Syria
Syria denies it blocks IAEA checks on alleged nuclear site
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Pakistan
Pakistan: Bajaur residents flee fighting
Afghanistan
The Pakistani military fired on two US helicopters operating along the border inside Afghan territory in Khost province. Pakistan claimed the helicopters crossed the border, flew over a Paksitani outpost, “returned fire and flew back.” Two policemen and a civilian were killed in a bombing in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province.
Al Qaeda-linked suspects emerge in Islamabad Marriott attacks
Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, and Qari Mohammad Zafar, the leader of the Laskhar-e-Jhangvi, are thought to be behind the devastating Sept. 20 bombing.
Pakistan
Pakistan airports on alert after terror threat
Pakistan
US has right to hit targets inside Pakistan: Gates
Pakistan
Qari Saifullah Akhtar and Qari Zafar have been identified as main suspects in the Islamabad Marriott bombing. A suicide bombing in Quetta killed one child and wounded 19. Twenty-five Taliban and seven soldiers were killed in fighting in Bajaur and Charsadda. Six Taliban were killed in an operation in Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban executed […]
Pakistan
Pentagon: crashed drone in Pakistan not from US
Pakistan
Dane confirmed dead in Marriott blast
Somalia
US navy tanker under apparent pirate attack off Somalia
Afghanistan
The Governor of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province said the US must negotiate with the Taliban, the Haqqanis, and Hekmatyar. A US Predator UAV crashed in eastern Afghanistan. Six policemen were killed in attacks in Kabul province.
Pakistan
US told it must hold talks with Taliban: Pakistani governor
Iraq
Violence during Ramadan is 82 percent less when compared with levels in 2007. Eleven policemen and eight Awakening fighters were killed during an ambush in the village of Dulaymat in Diyala province. Iraqi forces detained 26 insurgents in Baghdad, four insurgents in Ninewa, and eight Sunni terrorists throughout Iraq. Coalition forces detained five al Qaeda […]
Al Qaeda
Abu Omar al Baghdadi, the leader of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq, issued a 37-minute audiotape calling for Sunni insurgents to rejoin the fight against the Iraqi government. He also warned the Awakening and Sons of Iraq fighters that the government would turn against them. Violence in Iraq is down 82 percent since Ramadan […]
Somalia
A group called the Harakat Ras Kamboni, which is linked to Shabaab military commander Sheikh Hassan Turki, took credit for a mortar attack against African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu. The attacks claimed 15 lives; another 30 were wounded. Somalia has been rated as the most corrupt country in the world.
Pakistan
Pakistani Army Recovers US Drone Near Afghan Border
Iraq
Iraqi parliament approves provincial elections law
Iraq
Iraq: Violence in this year™s Ramadan 82 % less than Ramadan 2007 – source
Iraq
After Compromise on Kirkuk, Finally an Elections Law for Iraq™s Governorates
Iran
Ahmadinejad rails against Zionists, US bullying
Pakistan
Pakistani spies hear Qaeda celebrating Marriot blast
Pakistan
British Airways cancels Pakistan flights indefinitely
Pakistan
The Army said it killed 50 Taliban fighters during the effort to retake the Kohat Tunnel. Pakistani intelligence claimed Afghan Taliban, Arabs, and Chechens led by Qari Ziaur Rehman are fighting in Bajaur. Police killed five civilians in Swat. Taliban fighters claimed to have shot down a US Predator in South Waziristan. Security forces in […]
Iraq
Iraq™s Interior Ministry said it has hired 2,000 Awakening fighters in Diyala since July. Iraqi troops captured a senior al Qaeda leader in Diyala and arrested three fighters in Ninewa province. Coalition forces detained seven al Qaeda operatives during raids throughout Iraq. US soldiers detained six Special Groups fighters in Baghdad™s Rashid district. A US […]
Iraq
Sadr not to enter elections under Sadr Banner
Somalia
Thirty-two people were killed and more than 60 wounded in artillery and mortar exchanges between Ethiopian and Shabaab forces in Mogadishu. Shabaab defended its attacks on the airport in Mogadishu, saying it was “used for military purposes and to transport weapons.” Somali pirates threatened European countries if France did not release six captives.
Afghanistan
Three Combat Brigades Available for Afghanistan by Summer, Gates Says
Afghanistan
The US defense secretary said three more combat brigades will be available to deploy to Afghanistan by the spring of 2009. The Taliban promised to free the more than 140 Afghan laborers kidnapped in Farah province. The district chief of Registan in Kandahar province was killed in an IED attack. Interpol wants to help Afghanistan […]
Pakistan
Only Pakistani troops to fight terrorists on own soil: Zardari
Tough talk after the Marriott bombing, but can Pakistan deliver?
A coordinated offensive against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s northwest is needed, but US officials are skeptical the Pakistani military can carry it out.