Iraq
Militiamen holding out in Basra fighting
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Libya
Libya offers new deal to terrorism victims
Israel
Rabbi calls for Israel to exact revenge
Iran
Iran wants compensation for UN sanctions
Israel
Israeli Military Nabs Terror Mastermind Behind 2002 Hotel Bombing
Afghanistan
Taliban Attacks Force Cell Phone Shutdown; 250,000 Afghans Without Service
Iraq
The Real Meaning of 4,000 Dead
Pakistan
Bhutto bomb suspect freed
Iraqi security forces battle the Mahdi Army
The Iraqi security forces have launched Operation Knights’ Assault against the Mahdi Army and other Iranian-backed Shia militias in Basrah. Muqtada al Sadr’s unilateral cease-fire may fall apart as fighting breaks out in Bagdad and southern Iraq.
Afghanistan
Eight civilians killed in Afghan blast: police
Palestinian Territories
Fatah says Hamas must cede Gaza before talks
Pakistan
Pakistan Bristles at US Envoys’ Arrival
Iraq
Warring Shiite Militias Threaten Cease-Fire in Iraq
Pakistan
US Envoys Visit Northwest Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan PM urges comprehensive security strategy
Iraq
Iraqi PM Gives Basra Gunmen Ultimatum
Afghanistan
The Taliban have threatened to launch a “spring offensive” using new techniques to increase attacks throughout the country. One Afghan policeman was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Helmand. Afghan officials say the fate of a kidnapped American aid worker remains a mystery two months after her abduction.
Somalia
Islamic insurgents killed six Somali soldiers and a child after the group attacked and overran two military bases north of Mogadishu but withdrew three hours later. An agent working for the Puntland Intelligence Service in Somalia’s northeastern region was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen, the third such killing in the area within two days. […]
Mali
Residents report heavy fighting near a military base in northern Mali’s Aguelhok village. The village is 90 miles from the Algerian border and has been plagued by a low-intensity insurgency and banditry for more than a year. Tuareg insurgents in Niger denied holding Malian soldiers taken hostage last week by another Tuareg group in Mali.
Algeria
Austria has denied sending the elite Cobra counterterrorist unit to Mali to help locate and rescue two Austrian nationals kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb along the Algeria-Tunisia border more than a month ago. Al Qaeda kidnappers have extended their deadline for negotiations over the Austrian hostages until April 6. The two hostages […]
In Pictures: Inside the Bridge
Phil Peterson, on assignment in with the US Army in Afghanistan, was inside the Joint Operation Center’s operation cell, aka “the Bridge,” at Bagram Air Field during the March 12 strike into Pakistan against the Haqqani Network. This slideshow looks at some of the people behind the operation.
Iraq
Maliki’s Moment of Truth in Basra
Somalia
Relief agencies: Somalia too dangerous for us to work
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Britain targets Muslim women to fight extremists
Iraq
Sadrists, Iraqi Forces Clash After Crackdown
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian Authority fails in fight against terror, US officials determine
Improving Mosul’s security and the road to Tal Afar
Bill Roggio, embedded with the Military Transition Team for the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, reports on the recent events in western Mosul and the importance of securing the road to Tal Afar.
Iraq
Curfews have been imposed in Karbala, Wasit, Babil, Diwaniyah, Nasiriyah, and Basrah after fighting between the Mahdi Army and Iraqi security forces broke out in the South. Eighteen Iraqis, including three police, were killed and 100 were wounded in fighting in Basrah. The Sadrist Bloc has boycotted Parliament. Coalition and Iraqi Army forces detained 11 […]
Iraq
Mahdi Army Takes Over Checkpoints
Iraq
Shiite Militia Sparks Clash in Baghdad, Basra