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Pakistani forces thwart triple suicide bombing attack
By Bill Roggio
Five Pakistanis were killed and 37 wounded as troops stopped three suicide car bombers just outside the gates of a military camp near the Kohat Tunnel. Two bridges were also destroyed on the Indus Highway.
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Latest HeadlinesFighting intensifies in Pakistan's Northwest
August 28, 2008 1:49 PM ET
By Bill Roggio Nine killed in IED strike in Bannu; 50 Taliban reported killed in Bajaur; Taliban and military take additional casualties in South Waziristan.
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Senior Special Groups leader captured at Baghdad airport
August 27, 2008 5:24 PM ET
By Bill Roggio The unnamed leader has traveled to Iran and Lebanon to consult with Iranian agents and Hezbollah. He was also behind the June 24 bombing attack at the Sadr City District Advisory Council meeting that killed two US soldiers, two members of the US State Department, and six Iraqis.
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Pakistani military repels Taliban assault on South Waziristan fort
August 27, 2008 10:28 AM ET
By Bill Roggio A company of Taliban fighters launched a nighttime attack on the Tiarza Fort. Eleven Taliban fighters were reported killed.
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Eight killed in Islamabad bombing
August 26, 2008 8:50 PM ET
By Bill Roggio A blast at a cafe in Pakistan's capital is the latest in a string of bombings in Pakistan.
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US diplomat dodges assassination attempt in Peshawar
August 26, 2008 11:40 AM ET
By Bill Roggio The US Consulate's principal officer and her driver evade an ambush on the streets of Peshawar as the Taliban step up attacks against the government in the provincial capital.
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Al Qaeda-linked Shabab in control of southern Somalia
August 25, 2008 8:34 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  One and a half years after the Ethiopian Army defeated the Islamic Courts, its successor is poised for a takeover of much of southern and central Somalia. Shabab seeks to formally join al Qaeda.
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Three senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders captured in Baghdad
August 24, 2008 1:21 PM ET
By Bill Roggio A senior al Qaeda adviser, a district commander, and an adviser to Obu Omar al Baghdadi were captured during raids over the past two weeks. Both played a crucial part in al Qaeda's terror campaign in 2007.
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Taliban suicide bomber kills 17 in Pakistan's Swat district
August 23, 2008 12:47 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Twenty wounded after a bomber strikes police checkpoint. This is the third major attack in four days.
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US draws down forces as Iraqis stand up security forces
August 22, 2008 8:48 AM ET
By DJ Elliott  The US plan to draw down forces in Iraq was announced by General Petraeus in a September 2007 briefing to Congress. The drawdown schedule is based on the Iraqi forces taking over responsibility for security.
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Taliban suicide bombers kill 70 Pakistanis outside a munitions factory
August 21, 2008 9:20 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Two suicide bombers detonated their vests outside Pakistan's main military arms factory in Wah, where nuclear weapons are thought to be housed. More than eighty were wounded.
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Al Qaeda safe house targeted in South Waziristan strike
August 20, 2008 10:16 PM ET
By Bill Roggio  Eight killed, including "foreign militants," in an attack on a known al Qaeda sanctuary in Wana.
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Bungled raid in Diyala threatens political developments, military operations
August 20, 2008 3:56 PM ET
By Bill Murray Sunni-Shia tensions boil over in Diyala province as an unidentified force raided the governor's office and killed his aide after attempting to arrest a Sunni member of the provincial parliament.
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Algeria suffers second straight day of bombings
August 20, 2008 10:00 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Eleven killed, 31 wounded in dual bombings in the town of Bouira one day after 43 Algerians were killed in a suicide attack outside a police academy.
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New Special Groups splinter emerges on Iraqi scene
August 20, 2008 1:18 AM ET
By Bill Roggio The Asaib al Haq, or League of the Righteous, a terror group backed by Iran’s Qods Force, is being targeted by Coalition forces in the Baghdad region and the South.
