A Collection of Terrorist Attacks, Oct-2007 to Oct-2008 by CPACT

Date City Country PerpetratorWeapon InjuriesFatalitiesDescription12-Oct-07 BeledweyeneSomalia Unknown Explosives2 1 Insurgents attacked a police base in

Beledweyene with hand grenades,killing one person and wounding twoothers. The report indicated that thevictims were civilians and not policeofficers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Somalia.

12-Oct-07 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives0 0 Insurgents targeted the convoy ofthe Justice Minister of theTransitional Federal Government inan attack in Mogadishu. HassanDhimbil Warsame was uninjured inthe attack, and the media reports didnot report any casualties to hissecurity personnel. On their website,the Mujahideen Youth Movementtook credit for the attemptedassassination. Attacks on importantlocal and national political figures arecommon in Somalia.

12-Oct-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives10 6 Insurgents targeted the convoy ofthe Justice Minister of theTransitional Federal Government inan attack in Mogadishu. HassanDhimbil Warsame was uninjured inthe attack, and the media reports didnot report any casualties to hissecurity personnel. After theattempted assassination, policearrived on the scene and werepromptly struck by an explosiontargeting them. The attack resultedin six deaths and ten peoplewounded. On their website, theMujahideen Youth Movement tookcredit for both attacks.

12-Oct-07 TiziOuzou

Algeria Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman entered acafé in Tizi Ouzou and opened fire ona police officer who was there withhis friends. The gunman shot andkilled the officer and later fled.Algeria has seen a spate of attacksagainst police forces, governmentofficials, and civilians by Al Qaeda inthe Land of the Islamic Maghreb, anIslamist organization that wasformerly known as the Salafist Groupfor Preaching and Combat (GSPC).

12-Oct-07 MyawaddyBurma(Myanmar)

Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb explosion rocked a guesthouse in a hotel in Myawaddy, aborder town between Thailand andBurma. One Burmese national wasinjured in the attack. Burma hasseen a spate of violent activity in thepast few days as the state has beencombating a series of protests beingstaged by peace activists andBurmese monks throughout thecountry. A number of bomb attackshave taken place recently, thoughthe government blames them onlandmine explosions.

13-Oct-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives27 19 A suicide car bomber attempted todrive his explosives-laden truck intoa police station in Samarra.However, police shot him before hereached his target and the tankerdetonated outside the headquarters.Immediately after the explosion,twenty cars with at least sixtygunmen arrived on the scene andfought with police. A massivefirefight ensued until U.S. militaryhelicopters arrived on the scene. Intotal, the attack claimed eighteenlives and wounded twenty-sevenothers.

13-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped two Catholicpriests in Mosul as they were on theirway home from a funeral. Theassailants ambushed the priests intheir car, dragged them out, and tookthem away. Shortly thereafter, PopeBenedict XVI publicly issued anappeal calling for the release of thepriests.

13-Oct-07 St.Petersburg

Russia SlavyanskayaObshchina

Explosives0 0 A bag containing 200 grams of TNT,bolts, and other shrapnel was thrownonstage at the Roks Club during theStreet Music Festival (Muzyka Ulits).The bomb was smoking but did notdetonate due to a technical defect.Police doused it with water and tookit outside.Three members of thenationalist organizationSlavyanskaya Obshchina (SlavicCommunity) have been arrested andcharged with attempting to commit aterrorist attack. Radical nationalistliterature and Internet manuals onhow to make explosive devices werediscovered in the suspects' homes.The attack targeted the 300spectators attending the event, mostof whom were members of the anti-fascist movement, according to theSt. Petersburg City InvestigativeCommittee.

13-Oct-07 CamarinesSur

PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Communist rebels with the NewPeople's Army (NPA) torched atelecommunications cell site inCamarines Sur. According to reports,four young men armed with riflesheld the guard on duty hostage atgunpoint as they torched thegenerator and the cabin at the site,aided by a can of gasoline.

14-Oct-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms27 18 A suicide car bomber attempted todrive his explosvies-laden truck intoa police station in Samarra.However, police shot him before hereached his target and the tankerdetonated outside the headquarters.Immediately after the explosion,twenty cars with at least sixtygunmen arrived on the scene andfought with police. A massivefirefight ensued until U.S. militaryhelicopters arrived on the scene. Intotal, the attack claimed eighteenlives and wounded twenty-sevenothers.

14-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives18 10 A car bomb detonated near aminibus headed to a Shiite shrine innorthern Baghdad's Aden square.The attack killed ten, including threewomen and two children, andwounded eighteen others. The siteof the explosion was then quicklysealed off by security forces.

14-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Salih Saif Aldin, a reporter with theWashington Post, was shot in theforehead in Baghdad. According toreports, the wounds indicate that hewas shot at close range. Aldin wasthe first Post reporter killed in Iraq.At least 118 journalists have beenkilled in Iraq since the start of thewar; the vast majority of them areIraqis.

14-Oct-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A former Iraqi police officer was shotand killed by gunmen in Baqubah.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

14-Oct-07 KhuwailisIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Khuwailis village, killing oneofficer and wounding two others.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

14-Oct-07 BaghdadiIraq Unknown Explosives8 6 A suicide car bomber rammed his carinto the house of police MajorWaheed Dulaimi, killing him alongwith four members of his family.Eight others were also wounded inthe attack. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

14-Oct-07 KarabulakRussia Unknown Firearms2 2 Two ethnic Russians were gunneddown in their home in the town ofKarbala, Ingushetia, during theMuslim holiday of Id al-Fitr.Unidentified gunmen burst into thehome and shot four people withautomatic weapons, killing NikolaiKortikov and his pregnant daughter-in-law, Zoya Kortikova. Two otherswere seriously wounded. Thegunmen escaped in a car.The attackis apparently the latest in a series ofwhat appear to be ethnicallymotivated killings. Recent victimsinclude ethnic Russians, Koreans,and Gypsies. Investigators believeone group is responsible for therecent spate of attacks. The newswebsite Grani.ru quoted a source inIngushetia's special services assaying that recent explosions,ambushes, and murders inIngushetia are being directed byemissaries of al-Qaeda, whileNewsru.com has reported that youngmilitants receive between $2,000and $5,000 for each attack.

14-Oct-07 Rangae Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Police discovered a seventeenkilogram bomb stuffed in a drain pipealong a major thoroughfare inRangae district. The police safelydefused the device, which had simplyfailed to explode. Often, insurgentsplant bombs in the hopes that bombsquads arrive on the scene so thatthey can detonate a secondexplosive. However, insurgents didnot employ such tactics in this case.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Oct-07 Logar AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A provincial radio-television buildingin Logar province came under heavyarms fire in two separate incidents.Four suspects were arrested.

15-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen shot and killed a thirty-twoyear old freelance reporter justoutside Kirkuk. Dhi Abdul-Razak wasshot to death inside his BMW in anambush that also wounded two of hisguards. As a journalist, Abdul-Razaksubmitted two weekly articles to alocal paper in Tikrit.This was thesecond attack on a journalist in Iraqin as many days. A Washington Postwriter was assassinated the dayearlier.

15-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Karradah, a Shiiteneighborhood in Baghdad. Theattack wounded three policemen anda civilian who was nearby. Attackson police are common in Iraq.

15-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 5 A suicide bomber drove his car into acrowded amusement park inBaghdad's Harthiyah neighborhoodand blew himself up, killing four andwounding at least twenty-five others.The attack, which occurred in Zawraapark in west Baghdad, took placeduring the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr. Many families were visiting thepark in celebration of the holiday andwere enjoying a feast when the blastoccurred.

15-Oct-07 Balad Iraq Unknown Explosives40 7 A suicide bomber driving a carattacked a checkpoint run by a tribalawakening council in Balad, killing sixand wounding scores of others. Theattack, which occurred sixtykilometers north of Baghdad,targeted the Salahddin AwakeningCouncil.The tribal awakening councilis a group of sheiks and local triballeaders, predominantly Sunnis, whohave recently allied with U.S. forcesin an attempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraqand other extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

15-Oct-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants bombed a bridge that runsover the Diyala river and links anumber of villages surrounding thecity of Baquba. According to reports,after bombing the bridge, themilitants spread out in the area,firing gunshots into the air. Diyalaprovinces sits just northeast ofBaghdad.

16-Oct-07 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 0 Unidentified armed men abductedAbdol Ghafur Sherzai, the head of theeducation department of Herat. Ateacher named Mohammad Zaherwas also abducted along with Sherzaibut was later freed. The police hadsurrounded Shadi village where theybelieved the kidnapped official isheld.


2 1 One civilian was killed and two otherswere injured in a roadside bombattack in downtown Baghdad'sArasat neighborhood. According toreports, the roadside bomb targetedthe civilians.

16-Oct-07 NasiriyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A local tribal leader and his relativewere shot to death by unknowngunmen in Nasiriyah, a southern citywest of Baghdad. Recently,insurgents have stepped up attacksagainst tribal leaders, particularlythose who have spoken out againstal Qaeda in Iraq and otherinsurgents. This attack coordinatedwith the killing of another triballeader.

16-Oct-07 NasiriyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A local tribal leader and his relativewere shot to death by unknowngunmen in Nasiriyah, a southern citywest of Baghdad. Recently,insurgents have stepped up attacksagainst tribal leaders who havespoken out against al Qaeda in Iraqand other insurgents. This attackcoordinated with the killing ofanother tribal leader.

16-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives30 7 A car bomb detonated in Baghdad,killing seven and wooding fiftyothers. According to reports, theattack took place near a gas stationand targeted a police patrol. Amongthe casualties there were policemen,women, and children. Attacks onpolice are extremely common in Iraq,but the scale of this attack iscertainly not common.

16-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives75 5 A suicide bomber drove a tanker intoa police station, killing fourpolicemen and wounding seventy-five others. The tanker, which wasladen with explosives and full of fuel,struck the al-Rammah police stationin northern Mosul in the midafternoon. Attacks on police, thoughextremely common in Iraq, rarelyoccur on a scale like this.

16-Oct-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed Sheikh SalehFezza Shneitar and his nephew andson in a village west of Baghdad.Shneitar was part of a tribalawakening council, which hasrecently become the target of anumber of attacks in Iraq.The tribalawakening council is a group ofsheiks and local tribal leaders,predominantly Sunnis, who haverecently allied with U.S. forces in anattempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraq andother extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

16-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 Gunmen shot and killed threepolicemen when they attacked apolice checkpoint in Baghdad. Twoothers were wounded in the attack.Attacks on police are frequent inIraq.

16-Oct-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andseverely wounded KittipongHamprasit, a government official insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. His assailants shot himfrom a motorcycle as he was headedhome from work. Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

17-Oct-07 Mirandade Arga

Spain ETA Explosives0 0 An explosive device exploded at thehome of Vicente Ripa, the Spanishgovernment delegate in the Navarreregion of northern Spain. Theexplosion caused no injuries butstarted a fire that Ripa was able toput out.

17-Oct-07 Riyadh Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body a policemanbearing signs of torture with gunshotwounds in Riyadh, a town southwestof Kirkuk. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

17-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 Two improvised explosive devicestargeting a truck driver went off onthe road between Kirkuk and Mosul.The driver was injured in the attackbut survived. Attacks ontransportation infrastructure are notuncommon in Iraq.

17-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed a Sunni triballeader along with his son andanother relative in attack thatoccurred just west of Baghdad. Thedeceased had recently spoken outagainst al-Qaeda. Attacks againstSunni tribal sheikhs who areoutspoken against the group arebecoming increasingly common inIraq.

17-Oct-07 PutumayoColombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives18 1 Roadside bombs killed a drugenforcement agent and injured 18other people in Putumayo. TheFuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC) are suspected ofbeing responsible for the attack.

17-Oct-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 3 A roadside bomb struck the convoyof the district commissioner ofYaaqshiid in Mogadishu. GovernorAbdi Miney Affey was killed alongwith two of his bodyguards justoutside his district's headquarters.Attacks on important local andpolitical leaders are common inSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

17-Oct-07 Yagshid Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 3 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for the assassinationof the president of Yaghsid Provincein Somalia. Abd Mani, along with twoof his bodyguards, was killed whentheir car was struck by a roadsidebomb and completely destroyed.Attacks on prominent local andnational political figures are commonin Somalia. In their claim, the groupboasts that this was third presidentof the province to be assassinated bythe group.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

17-Oct-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb insidea train passenger car in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. A soldier who wasinspecting the train was injured inthe explosion, which completelydestroyed the car. This was the thirdbomb attack on this particular trainstation.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

17-Oct-07 SungaiKolok

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb in apublic telephone in restive southernThailand's Sungai Kolok district.Reportedly, no one was harmed inthe attack.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.


3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a localpolice patrol went off near thenational theater in Baghdad,wounding one policeman and injuringtwo other civilians. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

18-Oct-07 Dour Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police discovered the dead body of amember of a tribal awakening councilin Dour.A tribal awakening council isa group of sheiks and local triballeaders, predominantly Sunnis, whohave recently allied with U.S. forcesin an attempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraqand other extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.


0 1 According to reports, a roadsidebomb targeted citizen MuayadAbdullah while he was in his car in avillage northwest of Kirkuk. Abdullahwas instantly killed, according to thepolice. Attacks explicitly targetingprivate citizens who are not affiliatedwith the military, police, or religiousinstitutions are not all that commonin Iraq.

18-Oct-07 Dhuluiya Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Gunmen shot and killed threemembers of a local tribal awakeningcouncil in a drive-by shooting inDhuluiya, a city roughly seventykilometers north of Baghdad.A tribalawakening council is a group ofsheiks and local tribal leaders,predominantly Sunnis, who haverecently allied with U.S. forces in anattempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraq andother extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

18-Oct-07 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant on his way to work inBalad Ruz, a town in southern Diyalaprovince. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

18-Oct-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 One student was killed and sevenothers were wounded when theirprivate elementary school wasrocked by an explosive charge. Theattack occurred in the Baghdadsuburb of Hakimiya.

18-Oct-07 Hawija Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police found the body of a policeofficer in Hawija, a city just east ofKirkuk. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

18-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Mohammed Kadhum al-Atabi, a fifty-four year-old biological researcherwas beaten and abducted in front ofhis family by fifteen gunmen in hishome in Baghdad. His body wasfound on Thursday. The deceasedwas also a former administrator atthe University of Baghdad.

18-Oct-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms2 3 Unknown gunmen attacked a taxcollection center in Mogadishu'sArgantin neighborhood. Threenearby police officers engaged theattackers, exchanging gunfire withthem. In total, three people werekilled, including the commander ofthe Argatin police post, and two werewounded. Attacks on governmentalinstitutions are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign. In thiscampaign, government official, tribalelders, police forces, and civilianscontinue to be targets of violence.

18-Oct-07 Madina Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Unknown0 1 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed responsibility for killing thepolice chief of Madina province. Nodescription of the weapon or tacticused were posted in their claim.Attacks on police forces are commonin Somalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

19-Oct-07 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Muhammadal- Rubaie, a local authority official inthe town, in his home inIskandariyah. Attacks on membersof government are common in Iraq.NOTE: both the Xinhua write-up andthe Reuters write-up only provide avague description of al- Rubaie'stitle.

19-Oct-07 Duluiyah Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A bomb targeting an outspoken criticof al-Qaeda detonated duringprayers, killing him along with sixworshippers present at the service.Sheikh Nadhim al-Jubouri was struckby a blast from under his pulpit ataround mid-day in Duluiyah, seventy-five kilometers north of Baghdad.Recently, insurgents have steppedup attacks against Sunni imams andother tribal leaders that have railedagainst al-Qaeda.

19-Oct-07 Riyadh Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen ambushed the motorcade ofa police chief in the town of Riyadh,which sits sixty kilometers southwestof Kirkuk. The attack wounded twoof his guards. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

19-Oct-07 Udaim Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attacked the motorcade ofBarham Saleh, Iraq's Kurdish deputyprime minister as it was headed fromBaghdad to Al-Sulaymaniyah. Theattack occurred in Udaim andclaimed the life of one of his guards.In addition, the gunmen alsowounded another bodyguard.According to reports, Salih was not inthe convoy at the time of the attack,though. Attacks on members ofgovernment are common in Iraq.


0 0 Militants attacked al-Baraka mosquenear the Al Washesh neighborhood inBaghdad. The planted fourimprovised explosive devicesthroughout the mosque, but onlythree of the four detonated.According to police reports, themosque was not destroyed and therewere no casualties as a result of theattack. Attacks on mosques arecommon in Iraq.

19-Oct-07 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

9 3 A roadside bomb struck a minibus inIskandariyah, a town fifty kilometerssouth of Baghdad. The attack killedthree and injured nine. Recently,Iraq has seen a wave of attacksagainst minibuses.

