Afghanistan
Key Taliban Leaders in Afghanistan Eliminated
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Iraq
‘Lion Battery™ keeping things quiet to the north
Pakistan
Pakistan draws a bead on Baitullah
Iran
A convoy shipping arms to Hezbollah blew up after leaving a Revolutionary Guards base on the outskirts of Tehran. At least 15 people were killed in the explosion. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad banned a newspaper from reporting rifts in the country’s leadership.
Iran
IRGC Revamps To Counter Enemy Within
Philippines
Talks between Philippines, Muslim rebels collapse
Pakistan
The New ‘Forgotten War’
Yemen
A car bomb at the main police station in Sayoun city of Hadharmout province killed two and injured eight. The same police station was targeted April 22 when three bombs were placed along the perimeter walls. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the earlier attack.
Yemen
Car bomb kills at least 4 in Yemen
Thailand
Four killed in restive Thai south: police
India
Serial Explosions Hit Southern Indian City
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda In Yemen Releases Video Of Rocket Attack On Oil Plant Near Sanaa
Pakistan cedes Hangu to the Taliban
Hangu is the latest settled district in the Northwest Frontier Province to fall under Taliban control.
Somalia
Ethiopian forces retook the town of Beletwein from Islamic Courts fighters; 16 were killed in the assault. The Islamic Courts vowed to protect foreign aid workers. The Islamic Courts have imposed a curfew on the central town of Johwar.
Pakistan
The government signed an agreement with the Taliban in Hangu. Security forces are planning an operation against extremists in Karachi. An engineer has been kidnapped in Khyber. The government formed a committee to review the implementation of sharia law in Malakand.
Iraq
A female suicide bomber killed eight Awakening fighters and wounded 15 during an attack in Baqubah. Iraqi security forces arrested 55 insurgents in Baghdad, 68 gunmen during an operation in Babil, and two Mahdi Army fighters in Wasit province. Coalition forces captured 20 al Qaeda operatives during raids throughout Iraq. US troops captured four “criminals” […]
Afghanistan
Afghan leader accused of protecting drug trade
Pakistan
US to Shift Pakistan Counter-Terrorism Aid for Fighter Jet Upgrade
Afghanistan
Afghan soldiers and policemen killed more than three dozen Taliban fighters after being ambushed in the Shah Joy district in Zabul province. Several of them were reported to be “foreign fighters.” NATO’s secretary general said the organization would not use Afghanistan as a base to attack Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Pakistan, nor would […]
Philippines
A company of MILF fighters attacked a farm and killed an elderly woman; President Macapagal-Arroyo was visiting nearby Cotabato City. An explosion on a public bus in Digos City wounded 35 civilians. Security forces detained Munhamer Sattari, an Abu Sayyaf kidnapper who goes by the alias “Brain Damage,” during a raid in Sulu.
Mosul conflict ebbs after five-year battle between Coalition, insurgents for control
Iraqi and US troops have gained the upper hand against al Qaeda and the insurgency in Iraq’s second largest city.
Afghanistan
Taliban using media network to undermine government
Taliban control of Mohmand highlights failures of peace negotiations
Omar Khalid is a rising star in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan as he crushes his rivals and consolidates power in the Mohmand tribal agency.
Iraq
Al Qaeda ‘Severely Disrupted™ in Iraq™s Babil Province
Al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia refutes Al Qaeda claim about Islamabad bomber™s identity
Iran
Iranian dissident leader calls for support for resistance movement
Somalia
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the new leader of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, wants the Ethiopian forces to be “expelled from the country.” The UN envoy called on the Security Council to take “bold, decisive and fast action.” Somali pirates kidnapped 20 Filipinos aboard a Japanese-owned freighter.
Pakistan
The military ended the Hangu operation after claiming the objective has been met. The federal government unanimously decided negotiations with the Taliban is the primary strategy to defeat extremism. The Taliban extended the deadline that ordered the provincial government to halt operations. The Taliban is in complete control of Mohmand as Umar Khalid rises in […]
Iraq
Iraqi forces captured 65 “wanted men” during the current operation in Babil province and nine wanted men in Basrah. Iraqi and US troops detained 24 insurgents in Miqdadiyah. More than 1,100 insurgents have reconciled with Iraqi and Coalition forces in Salahadin province since May. Three al Qaeda emirs surrendered to Iraqi and US forces. Coalition […]