A double suicide attack killed at least 19 Shi’ite pilgrims and wounded 75 in a town outside Iskandariya Aug. 14. Two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives vests amid the group of pilgrims headed for Karbala to commemorate the birth… Read moreIraq: more Shi’ite pilgrims killed
The Polish government signed a deal Aug. 14 to host a 10 interceptor missiles at a site along Poland‘s Baltic Sea coast as a part of the US “missile shield” plan. The site, staffed by US forces, would complement a… Read morePoland signs US “missile shield” deal; Russia pledges “punishment”
Russia says it is gathering evidence for charges of genocide against Georgia, accusing it of driving 30,000 refugees out of South Ossetia. Georgia responded by filing a case against Russia at the International Court of Justice for ethnic cleansing between… Read moreRussia, Georgia trade genocide accusations
A suicide car bomb attack on security forces killed eight civilians and injured 19 at Zemmouri, Boumerdes province, 30 miles east of Algiers, Aug. 9. The checkpoint blast outside a barracks targeted troops of the Coast Guard and National Gendarmerie…. Read moreDialectic of terror escalates in Algeria
Sheikh Abdul Aziz, a leader of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, was killed as some 100,000 Muslim Kashmiris made an unprecedented attempt to breach the Line of Control (LoC) Aug. 11. In Chehel, about 28 miles from the LoC, where Abdul… Read moreKashmir: 21 dead as security forces fire on protesters
With the Olympics in Beijing in full course, three security officials were killed Aug. 12 at a road block 30 kilometers from Kashgar, Xinjiang. The official Chinese press agency Xinhua said assailants jumped from a vehicle passing through the checkpoint… Read moreChina: another Xinjiang attack amid growing repression
British Petroleum has closed both the Baku-Ceyhan and Baku-Supsa pipelines through Georgia, while denying that either of them have actually been damaged in the fighting. The closure of the Baku-Supsa or Western Route Export Pipeline (WREP) further limits BP’s export… Read moreGeorgia war closes Baku-Ceyhan pipeline
Pakistani warplanes and helicopters bombed Lowi Sam and other areas of the Bajaur Tribal Agency near the Afghan border Aug. 10, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. Witnesses said seven people were killed and dozens of houses were… Read morePakistan: thousands flee Bajaur fighting
Chinese police shot and killed five people who hurled homemade bombs at a police station and the office of industry and commerce in Kucha, Xinjiang, early Aug. 10. Two police officers and a security guard were reportedly wounded in the… Read moreChina: more terror and repression in Xinjiang
The Philippine military launched attacks on Muslim guerillas in Mindanao Aug. 9 after hundreds of fighters with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) defied an ultimatum to withdraw from Christian villages. At least six soldiers were wounded in clashes with… Read morePhilippines: thousands flee Mindanao fighting
Georgian authorities say Russian warplanes are targeting the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, and have carried out over 50 air-strikes near the conduit. A BP-led consortium operates the pipeline, which transports one million barrels a day from Azerbaijan to the Mediterranean. “They need… Read moreRussia bombs Baku-Ceyhan pipeline?
Kurdish PKK guerillas claimed responsibility for an Aug. 5 blast near Refahiye, in eastern Turkey’s Erzincan province, that shut down the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. “Attacks on economic interests have a deterring effect… As long as the Turkish state insists on… Read morePKK blow up Baku-Ceyhan pipeline