19-Oct-07 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Iskandariyah, woundingthree officers. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

19-Oct-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killedBashir Nur Gedi, the acting chairmanof Shabeelle News Network in hishome in Mogadishu. Attacks onjournalists are extremely common inSomalia. Statistically, it ranks as thedeadliest country for journalists in allof Africa.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.


0 2 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Somalia, killing two policeofficers as well as a civilian who wasnearby. The attack took place insouthern Mogadishu's Kuliyadaneighborhood. Others were woundedin the attack, but media reports didnot give a specific figure. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign. In thiscampaign, government official, tribalelders, police forces, and civilianscontinue to be targets of violence.

19-Oct-07 Hazan Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Unknown0 1 The president of Talih neighborhoodin Hazan Province was killed by theMujahideen Youth Movement.Details of the weapon and tacticwere not given in the claim postedon their website. Attacks onprominent local and national politicalleaders are common in Somalia.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign. In thiscampaign, government official, tribalelders, police forces, and civilianscontinue to be targets of violence.

19-Oct-07 Gnjilane Serbia Unknown Explosives0 0 Police in Kosovo confirmed that anexplosive device was thrown at St.Nikola, a Serbian Orthodox church inGnjilane. The bomb did not explodeand left only a black trace on anouter wall. Police from the UN InterimAdministration Mission in Kosovo(UNMIK) and the Kosovo PoliceService (KPS) blocked off the areasurrounding the church.Serb sourceshave reported that two Molotovcocktails were thrown at the church,not one. Most Kosovars havesupported independence since NATOousted the forces under SerbianPresident Slobodan Milosevic in1999. Serbia, backed by Russia andseveral neighboring OrthodoxChristian countries, has refused torelinquish its claim over Kosovo,which it considers a traditional andcultural homeland. Kosovo is home toroughly two million ethnic Albaniansas well as up to 200,000 Serbs, mostof whom live in small enclaves andwould resist an independent Kosovo.

19-Oct-07 ChermenRussia Unknown Firearms1 2 Two Ingush residents were killed andone wounded in the North Ossetianvillage of Chermen. The attackersopened fire at 11:00 pm with sub-machine guns on a group of youngmales standing on a village street.Chermen lies in the disputed districtof Prigorodny, North Ossetia, nearthe border with Ingushetia.Prigorodny is regarded by the Ingushas part of their ancestral land, andthe Ingush have been lobbying sincethe late 1980s to have the borderredrawn to return the district fromOssetian to Ingush control.

19-Oct-07 ChermenRussia Unknown Firearms1 2 A relative of the Ingush deputyminister for ethnic affairs, KazbekSultygov, was killed and two peoplewere injured when unidentifiedgunmen fired at ethnic Ingushresidents in North Ossetia'sPrigorodny District. One of thewounded later died of his wounds.The victims of the attack were allresidents of Chermen, which ispopulated by both Ossetians andIngush.Ethnic tension and borderdisputes between the Ossetes andIngush continue to underminestability in North Ossetia. The Ossetsare an Orthodox Christian Persianethnic group, while the Ingush arepredominantly Sunni Muslim andspeak Ingush, a language similar toChechen.

19-Oct-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb justoutside of a crowded tea shop insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Seven people werewounded after explosives hiddenunder a chair went off in front of theshop.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Oct-07 Raman Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A suspected insurgent shot and killeda man in a photocopy shop insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Fahkrusi Yiheng was shottwice in the head and the back by aman whose likeness was recorded onthe store's security cameras.According to police, the suspect is awanted insurgent in the region.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Oct-07 Jolo PhilippinesUnknown Firearms0 2 Abdurahman Jamasali, an aide andspokesperson of Nur Misuari, a jailedMuslim rebel leader, was shot andkilled along with a relative in anambush in Jolo. The attack tookplace in a stronghold of the MoroNational Liberation Front (MNLF).Misuari is a prominent member of theMNLF. There was no immediate wordon who was behind the attack.

19-Oct-07 Manila PhilippinesUnknown Explosives100 11 A massive bomb blast tore through ashopping mall in Manila, leaving atleast eleven dead and over onehundred wounded. The blast wentoff at a Chinese restaurant inside ofthe mall in the early afternoon.Authorities worked for days touncover the rubble and sift throughof it to find bodies. According to thepolice, they currently have nosuspects in this incident.

20-Oct-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed the mayor ofHettin neighborhood, Mohammed AlRubaiee, the city of Hillah, south ofBaghdad. Attacks on prominentpoliticians and members of the Iraqigovernment are common in Iraq.


9 3 A roadside bomb struck a minibus onBaghdad-Hilla Street, killing threecivilians and wounding nine others.According to newspaper reports, thebomb was targeting the bus. Thepassengers were Shiite civilians whowere on their way to visit relatives.The bus was traveling on the mainhighway between Baghdad andHillah. Recently, Iraq has seen awave of attacks against minibuses.


3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol detonated in central Kirkuk,wounding three officers. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.


2 0 A roadside bomb struck a policevehicle near a fuel station in Kirkuk'sAl Khadhraa neighborhood, woundingtwo officers. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

20-Oct-07 NigerDelta

Nigeria Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnapped theseventy year old mother of a federallawmaker in the Niger Delta. Therewere no reports of any ransomdemands. Kidnappings areextremely common in the NigerDelta.

21-Oct-07 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 The police chief of Herat provinceand his convoy were ambushed byarmed men while he was on his wayto the provincial capital from theairport. Mullah Hekmat, a man callinghimself a Taliban commander inHerat claimed that the Taliban wereresponsible for the attack.

21-Oct-07 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 Insurgents fired several mortars atan Iraqi military base in Karbala, acity roughly one hundred and tenkilometers southwest of Baghdad.The attack killed one soldier andwounded three others.

21-Oct-07 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 Insurgents launched a mortar attackagainst a police station in Karbala.The attack took place in the SaifSaad area and was coordinated witha separate mortar attack on an Iraqimilitary base in Karbala. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

21-Oct-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a police patrol inFallujah, killing two policemen andinjuring four others. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

21-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Gunmen ambushed a police patrol inMosul, killing two officers and injuringtwo others. Among those killed wasthe chief of a police center. Attackson police are common in Iraq.

21-Oct-07 VladikavkazRussia Unknown Explosives0 1 An explosion occurred inVladikavkaz, the capital of NorthOssetia, after an engineering-sapperteam arrived to dismantle anexplosive device. A member of aresponse team was killed when theequivalent of 200 grams of TNTexploded in his hands as heattempted to dismantle a devicereported by a local resident. Locallaw enforcement has opened acriminal case under articles of theRussian Criminal Code related toterrorism and illegal possession ofweapons.Ethnic tension and borderdisputes between Ossetes andIngush continue to underminestability in North Ossetia. TheOssetes are an Orthodox ChristianPersian ethnic group, while theIngush are predominantly SunniMuslim and speak Ingush, a languagesimilar to Chechen.


Nigeria Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnappedseven oil workers in the Niger Delta.The victims were three foreignersand four Nigerians. Kidnappings arecommon in the Niger Delta.

22-Oct-07 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A bomb exploded, damaging adistrict police chief's car in an attackin Bodal village of Zana Khan district.The police chief escaped unhurt.


5 2 A roadside bomb detonated insouthern Baghdad's Zaafaraniyahneighborhood, killing two civiliansand wounding five others. As policeforces arrived to secure the scene ofthis bombing, they were struck by asecond bomb.Iraq has seen a numberof coordinated bombing attacks inwhich one bomb goes off followed bya second explosion as aid workers orpolice forces arrive.


3 0 A roadside bomb detonated insouthern Baghdad's Zaafaraniyahneighborhood, killing two civiliansand wounding five others. As policeforces arrived to secure the scene ofthis bombing, they were struck by asecond bomb. During this secondbomb attack, three policemen werewounded.Iraq has seen a number ofcoordinated bombing attacks inwhich one bomb goes off followed bya second explosion as aid workers orpolice forces arrive.

22-Oct-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formermember of Iraq's Baath party in adrive-by shooting in Kut, a city thatlies roughly one hundred milessoutheast of Baghdad. Attacks onformer Baath party officials arecommon in Iraq.

22-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Ahmed al-Mashhadani. The victim served as anadvisor to Adnan al-Dulaimi, a seniorSunni politician.

22-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Mosul, killing one officer andwounding four others. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

22-Oct-07 Karbala Iraq Unknown Firearms14 7 Heavily armed gunmen ambushed anumber of police patrols in the city ofKarbala. A fierce gunfight ensued inwhich seven people were killed andfourteen others were wounded. Theclashes also damaged a number ofnearby police vehicles weredamaged in the attack. According toreports, the militants involved in thefighting were affiliated with Moqtadaal-Sadr's Mehdi Army. However,given the fact that al-Sadr hasclaimed to have frozen the activitiesof his army in the past few days, it isbelieved that those involved in thefighting were rogue elements of theMehdi Army.

22-Oct-07 La Paz Bolivia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was thrown byan unknown perpetrator at theVenezuelan consulate in Bolivia. Theattack occurred in the early morninghours, and the residing diplomat wasnot currently inside. The explosivelanded near to a room with twosleeping children. However, no onewas injured.

22-Oct-07 Valle deCauca

Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 An explosive device was detonatedby unknown insurgents at thecampaign headquarters of a pre-Uribe candidate for governor in Valledel Cauca. There were no injuriesand only minor damage. The attackis attributed to members of theFuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC).

23-Oct-07 Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 According to the deputy police chiefof Paktia province, the Taliban killedan Afghan man for working for amilitia employed by the US-ledcoalition to help with security inPaktia province.

23-Oct-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

8 3 A remote-detonated bomb targetinga bus exploded as the bus wastraveling in Diyala province.According to reports, the bus wascarrying civilians and three werekilled along with eight others whowere wounded. Recently, Iraq hasseen a wave of attacks againstcivilian buses.

23-Oct-07 Al-Amarah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a formerBaath party official in Al-Amarah, inMaysan Governorate. The victim,who was not identified by name, wasshot as he was leaving for work. Thisis the second former Baath partyofficial killed in as many days.

23-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked police forces whowere guarding Al MamounIntermediate School in westBaghdad's Mamoun neighborhood.Two police officers, along with twogunmen were killed in the attack.

23-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb disguised as a gift waspresented to an Iraqi family in Kirkuk.The bomb detonated and the ensuingexplosion left two members of thefamily wounded.


1 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted passing civilians on a majorroad in Zayuna in east Baghdad.However, according to reports, theonly person injured in the blast was apolice officer. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.


1 0 A roadside bomb struck a policevehicle in east Baghdad'sZafaraniyah neighborhood, injuringone police officer. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

23-Oct-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

10 3 A roadside bomb struck a civilianminibus just outside of Baqubah,killing three people and woundingten others. The attack occurred onthe major road in the city, which liesroughly sixty-five kilometers north ofBaghdad. Recently, Iraq has seen awave of attacks against civilianbuses.

23-Oct-07 MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Explosives2 0 The equivalent of 8 kg of TNTexploded in Makhachkala, scatteringmetal fragments and injuring a taxidriver and his female passenger asthey drove by. The woman was takento the hospital and placed inintensive care.Police detained threeyoung men suspected of planting thedevice. Prosecutors are consideringopening a criminal case.A low-levelguerilla war has been underway inthe Republic of Dagestan since 2000.Rebel violence, ethnic tension, andfeuding among criminal gangsthroughout Dagestan and the otherNorthern Caucasian Russianrepublics continue to underminesocial, political, and economicstability in the region. Victims of localviolence tend to be members of localpolice forces, but also includeDagestani rebels, civilians, andfederal servicemen and officials.

23-Oct-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms7 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda young girl and injured seven othersin a drive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. According to reports,seven or eight gunmen fired out ofthe back of a pickup truckindiscriminately. Islamic insurgentsare suspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

23-Oct-07 Chana Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Police discovered a fifteen kilogramat a food shop in southern Thailand'sChana district. Authorities believethat those who planted it hadplanned on detonating it once theauthorities arrived but didn't get thechance. This is a common tactic insouthern Thailand.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Oct-07 Osh KyrgyzstanUnknown Firearms0 1 Journalist Alisher Saipov was shotand killed at point blank rangeoutside his office in Osh, Kyrgystanon the evening of October 24. Saipovreported for Voice of America'sUzbek language service on sensitivepolitical issues throughout CentralAsia. According to the Kyrgyz police,he may have had links with bannedislamic groups, such as the Hezb-eTahrir party and the IslamicMovement of Uzbekistan as well asUzbek opposition party leaders.

24-Oct-07 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Other 5 1 In a suicide attack, an unidentifiedman crashed his vehicle into thevehicle of the security guards ofArsala Jamal, the governor of Khostprovince. A Khost police official saidthat two civilians and three securityguards were wounded in the attackand the governor was not hurt at all.The Taliban claimed responsibility forthe attack, claiming that it killedJamal and Mullah Khanmir. Khanmiris a local religious scholar whoasserts that the current governmentof Afghanistan is an Islamic andlegitimate government. Governmentofficials have not confirmed theTaliban's claim about Khanmir. Thiswas the third suicide attack on Jamalin the past six months. Each time hehas escaped unhurt.

24-Oct-07 Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 0 Four Afghan workers of a Turkishroad construction company wereabducted in Zormat district ofsoutheastern Paktia Province. Thespokesman for the Paktia governortold Pajhowk Afghan News that theworkers were kidnapped from theirhouses at night. The four abducteeswere working on the Ghazni-Zormatroad. The spokesman alleged thatthe Taliban were involved, however,the militants have not issued anycomment.


3 0 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in southern Baghdad's al-Qadisiyah neighborhood, woundingtwo officers and a nearby civilian.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

24-Oct-07 JisrDiyala

Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

23 9 Two bombings on the southeasternedge of Baghdad killed nine andwounded twenty-three in total. Thebombings targeted nearbyconstruction workers, governmentemployees, and local vendors whowere traveling into the capital.Included among those killed werethree policemen working nearby.The two blasts went off at roughlyseven a.m. and occurred roughlythirty yards apart from each other.

24-Oct-07 JisrDiyala


0 0 Two bombings on the southeasternedge of Baghdad killed nine andwounded twenty-three in total. Thebombings targeted nearbyconstruction workers, governmentemployees, and local vendors whowere traveling into the capital.Included among those killed werethree policemen working nearby.The two blasts went off at roughlyseven a.m. and occurred roughlythirty yeards apart from each other.


2 0 Two guards of a leader of theTurkman Front were wounded whenan improvised explosive devicedetonated near their convoy indowntown Kirkuk's Wasitineighborhood.


Explosives3 0 Three Ugandan peacekeepers werewounded when the port that theywere protecting was shelled byIslamist insurgents in Mogadishu.The Mujahideen Youth Movement,who just a day early declared war onthe peacekeepers, claimedresponsibility for the attack. TheUgandans are the lone contingent ofa 1,600 person African Unionpeacekeeping force. This attack isnot the first against thepeacekeeping force, but it is the firstsince the Islamists openly declaredwar against them.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts in Decemberin 2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.


3 20 A roadside bomb struck a crowdedminibus in Mogadishu's YaqshiidDistrict near Kaah Hotel. Only threeof the passengers survived theattack. There were no Ethiopian,Ugandan, or Somali forces in thearea at the time of the attack.Somalia has seen an increasingnumber of remote-detonatedbombings in areas heavily populatedwith civilians.Since routing the Unionof Islamic Courts in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.


Explosives3 0 Two Ugandan peacekeepers werewounded in a grenade attackagainst. This was the second attackon the peace keeping forces in thepast twenty-four hours. Immediatelybefore the two attacks, theMujahideen Youth Movementdeclared war on the group.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign. In thiscampaign, government official, tribalelders, police forces, and civilianscontinue to be targets of violence.


Explosives4 1 Gunmen threw a grenade at a groupof Ugandan peacekeepers guardingthe former Egyptian embassy inMogadishu, killing one and woundingat least four others. The MujahideenYouth Movement claimedresponsibility for the attack. Thisattack comes shortly after the groupdeclared war on the Ugandanpeacekeepers, who are their underthe mandate of the African Union.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign. In thiscampaign, government official, tribalelders, police forces, and civilianscontinue to be targets of violence.

24-Oct-07 TanyongmasThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled two women on a local road inrestive southern Thailand. Theassailant fired on them three timeswith a pistol as he rode by on hispillion. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Oct-07 Rangae Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Insurgents set fire to Rangae trainstation in restive southern Thailand.Arson attacks are commonthroughout southern Thailand.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Oct-07 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 4 Taliban rebels ambushed Afghanpolice personnel in the Zheraydistrict of Kandahar, killing four. Thedistrict chief said that the policemenwere on a routine patrol.

