Monthly Archives: January 2008

Iraq

Hoover Marine Corps Fellow Discusses Iraq



Pakistan

Shattered Hopes – As Pakistan’s parliamentary elections approach, the PPP’s future is uncertain


Iraq

‘Heaven’s Army’ sparks political controversy in Shiite provinces


Iraq

Coalition forces detained 18 al Qaeda operatives in central and northern Iraq. Two Sadrist were arrested in Diwaniyah. A suicide car bombing in Mosul wounded 15 civilians. Two car bombings in Baghdad wounded two soldiers and 16 civilians. The leader of the of Sabaa al Bour Awakening Council was killed in an IED attack.



Pakistan

[UPDATE 2] A missile strike killed 12 Taliban in Khushali Tari Khel, North Waziristan as negotiations for a new North Waziristan Accord are underway. Baitullah Mehsud appointed Faqir Muhammad the chief negotiator for the Pakistani Taliban. The government admits it is fighting an insurgency in the tribal areas. Five members of Jundallah and two policemen […]


Somalia

Clashes in Mogadishu resulted in 17 Somali and 2 Ethiopian solders killed. The Ethiopian Army withdrew its 1,000-man force from a military base east of Beletwein in Hiran province. Heavy fighting between Somali troops and Shabaab terrorists has been reported in Hiran.


AFRICOM staff to grow to 1,300 as it takes over military activities




Afghanistan

Nearly 500 women gathered in Kandahar to protest the abduction of the American aid worker and her translator. Afghan officials remain clueless about the missing pair™s whereabouts. Afghan Taliban leaders are publicly distancing themselves from Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, but denied he has been relieved of his command.



India

The Hindu : National : Nasir can help unravel HuJI network in India


Algeria

A car bombing in the town of Thenia killed two and wounded 23. A police checkpoint was the target of the bombing and witnesses said this was a suicide attack.



Pakistan

The government is renegotiating the North Waziristan Accord with the Taliban. The Afghan Taliban denied Baitullah Mehsud has been dismissed. President Musharraf claimed the tribal areas have been largely cleared of the Taliban. The military retook a fort captured by the Taliban in Swat over three months ago. A policeman was beheaded in Swat. The […]




Palestinian Territories

One of three breaches from Gaza into Egypt has been closed. The IDF killed one youth, wounded seven after raiding the house of an Islamic Jihad leader in Bethlehem. Israeli jets struck two targets in southern Gaza.





Al Qaeda

Deputy Chief Of Police In Diyala Resigns From Police, Joins ISI


Al Qaeda

Jailing Jihadis: Saudi Arabia™s Special Terrorist Prisons



Pakistan

A group of seven “militants” took more than 250 children hostage at a school while attempting to escape from police forces in Bannu. The men later turned the children over and surrendered to a tribal jirga. The government denied al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf is secretly in custody. The military is repairing the Kohat Tunnel […]


Iraq

Leaders of the Sadrist movement are pressing Muqtada to end the cease-fire in February. Iraqi security forces arrested 40 insurgents and defused 30 IEDs in Baghdad. Coalition forces detained 18 al Qaeda opertives during raids in central Iraq and a Special Groups operative in Baghdad. Five US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in […]


Somalia

Heavy fighting between Ethiopian and Shabaab forces in Mogadishu resulted in 14 killed and 21 wounded. Two Dutch doctors, a journalist, and their driver were killed in an IED attack near Kismayo. Three African Union peacekeepers were wounded in an IED attack in Mogadishu. The spokesman for the pro-Islamic Courts Hawiye Council was released from […]


Iraq

Members of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Movement Urge No Extension for Cease-Fire