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Taliban suicide bomber strikes at Pakistani hospital, kills 29
August 19, 2008 3:49 PM ET
By Bill Roggio Taliban continue suicide bombing campaign in an effort to derail current operations in Swat and Bajaur.
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FOB Salerno withstands 2-day Taliban onslaught
August 19, 2008 1:46 PM ET
By Matt Dupee  US and Afghan forces thwart a major attempt by the Taliban to breach the biggest Coalition bases in southeastern Afghanistan.
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Taliban kill 10 French troops in Kabul province ambush
August 19, 2008 12:16 PM ET
By Bill Roggio  Twenty-one French troops are wounded. Italian and Afghan troops battle Taliban fighters in separate engagement in the same region.
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Al Qaeda suicide attack hits police center in Algeria
August 19, 2008 9:22 AM ET
By Bill Roggio Forty-three Algerians were killed and more than 45 wounded in a suicide car bombing at a recruiting event at a police academy. Today's attack is the latest in a string of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb bombings this summer.
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Sons of Iraq patrol recon – building relationships one night at a time
August 19, 2008 7:14 AM ET
By Nathan Webster  US troops accompany Tarmiyah's local security forces during patrols in the city.
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Pakistan's President Musharraf resigns office
August 18, 2008 10:12 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Musharraf has led an uneven fight against al Qaeda. The future of Pakistan's fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda remains in doubt as the political parties will now vie for control of the government.
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US Army creates non-lethal platoon to handle reconstruction as violence subsides
August 17, 2008 2:30 PM ET
By Bill Murray A Stryker platoon is assigned to administer reconstruction and security projects in northern Diyala province.
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Fighting in Uruzgan kills Taliban commander
August 16, 2008 2:06 PM ET
By Matt Dupee Fighting in central Afghanistan's Uruzgan province has erupted. At least two Taliban commanders and scores of their fighters have been killed in recent days. Civilians have also been mistakenly killed in Coalition air raids.
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Tarmiyah’s Sons of Iraq: security for the short term
August 16, 2008 12:23 PM ET
By Nathan Webster  Tarmiyah's Sons of Iraq provide a crucial component to securing the one-time al Qaeda in Iraq stronghold.
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Iran continues to train Shia terror groups for attacks in Iraq
August 15, 2008 8:26 PM ET
By Bill Roggio  US military intelligence identifies the location of Qods Force camps inside Iran. Hezbollah is involved in the training of Shia terror groups.
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Iraqi Army beefs up armored forces
August 15, 2008 6:46 PM ET
By DJ Elliott  Iraq's arms purchases provides insight on the potential distribution of armor in the Iraqi Army.
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Taliban leader in Bajaur rumored killed in Pakistani strikes
August 15, 2008 12:57 AM ET
By Bill Roggio  Taliban emir Faqir Mohammed rumor killed in fighting, but the reports are unconfirmed. Thirty-two Taliban killed in helicopter strikes.
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Diyala governor survives potential coup d’état, suicide bomber
August 14, 2008 3:46 PM ET
By Bill Murray  Governor Ra’ad Rashid al Tamini may have one of the toughest jobs in the world trying to bring order in Iraq's turbulent Diyala province. Tamini fired the provincial chief of police after he failed to take orders from the provincial government.
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Sons of Iraq payday – The ‘$100 Bill Strategy’ in action
August 14, 2008 9:15 AM ET
By Nathan Webster  The US administers the payment of the local security forces in Tarmiyah. The strategy is paying dividends.
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Suicide attack kills 9 in Lahore
August 13, 2008 6:36 PM ET
By Bill Roggio  A suicide bomber targets policemen during Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration. The Taliban has warned Pakistanis to stay away from the event.
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Cross-border strike targets one of the Taliban's 157 training camps in Pakistan's northwest
August 13, 2008 8:50 AM ET
By Bill Roggio The US hits another Taliban camp in South Waziristan. Senior US intelligence officials tell The Long War Journal there are 157 training camps and more than 400 support locations in the Northwest Frontier Province and the tribal areas.
