Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Bomb, Central Asia, Country, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Suicide Bomb, Tactics, Taliban, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, Type of Harm, tagged Afghan police, Afghan security forces, Afghanistan, detonate, Gardez, gunmen, Insurgents, JAlalabad, Kabul, militants, Paktia Province, suicide bombers, Taliban, Terrorists, United States forces, Zabiullah Mujahid, Zaibullah Mujahid on July 21, 2009|
By CARLOTTA GALL and RUHULLAH KHAPALWAK
KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight suicide attackers mounted assaults on government compounds in two eastern towns Tuesday, killing six members of the Afghan security forces and wounding four, officials said. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Editorial, Government, Insurgents, Military, Other, Pakistan, Region, Tactics, Taliban, Terrorists, Type of Harm, United States, tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan-Pakistan border, airstrikes, Al Qaeda, al-Qaida, Brookings Institution, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilian injuries, civilian wounded, counterinsurgency, David Kilcullen, Insurgents, militants, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorists, us, US drone activity on July 20, 2009|
by Daniel L. Bynum
July 14, 2009 —
Posted in Actors, Bomb, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, Iraq, Middle-East, Region, Tactics, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, Type of Harm, tagged bombings, Car Bomb, Christopher R. Hill, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilian wounded, Iraq, Nasiriya, Terrorists on July 13, 2009|
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
BAGHDAD — A series of bombings hit five Christian churches here on Sunday, killing at least four people, and the American ambassador to Iraq narrowly escaped injury when a roadside bomb struck his convoy in Nasiriya in southern Iraq. (more…)
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — One of the highest-level European delegations to visit this war-torn country in years has failed to persuade the Sri Lankan government to declare a temporary truce with ethnic Tamil rebels.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphatically rejected the appeal Thursday and told Western governments to stop lecturing him, news agencies reported.
“The government is not ready to enter into any kind of cease-fire with the terrorists,” he said. “It is my duty to protect the people of this country. I don’t need lectures from Western representatives,” he said in a speech distributed by his office and quoted by the agencies.
Posted in Air Strike, Bomb, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Government, Middle-East, Military, Pakistan, Refugee Camps, Rocket, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, tagged airstrikes, army, bombs, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, civilian injuries, Displacement, Government, Hostages, innocent civilians, Middle-East, militants, Military, Pakistan, refugees, rockets, Taliban, Terrorists, war victims on April 30, 2009|
By Sheikh Jana, The New York Times
The Pakistani forces air-dropped commandos into the main town in Buner on Wednesday and quickly retook control of it from Taliban militants who flooded into the area last week, the military said. But the district was far from recaptured and the military may be in for a hard fight.
Villagers who fled the fighting and made it to this village on the plains said the military was bombing in Buner with fighter jets and firing rockets from helicopter gunships as Pakistani troops battled the Taliban on the ground for a second day.
Despite a curfew imposed by both the Taliban and the army, one villager, Walayat Khan, a cowherd in his 20s who did not know his exact age, said everyone was trying to get out of the district.
Posted in Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Middle-East, Military, Pakistan, Terrorists, tagged Central Asia, civilian injuries, Government, Gunfire, innocent civilians, innocent victims, Insurgents, Middle-East, militants, Military, Pakistan, Taleban, Terrorists, war victims on April 30, 2009|
By BBC News
Paramilitary troops are out in force in the Pakistani city of Karachi, with tension high a day after ethnic clashes killed at least 32 people.
There have been a number of fresh incidents of violence reported, including shots fired at the funerals of some of the victims.
The clashes are said to be between Urdu-speakers and ethnic Pashtuns.
Separately, President Asif Ali Zardari called for national unity in tackling militants in the restive north-west.
Pakistani troops this week launched operations in the Lower Dir and Buner regions to remove Taleban militants who had spread there from their stronghold in Swat.
Posted in Bomb, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Government, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, Mortars, United States, tagged Al Qaeda, Bomb, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Government, innocent civilians, innocent victims, insurgency, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, Mortars, sectarian violence, Shells, Terrorists, United States, war victims on April 29, 2009|
By The Wall Street Journal
Two car bombs tore through a crowded commercial district in Baghdad’s main Shiite district on Wednesday, killing at least 41 people, Iraqi police said.
The blasts went off in quick succession less than a week after bombings claimed more than 150 lives over a two-day span. The attacks have raised fears that suspected Sunni insurgents are regrouping and trying to reignite sectarian strife as the U.S. military begins to withdraw.
Sadr City is a former Shiite militia stronghold heavily guarded by Iraqi military. An offensive last year broke the control of militias over the district, and the area has been relatively quiet in recent months.