25-Oct-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown26 7 Seven were killed and twenty-sixwere injured in an attack thattargeted an anti-al-Qaeda tribalcouncil. Recently, insurgents havestepped up attacks against thesecouncils, which bring together localtribal leaders that oppose thepresence of al-Qaeda in Iraq in theirneighborhoods.NOTE: The newsreport for this attack was incrediblyvague; it did not describe the natureof the attack.

25-Oct-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 1 A roadside bomb targeted a civilianin his car in Hillah City, which lies onehundred kilometers south ofBaghdad. The civilian was killed andhis car was destroyed.

25-Oct-07 Caqueta Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 A car bomb was detonated on ahighway in Caqueta. The FuerzasArmadas Revolucionarias deColombia (FARC) are being blamedfor the attack, which did not result inany injuries.

25-Oct-07 Afogye Somalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 0 The district commissioner for AfogyeDistrict survived an assassinationattempt in which insurgents struckhis convoy with a roadside bomb.Though the commissioner emergedfrom the attack unscathed, six of hisbodyguards were wounded in theblast.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

25-Oct-07 Afjawi Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement


8 2 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaims to have attempted toassassinate the mayor of Afjawi, atown just east of Mogadishu. Theinsurgents targeted his car with aroadside bomb, killing two of hisguards and wounding eight others.However, in their claim, the groupstated that it did not know whetheror not they killed the governmentofficial. Attacks on prominent localand national political figures arecommon in Somalia.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts in Decemberin 2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

25-Oct-07 Sai Buri Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo people in southern Thailand'srestive Pattani province. Six gunmenon motorcycles killed a man and awoman in their house in Sai Buridistrict. Following the attack, theytorched the house.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Oct-07 Adhaim Iraq Unknown Explosives5 6 A series of roadside bombs struck aconvoy of truck drivers passingthrough Adhaim, a town roughly fifty-three kilometers north of Baquba.According to reports, all of thedrivers were Kurdish, and they weretransporting supplies to Iraqi and U.S. army bases in the area.

26-Oct-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two policemen were killed whengunmen ambushed their patrol in al-Zanbour village in Khalis. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

26-Oct-07 Baladruz Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 A policeman was shot and seriouslywounded when gunmen attacked inthe town of Baladruz, a townnortheast of Baghdad. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.


2 0 A roadside bomb attack struck apolice patrol near Kirkuk, woundingtwo police officers. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

26-Oct-07 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 2 A roadside bomb attack struck apolice patrol in Diwaniyah City as itwas returning from a mission, killingtwo officers and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

26-Oct-07 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A suicide bomber attacked theheadquarters of the 1920sRevolution Brigade, a looseconfederation of former SaddamHussein loyalists who once foughtagainst U.S. forces. Now, however,they are fighting alongside U.S.forces against al-Qaeda elements intheir neighborhood. This samephenomenon--Sunni tribes that oncefought U.S. forces but now fight withU.S. forces--has occurred throughoutmuch of Iraq. As these groups havebecome more visible, though,insurgents have begun to targetthem.

26-Oct-07 Meta Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 A detonated explosive threatenedthe life of Puerto Gaitan (in Metaprovince) mayoral candidate RosarioSanabria Duenas. Although it is notyet known who is responsible for theattack, Duenas received priorthreats, and her campaign managerwas additionally accosted by a groupof armed men.

26-Oct-07 Afogye Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedUsman Haji, a Somali police officer inhis home in the Afgoye District inLower Shabeele Region, nearMogadishu. Attacks on policeofficers are common in Somalia.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign. In thiscampaign, government official, tribalelders, police forces, and civilianscontinue to be targets of violence.

26-Oct-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives11 0 Terrorists tossed a hand grenade intoa movie theater at the Sinai Junctionin Mogadishu, injuring elevencivilians, two of whom sustained veryserious injuries. Grenade attacks oncinemas in Somalia are common.Insurgents have been targeting thembecause they believe that theyviolate Islamic law.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts in Decemberin 2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

26-Oct-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda twenty-seven year old Muslim manin a drive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Yala province.Islamic insurgents are suspected asdrive-by shootings remain a keytactic in their low-level insurgency.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Oct-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Police discovered the body of adecapitated Muslim man alongside aroad in southern Thailand's restivePattani province. Authorities believethat Islamic militants killed the manon Friday.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Oct-07 Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb planted under the pick-uptruck of Police Sub-Lieutenant SeriHayeeding detonated in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The officer, who was in thecar at the time of the attack,sustained shrapnel wounds.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.


Nigeria Movementfor theEmancipationof theNigerDelta (

Firearms0 0 Gunmen with the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked an oil installation inthe Niger Delta. The attack resultedin the kidnapping of six expatriateworkers all employed by ENI, anItalian oil firm. The victims were alleither Polish or Indian, with exceptionof one Nigerian. The Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Deltalater claimed responsibility for theattack.

27-Oct-07 CharbaghAfghanistanUnknown Other 0 0 At midnight, the Charbagh policepost came under attack from all foursides. The attackers reportedlynumbered 400-500 persons, andthey attacked with mortars androckets. There were 30 policemenand 25 Frontier Constabularypersonnel present at the police post.The attack lasted for about three anda half hours and was ultimatelyrepulsed by security personnel.There were no deaths or injuriesamong the policemen or FrontierConstabulary personnel.

27-Oct-07 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban Unknown1 5 On the evening of October 27, theTaliban attacked Afghan policemenprotecting workers of PRO, an Indianroad-building firm, who were buildingthe road between Delaram andZaranj, capital of Nimroz province.According to the governor of Nimroz,five policemen were killed and onewas injured.

27-Oct-07 Jharkand India CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms4 17 Maoist rebels attacked a group ofsoccer spectators in a village inJharkand state, killing 17. Some 150people had gathered in the village toenjoy a cultural event after a soccermatch. The event had beenorganized by the brother of theformer chief minister of the stateBabu Lal Marandi, whose son was inthe village for the match. Theattackers, wearing fatigues similar tothose worn by India's anti-terrorparamilitary forces, graduallysurrounded the crowd. There werebetween 30 and 40 rebels involved inthe attack. They were heavily armed.Police security personnel deployed tothe village were not on hand torepulse the attack, having left afterthe match ended. The Maoistguerrillas hold sway in 16 of the 19districts in Jharkand state. Officialssay the Maoist rebellion has spreadto half of India's 29 states. Babu LalMarandi's family members haveorganized sports and cultural eventsin remote areas in an attempt toencourage villagers not to supportthe rebels. Marandi's son was killedin the attack.

27-Oct-07 WestBengal

India Unknown Explosives1 1 In an exchange of fire and bombsbetween Bhumi Uchhed PratirodhCommittee [Committee for theResistance to Eviction from Land](BUPC) members and CommunistParty of India - Marxist (CPI-M)activists, one person was killed andanother was injured. The BUPCclaimed the two were BUPCmembers. The violence occurredwhile a bandh [general strike] inopposition to land acquisitionactivities for a special economic zonein Nandigram block of EastMidnapore district was beingobserved. The BUPC is leading theopposition effort. The CPI-M is theleading party in West Bengal's rulingcoalition.

27-Oct-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda Sunni cleric and mosque imam inthe town of Khalis near of Baquba.Attacks on prominent religiousfigures, especially those who speakout against al-Qaeda, are common inIraq. Increasingly, Sunni sheiks andclerics are speaking out against al-Qaeda.

27-Oct-07 AlexandriaIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 1 A roadside bomb attack struck apolice patrol in the town ofAlexandria, which lies roughly fortykilometers south of Baghdad. Theattack killed one police officer andwounded six others. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

27-Oct-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The police chief of Al-Miqdadiyahdisappeared after being stopped atan Iraqi army check point in Diyalaprovince. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq. In addition, Iraq hasseen a number of incidents in whichits security personnel have activelycollaborated with insurgent groupsand militants.

27-Oct-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives13 8 A bomb placed in a garbage outsidea restaurant detonated, killing eightand wounding thirteen others.Among those killed was an Iraqipolice officer. NOTE: According tothe DPA report on this article, therewere also several policemen amongthe wounded.

27-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen shot and killed Khalid Fathi,a member of the Iraqi Islamic partyalong with three other individualswho tried to retrieve his body inMosul. Attacks on members of theIraqi government are common inIraq.

27-Oct-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer in a drive-by in Kut, a townsoutheast of Baghdad. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.


3 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Nidaa neighborhood indowntown Kirkuk. The attack killedone person and wounded threeothers. Two of those wounded werepolice officers. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

27-Oct-07 Babil Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Al-Iskandariyah district,north of Hillah. The attack killed oneofficer and wounded six others.Attacks on police patrols arecommon in Iraq.

27-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Shehab Mohammed al-Hitti wasabducted on October 27, 2007 andfound dead later that day in anorthern district in Baghdad. Thevictim had worked for a number ofdailies throughout Iraq and had alsobeen working for Baghdad Newssince 2003. According to Reporterswithout Borders, he was the forty-sixth journalist killed since the startof 2007.

27-Oct-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

12 1 Insurgents detonated a bomb in frontof a food stall in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province, killingone person and injuring at leasttwelve others. According to reports,a seventy-five year old Buddhistwoman was when a fifteen poundwas detonated by remote-control.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Oct-07 North-WestFrontierProvince

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown individuals blew up a high-tension power pylon in the tribalBosti Khel area of the Kohat FrontierRegion district of the North-WestFrontier Province. The explosioncaused the district, including tribalareas, to lose electricity. Othernearby districts and tribal agenciesalso lost electricity.

28-Oct-07 Jharkand India CommunistParty ofIndia-Maoists

Firearms0 5 Five villagers were abducted andshot dead by suspected Maoists inBoda village in Jharkand state.Jharkand police spokesman told AFPthat the five were killed by Maoistrebels who had charged them withbeing police informers and involvedin coal smuggling. The attack comesafter 18 people were killed in anambush in another remote village inJharkand state. About 16 of thestate's 19 districts are facing aMaoist rebellion that officials say hasspread to half of India's 29 states.

28-Oct-07 WestBengal

India Unknown Explosives0 3 A bomb exploded in Nandigram inWest Bengal, killing at least threepersons. The explosion occurredwhile a bandh [general strike] inopposition to land acquisitionactivities among industries was beingobserved in the area. The blastoccurred near the camp of theCommunist Party of India-Marxist(CPI-M) killing three persons stated tobe CPI-M activists. The party blamedthe Bhumi Uchhed PratirodhCommittee [Committee for theResistance to Eviction from Land](BUPC) for the killing, alleging thatBUPC members threw bombs into thecamp. The BUPC is leading the anti-land acquisition movement in theNandigram block of East Midnaporedistrict. The CPI-M is the leadingparty in West-Bengal's rulingcoalition. A BUPC core committeemember denied the allegations,saying that the explosion occurredwhen the three persons were makingbombs. This attack comes a day afterBUPC members and CPI-M activistsexchanged fire and bombs, leavingone person dead and anotherinjured.

28-Oct-07 Diyala Iraq MahdiArmy

Firearms9 1 Ten tribal sheikhs opposed to al-Qaeda were abducted at gunpoint inthe province of Diyala. The sheikhs,seven Shia and three Sunni, weretaken from their cars in Shaab afterreturning from a governmentsponsored conference aimed atcoordinating the efforts of tribalsheikhs in the fight against al-Qaeda.Recently, insurgents have steppedup attacks against these tribalcouncils, which bring together localtribal leaders that oppose thepresence of al-Qaeda in Iraq in theirneighborhoods.Ultimately, nine ofthe ten were freed. One was killed.Of note is the fact that thekidnappers offered to release theShia sheikhs but not the Sunnis. Inresponse, the Shia sheikhs rejectedthe offer, saying that they would onlyagree to be freed if the Sunnis camewith them.The U.S. believes that arogue element of the Mahdi Armywas behind this abduction.

28-Oct-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms3 1 Gunmen ambushed the convoy of theIslamic Party in Iraq, kidnapping twoof its members, killing one, andwounding three more. The convoywas coming from a town southwestof Basra. Attacks on various politicalparties are common in Iraq.

28-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives26 9 A suicide bomber attacked a majorbus terminal in Kirkuk that transportspeople from the city further north toIraq's Kurdish region. The explosioncaused a massive fire and set fifteencars ablaze. In addition, it claimedthe lives of eight people andwounded at least twenty-six others.The attack took place in a Kurdishregion of the city.

28-Oct-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Usamah al-Abbadi, the head of the IraqiIndependent Electoral Commission inBasra. Attacks on governmentemployees are common in Iraq.

28-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Gunmen opened fire upon the car ofpolice colonel, wounding him alongwith his driver in northern Mosul.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

28-Oct-07 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda policeman in a drive-by shooting inHawijah. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

28-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants blew up an office used bysupporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, anextremely influential Shiite cleric inBaghdad's Hurriya neighborhood. Noone was hurt in the attack. Recently,al-Sadr has suspended the activitiesof his powerful Mahdi army, but thereare reports that some rogueelements are still operating.

28-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a recentlyretired brigadier-general with theIraqi police in western Mosul.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

28-Oct-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Insurgents fought and took control ofMogadishu's Hawlwadaag policepost. There were no reports of anycasualties in the assault. Anewspaper account described thepolice as abandoning the station.Attacks on police stations and policepersonnel are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign. In thiscampaign, government official, tribalelders, police forces, and civilianscontinue to be targets of violence.

29-Oct-07 LashkarGah

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 1 A man with explosives strapped tohis body blew himself up near apolice convoy. According to theprovincial police chief, three civilianswere killed and four civilians and onepolice officer were wounded. Awitness at the site of the bombingsaid that a NATO convoy had justpassed when the blast took place.Lashkar Gah is the capital ofHelmand province, which is locatedin southern Afghanistan.

29-Oct-07 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Other 0 0 Missiles were launched at Heratairport at night on October 29. Thecommander of the Border BrigadeNumber 4 asserted that the target ofthe attack was a police training campto the east of the airport. A self-proclaimed local Taliban leaderclaimed responsibility for the attack,saying that target was theInternational Security AssistanceForce military base located at theairport. The missile attack caused nodamage.According to Radio Sahar,this attack was the fourth time theairport has come under attack.

29-Oct-07 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 A number of unidentified men shotand killed a policeman and hiscolleague. The policeman was theformer head of the crime preventionoffice in Chesht-e Sharif District.Several people have been killed inHerat by unidentified armed mensince the beginning of 2007.(Original report from Radio Sahar, anAfghan radio station)

29-Oct-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policemanjust outside of Fallujah, a city justwest of Baghdad. Authoritiesarrested two suspected militants withlinks to al-Qaeda. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

29-Oct-07 Kufa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed Abdul Hadi, aprofessor at an Iraqi University inKufa's Al Matanabi neighborhood.Attacks on professors andeducational institutions are frequentin Iraq, as militants attempt todisrupt the country's reconstruction.

29-Oct-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen abducted Sulaiman Mustafa,a professor at Diyala University, fromhis home in Baqubah's Hay Al Thubatneighborhood.Attacks on professorsand educational institutions arefrequent in Iraq, as militants attemptto disrupt the country'sreconstruction.


3 0 A roadside bomb targeted a group ofcivilians in Bagdad's Al Wathiqsquare, according to reports. Theattack occurred during the lateafternoon and injured three civilians.Attacks on crowded, public areas,particularly markets, are frequent inIraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

29-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A parked car bomb detonated near abus station in Baghdad's Bayaaneighborhood, injuring four nearbycivilians. Attacks on crowded, publicareas, particularly markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

29-Oct-07 Siniya Iraq Unknown Explosives16 7 A parked car bomb detonated next toa mill in the town of Siniyah,damaging both the mill and somenearby cars. In addition, the attackkilled at least seven people andwounded sixteen others.Attacks oncrowded, public areas, particularlymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

29-Oct-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives19 29 A suicide bomber rode his bicycleinto a crowd outside a policerecruiting center in Baquba anddetonated his explosives, killingtwenty-nine and wounding at leastnineteen more. According to reports,most of the victims were struck bythe ball bearings that the bomberhad packed into his vest. Onebystander thought that the bombingwas an inside job because theattacker penetrated the heavilyfortified police area so easily. Thisallegation is consistent with anumber of other reports that findthat the Iraqi police forces to becorrupt, incompetent, and infiltratedwith various militant factions fightingin Iraq.Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

29-Oct-07 Hiiran Somalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen attempted toassassinate Hiiran Regional CourtChief Shaykh Usman Barre as he wason his way home. The gunmanexchanged fire with one of hissecurity guards, but failed in hisattempt to kill the official. Attacks ongovernment officials are common inSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

29-Oct-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda Muslim couple in their home insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Authorities described theassailants as militants and the attackfits a pattern of armed attacks onprivate citizens throughout southernThailand by Islamic militants.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Oct-07 LaghmanAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 4 A roadside bomb hit the vehicle ofthe head of the National Directorateof Security for the Qarhai district ofLaghman province, killing him andthree others in the vehicle. TheNational Directorate of Security is theAfghan government's intelligenceagency. According to Pajhwok AfghanNews, the Taliban has claimedresponsibility for the attack.Laghman Province is located ineastern Afghanistan, where Taliban-led violence has risen drasticallyduring the last couple of years.Fivemonths ago, 10 NDS employees diedin separate bomb blasts in Laghman.