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The Long War Journal is cited in a McClatchy report on the recent raid in Diyala province. Today In...PhilippinesThe government will not sign the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The agreement would have granted MILF autonomy in the South. Security forces overran a major MILF training camp and an arms factory in Mindanao. MoroccoPolice claimed to have dismantled an al Qaeda-linked terror network operating in several cities in the country. Police detained 15 members of a group called Fath Al Andalous (Conquest of Andalusia, or southern Spain) after they were caught with explosives and electronic equipment used to make bombs. The group had "established operational links with foreign extremists of the Al-Qaeda organization." IraqIraq signed a $3 billion oil contract with China. Coalition forces detained eight al Qaeda operatives in the Hamrin Mountains region and Mahmudiyah. Iraqi security forces captured five al Qaeda fighters in Wasit province and 14 in Ninewa province. Police stopped a suicide attack in Tal Afar. SomaliaShabab taunted the Ethiopian prime minister for his suggestion that he might pull troops from Somalia. A group of Somali members of parliament condemned the Ethiopian government. Two civilians were killed in an attack on an Ethiopian base south of Mogadishu. Shabab forces ambushed a Somali military convoy in Mogadishu. AfghanistanCoalition and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban fighters and captured two during a patrol in the Barmal district in Paktika. Coalition forces killed one Taliban fighter and captured two during a raid in Paktika's Gayan district. A civilian was killed in a Taliban attack on a base in Kunar. Coalition and Afghan forces killed a woman and two children in an escalation of force incident in Kunduz province. PakistanA British-born al Qaeda suspect was detained near Gujranwala. Tribesman in Bajaur killed a suicide bomber and captured two while security forces killed five Taliban fighters. The military and the Taliban signed a cease-fire in South Waziristan after fighting on Aug. 27 resulted in 23 Taliban killed. The Taliban ordered civilians to leave Swat to avoid casualties. Afghanistan[UPDATE 2] US Marines have killed more than 100 Taliban fighters during three days of fighting in Helmand province. ISAF and Afghan National Police detained 12 Taliban fighters in the in the Qarabaugh District of Ghazni province. The Marines' top general wants his forces to shift from Iraq to Afghanistan. PhilippinesGovernment troops overran a Moro Islamic Liberation Front camp run by Commander Bravo, who is wanted for attacking Christian villages and sparking the latest round of fighting. More than 30 MILF fighters were killed, but Bravo is believed to have escaped. The military will not end the hunt for Bravo and Commander Ameril Umbra Kato despite calls for a cease-fire during Ramadan. Malaysia will extend its peacekeeping force in the southern Philippines. LebanonHezbollah forces reportedly shot down a Lebanese Army helicopter in southern Lebanon after it ventured into Hezbollah-controlled areas; the pilot was killed. Lebanese and UNIFIL troops were conducting joint exercises in the region. Lebanon's president urged the world to forge close ties with Syria. Four members of Amal were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Bekaa Valley. IraqCoalition forces killed one al Qaeda operative and detained nine other during operations Tikrit, Baghdad, and the Hamrin Mountains. Iraqi police captured 12 al Qaeda fighters in Diyala. Eight Iraqis were killed or wounded in an IED attack in Tikrit. Two US soliders were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad. Al QaedaThe Commandant of the Marine Corps said al Qaeda in Iraq fighters are moving to safe havens in Pakistan's tribal areas, posing threat not only to Coalition forces in Afghanistan but to Islamabad. Al Qaeda in Iraq has suffered serious setbacks due to recent operations aimed at their second- and lower-tier leaders. A university president and a top local official, both arrested north of Baghdad, are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al Qaeda in Iraq operatives. AfghanistanThe top Canadian soldier in Afghanistan conceded that two-thirds of the Zhari and Panjwai districts just outside Kandahar city are under the control of the Taliban. Afghan and Coalition forces killed or wounded more than 30 insurgents in fighting in the south and southeast of the country. President Hamid Karzai condemned the killing of a Japanese national in eastern Afghanistan. IraqUS troops captured