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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Afghanistan
Taleban are worn down, say British troops
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Somalia: Prime Minister Backs Broad-Based Reconciliation Process
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New surveillance drones for Kandahar by 2009
Afghanistan
Taliban sees Canada vulnerable for now: general
Iran
IAEA: Iran still defying U.N. sanctions
Pakistan
Islamic stronghold in Pakistan goes secular
Iran
Iran disputes atomic arms evidence: UN watchdog
Afghanistan
British forces killed Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Matin and his associate in northern Helmand province. Afghan police arrested 10 members of bombing cell behind the recent major attacks in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed two civilians in an attack on a NATO convoy in the Mandozai district of Khost province.
Iraq
Muqtada al Sadr has extended the Mahdi Army cease-fire. Iraqi troops killed a Mahdi Army commander in Baghdad. US soldiers captured a Special Groups cell leader in the Rashid District of Baghdad. Coalition forces killed six al Qaeda operatives and detained six during raids in central and northern Iraq. Five Iraqis were killed and 10 […]
Pakistan
Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes
Pakistan
Sixteen Pakistanis were killed and 10 were wounded in an IED attack on a vehicle carrying a wedding party in Matta, Swat. The Pakistan People’s Party will nominate the next prime minister; Makhdoom Amin Fahim will likely be the new PM. The new government may result in a reduction of covert US strikes against al […]
Pakistan
Pakistan’s coalition builders leave Musharraf isolated
Pakistan
Roadside bomb kills 10 in Pakistan
Turkey
Turkey has launched artillery, air, and ground attacks against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq. More than 3,000 troops are involved in the operation. The US military said it is “aware” of a Turkish “operation of limited duration to specifically target PKK terrorists in that region.”
Thailand
The exiled leader of the Pattani United Liberation Organization demanded a referendum on autonomy for the Muslim South. The Interior Minister said talks the with southern Muslim terrorists are inevitable. Two students and a school official were wounded during a Muslim terrorist bombing at the Yala Rajabhat University. Three bombs were detonated in Narathiwat; no […]
Sadr confirms extension of Mahdi Army cease-fire
Yesterday’s reports from Sadr representatives were correct. Multinational Forces Iraq commends the extension but warns “criminal” elements will be targeted.
In Pictures: A medical mission in Sayafiyah
Gordon Alanko, currently embedded with US forces in Iraq, provides this pictorial of a one-day medical clinic in Sayifiyah in southern Arab Jabour.
Iraq
General David Petraeus reveals plans to scale back Iraq troops
Pakistan
The Pakistan People™s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz agreed to form a coalition government. The Awami National Party may be included in the government. Three Taliban fighters surrendered to a local peace council in Swat, and were later released.
Iraq
Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained 20 during raids in central and northern Iraq. US troops detained a Special Groups commander and five “extremists” in Baghdad™s Sha™ab neighborhood. US troops found an EFP and weapons cache in West Rashid, Baghdad. Iraqi troops clashed with “armed groups” in Basrah.
Iraq
Sadr’s Militia Enforces Cease-Fire With a Deadly Purge
Iran
Group Claims Iran Speeding Up Nuke Plans
Thailand
A village elder and two others were seriously wounded after Muslim insurgents attacked a wedding party in Narathiwat province. The former minister of defense called for the government to label the Muslim insurgents as terrorists and said more troops are needed to secure the South.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters ambushed a large Ethiopian convoy in Hiran. A Yemeni consul survived a grenade attack in Mogadishu. The United Nations Security Council extended the African Union mission by six months. The prime minister supports a broad-based reconciliation process.
Al Qaeda
Radical Islamic Preacher Asks Britain to Block Extradition to U.S
Pakistan
Taliban Bomb-Making Expertise Growing
Report: Sadr to extend cease-fire
Senior Sadr officials tell Reuters Muqtada al Sadr will extend the existing Mahdi Army cease-fire by six months. Orders have been sent to Sadrists clerics to be read at Friday prayers. US and Iraqi pressure has influenced Sadr’s decision.
Taliban field commander killed in Helmand province
Mullah Abdul Bari killed along with 29 Taliban fighters north of Musa Qala; 11 Taliban fighters captured. Bari led Taliban operations in northern Helmand province.
Morocco
Moroccan ‘terror’ network allegedly planned to kill ministers