30-Oct-07 RawalpindiPakistan Unknown Explosives16 8 A man blew himself up at a policecheckpoint outside of the residenceof General Tariq Majid, chairman ofthe joint chiefs of staff of Pakistanand less than half a kilometer fromPakistani president PervezMusharraf's army office. Threepolicemen were among the sevenpeople killed. Police said that womenand children aboard a passingminibus were also killed andwounded. According to a report byAgence France Presse, Musharraf hadbeen meeting provincial governorsand chief ministers to discussPakistan's deteriorating securitysituation ahead of elections due inJanuary. The attack comes less thantwo weeks after a suicide attack inKarachi killed 139 people during aprocession to welcome home formerpremier Benazir Bhutto.

30-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer while he was off-duty inKirkuk. Attacks on police arefrequent in Iraq.

30-Oct-07 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policelieutenant in Najaf, a holy city southof Baghdad. Attacks on police areextremely common throughout Iraq.

30-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb placed inside a minibusdetonated, injuring two people on ahighway in eastern Baghdad.Attacks on transportation networksare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

30-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A bomb placed inside a minibus incentral Baghdad's Alawi bus terminaldetonated, killing one civilian andwounding four others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations. Recently, Iraq has seena spate of attacks on minibuses.

30-Oct-07 Samara Iraq Unknown Explosives8 4 A car bomb exploded near a policepatrol in Samarra, a city just north ofBaghdad. The attack killed fourofficers and wounded eight others.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

30-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 Gunmen threw a grenade at a groupof trash collectors on Baghdad's Al-Rubai Street near the Informationand Culture ministry. One of theworkers was killed and six otherswere wounded in the attack. Thisattack may have had sectarianmotivations.

30-Oct-07 Samara Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen attacked the InteriorMinistry commandos' headquartersin Samara with RPG-7s. Shortly afterthe beginning of their assault, U.S.forces arrived and fought theattackers. The casualty totals fromthe fighting were not given in anyreport.

30-Oct-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 Police found twenty decapitatedbodies that were still bleeding inGsarin village, just outside ofBaqubah. One of the bodies wasbelieved to have been a tribal leader.This attack more than likely hadsectarian motivations.

30-Oct-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda Muslim man in a tea shop insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The twenty-eight year oldvictim died at the scene of theattack. Attacks on tea shops arecommon throughout southernThailand. Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Oct-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-four year old Muslim religiousteacher in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Attackson religious teachers are common insouthern Thailand. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Oct-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms2 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andseverely wounded a Buddhist womanand her daughter in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Oct-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives4 1 Insurgents detonated a series ofbombs inside ten karaokerestaurants in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Fivepeople were wounded in the attacks,but there were no reports of anyfatalities. NOTE: A November 2,2007 report published The Nationlater stated that one person died andfour were injured.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Oct-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda Muslim religious teacher insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The thirty-five year oldvictim was slain in a drive-byshooting. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Oct-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot andseverely wounded a Buddhist womanalong with her daughter in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency. NOTE: A laterAFP article from the same dayreported that the thirteen year olddaughter died in the hospital.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

31-Oct-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 Baghdad's Alawi district was rockedby a car bomb where a number ofparking lots were located. Onecivilian was killed and three otherswere wounded. Attacks on publicareas, especially markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

31-Oct-07 TuzKhormato


0 2 A roadside bomb exploded near apoliceman and an off-duty soldier,killing both of them on the main roadin Tuz Khurmato. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

31-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen attempted to assassinateDhahir al-Bayati, a chief judge at theKirkuk Appeal Court, by firing at hiscar in Kirkuk. One of al-Bayati'sguards was killed and another wasseriously wounded but the judgemanaged to escape the attack.Attacks on judicial figures arecommon in Iraq.

31-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen opened fire on anintelligence officer in Iraq, woundinghim along with his wife and son inKirkuk. Attacks on governmentmembers are frequent in Iraq.

31-Oct-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Police found eight bodies, all of whichwere shot and burned in Mosul.Three of the deceased were policeofficers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

31-Oct-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint in the town of Yaiji, justnorth of Kirkuk. One officer waskilled and two others were wounded.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

31-Oct-07 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen ambushed a police patrol inIskandariyah, seriously wounding anofficer. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

31-Oct-07 Tolyatti Russia Unknown Explosives50 8 A suicide bomber detonated anexplosion strapped to his body on abus in the city of Tolyatti, which islocated in the federal subject ofSamara. The bomb went off duringthe morning rush hour, killing eightpassengers and wounding nearlyfifty. Most of the victims werestudents.The bomb, which was filledwith pieces of metal, exploded withthe force of 1 to 2 kg of TNT. Thehead of the Investigations Committeeunder the Prosecutor-General's Officeindicated that a chemical type ofexplosive device was used, similar toa bomb detonated at Moscow'sCherkizovo market in August 2006.Although several theories regardingthe motivations of the bombercirculated after the attack - includingWahhabist connections, inter-gangviolence, and the careless handlingof an explosive device by apassenger, Moscow Izvestiya(Moscow Edition) reported onNovember 2 that the chief suspectwas Yevgeniy Vakhrushev, a 21-year-old former sociology student andmember of an extremist youth group.

31-Oct-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled a local defense forcesvolunteer alongside a road insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. The thirty-seven year oldvictim was shot in the head by a lonegunman on a motorcycle. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

31-Oct-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andwounded a village head in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'srestive Pattani province. The victimsustained wound in his leg, butsurvived. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

31-Oct-07 BannangSata

Thailand Unknown Firearms7 0 Three gunmen ambushed a pick-uptruck full of civilian passengers insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. The assailants opened fireon the truck, wounding all sevenpassengers. They were subsequentlyrushed to the hospital, and therewere no reports of any fatalities.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

31-Oct-07 BannangSata

Thailand Unknown Firearms6 0 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona crowded bus in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Six peoplewere seriously wounded in theattack, which took place in Yala'sBannang Sata district.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2000 people haveperished from the violence.

1-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 5 A roadside bomb struck a policerecruiting center in Baghdad's Binoukneighborhood. The attack killed fivepeople. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

1-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms4 0 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inBaghdad's southern Sidadiyahneighborhood, wounding one policeofficer and three civilians. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

1-Nov-07 OcobambaPeru ShiningPath (SL)

Firearms1 1 70-80 armed insurgents attacked theOcobamba police station. The daybefore the attack the police receivedan anonymous letter suggestion thepossibility of an attack connectedwith the war on drugs. One policeofficer was killed and another wasinjured. Authorities attribute theplanning of the attack to the ShiningPath because drug traffickers lackthis kind of strike capacity.Ocobamba lies on a common routefor drug trafficking.

1-Nov-07 BaladRuz


8 6 A roadside bomb struck the convoyof Colonel Fariss al-Omayri, a policechief in the Balad Ruz department.The colonel escaped the attack, butsix of his guards were killed andeight others were wounded. Attackson police are common in Iraq.


4 0 A roadside bomb targeted a group ofcivilians in Baghdad's AL Wathiqsquare, injuring four of them.Attacks on public areas, especiallymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

1-Nov-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police discovered the body of SabriAbdul-Jabar, a professor at auniversity in Kirkuk, who waskidnapped two days earlier in a townnear Kirkuk. Attacks on educationalinstitutions in general, and studentsand teachers in particular, arefrequent in Iraq.

1-Nov-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was shot and killed byunknown gunmen in Mogadishu.Attacks on police forces are commonin Somalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign. In this campaign,government official, tribal elders,police forces, and civilians continueto be targets of violence.

1-Nov-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo civilians in front of their homes ina drive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Yala province.Islamic insurgents are suspected asdrive-by shootings remain a keytactic in their low-level insurgency.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

2-Nov-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 The bridge on the main motorwayconnecting Udhaim and Baquba wasbombed, blocking traffic in the area.No casualties were reported. Attackson transportation networks arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

2-Nov-07 TuzKhormato

Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen opened fire on two studentsreturning from school in a villagenear Tuz Khurmatu. One of thestudents was killed and one wasinjured. Attacks on educationalinstitutions in general, and studentsand teachers in particular, arefrequent in Iraq. This attack inparticular may have had sectarianmotivations.

2-Nov-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three civilians were wounded when abomb struck a market in Ramadi.Attacks on public areas, especiallymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

2-Nov-07 Masbate PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Explosives0 0 Insurgents with the New People'sArmy (NPA) blew up a telephonetower on the island of Masbate in thecentral Philippines. After disarmingthe guard, the insurgents detonateda bomb and the blast rocked thetower and destroyed the site'sgenerator. The attack on the Globeinstallation was later claimed by theJose Rapsing Command of the NewPeople's Army.

3-Nov-07 MahaweelIraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen opened fire on a policecheckpoint in Mahaweel, woundingone officer. Attacks on police forcesare common in Iraq.

3-Nov-07 MahaweelIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Mahaweel, killing one officerand wounding another. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

3-Nov-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was killed near apolice station in a drive-by shootingin Hillah. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

3-Nov-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 A roadside bomb struck the jointconvoy of Iraqi military operationscommander Lieutenant GeneralMohan Hafidh and a provisionalpolice chief Major General JaleelKhalaf in Basra. Neither of the menwere harmed in the attack, but fourof the guards in the convoy wereinjured. Two of these injuries werequite serious. Attacks on policeforces in Iraq are extremely common.


3 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in near Baghdad's Al ElwiyahChildren's Hospital, killing onenearby civilian and wounding threepolice officers. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

3-Nov-07 Wasit Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Dr. Jabbar Yasir Al Maiyahi, thepresident of Wasit University,survived an assassination attemptwhen unidentified gunmenattempted to shoot him while he wasinspecting one of the university'snew buildings. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and students and teachers inparticular, are frequent in Iraq.

3-Nov-07 BannangSata

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen peppered thehome of a former village head withsmall arms fire in southern Thailand'srestive Bannang Sata district. Boththe ex-village head and his wife diedinstantly.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Nov-07 Samara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a seniorpolice officer in Samara. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

4-Nov-07 Tikrit Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms3 0 Armed men broke into the home ofMuhannad Raji al-Tikriti, an advisorto the Iraqi Defense Ministry,attempting to kidnap him. Afterrealizing he was not there, theykidnapped two of his associates.Police pursued the kidnappers, killingthree of them and arresting thefourth. Neither of the menkidnapped were harmed. A securitysource claimed that the Islamic Stateof Iraq was behind the operation.

4-Nov-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives14 0 Two suicide bombers drove a car anda truck into a police checkpoint inMosul, wounding fourteen people,eight of which were police officers.The blasts occurred in westernMosul's Bab Sinjar neighborhood.Attacks on police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

4-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen shot and killed QutaybaBadr al-Din Mahmud, a top aide tothe Iraqi ministry of finance and hisdriver, Osama Kazem Muhammad, inwest Baghdad's Jamya district.Attacks on government employeesare common in Iraq.

4-Nov-07 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives13 3 A car bomb detonated near a passingpolice patrol in Tikrit, killing threepeople and wounding thirteen others.One child was among those killed.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

4-Nov-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

11 4 A parked car exploded as a policepatrol passed by in Samarra, killingfour people and wounding elevenothers. Many police officers wereamong those wounded. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

4-Nov-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped the wife of apolice officer in Kut. Attacks onpolice and their families areextremely common in Iraq.

4-Nov-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a policeofficer in a drive-by shooting in atown just west of Kut. Attacks onpolice forces are common throughoutIraq.

4-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed EmanHussein, a school principle, inside herschool in Baghdad's Saidiyahneighborhood. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and students and teachers inparticular, are frequent in Iraq.


6 1 A roadside bomb struck a policeconvoy in Baghdad's Al Kindineighborhood, killing one officer andwounding six others. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.


2 0 A remote-detonated bomb targetedcivilians near the Green Zone inBaghdad, wounding two of them.This attack may have had sectarianmotivations.

4-Nov-07 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 4 According to the Ghazni provincialsecurity chief, four policemen werekilled and two others wounded whentheir vehicle hit a roadside bombnear Gudaly village as they wereheading to Zana Khan district fromthe provincial capital. PurportedTaliban spokesman Qari YosufAhmadi claimed responsibility for theattack.

4-Nov-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda seventeen year old student as hewas riding on his motorbike afterSunday religious class. The attack,which occurred in southernThailand's restive Pattani province,fits a pattern of attacks targetingstudents and education officials insouthern Thailand.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Nov-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms2 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda father along with his twelve yearold son in southern Thailand's restivePattani province. The victims wereen route to a mosque when theywere attacked. NOTE: Later reportsfrom Agence France Presse state thattwo other family members werewounded in the attack.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Nov-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda sixty-year old man in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The victim was an allegedpolice informant.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.


5 2 A roadside bomb struck a joint policeand Iraqi army patrol in southernBaghdad, killing two nearby civiliansand wounding five others. Onepoliceman and one soldier wereamong those wounded. The bombalso damaged a number of nearbycars and buildings. Attacks on policeforces and security forces in generalare extremely common in Iraq.

5-Nov-07 Salahal-Din

Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 The bodies of two policemen werediscovered on the highway betweenTikrit and Dour. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

5-Nov-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Gunmen threw grenades at the homeof a government official in Basra. Hesurvived the attack, and the housesustained only minor damage.Attacks on members of the Iraqigovernment are common in Iraq.

5-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A director general in Baghdad'smunicipality, Aati Ali Sultan, was shotand killed inside of his car bygunmen in Baghdad's Ghadeerdistrict. His killers fled the scene ofthe attack. Attacks on members ofthe Iraqi government are extremelycommon.

5-Nov-07 Khak-eSafed

AfghanistanTaliban Other 0 0 Taliban fighters in about 40 vehiclesentered the district of Khak- e Safedin Farah province around 1:30 amand captured the district. Accordingto the police commander for westernAfghanistan, government authorities,police and the governor made atactical withdrawal from districtheadquarters. He said that,afterwards, the Afghan police, armyand the International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF) returned tothe headquarters and retook controlof it at 3:30 am. He also added thatthe Taliban had fired some rockets atthe building causing slight damagebut no casualties among thegovernment forces. A spokesman forthe Taliban told Pajhwok AfghanNews that the security forces initiallyfled the headquarters after agunfight that lasted an hour. PajhwokAfghan News also reported thatFarah's provincial council head whosaid that the Taliban occupied thedistrict headquarters without anyresistance from security forces.During the previous week, Gulistanand Bakwa districts in Farah provincewere also seized by the Taliban.Since being overthrown in 2001, theTaliban has occupied several districtsin remote parts of Afghanistan, buthave been easily ejected by theinternational forces in the country.


6 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in western Baghdad's Harthiyadistrict, killing one officer andwounding six others. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

5-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed HamadAbdul-Latif, a member of Khadhraneighborhood local council. Theattack took place in Baghdad'sJamiaa district.

5-Nov-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stopped a car transporting aprincipal and several teachers inKirkuk. They then abducted theprincipal, letting the rest of theteachers go. Attacks on educationalinstitutions in general, and studentsand teachers in particular, arefrequent in Iraq.

5-Nov-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 Two members of the Iraqi Islamicparty, Ghazi Mohammed and SalmanDleishi, were killed on Monday. Theirdeaths follow the sniping of the son aleading member of the Sunni group.Mohammed was a deputy presidentof a local council and Dleishi was incharge of aid for the poor at a localmosque. These attacks may havehad sectarian motivations.

5-Nov-07 Grozny Russia Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andwounded a police officer in theGrozny district of Chechnya. Thepoliceman - an officer from thecriminal police department - wasreturning home from his precinctwhen passengers in a passing vehicleopened fire using sub-machine guns.Political murders, bombings, andother violence between Russianpolice forces on one hand andChechen separatists on the othercontinue to undermine stability inChechnya, though violence isbecoming increasingly sporadic.