a senior Special Groups leader at Baghdad International Airport. Coalition forces killed three terrorists and captured six in Diyala and detained four al Qaeda operatives near Baghdad and Mosul. A US soldier died after being wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Two Iraqis were killed and 30 were wounded in three bombings in Baghdad. Fourteen civilians were wounded in an IED attack near Tal Afar. LibyaTwo hijackers of a Sudanese plane surrendered to Libyan authorities at a remote desert airport after freeing all passengers on board, almost 24 hours after the drama began in Darfur. A Lebanese prosecutor is seeking the death sentence for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and six other Libyan officials over the disappearance of a top Lebanese Shiite cleric 30 years ago. Senior US officials have disclosed that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will pay a historic visit to Libya next month. PakistanPakistani troops traded machine-gun and artillery fire with insurgents in Bajur killing more than 30 Taliban fighters. The Pakistani military repelled a Taliban assault on a fort in the lawless South Waziristan tribal agency, killing 11 Taliban fighters and wounding up to 20 more. Swiss judicial authorities said they had closed a money-laundering case against presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari and released $60 million frozen in Swiss accounts over the past decade. AfghanistanKidnapped Japanese national, Kazuya Ito, was found beaten to death in eastern Afghanistan one day after Taliban gunmen abducted him and his driver. Various clashes left approximately 30 insurgents and four police killed over the last 24 hours. Nearly 40 Taliban were killed during a massive security operation in eastern Paktika province. PakistanEight Pakistanis were killed and more than 20 were wounded in a bombing in Islamabad. The Taliban attempted to assassinate the senior US diplomat in Peshawar. Pakistani forces claimed to have killed a senior Taliban leader in Swat. The Taliban banned foreign media from visiting North Waziristan. AfghanistanPresident Karzai demanded an end to NATO airstrikes in Pakistani villages. A Japanese aid worker was kidnapped in Nangarhar province. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack. Opium production has decreased by 19 percent since last year. SudanA man holding a knife hijacked a plane carrying more than 100 people. The plane left from Sudan's troubled Darfur region and was diverted to Libya. Libyan aviation officials confirmed that the plane landed in Kufra, in a southern desert area close to the Sudanese border. Two senior commanders from different Darfur rebel factions, which have been fighting against the Khartoum regime for five years, said they had no immediate information on the hijacking. IraqA suicide bomber killed 25 civilians and wounded 35 in an attack on a police recruiting station in northern Diyala. Iraqi forces detained 36 insurgents in Baghdad and three in Mosul. Coalition forces captured eight al Qaeda fighters in central and northern Iraq and two Hezbollah Brigades operatives in Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured four Special Groups operatives in possession of Iranian weapons in Wasit province. PakistanThe PML-N pulled out of the coalition government over a dispute over reappointing judges dismissed by former President Musharraf. The Taliban burned two US armored personnel carriers in Karachi that were destined for Afghanistan. Ten civilians were killed in a rocket attack on a politician's home in Swat. The Taliban destroyed a police outpost, kidnapped two government workers, and bombed a girls' school in Peshawar. The Taliban bombed a barber shop in Mardan. IraqCoalition forces detained nine suspected al Qaeda operatives in raids nationwide. US troops captured three Special Groups operatives in Baghdad. Iraqi troops captured two Mahdi Army fighters in Al Kut. A US soldier was killed by gunfire in Baghdad. AfghanistanSix soldiers and two journalists were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar's Panjwai district. Candian forces destroyed a Taliban command headquarters in Kandahar's Zhari district. Police seized 1.2 tons of opium in Helmand province. PhilippinesPhilippine forces “inflicted heavy casualties” on Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters in the southern provinces. MILF commander Ameril Umbra Kato and his forces are believed to be surrounded on the outskirts of Datu Piang in Maguindanao. Kato and Commander Bravo are linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, intelligence officials said. |
