Monthly Archives: October 2008

Pakistan

Al Qaeda operative Abu Kasha was killed and Taliban leader Mullah Nazir was wounded during US strikes that killed 28 people in North and South Waziristan. Four police and five civilians were killed in a suicide attack at a police station in Mardan. The Taliban freed 19 soldiers and two civilians captured in South Waziristan […]


Iraq

Iraq says to show US troops pact to neighbors


Afghanistan

Taliban’s New Super-Bombs Threaten US Troops, Even in Pricey MRAPs



Iraq

Iraq wants details of US raid in Syria-spokesman


Iraq

Insurgents blow up Baghdad water pipeline: US


Somalia

Islamist leaders are up in arms over a fatwa issued by influential clerics. Somali forces detained a prominent cleric in Mogadishu. Shabaab is funding militias in Kenya. NATO ships are moving to rescue the hijacked Turkish freighter.


Iraq

Iraqi forces arrested 220 suspected al Qaeda fighters in Owesat. Iraqi and US troops searched the home of a female Sadrist lawmaker. Iraqi forces captured an Islamic State of Iraq financier in Baghdad and an insurgent in Tikrit. Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Mosul.


US Predators strike again in Waziristan

Six “foreigners” and one Taliban operative are killed in today’s second airstrike that reportedly targeted Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan chief Tahir Yuldashev and Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan. Nazir is said to have been wounded in the strike.



Iran

Report: Iran trying new nuclear experiments


India

Officials: India Bombers Had Outside Help




General Petraeus Taking Over US Central Command


Syria

As if on Cue, Syrians Protest US Incursion on Their Soil


Iraq

Iraqi Ministry Adopts Political Neutrality


Russia

Moscow denies Pentagon claims of ‘stolen’ Russian nuclear weapons


India

The Indian Mujahideen took credit for the Oct. 30 serial bombings in Assam. The death toll has risen to 77. Police are investigating possible links between HuJI and UFLA in the attacks.


Somalia

US Official: Somalia Homicide Bombings Facilitated by Al Qaeda


Ex-Guantanamo inmate to lead Al Jazeera watchdog



Pakistan

Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Swat and five more in Mohmand; one Taliban commander was captured. The Swat Taliban released 62 members of a lashkar who were captured during a clash; the tribe vowed not to oppose the Taliban. Sufi Mohammed asked religious political parties to boycott democracy.




Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda wants Republicans, Bush humiliated: Web video


Pakistan

Pakistani Troops Capture Suspected Taliban Commander, Kill 5



Al Qaeda

The US Treasury Department designated three members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The men are financiers for the terror group. LIGF formally merged with al Qaeda in November 2007.


Iraq

The Amarah SWAT teams detained the second-in-command of the Special Groups in the Maysan Province in Basrah. Police defused two 240-mm caliber rockets in Amarah. Iraqi forces detained 39 “wanted individuals” in Baghdad. Coalition forces detained eight al Qaeda operatives. Twelve Iraqis were killed in two bombings in Baghdad.