5-Nov-07 Madina Somalia Unknown Explosives0 2 One police officer and one civilianwere killed in an explosion thatoccurred near a police checkpoint inMogadishu's Madina neighborhood.Thus far, the police have nosuspects. Attacks on police forces,typically grenade attacks, arecommon throughout Somalia.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

5-Nov-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda police officer in Mogadishu'snorthern Suqbaad neighborhood.According to newspaper accounts,gunmen shot him twice in his head,took his weapon, and ran. Attacks onpolice forces are common throughoutSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

5-Nov-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo imams from a local mosque insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. No furtherdetails were given regarding theattack. However, Islamic insurgentsare suspected as this attack fits thesame pattern of attacks that thesouth has seen since 2004.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Nov-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 4 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthree local government officials insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The victims, all Muslim,were killed by suspected Islamicinsurgents.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Nov-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthe head of Sa-am Jehsoh, a school,in southern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Nov-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda Muslim student in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.Islamic insurgents are suspected asthey frequently target students andeducation officials.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Nov-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda Buddhist vendor in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.No further details were givenregarding the attack. However,Islamic insurgents are suspected asthis shooting fits the pattern of theirindiscriminant attacks againstcivilians in Thailand's south.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Nov-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda Muslim village head along with alocal defense forces volunteer insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. The two victims were shotand killed in their pickup truck.Attacks on both local defense forcesand local government leaders arecommon in southern Thailand.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Nov-07 OndoState


Firearms0 0 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) kidnapped Isaacs Kekemeke,the secretary to the government inOndo State. The insurgents held thegovernment official for six hours andthen released him. There was noreport of any ransom paid.Kidnappings are common in theNiger Delta.

6-Nov-07 Dhuluiya Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 2 Police discovered the bodies of twodecapitated policemen buried in thetown of Dhuluyia. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

6-Nov-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Gunmen shot and killed a member ofMosul's government consul, ArifYousif, in a drive-by shooting inMosul. The attack also killed one ofYousif's bodyguards and woundedanother. Attacks on members of theIraqi government are common inIraq.

6-Nov-07 Hawija Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Hawija wounded threecivilians who were nearby the blast.None of the police officers wereinjured in the attack. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

6-Nov-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen shot and killed the mayor ofAl-Manzila village in an attack in alocal market. In addition to killingthe mayor, the attackers also injuredhis son. Attacks on members of theIraqi government are extremelycommon.

6-Nov-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 6 Gunmen shot and killed six police off-duty officers and torched their bodieswestern Mosul. The officers were ontheir way to way to work whengunmen ambushed their car andexecuted all six officers. They thenproceeded to burn their bodies andset fire to the car that was carryingthem. Attacks on police forces areextremely common in Iraq.

6-Nov-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo teachers in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province.Following the attack, sixty-oneschools were closed the next day sothat their colleagues could attendtheir funerals. Attacks on teachersare common in southern Thailand.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Nov-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives27 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb in afood market in southern Thailand'srestive Yalal province. The attackleft at least twenty-seven peopleinjured. Two of those injured had tohave their limbs amputated. Fiveother injuries were described asserious. The explosion occurred justas the market was filling with people.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents launched a series ofmortars against the Green Zone inIraq, which houses U.S. militarypersonnel, important Iraqi politicalfigures, and many major embassies.There were no reported casualties.Mortar attacks on the Green Zoneare common in Iraq.

7-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A sniper shot and killed the son of aMizher al-Sheikhli, a member of thepolitical bureau of the Islamic part, inBaghdad's Dora neighborhood.Attacks on members of the Iraqigovernment are common in Iraq.

7-Nov-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives20 0 A suicide car bomber struck theoffice of the Kurdistan DemocraticParty in Kirkuk. The attack injured atleast ten people, some of whom wereleft in critical condition. Amongthose injured were guards at theparty's headquarters. The attackalso damaged the office buildingitself.NOTE: The DPA roundup fromthe following day stated that twentypeople were injured, five of themseriously.

7-Nov-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 A roadside bomb struck the convoyof the police chief of Basra. MajorGeneral Jalil Khalaf was unhurt in theattack, although three of his guardswere wounded by the blast. This wasthe second attack on Khalaf in fivedays.

7-Nov-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed LatfaMohsen, a young mathematicsteacher in Baghdad's Mansourneighborhood as she was on her wayto class. Mohsen taught at IntifadaIntermediate School, which issituated in a well-to-do neighborhoodin Baghdad. This was the thirdattack on Iraqi teachers this week.Attacks on educational institutions ingeneral, and students and teachersin particular, are frequent in Iraq.

7-Nov-07 Panare Thailand Unknown Explosives0 1 A bomb blast in southern Thailand'srestive Pattani province killed PoliceCaptain Cana Patarat on Wednesday.His body was blown four hundredmeters into a canal from which it wasretrieved two days later.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Nov-07 Rueso Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedboth the director and a teacher at aschool in southern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Attackstargeting teachers and educationalofficials are common in southernThailand as separatists view them asan extension of the state.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Nov-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives1 3 A bomb that was planted at a schoolin southern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince exploded, killing threebomb disposal experts and injuringanother one. Attacks on schoolbuildings are common in southernThailand.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Nov-07 KrongPinang

Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Insurgents torched a number oftelephone signal towers in southernThailand's restive Yala province. Theattack left people in at least fourdistricts without service from eitherlandlines or cell phones.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

8-Nov-07 LagunaWoods

UnitedStates

AnimalLiberationFront

Explosives0 0 On November 8, 2007, the AnimalLiberation Front (ALF) attacked threeWachovia Bank locaions in LagunaWoods, California. One attackinvolved exploded a small bomb. In acommunique, ALF claims that theydropped a small incendiary deviceinto the after-hours deposit queue ofthe Laguna Woods branch. They alsothreatened that unless WachoviaBank sold their shares in HuntingdonLife Sciences (HLS), a companyknown to test on animals, therewould be more attacks. A LosAngeles Time article reported thatALF managed to succeed in thatWachovia Bank reportedly sold all oftheir stock in Huntingdon LifeSciences.


UnitedStates


Unknown0 0 On November 8, 2007, the AnimalLiberation Front (ALF) attacked threeWachovia Bank locations in LagunaWoods, California. One attackdestroyed the night deposit box. In acommunique, ALF claims that theydropped a small incendiary deviceinto the after-hours deposit queue ofthe Laguna Woods branch. They alsothreatened that unless WachoviaBank sold their shares in HuntingtonLife Sciences (HLS), a companyknown to test on animals, therewould be more attacks. A LosAngeles Time article reported thatALF managed to succeed in thatWachovia Bank reportedly sold all oftheir stock in Huntington LifeSciences.


UnitedStates


Unknown0 0 On November 8, 2007, the AnimalLiberation Front (ALF) attacked threeWachovia Bank locations in LagunaWoods, California. One attackdestroyed the night deposit box. In acommunique, ALF claims that theydropped a small incendiary deviceinto the after-hours deposit queue ofthe Laguna Woods branch. They alsothreatened that unless WachoviaBank sold their shares in HuntingtonLife Sciences (HLS), a companyknown to test on animals, therewould be more attacks. A LosAngeles Time article reported thatALF managed to succeed in thatWachovia Bank reportedly sold all oftheir stock in Huntington LifeSciences.

8-Nov-07 Hibhib Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A suicide bomber detonated his beltin a café in Hibhib, wounding fourcivilians. Attacks on public areas,including cafes, are frequent in Iraqand often have sectarianmotivations.

8-Nov-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 6 A roadside car bomb struck a policecommando patrol in Fallujah, killingsix officers and wounding two others.Among those killed were two seniorofficers, one of whom served as thechief of the al-Walid police station.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.NOTE: The Reuters roundupreported that three people werekilled and five were injured.

8-Nov-07 Kut Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Kut, killing a nearby civilianand wounding four police officers.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

8-Nov-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A roadside bomb struck themotorcade of Qahtan al-Musawi, theDirector of Education of Basra. Whileal-Musawi was not injured in theblast, the attack wounded twonearby civilians. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and students and teachers inparticular, are frequent in Iraq.

8-Nov-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 A member of the local BaqubaAwakening Council was killed near acheckpoint in the center of Baquba.A tribal awakening council is a groupof sheiks and local tribal leaders,predominantly Sunnis, who haverecently allied with U.S. forces in anattempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraq andother extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

8-Nov-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A suicide car bomber detonated hiscar outside of the offices of theKurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul.The attack killed at least one personand wounded five others. This wasthe second at on the political party inas many days. On Wednesday, thegroup's offices were damaged inKirkuk.

8-Nov-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Three policemen were shot and killedby unknown gunmen in easternBaquba's Mandali area. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

8-Nov-07 JisrDiyala


2 1 A roadside bomb struck the convoyof policemen in Jisr Diyala, an areasoutheast of Baghdad. The attackkilled one officer and wounded twoothers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

8-Nov-07 KhaniqeenIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 3 Two separate improvised explosivedevice attacks occurred nearKhaniqeen in Diyala province. Theattacks killed three police officersand wounded three others. Attackson police forces are common in Iraq.

8-Nov-07 KhaniqeenIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Two separate improvised explosivedevice attacks occurred nearKhaniqeen in Diyala province. Theattacks killed three police officersand wounded three others. Attackson police forces are common in Iraq.

8-Nov-07 Sadiyah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb struck a policevehicle in the town of Al Sadiyah,wounding three police officers.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

8-Nov-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-detonated explosivetargeted a government official's carin Somalia, but he survived theattack. Attacks on governmentofficials are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).


0 0 According to news reports, animprovised explosive device targeteda group of civilians in Baghdad'sAden square in the late afternoon.The attack did not cause anycasualties or property damage.Attacks on public areas, especiallymarkets, are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

9-Nov-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 An improvised explosive devicestruck an employee of an oilcompany. The explosion causeddamage to the man's house, but heemerged unscathed. Attacks on oilinstallations and oil workers arecommon in Iraq.

9-Nov-07 Hawija Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 1 A parked car bomb exploded,targeting a police car in Hawija. Theattack killed one officer and woundedanother along with two civilians.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

9-Nov-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 A roadside bomb struck a policeofficer's personal car, injuring theofficer and severely damaging hiscar. Attack on police forces,including attacks on off-dutypolicemen, are quite common in Iraq.

9-Nov-07 Khalis Iraq IslamicState ofIraq

Fire orFirebomb

3 7 Militants from the Islamic State ofIraq opened fire on a group ofgunmen in the town of Khalis inDiyala province. The attack killedthree civilians and four gunmen. Inaddition, the attack wounded threeother civilians. This attack may havehad sectarian motivations.

9-Nov-07 Khalis Iraq Unknown Explosives3 5 A suicide bomber struck the home ofSheikh Fayez Elewi Mizri, a triballeader opposed to al-Qaeda. Theattack also claimed the lives of fourother sheikhs, all of whom were partof the Diyala Awakening Council.Atribal awakening council is a group ofsheiks and local tribal leaders,predominantly Sunnis, who haverecently allied with U.S. forces in anattempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraq andother extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

9-Nov-07 Rueso Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda man at a market in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The victim was killed inside of his carin the early morning. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as theyfrequent engage in these sorts ofindiscriminant small arms attacks.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

10 1 A roadside bomb struck a minibus ineastern Baghdad, killing one civilianand wounding at least ten others.According to reports, the bomb wastargeting a police patrol, but itmissed its target and instead strucka minibus in Baladiyat neighborhood.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq as are attacks againstminibuses.

10-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

16 4 A roadside bomb targeting a busdetonated in western Mosul, killingfour civilians and wounding sixteenothers. Recently, Iraq has seen anumber of attacks targeting buses.Attacks on transportation networksare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

10-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Militants detonated a bomb near theKilani gas station in central Baghdad,wounding three.NOTE: The DPAwrite-up lumped the fatalities andinjuries totals from this attack in withanother attack. The Xinhua write-uplisted three people injured.

10-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed apolice officer on patrol in Baquba.Attacks on police forces areextremely common throughout Iraq.

10-Nov-07

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda local government administratoralong with his neighbor in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The two men were talkingin the government official's frontyard when they were killed.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Nov-07

BannangSata

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda woman along with her son insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. The two were walkinghome following evening prayers at alocal mosque in Bannang Satadistrict when they were gunneddown.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

11-Nov-07

Getxo Spain ETA Explosives0 0 An explosive device comprised of asaucepan containing five kilos ofchloratite with a detonator cord andtimer was found and defused at thelaw court in Getxo. A person callingon behalf of the Basque Fatherlandand Freedom (ETA) warned of theexplosive device and timing ofexplosion.

11-Nov-07

Getxo Spain ETA Explosives0 0 Authorities discovered and defused asecond bomb hidden in a wastepaper bin at the law court in Getxocomposed of three kilos of chloratite,shrapnel and a timer. This secondbomb was discovered after Basquepolice viewed videotapes from thecourt's security cameras. TheBasque Fatherland and Freedom(ETA) is being blamed for thisattempted attack.

11-Nov-07

Wajihia Iraq Unknown Unknown2 0 Insurgents attempted to assassinatethe deputy governor of Wjihiyahvillage and failed. Two of the deputygovernor's guards were wounded inthe attack, though. Attacks onprominent national and local politicalleaders are common throughout Iraq.

11-Nov-07


0 0 Insurgents attempted to assassinatethe governor of Mosul, DureedKashmoola, with a roadside bombattack. The attack failed, and nocasualties were reported. Attacks onprominent local and national politicalleaders are common throughout Iraq.

11-Nov-07


0 0 Insurgents attempted to assassinatethe city of Mosul's chief of police,Brigadier General Wathiq al-Hamadni, with a roadside bombattack. The attack failed, and nocasualties were reported. Attacks onpolice forces are common throughoutIraq.

11-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A group of ten unknown gunmenkidnapped two students from atechnical institute in Baquba. Asthey were making their escape, theyfired randomly, killing one studentAttacks on educational institutions ingeneral, and students and teachersin particular, are frequent in Iraq.

11-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Unknown gunmen tossed a grenadeonto a minibus in Baghdad's Mansourneighborhood, injuring five civilians.Recently, Iraq has seen a wave ofattacks against minibuses. Attackson transportation networks arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

11-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 In Baquba's Ghalibiyah area, policediscovered the dead body of abuilding contractor who had workedon a number reconstruction projects.Attacks on individuals andbusinesses that cooperate withreconstruction efforts are commonthroughout Iraq.

11-Nov-07

TiziOuzou

Algeria Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 Five people were wounded when abooby-trapped car detonated near apolice housing center in Tizi Ouzou.The explosion, which took place veryearly in the morning, was followed byarmed clashes between securityforces and nearby gunmen.Algeriahas seen a spate of attacks againstpolice forces, government officials,and civilians by Al Qaeda in the Landof the Islamic Maghreb, an Islamistorganization that was formerlyknown as the Salafist Group forPreaching and Combat (GSPC).

12-Nov-07


3 0 A roadside bomb exploded inBaghdad's Al Mansour neighborhood,injuring three civilians. According tothe newspaper account of the attack,the bomb targeted civilians. Attackson public areas, especially markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

12-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 Militants placed a bomb under apolice lieutenant-colonel's car inwestern Baghdad's Yarmoukneighborhood, wounding thelieutenant-colonel. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.

12-Nov-07

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 1 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Tikrit, killing one policeofficer and wounding three others.Attacks on police forces areextremely common throughout Iraq.

12-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Unknown gunmen fired upon the carof Dr. Haitham Abdel-Salam, aprofessor at the University of Kirkuk.The attack killed both Dr. Abdel-Salam as well as another passengerin the car. In addition to theirdeaths, a third person was wounded.Attacks on educational institutions ingeneral, and students and teachersin particular, are frequent in Iraq.

12-Nov-07

AbuGhraib

Iraq Al-QaedaOrganizationin theLand ofthe TwoRiver

Firearms0 2 Gunmen linked to al-Qaeda attackeda police patrol in Abu Ghraib, justwest of Baghdad. The attackresulted in the deaths of twopolicemen and one militant. Twoothers were arrested after the attack.Attacks on police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

12-Nov-07

Zubair Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen stormed into the Majsamosque in Zubair, a town just west ofBasra. They then held severalworshippers as hostages until theyleft. No one was hurt in the incident.The newspaper accounts did notclearly state what prompted thegunmen to leave the scene. Attackson religious figures and institutions,especially mosques, are common inIraq.

12-Nov-07

Talafar Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killedMubarak al-Jihishi, a tribal leader innorthern Nineveh province. Two ofhis killers were killed by police andfour others were arrested. Attackson prominent tribal leaders andelders are common throughout Iraq.

12-Nov-07

Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms0 3 Three Russian-speaking men whoworked on the construction of a re-broadcasting tower were shot todeath in the center of Nazran,Ingushetia. Unidentified gunmenopened fire with sub-machine gunsfrom a Zhiguli car.Attacks againstpolice, officials, and ethnically non-Ingush residents continue toundermine stability in Ingushetia.Russian media generally attributethe attacks to Arab jihadists. Othersaccuse Russian federal forces ofrandomly assaulting and abductinglocal Ingush residents in response toinsurgent attacks, therebyengendering local resentment.

