Monthly Archives: October 2008

Iraq

| October 29, 2008

AFP: Iraq takes control of Wasit province from US

Pakistan

| October 28, 2008

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said calls for peace talks are “worthless” and ridiculed the Afghan-Pakistani jirga. Four Taliban were killed in fighting in Bajaur; the Mamoond tribes banned the Taliban from entering their areas.

Iraq

| October 28, 2008

Iraqi forces detained 180 suspects in a sweep in Basrah, 22 insurgents in Baghdad, and five al Qaeda fighters in Diyala. Coalition forces detained four Hezbollah Brigades fighters in Abd ar Rahman and seven al Qaeda operatives in central and northern Iraq. Four Iraqi police recruits were murdered in Mosul. An Iraqi court convicted one […]

Somalia

| October 28, 2008

Shabaab spokesman Muktar Robow said Ethiopia “must admit defeat” and rejected the Djibouti peace agreement. An Ethiopia spokesman said his country would withdraw when the security vacuum is filled. An IED attack killed several soldiers and regional administrators in Merca.

Iraq

| October 28, 2008

US Marines in Iraq’s Sunni Heartland Prepare to Pull Back From Once-Violent Citiest

Syria

| October 28, 2008

Officials: al-Qaeda operative killed in Syria was planning Iraq attack

Iraq

| October 28, 2008

Rejection of Oil Law and Move to Create Tribal Councils Add to Tensions With Kurds

Iraq

| October 28, 2008

Fractures in Iraq City as Kurds and Baghdad Vie

Iraq

| October 28, 2008

Iraq Sentences Al Qaeda Suspect To Death

Syria

| October 28, 2008

The Oct. 26 assault by US forces into eastern Syria killed al Qaeda’s senior facilitator and his staff. Syria’s foreign minister claimed the raid did not target al Qaeda operatives. Iraq’s spokesman said the government “rejects” the raid but reiterated Syria should stop sheltering al Qaeda operatives.

Afghanistan

| October 28, 2008

The Afghan-Pakistani jirga agreed to negotiate with Taliban elements willing to accept the supremacy of the constitutions of both countries. US troops killed 12 Taliban during the recovery of the downed Blackhawk helicopter in Wardak province. Coalition troops killed one Haqqani network operative and captured seven during operations in Ghazni province. One Coalition soldier was […]

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| October 28, 2008

Top Army Brain: FCS, "Transformation" Wrong Path

Syria

| October 27, 2008

CIA led mystery Syria raid that killed terrorist leader

Pakistan

| October 27, 2008

Taliban commander Haji Omar was reported to have been killed in the Oct. 26 airstrike. The Pakistani Senate passed a resolution against US violation of Pakistan™s sovereignty. Ten Taliban were killed in Swat. Two civilians were killed in a bombing in Quetta. Baitullah Mehsud’s brother was killed in Bannu.

Iraq

| October 27, 2008

Strategic mistake to scrap US pact- Iraq ministers

Iraq

| October 27, 2008

Kurdish PM predicts US troops will remain in Iraq until 2020

Iraq

| October 27, 2008

US troops killed five Mahdi Army fighters after they attacked a New Baghdad outpost. Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operative and captured seven during raids nationwide. Iraqi forces arrested an “Iranian infiltrator” in Basrah, a Special Groups leader in Al Kut, seven al Qaeda operatives in Diyala and Ninewa, twelve insurgents near Tal Afar, […]

Afghanistan

| October 27, 2008

The Taliban downed a US helicopter in Wardak province; no casualties were reported. Two US soldiers and an Afghan child were killed in a suicide attack in Baghlan province. The Taliban abducted 14 road workers in Kunar province.

Syria

| October 27, 2008

Iraq’s spokesman said yesterday’s strike inside Syria was aimed at a network facilitating attacks against Iraq. “The attacked area was the scene of activities of terrorist groups operating from Syria against Iraq,” Ali al-Dabbagh said. “Iraq had asked Syria to hand over this group which uses Syria as a base for its terrorist activities.”