack kills 28 at police academy in Iraq
Pakistan
The Taliban claimed to have shot down a US Predator in South Waziristan. Fifteen Pakistanis, including seven policemen, were killed in bombings in Peshawar, Khyber, and Dera Ismail Khan. The bodies of six security personnel were found in Mohmand. Security forces killed 22 Taliban in Arakzai. The government freed 12 Taliban prisoners in Swat.
Somalia
Somalia: Islamist leader says he will join government if it implements Sharia law
Iraq
Security forces detained 10 insurgents in Babil, eight al Qaeda fighters in Diyala, and five bomb cell members in Anbar. A US solider was killed during a patrol in Salahadin province. Four civilians were wounded in a bombing in Diyala.
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters and Haqqani Network operatives, and detained five more during operations in Uruzgan, Kandahar, and Khost provinces. A suicide bomber killed a policeman and a civilian in Nimroz province. President Karzai backed off from a plan to hold elections in April.
Algeria
A suicide bomber targeted a police barracks in the town of Tizi Ouzou, a stronghold of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. A security guard and a civilian were killed and eight more were wounded in the attack.