12-Nov-07

AkwaIbom


Firearms0 1 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked an Exxon Mobil oilinstallation in Akwa Ibom. The attackresulted in the killing of a pregnantwoman. The group later claimedresponsibility for the attack.

13-Nov-07

Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda construction worker working for theU.S. military in a drive-by shooting inHillah. Attacks on Iraqis working forthe U.S. or participating in Iraq'sreconstruction are frequently thetargets of attack in Iraq.

13-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb detonated just outside ofthe Mohammad al-Baqir Shiitemosque in Baghdad's al-Jadidadistrict. Two civilians were woundedin the attack. The blast causedamage to a nearby houses. Attackson religious institutions, especiallymosques, are common in Iraq.

13-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 2 A police officer was killed along witha civilian in a bomb attack inBaqubah's Mandali neighborhood.The blast, which also wounded twoothers, was followed by an exchangeof gunfire between gunmen andpolice. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

13-Nov-07

Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Taliban insurgents shot dead a highcourt judge in Sahib Khan village ofAndar district in Ghazni province.The attack occurred in the morning.

13-Nov-07

Hillah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb struck the patrol ofIskandariyah's police chief, Fariq al-Zamel. While al-Zamel was unhurt inthe blast, the attack wounded threeof his security guards. Attacks onpolice forces are common throughoutIraq.

13-Nov-07


8 0 Eight people were wounded in aroadside bomb attack against apolice patrol in central Baghdad'sKarrada neighborhood. Of thosewounded, five were civilians andthree were police officers. Attackson police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

13-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb targeted theconvoy of Kirkuk's deputy policechief. Brig. Sarhad Qadir emergedunharmed after the attack. However,three of his guards were wounded.The attack took place in westernKirkuk only thirty minutes afteranother attack on a prominent policeofficer in the city. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.

13-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 Captain Mohammed Jamil, aprominent police officer in Kirkuk,was gunned down along with his sonin a drive-by shooting in Kirkuk. Inthe attack, a sedan pulled upalongside his car and showered itwith bullets, killing Jamil and hischild. In addition, the attack also lefthis wife wounded. Attacks on policeforces and their families are commonthroughout Iraq.

13-Nov-07

Yarang Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb nearmodel religious school in southernThailand's restive Pattani provincewhile Thailand's Prime Minister wasvisiting the school. Prime MinisterSurayud Chulanont was uninjured inthe blast and only a nearby Humveewas damaged. Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

14-Nov-07

DushanbeTajikistan Other Explosives0 1 An explosion occurred in Dushanbe,the capital of Tajikistan at 6 am onNovember 14, 2007, killing oneworker at a conference facilitywithout injuring anyone else. Theblast preceded a conferencesponsored by the EuropeanCommission Humanitarian Office ondisaster risk reduction in CentralAsia. Some analysts suggested thatthe Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan(IMU) was responsible while otherssuggested unaffiliated Islamicmilitants, domestic politicalopponents or other criminals were toblame. Other violent incidents in thecapital preceded this one. A bombexploded at the Supreme Court inDushanbe on June 16, 2007.Bombing incidents also occurred in2006 and 2007.

14-Nov-07

Paktia AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 A group of Taliban fighters attackeda school in Koh-e Sinn area of SaydKaram district in Paktia province,killing a teacher. Police arrived onthe scene and a clash ensued,leaving two police officers and twoinsurgents dead.

14-Nov-07

Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 4 Taliban fighters attacked a policecheck-post a little over three milesaway from Ghazni city, the capital ofGhazni province. The attack occurredlate at night on November 11. Afirefight ensued and four policemenwere killed. According to a doctor ata civil hospital, two policemen wereinjured. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack.

14-Nov-07


8 0 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in northeastern Baghdad'sBanoog neighborhood, woundingeight people total. Of thosewounded, three were policemen.The blast happened as the patrol waspassing near a mosque and agovernment building. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

14-Nov-07

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives6 2 A suicide bomber struck a meeting ofeight leaders who war all part of theIskandariyah Awakening Council.The eight tribal sheikhs had allconvened at the home of SheikhImad al-Gurtani when the suicidebomber blew himself up. Gurtani hadbeen fiercely opposed to al-Qaeda.Atribal awakening council is a group ofsheiks and local tribal leaders,predominantly Sunnis, who haverecently allied with U.S. forces in anattempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraq andother extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

14-Nov-07

PokrovskoyeRussia Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona car carrying a traffic policeman anda police dog specialist. The trafficpoliceman died from his wounds; thedog specialist suffered multiplewounds of varying degrees ofseverity.The attack occurred in thevillage of Pokrovskoye in Dagestan'sKhasavyurtovskiy district.Violence,ethnic tension, and feuding amongcriminal gangs throughout Dagestanand the other Northern CaucasianRussian republics continue toundermine social, political, andeconomic stability in the region.Victims of local violence tend to bemembers of local police forces, butalso include Dagestani militants,civilians, and federal servicemen andofficials.

14-Nov-07

OrdzhonikidzevskayaRussia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot the chief oftransport police for the Nazranrailway station, Salman Arapkhanov,as he left his home. The attackersreportedly fired at Arapkhanov usingautomatic weapons. Arapkhanov diedafter undergoing an operation at theSunzhenskiy District hospital. Noother injuries are reported.Attacksagainst police, officials, andethnically non-Ingush residentscontinue to undermine stability inIngushetia. Russian media generallyattribute attacks on non-Ingushlocals to Arab jihadists. Othersaccuse Russian federal forces ofrandomly assaulting and abductinglocal Ingush residents in response toinsurgent attacks, therebyengendering local resentment.

15-Nov-07

Cangas Spain GalicianResistance

Explosives0 0 A medium-sized bomb comprise ofabout five kilos of chloratite explodedat an estate agency in the town ofCangas in Pontevedra Province.Authorities found a note from theGalician Resistance in which itdemanded Galician independenceand claimed responsibility for thisattack.

15-Nov-07

Paktia AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Taliban insurgents shot dead anAfghan man for running Englishlanguage courses in Paktia province.The Paktia government spokesmansaid that according to local people,the man had received severalwarnings in the past to close downhis courses. Police came the scene ofthe attack and a gunfight ensued.Two militants and two policemenwere killed. Taliban militants haveset fire to dozens of schools since theTaliban government was overthrownin 2001 and have killed many peopleworking for the Afghan government,international institutions and otherforeign institutions. However, theTaliban did not ban English learningcenters while it was in powerbetween 1996 and 2001.

15-Nov-07

UnknownAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A vehicle carrying the securitycommander of Dawlatabad district inFariab province hit a mine planted ona road. The commander wasreturning to Fariab province from avisit to tribal elders in the Khanabadarea of Kunduz province. He wasaccompanied by police guards.Neither the security commander norhis guards were injured. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attackand its spokesman told AfghanIslamic Press that the mine haddestroyed the vehicle.

15-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives21 6 A suicide car bomber targeted theconvoy of police Brigadier GeneralKhattab Omar in Kirkuk. The bomberslammed his car into the convoy,killing three police officer and threenearby civilians. Omar survived theattack with serious injuries to hishead and chest.The vast majority ofthose injured were school childrenwho were on their way to school. Atleast one of those killed was a child.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

15-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside explosion targeting apolice patrol in central Baghdad's al-Abiyadh neighborhood missed itstarget and wounded two nearbycivilians. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

15-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An unknown gunman on amotorcycle shot and killed SuadKukaz, an Iraqi female director of ahigh school, as she was on her wayto work in Baghdad's Kadhimiyaneighborhood. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and students and teachers inparticular, are frequent in Iraq.

15-Nov-07

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives10 1 A suicide bomber struck a funeral ofa Sunni sheikh, killing the head of thetribe and wounding ten others in theattack. Wearing a vest full ofexplosives, the bomber infiltratedtheir funeral in Iskandariyah, a townsouth of Baghdad. In addition to thephysical bomber, a second explosionrocked the funeral in the form of acar bomb outside the service. Thisattack may have had sectarianmotivations.

15-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb went of Baghdad'sKarrada neighborhood, injuring twocivilians. According to newspaperaccounts the roadside bomb wastargeting the two civilians. Attackson public areas, especially markets,are frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

15-Nov-07


3 0 A roadside bomb went off inBaghdad's Al Nidhal Street in Karradaneighborhood, injuring threecivilians. According to newspaperaccounts, the blast targeted thethree civilians.

15-Nov-07


6 0 A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqipolice vehicle on the main road insouthern Kirkuk, wounding sixofficers. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

15-Nov-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb struck a civilian carin Tala Abass area in Diyala province.According to newspaper accounts,the roadside bomb was targetingthat specific civilian's car. Attacks onpublic areas are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

15-Nov-07

Moscow Russia Unknown Explosives1 0 An explosion occurred near theIzmailovo flea market in Moscow, apopular spot with tourists visiting thecapital. The blast took place near acafé on Izmailovskoye Shosse Street.One woman was lightly wounded andreceived treatment from paramedics.No other injuries were reported.

15-Nov-07

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-two year old Buddhist womanin southern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Thailand'ssouthern Islamic insurgents aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Nov-07

NigerDelta

Nigeria Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown Nigerian militants blew upthe Forcados oil terminal belongingto Royal Dutch Shell in the NigerDelta. The last time the region saw awave of attacks on its oil installationwas in 2006. The Movement for theEmancipation of then Niger Delta(MEND) was not reported to bedirectly linked to the attack.

16-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen kidnappedMuntadhar al-Zeidi, a reporter, incentral Baghdad's Bab al-Sharqineighborhood. Al-Zeidi had beenworking for the al-Baghdadiyahsatellite channel. Attacks onjournalists are common throughoutIraq.

16-Nov-07


4 1 Two roadside bombs struck themotorcycle market in centralBaghdad's al-Nahdah area in quicksuccession. As a result of the attack,one civilian was killed and fourothers were injured. Attacks onpublic areas, especially markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

16-Nov-07


4 0 A roadside bomb explosion struck apolice patrol in Baqubah's Kannaarea. While there were no reportedfatalities, the attack wounded fourofficers. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

16-Nov-07


3 0 An improvised explosive deviceexploded near a civilian car inBaquba's Behdeed neighborhood.The attack injured three civilians.According to newspaper accounts,the explosion targeted the civiliancar.

16-Nov-07


0 0 A roadside bomb targeted an oil wellnear Kirkuk. There were no reportedcasualties and no reports of anydamage to the well. Attacks on oilinfrastructure are common in Iraq.

16-Nov-07

Zvecan Serbia Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Three firebombs were thrown at thehome of G17 Plus MP StojankaPetkovic by unidentified attackers.The bombs struck Petkovic's home,garage, and car. No one was injured,but considerable damage was doneto the garage and the car.Petkovicclaims the attack was the work ofSerbs. Srdjan Milivojevic, aDemocratic Party MP and member ofthe Kosovo-Metohija committee,noted that the attack may have beenmotivated by Petkovic's recentefforts to combat organized criminalSerb groups or the fact that Petkovicis the carrier of one of the Serbtickets registered for local electionsin Svecan scheduled to take place onNovember 17.

16-Nov-07

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled Hassan Dheere, a seniorintelligence official working forSomalia's transitional federalgovernment. Attacks on governmentofficials are common throughoutSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

16-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-three year old Buddhist manin southern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

17-Nov-07

Urozgan AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 5 The Taliban executed five kidnappedpolicemen in Dezor village ofDehrawud district in Urozganprovince, according to police officials.The Urozgan police chief said thattheir bodies were found hanging intrees in the village. He added thatthe Taliban had kidnapped a numberof policemen from various checkposts in Dehrawud district about twomonths back. He also said thatothers among the kidnappedpolicemen had been executedearlier.

17-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol near the Tayran tunnel inBaghdad. The attack injured twopolice officers. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.

17-Nov-07

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 0 A group of insurgents attacked acontingent of African Unionpeacekeepers in Mogadishu duringan overnight raid. There were noreports of any casualties amongstthe peacekeepers. Thepeacekeepers, entirely Ugandans,have frequently been targeted sincebeing deployed to Somalia in Marchof 2007.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

18-Nov-07

Herat AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 One policeman was killed and sevenpolicemen went missing as the resultof an attack on a border securitycheckpoint. The attack occurred inthe Namaskar area of Ghoryandistrict in Herat province. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attackand added that they had capturedthe checkpoint. However, the policecommander of Border Brigade No.4rejected the claim that the attackershad captured the checkpoint,asserting that they fled afterreinforcements arrived.

18-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb was detonatedoutside a high school in Baghdad'sal-Jadida district, wounding twonearby civilians. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and students and teachers inparticular, are frequent in Iraq.

18-Nov-07


1 1 A roadside bomb was discovered inTikrit and police dispatched a teamof explosive experts to defuse it. Asthey were attempting to do so, thebomb detonated, killing one policeofficer and wounding a member ofthe bomb defusing team. Attacks onpolice are frequent in Iraq.

18-Nov-07

Amara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen ambushed apoliceman, killing him along with acivilian in Amara, a city in southernIraq. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

18-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives16 3 A booby-trapped car exploded inMosul, killing three civilians andwounding sixteen others. Four ofthose wounded were police officers.The attack, which took place in in Al-Dawasa neighborhood, detonated asa police patrol was passing by.Attacks on police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

18-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives20 10 A booby-trapped car exploded inBaghdad's Karrada neighborhood,killing ten civilians and woundingtwenty others. The attack, whichtook place in Al-Hurriyah Square,targeted the convoy of one of thedeputies of the minister of finance.The deputy minister escaped unhurt.Attacks on important national andlocal political leaders are common inIraq.NOTE: The UPI report the nextday upped the death toll to ten.

18-Nov-07

Khalis Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Three civilians were wounded whenan improvised explosive deviceexplosion rocked a fuel station in Al-Khalis. Attacks on oil installationsand fuel installations are common inIraq.

18-Nov-07

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 A police officer was wounded whengunmen attacked a police trainingcenter, roughly eight kilometersnorth of Basra. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.

18-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnapped twobrothers in western Kirkuk's AlShuhada neighborhood. According tothe AFP write-up of the incident, thetwo brothers were working at an Iraqimilitary base. Attacks on Iraqis whocooperate with the occupationforces, the Iraqi military, and thegovernment of Iraq are common inIraq.

18-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedan elderly Muslim couple in theirhome in southern Thailand's restiveYala province. Agence France Pressestates that southern Thailand'sseparatist rebels are suspected.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Nov-07

Bannu Pakistan Unknown Unknown0 0 Unknown militants abducted a sub-engineer from the Community UpliftDepartment in Bannu in the North-West Frontier Province.

19-Nov-07

North-WestFrontierProvince

Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown militants abducted apolitical tehsildar from Nawagai townin Bajaur Agency in the North-WestFrontier Province early on themorning of November 19. Thetehsildar was abducted along withseven security personnel. In additionto the tehsildar, three otherpersonnel involved with levies werealso abducted. Districts in Pakistanare divided into tehsils. A tehsildar isan administrative officer responsiblefor obtaining taxes from a particulartehsil.

19-Nov-07


Pakistan Unknown Explosives1 1 A high-intensity bomb exploded atthe security room of a cellular phonetower in Naryab, about 10 miles (13km) from Peshawar in the North-WestFrontier Province. The security guardand his son were in the room whenthe bomb exploded. The guard wasinstantly killed and his son sustainedserious injuries.

19-Nov-07


Pakistan Taliban Other 0 3 The Taliban beheaded three truckdrivers near Darra Adamkhel inOrakzai agency in the North-WestFrontier Province. The Talibankidnapped them on the evening ofNovember 18 when they werepassing through the Darra Adamkhelbazaar to neighboring Kurramagency. According to Dawn, thebeheadings appear to be revenge forsectarian killings in Parachinar inKurram agency.

19-Nov-07


Pakistan Taliban Firearms6 0 A mosque in the Darra Adamkehlbazaar was attacked when Zuhrprayers were in progress. 6 peoplewere injured. Tribesmen chased theattackers, killing one and arrestingthe other. Later, the Taliban took thebody of the dead attacker away fromthe hospital to which it was taken.The attack came shortly after anincident in which the Talibanbeheaded three truck drivers nearDarra Adamkhel.

19-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives7 7 A suicide bomber targeted U.S.troops as they were handing out toysto Iraqi children in Baquba. Theattack claimed the lives of three ofthe kids and three of the soldiers. Inaddition, the attack wounded sevenchildren. Aside from the soldiers, allof the victims were aged from six totwelve. The attacker wore a bombvest. Attacks on U.S. militarypersonnel, though rarely counted inthe database, are extremely commonin Iraq. In the case of this attack, thesoldiers were not deployed as part ofa combat operation.

19-Nov-07

Albu-Jawari

Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A car bomb targeted the home apolice officer in the village of Albu-Jawari, just outside of the town ofBeiji in Iraq's Salahudin province.The attack injured five members ofthe policeman's family. While thepoliceman himself was unharmed bythe blast, the explosion damaged anumber of nearby houses. Attackson police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

19-Nov-07

Hillah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Insurgents targeted the convoy ofAbu Ahmed al-Basri, an advisor toPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, with aremote-detonated explosive device.No injuries were reported, and al-Basri survived the attack. Attacks onprominent local and national politicalfigures are common in Iraq.

19-Nov-07


4 3 Three children were killed and fourothers were wounded when militantsdetonated a bomb at a soccer field inBaqubah. The bombing occurred aschildren were playing soccer near apublic playground. This was thesecond attack on Iraqi children thatday.

19-Nov-07

ZaghinyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Insurgents attacked a police stationin Zaghaniyah, a town just south ofBaquba, killing three police officers.Attacks on police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

19-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 One Iraqi police officer was shot andkilled and two others were woundedin a drive-by shooting in Mosul. Theunidentified gunmen opened fire at acheckpoint. Attacks on police forcesare common throughout Iraq.

19-Nov-07


7 1 A roadside bomb exploded near asmall bus in eastern Baghdad'sBaladiyat district. The attack killedone civilian and wounded sevenothers. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq andoften have sectarian motivations.

19-Nov-07

Fallujah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 1 Insurgents placed a bomb inside thecar of a police officer in Fallujah anddetonated the bomb, killing theofficer, Jamal Falij. In addition to hisdeath, two other officers werewounded in the attack as well.Attacks on police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

19-Nov-07

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Insurgents attempted to assassinateMuhammad Umar Habeb, the mayorof Mogadishu and governor ofBanaadir Region, with a roadsidebomb. The explosion rocked hisconvoy, which was passing throughthe outskirts of Mogadishu inCeelasha Biyaha. However, thegovernor survived the attack.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

19-Nov-07

MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Unknown0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementtook credit for an attack against theAfrican Union peacekeeping forcesstationed near the former EgyptianEmbassy building. A similar attackwas staged on October 24, 2007.The peacekeepers, entirelyUgandans, have frequently beentargeted since being deployed toSomalia in March of 2007.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

19-Nov-07

KrongPinang

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda husband and wife who were leavinga rubber plantation in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. Attacks on the rubberindustry are common in Thailand asit is a key part of the country'seconomy. In fact, this was thesecond such attack in the same day.Islamic insurgents are suspected asdrive-by shootings remain a keytactic in their low-level insurgency.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-five year old Muslim religiousteacher in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Nov-07

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-two year old Muslim man insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Thailand'ssouthern Islamic separatists aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda rubber plantation worker insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Krong Pinang-Keeyor wasshot and killed outside his home andfound at the rubber plantation wherehe worked. Attacks on the rubberindustry are common in southernThailand as it is an important part ofthe country's economy.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-Nov-07


7 2 A car bomb struck a police patrol inBaghdad's Baya district, killing twopeople and wounding seven others.Attacks on police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

20-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unknown gunmen shot and killed anofficial working for the Iraqigovernment's Geological Surveyalong with a passenger riding in thesame car. According to newspaperaccounts, the gunmen sprayed thecar with bullets and fled. Attacks ongovernment employees are commonin Iraq.

20-Nov-07

Samarra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Police discovered the body of akidnapped Iraqi police major nearSamarra. Major Saad Jumaa waskidnapped on Monday, November19th. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

20-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents fired mortars into theGreen Zone in Baghdad. The GreenZone houses a good deal of U.S.military forces, important diplomats,and much of the Iraqi nationalgovernment. Attacks on the GreenZone are common in Iraq.

20-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unknown gunmen shot and killed twocivilians in western Baghdad's HayDragh neighborhood. Newspaperaccounts implied that the gunmenwere targeting these civiliansspecifically.

21-Nov-07

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives22 6 A suicide bomber detonated his carbomb at a police checkpoint outsidea courthouse in Ramadi. The attackkilled six people and left at leasttwenty-two others wounded. Threeof those killed were police officers,while the rest were civilians. Thiswas the first attack in months on thisSunni stronghold. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.

21-Nov-07


3 0 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Baghdad's al-Mansourdistrict. The blast resulted in thewounding of three officers and agreat deal of damage to nearbyvehicles and shops. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

21-Nov-07

SulaimaniyahIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 Two simultaneous improvisedexplosive devices detonated underthe car of the head of politicalprisoners in Sulaimaniyah city,injuring his legs. Attacks onprominent local and national politicalfigures are common in Iraq.

21-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A suicide truck bomber detonated hisvehicle outside the home of a triballeader in Mosul who was overseeinglocal policing efforts in hisneighborhood. According tonewspaper accounts, the sheikh'ssecurity guards opened fire on thedriver, killing him and forcing him todetonate his explosives early,ultimately preventing greater loss oflife. Attacks on tribal leaders whocooperate with the Iraqi governmentor the U.S. military are commonthroughout Iraq.

21-Nov-07

MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Unknown gunmen attacked a policepatrol in Muqdadiyah, a city justnorth of Baghdad. The ensuingfirefight claimed the lives of fourpolice officers. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

21-Nov-07

MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Firearms0 1 Farid Babayev, a candidate in theDecember 2 Duma elections, wasshot by unidentified gunmen lateWednesday night in the entryway ofhis apartment building inMakhachkala. He was shot fourtimes, including at least once in thehead, and died of his wounds onSaturday, November 24.Babayev,known for speaking out againsthuman rights abuses, organizingprotests, and criticizing regionalauthorities, led the liberal Yablokoparty's ticket in Dagestan for theupcoming elections.

22-Nov-07

Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Other 0 1 Taliban insurgents murdered apoliceman whom they had abductedthree days back. A doctor in a Ghaznicivil hospital said that the policemanseems to have been hanged byribbons. The policeman's body wasfound in Moqor district in Ghazniprovince according to the province'spolice chief.

22-Nov-07

Paktia AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Taliban insurgents shot and killedtwo policemen in Yousfkhel district ofPaktia province in the morning. Thesecurity chief in the provincial policeheadquarters said that the policemenwere guarding the tankers supplyingfuel to the foreign military forces inthe province.

22-Nov-07

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed apolice officer in a drive-by shooting incentral Kut. Attacks on police forcesare common throughout Iraq.

22-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives12 2 A suicide car bomber slammed into apolice patrol in Mosul's Mansourneighborhood. The attack, whichdamaged nearby shops and vehicles,also killed two civilians and woundedtwelve other people. Attacks onpolice forces are common throughoutIraq.NOTE: The Reuters write-uplisted the attack as having killed twocivilians while the Xinhua write-uponly listed one.

22-Nov-07

JisrDiyala


2 0 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Jisr Diyala, wounding twopolice officers and damaging theirvehicle. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

22-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents lobbed two mortars intothe Green Zone, which housesimportant U.S. military personnel,major embassies, and much of theIraqi federal government. There wasno report of any casualties orproperty damage. Attacks on theGreen Zone are common in Iraq.

22-Nov-07

Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killedWahab Jabur Haloub, a formermember of the Baath party insouthern Najaf's al Mualimeen area.Attacks on former Baath partymembers are common in Iraq.

22-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed amember of a local municipal councilin Kirkuk. Attacks on prominent localand national political figures arecommon in Iraq.

22-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A number of teenagers onmotorbikes lobbed a grenade apolice checkpoint in westernBaghdad's Yarmouk area, injuringone officer. Attacks on police forcesare common throughout Iraq.

22-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Police discovered the decapitatedbody of a university professor fromTikrit in Mosul. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and students and teachers inparticular, are frequent in Iraq.

22-Nov-07


3 0 A roadside bomb explosion targetinga police vehicle in Mosul woundedthree officers. The attack took placein the industrial area near Al Shirqat.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

22-Nov-07


3 0 A roadside bomb explosion struck apolice patrol in Baghdad's Al Tobchineighborhood. The attack injuredone policeman and two civilians.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

22-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb explosion rocked abus in Baghdad's Al Talbiyahneighborhood, injuring two civilians.According to newspaper accounts,the bomb targeted the bus. Attackson transportation networks arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

22-Nov-07

Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen on a motorbikeshot and killed an interpreter nearhis home in Kut. Attacks onindividuals who work with U.S. forcesor the Iraqi government are commonin Iraq.

22-Nov-07

VladikavkazRussia Unknown Explosives13 5 An explosion destroyed a bus, killingfive people and wounding thirteen,as it entered an examination area atthe checkpoint between NorthOssetia and Kabardino-Balkaria. Thebus, which was carrying around 30passengers, was en route from theCaucasian spa resort of Pyatigorsk tothe capital of North Ossetia,Vladikavkaz. The InvestigationsCommittee reported that the devicewas a case-less explosive, equivalentto 350 to 500 grams of TNT.

22-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-two year old Muslim man insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. The victim was in front ofhis house when he was killed.Thailand's southern Islamicinsurgents are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

22-Nov-07

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 3 (1st of 2 attacks)Unidentifiedgunmen shot and killed a pickuptruck full of three people in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.Four gunmen on motorbikes shotPiphat Nisawaanutharapan alongwith two female colleagues at closerange with a M16 rifle and a pistol.Following this attack, they planted abomb inside the truck.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

22-Nov-07

Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 (2nd of 2 attacks)Unidentifiedgunmen shot and killed a pickuptruck full of three people in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.Four gunmen on motorbikes shotPiphat Nisawaanutharapan alongwith two female colleagues at closerange with a M16 rifle and a pistol.Following this attack, they planted abomb inside the truck. Theinsurgents then detonated this bombas forensic experts arrived on thescene of the shooting. The resultingexplosion severely injured oneofficer. Authorities believe that thebomb was detonated remotely.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

22-Nov-07

KidapawanCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives5 1 Insurgents detonated a bomb insideof a shopping mall in Kidapawan Cityin North Cotabato. The attack killedat least one person and left at leastfive others wounded. The bomb washidden at the baggage check-incounter near the entrance of themall. There was no immediate reportas to whether the bomb wasdetonated with a timer or not. Thisattack comes a month after a muchlarger bomb attack on anothershopping mall.

23-Nov-07

KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 7 Taliban insurgents attacked a policepost in Kandahar province early onNovember 23. The insurgents killedseven policemen. The six otherpolicemen who were at the post wentmissing. The police post was locatedin the Chargholba area of Arghandabdistrict. Police commander AbdulHakim Jan, who is in charge ofseveral posts in the area where theattack took place, claimed that thesix missing policemen were capturedby the attackers. A report by AfghanIslamic Press quoted Jan as sayingthat the attack occurred in theChargholba area. The main Talibanspokesman, Yousuf Ahmadi,confirmed that the Taliban carriedout the attack, claiming that theattackers had killed all the policemenwho were at the post. The Talibanoften exaggerate casualty figures.Small police posts in remote areas ofAfghanistan are among the Taliban'smain targets.

23-Nov-07

Kunar AfghanistanUnknown Other 0 0 A rocket landed on a civilian house inKunar province. The house is locateda couple hundred yards away fromthe office of the governor of Kunarprovince. Five children and twowomen were injured in the attack.Kunar's provincial police chief toldAgence France Presse that thegovernor's office was the apparenttarget of the attack.

23-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a police patrol anddetonated it, killing five people andwounding ten others. Of the fivekilled, two were police officers. Anumber of cars were set on fire and anumber nearby buildings weredamaged in the attack. This attackwas coordinated with a secondattack in which a remote-detonatedbomb was set off as more policeforces arrived on the scene toinspect the cars in the original blast.This second attack claimed two livesand left eleven others wounded. Thetwo people killed were both policeofficers, while the eleven woundedwere all civilians.Attacks on policeforces, including coordinated attackssuch as this, are common in Iraq.

23-Nov-07


11 2 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a police patrol anddetonated it, killing five people andwounding ten others. Of the fivekilled, two were police officers. Anumber of cars were set on fire and anumber nearby buildings weredamaged in the attack. This attackwas coordinated with a secondattack in which a remote-detonatedbomb was set off as more policeforces arrived on the scene toinspect the cars in the original blast.This second attack claimed two livesand left eleven others wounded. Thetwo people killed were both policeofficers, while the eleven woundedwere all civilians.Attacks on policeforces, including coordinated attackssuch as this, are common in Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Kufa Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Abdul-Wahab Jabr Halloub, a formerBaath party member who had beenworking for the U.S. consulate as alegal coordinator, was shot and killedby unknown gunmen in Kufa. Bothattacks on former Baath partymembers and attacks on individualswho cooperate with U.S. forces or theIraqi government are commonthroughout Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen attempted toassassinate Abdul-Wahid Te'ma andhis wife, both of whom are journalistsin Iraq, as they were getting intotheir car in Baghdad's Karradadistrict. Both survived the attack,though. Attacks on journalists arecommon throughout Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Jurf al-Sakhar

Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A parked car bomb exploded nearthe Atta Allah mosque, killing twoworshippers and wounding twoothers. Attacks on important religiousinstitutions are common in Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A truck bomb exploded in the middleof the Al-Qayara bridge, splitting thebridge into two parts. The bridgewas very important as it connectedQayara district with Mosul. Therewere no reported casualties in theattack. Attacks on transportationnetworks are frequent in Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Balad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 A roadside bomb struck a policevehicle in Balad, a town just north ofBaghdad, wounding four policemen.Attacks on police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives7 5 A suicide car bomber drove hisvehicle into a police patrol insouthern Mosul's Al-Mithaqneighborhood, killing five people andwounding seven others. Of thosekilled, two were police officers. Thiswas the first of two suicide bombattacks against policemen in Mosulthat day.Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives14 4 A suicide car bomber rammed his carinto a police patrol in central Mosul'sAl-Baath neighborhood, killing fourpolice officers and fourteen otherpeople nearby. This was the secondsuicide bomb attack in Mosul thatday.Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

23-Nov-07

Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Unknown gunmen shot and killed twoworshippers who were leaving amosque in Hillah, a city roughly onehundred kilometers south ofBaghdad. In addition, three otherswere wounded in the attack. Attackson religious figures and institutionsare common in Iraq and often havesectarian motives.

23-Nov-07

Babil Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 An improvised explosive devicedetonated inside a minibus in Babil'sAl Musaieb neighborhood. Accordingto reports, the bomb targetedcivilians onboard the bus. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

24-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb detonated inwestern Mosul's al-Zanijilineighborhood, wounding one policeofficer and a nearby civilian. Attackson police forces are commonthroughout Iraq.

24-Nov-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives56 15 Militants planted a bomb packed withball bearings in a box of small birdsand detonated it at a crowded petmarket in Baghdad. The attack killedat least fifteen people and woundedat least fifty-six others, making it thedeadliest attack Iraq has seen in overtwo months. Attacks on markets arecommon in Iraq, but attacks of thismagnitude had not been seen sincelate summer.The attack targeted apopular market that had onlyrecently began attracting swaths oftourists as the security situationimproved. Shortly after the attack,the U.S. blamed Shiite insurgentswho had broken away from Muqtadaal-Sadr's Mahdi army as beingresponsible. In addition to this claim,the U.S. also accused of Iran ofbacking these militants.

24-Nov-07

TuzKhormato

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police discovered the body of akidnapped police officer with gunshotwounds two days after he waskidnapped in Tuz Khormato. Attackson police officers are commonthroughout Iraq.

24-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb struck a patrol withIraqi Interior Ministry's anti-crimeunit. The attack wounded two of theunit's members. Attacks on securityforces and government employeesare common throughout Iraq.

24-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb detonated close toa police patrol in downtownBaghdad's Park al-Sa'doonneighborhood. The attack woundedtwo officer and damaged theirvehicle. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.

24-Nov-07

Shurgat Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

15 1 A parked car bomb exploded near apolice patrol in Shurqat, a citynorthwest of Baghdad. The attackkilled one police officer and woundedfifteen others. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.

24-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a member ofthe local council in Al Riyadh, KhamisRodhan Saleem. Attacks onprominent local and national politicalfigures are common in Iraq.

24-Nov-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen kidnapped the sonof the assistant to the Diyala policechief. Attacks on police forces andtheir families are common in Iraq.

24-Nov-07


0 0 Militants detonated a roadside bombagainst a local anti-al Qaeda groupnear Samarra. Attacks on suchgroups have grown increasinglycommon throughout Iraq.

24-Nov-07

Samarra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

11 3 A police patrol was rocked by a carbomb explosion in Samarra, a citynorth of Baghdad. The blast killedthree police officers and wounded atleast eleven others. Attacks onpolice forces are common throughoutIraq.

24-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-three year old man justoutside of a teashop in southernThailand's restive Yala province.Attacks on commonly frequentedrecreational venues, like tea shops,are common in southern Thailand.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-five year old Muslim man justoutside of his home in southernThailand's restive Yala province.Thailand's southern Islamicinsurgents are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Nov-07

Ghowr AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Masuma Anwari, head of theWomen's Affairs Department ofGhowr province survived a grenadeattack at her house. Unidentifiedindividuals threw hand grenades intothe house, destroying a vehicle andsmashing windowpanes. Anwari wasnot hurt. She said that she has beenreceiving threats from unknownindividuals over the telephone. Inaddition, she said that a month priorto the attack, unidentified men threwgrenades into her office during aconference. No one was hurt in thatattack, as well. November 25 is theInternational Day for the Eliminationof Violence Against Women. The daywas observed in Kabul and otherAfghan provinces.

25-Nov-07

Chino AfghanistanUnknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Unidentified individuals beheaded aman by the name of Nabi in Jaghatodistrict in Wardag province in centralAfghanistan. The man is claimed tohave been killed on the charge ofspying for government forces.According to Muhammad Karim, wholives in the area in which the attackoccurred, Nabi was 'involved inseveral criminal cases, and the localswere fed up with him.' Karim saidthat the attackers stormed intoNabi's house in Chino village on thenight of November 25. Theadministrative chief of Jaghatodistrict believes that the attack wascommitted by the Taliban.

25-Nov-07

GuwahatiIndia Unknown Explosives0 1 Twin blasts at the same location inthe city of Guwahati in eastern Indiakilled one person. On the previousday, violent clashes betweensupporters of the Adivasi StudentsAssociation and locals left one persondead and 240 persons injured. Thestudent organization had called for a36 hour closure strike [Assam bandh]on November 19. The Indian armyand paramilitary forces were calledin to control the situation and acurfew was imposed.

25-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed aguard outside the headquarters ofthe Sunni Islamic Party in Mosul.This attack probably had sectarianmotivations.

25-Nov-07

Basra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 1 A roadside bomb struck a vehiclethat was transporting workers for anIranian firm in Diyala province.Attacks on businesses, especiallythose that do reconstruction work,are common in Iraq. According tonewspaper accounts, the bombtargeted the vehicle. This attackmay have had sectarian motivations.

25-Nov-07

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed anemployee working for the local Basracriminal court in Basra as he wasleaving the building. Attacks ongovernment employees are frequentin Iraq.

25-Nov-07

UmQasr

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed alocal Iraqi employee working for aforeign company in Um Qasr, a cityroughly fifty-eight kilometers southof Basra. Attacks on businesses,especially those that doreconstruction work, are common inIraq.

25-Nov-07

UnknownIraq IslamicState ofIraq

Firearms0 9 The Islamic State of Iraq posted avideo in which it shows members ofits group executing nine bound andblindfolded members of the interiorministry. In the video, each of thegovernment employees is shot in thehead in an outdoor area. There wasno date provided for when the actualincident took place. It was posted on11/25/2007, though.Attacks onmembers of government arecommon throughout Iraq.

25-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb was detonated nearthe College of Management andEconomics in northern Baghdad'sWaziriyah neighborhood. Shortlyafter the attack, Iraqi army arrivedon the scene and was promptly hit bya second bomb. Coordinated attackssuch as this are common throughoutIraq.

25-Nov-07


31 9 A parked car bomb detonated in aparking lot near a major medicalcenter in Baghdad, killing at leastnine people and wounding thirty-oneothers. The attack took place in acrowded section of central Baghdad'sBab al-Muadham neighborhood,which houses both the HealthMinistry and the central morgue.Large-scale bombings of civilianshave quieted somewhat since thesurge, but this was the second largebombing in a crowded public area inthe past two days.

25-Nov-07

BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Explosives3 0 An explosion rocked the Somalitransitional federal governmentheadquarters in Baydhabo,southwestern Somalia, woundingthree civilians. The attack took placeat a time in which Somalia'spresident and prime minister were inthe area.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

26-Nov-07

UnknownAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 4 Four civilians riding in a taxi cabwere killed when the vehicle struck aroadside landmine on the morning ofNovember 26.The explosion occurredin a bazaar in the Charasiab districtof Kabul province. Police are unsurewhether the mine had been plantedrecently or was a war-era bomb. Theexplosion follows a suicide bombingin the town of Paghman in westernKabul province on November 24. Atleast nine people, including anInternational Security AssistanceForce soldier and three children,were killed in the attack.

26-Nov-07


2 0 A roadside bomb exploded inBaghdad's Zafaraniyahneighborhood, wounding twocivilians. According to newspaperaccounts, the bomb targeted thecivilians specifically. This attack mayhave had sectarian motivations.

26-Nov-07

BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Explosives11 1 Unidentified gunmen assaulted apolice station and a police vehicle inBaydhabo, killing one and woundingeleven others. The assailants usedhand grenades in their assault, atypical tactic in Somalia's ongoinginsurgency. The deceased was acivilian woman nearby the scene ofthe attack. Civilians are clearlybearing the brunt of Somalia'sconflict.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

27-Nov-07

Farah AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 2 Taliban insurgents ambushedpolicemen in Farah Rod district ofFarah province late at night onNovember 27. Two policemen werekilled and four went missing. TheTaliban confirmed the attack andclaimed that the insurgentskidnapped eight policemen after theclash. An official in the western zonepolice headquarters told PajhowkAfghan News that the police shotdead two insurgents during thefirefight triggered by the attack.

27-Nov-07

UnknownAfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 4 A civilian bus hit a mine in Kandaharprovince in southern Afghanistan.Four passengers were killed and fiveothers were wounded by the blast.The five injured individuals were allchildren. The explosion occurred inthe afternoon. According to a reportby Afghanistan's Arzu TV, theKandahar provincial security chiefwould not say if the mine had beenplanted recently or had been plantedfurther in the past. The Arzu TVreport also mentioned that apurported Taliban spokesmanclaimed responsibility for thatexplosion and another one thatoccurred in Kandahar province'sDand district on the same day .

27-Nov-07

Herat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 0 An explosion outside of provincialofficial Maria Bashir's house in Heratcity wounded two policemen (Xinhuareported that the two woundedindividuals were security guards).Bashir is the head of Herat province'sprosecution office. Pajhowk AfghanNews has reported that Bashir saidthat she had been threatened withdire consequences several timesover the last six months. Bashir saidthese [assailants] are people whoresist the enforcement of law, but Iremain committed to combatingcorruption, proceeding against lawviolators and serving the masses.The Taliban spokesman claimedTaliban fighters carried out theattack. Herat city is the capital inHerat province in westernAfghanistan.

27-Nov-07

Tuzla Bosnia-Herzegovina

Unknown Explosives0 0 Three M-57 hand grenades werethrown into a coffee bar earlyTuesday morning in Tuzla. The bar,Madona, is owned by a localpoliceman.Only one grenadeexploded, damaging windows andequipment in the bar. Unofficialreports indicate that the grenadesmay have been thrown by individualsconnected to a criminal group inretaliation for the bar owner'sinvolvement in the arrests ofmembers of the group.

27-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives13 9 While posing as a sheppard, a suicidebomber detonated his explosive beltat a police headquarters in Baquba.The attack killed six and wounded atleast thirteen others. Four of thosekilled and six of those wounded werepolice officers. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.Following the blast, three womenwere killed in random gunfire.

27-Nov-07

Hawijah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed apolice officer in a drive-by shooting inHawijah, a city just southwest ofKirkuk. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

27-Nov-07


3 0 A roadside bomb detonated near theAmara bus station in Baghdad'sKarrada neighborhood. The attackinjured three civilians. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

27-Nov-07

Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killedAhmed Hassan, the mayor of Al-Zihour neighborhood in Tikrit.According to police reports, his killersused silencers on their guns. Attackson important local and nationalpoliticians are common in Iraq.

27-Nov-07

Grozny Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A homemade bomb concealed in apile of household trash wasdiscovered and disarmed by police inGroznyy's Oktyabrskiy Districtaccording to the Chechen InteriorMinistry. An investigation isunderway.Political murders,bombings, and other violencebetween Russian police forces andChechen separatists continue toundermine stability in Chechnya,though violence is becomingincreasingly sporadic.

27-Nov-07



0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for detonating a bombnear a police vehicle at the al-Bakaraintersection in Mogadishu. Accordingto a statement posted on theirwebsite, all aboard were killed.However, they did not specify theexact number of those killed. Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

27-Nov-07

UnknownSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives5 3 The Mujahideen Youth Movementattacked a group of policemen alongSenay road in Somalia. According toa claim posted on their website, theykilled three officers are wounded fiveothers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Somalia.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with the(UIC).

27-Nov-07

UnknownSomalia Unknown Explosives0 2 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for an attack against aSomali police headquarters.According to a claim posted on theirwebsite, the group hurled grenadesat the station resulting in the deathsof two police officers. Attacks onpolice forces are common throughoutSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

27-Nov-07

NigerDelta


Firearms0 0 Gunmen with the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attempted to kidnap theSecretary to Ondo State, IsaacKekemeke in the Niger Delta. Theattack was committed by a numberof armed youths who are affiliatedwith MEND. The attack failed asKekemeke escaped. This was thesecond kidnapping operationtargeting Kekemeke this month.

28-Nov-07

Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Two unidentified gunmen killed ahigh school principal while he was onthe way to his office in easternAfghanistan's Khost province. Theattack happened around 7 am inDwamanda district.

28-Nov-07

Dand AfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 0 An explosion in Dand district ofKandahar province in southernAfghanistan wounded at least threepeople according to the Kandaharprovincial security chief. A purportedTaliban spokesman claimedresponsibility for that explosion andanother one that occurred nearZherai district in Kandahar provinceon the same day.

28-Nov-07

Herat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 0 Two grenade explosions werereported from different parts of Heratcity. The explosions occurred afteranother explosion took place in frontof attorney Maria Bashir's house,injuring two policemen. The Talibanspokesman claimed that Talibanfighters were responsible for theexplosions.

28-Nov-07


3 0 A roadside bomb detonated in nearAl Shurta tunnel in western Baghdad,wounding three civilians. Accordingto newspaper accounts, the bombtargeted these civilians specifically.This attack may have had sectarianmotivations.

28-Nov-07

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen attacked andsubsequently occupied a policestation in Mogadishu's Madinaneighborhood. Attacks on policeforces are common throughoutSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

28-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 (1st of 6 attacks)Insurgents plantedsix bombs throughout southernThailand's restive Yala province anddetonated five of them. The firstblast took place at 8:40 AM near acar showroom at a busy intersection.Police dispatched a bomb disposalsquad. However, the bombdetonated as the authorities arrivedon the scene.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (2nd of 6 attacks)Insurgents plantedsix bombs throughout southernThailand's restive Yala province anddetonated them. The second bombfailed to detonate. It was plantedinside of a house along Tethsaban 6road and was discovered an hourafter the first blast.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Nov-07


0 0 (3rd of 6 attacks)Insurgents plantedsix bombs throughout southernThailand's restive Yala province anddetonated them. The third bombtargeted the offices of the SouthernBorder Provinces AdministrationCentre. Insurgents placed a twokilogram bomb underneath a pickuptruck of one of the employees of theoffice. The bomb was thendetonated in a car park near theoffices. There were no reports of anycasualties.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Nov-07

Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (4th of 6 attacks)Insurgents plantedsix bombs throughout southernThailand's restive Yala province anddetonated them. The fourth blasttook place at a motorcycle showroomalong Siroros road. The blastdestroyed three vehicles, but therewere no reports of any casualties.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Nov-07


0 0 (5th of 6 attacks)Insurgents plantedsix bombs throughout southernThailand's restive Yala province anddetonated them. The fifth blast tookplace alongside Pipathpakdi road in ashop. A nearby shop's ownerreceived a warning call and everyonewas evacuated before the bombdetonated. There were nocasualties.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Nov-07


0 0 (6th of 6 attacks)Insurgents plantedsix bombs throughout southernThailand's restive Yala province anddetonated them. The sixth blast tookplace at Yala Changlee school.According to the Bangkok Post, therewere no casualties in this attack.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

29-Nov-07

VladikavkazRussia Unknown Unknown1 0 Vladimir Kodzoyev, the deputy headof the Vladikavkaz housing andutilities committee, was wounded inhis thigh while near his house inVladikavkaz. In a televised address,the head of the Vladikavkaz cityadministration linked the incident tothe upcoming December 2 electionand warned that such incidents mayoccur again as the electionapproaches. Police are investigatingthe incident.

29-Nov-07

Dour Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed theson of Sheikh Damin Al-Ajeel nearwhile he was in his car near Tikrit. Itis believed that the actual target ofthe attack was his father, who wasone of the Sahwa Sheikhs. Attackson sheikhs and important triballeaders tribal leaders are common inIraq. This attack also may have hadsectarian motivations.

29-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Unknown gunmen shot and woundedAmar Mohammad Al-Hamadani, thedistrict mayor of Hawijah, while hewas in his convoy returning to hishome in Hawijah. He was leftwounded by the attack and one of hisguards was killed. Attacks onprominent national and local politicalfigures are common in Iraq.

29-Nov-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Unknown gunmen opened fire onHamid Ibrahim, the head of Hibhibpolice forces in Baquba. WhileIbrahim escaped the attackunscathed, the gunmen woundedtwo of his guards. Attacks on policeforces are common throughout Iraq.

29-Nov-07


5 0 A roadside bomb struck a minibusnear a hospital in central Baghdad,wounding five people. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations. Recently, Iraq has seena spate of attacks on minibuses inparticular.

29-Nov-07


2 0 Two policemen were wounded whena car bomb detonated near them ineastern Mosul. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

29-Nov-07


6 0 A roadside bomb detonated next to aminibus carrying passengers onPalestine street in east Baghdad.This was the second attack on aminibus that day in Baghdad.Attacks on transportation networksare frequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations. Recently, Iraqhas seen a spate of bomb attacksagainst minibuses.

29-Nov-07

Shurgat Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 A car bomb detonated near a policevehicle in Al Shirqat, a city in Ninawaprovince. Four police officers werekilled in the attack. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

29-Nov-07

Balcad Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAhmad Hassan Kofi, a businessleader with NationLink, a Somalicompany. According to newspaperaccounts, Kofi was shot in hiscompany's headquarters.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

29-Nov-07

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda sixty-year old farmer as he wasriding his motorbike home from work.Thailand's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Nov-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown gunmen bombed a gasstation in eastern Mosul but did notcause any casualties. Attacks on oiland gas infrastructure are commonin Iraq.

30-Nov-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed arestaurant owner in Kirkuk. Attackson restaurants, especially those thatcater to foreigners are common inIraq.

30-Nov-07

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedSalah Nur Ahmad, a member of theBoondheere district administration inMogadishu. Attacks on governmentofficials are common throughoutSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

1-Dec-07 GhalebiehIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 A roadside bomb attack woundedfour tribal sheikhs in Ghalbiya, atown near Baquba. The intendedtarget of the attack was actually apolice convoy. No police officerswere reported to have been hurt inthis incident. Attacks targetingpolice forces are common in Iraq.

1-Dec-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda police officer as he was in front ofhis home in eastern Mosul. Attackson police forces are common in Iraq.

1-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 3 An improvised explosive devicedetonated near a police patrol innorthern Baghdad's Al-Shaabneighborhood, killing threepolicemen. Attacks on police forcesare common in Iraq.


0 0 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in western Baghdad'sMansour neighborhood. There wereno casualties reported after theattack. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

1-Dec-07 Najaf Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Police interrupted three men as theywere planting an improvisedexplosive device in a market in Najaf.Officers opened fire on the threemen, killing one and woundinganother. The third perpetratormanaged to escape. Attacks onpublic areas, especially markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

1-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb detonated inside of a taxi insoutheastern Baghdad's al-Jadidadistrict, seriously wounding both thedriver and a passenger. According toXinhua's reporting of the incident,the bomb was left there intentionallyby a previous passenger.

1-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A suicide car bomber detonated hisvehicle near the al-Madain Hospital inBaghdad's Salaman Pak area, killingat least one civilian and woundingfour others. The attack took placealong the main road that linksBaghdad to the south of the country.It has often been the scene ofsectarian violence and terroristattacks.

1-Dec-07 Dwelah Iraq Unknown Firearms6 16 Fifty to sixty Al Qaeda affiliatedmilitants stormed a village in Diyalain a massive attack that left at leastsixteen Iraq dead, six wounded, andtwenty kidnapped. According tonewspaper reports, Dwiliyah villagewas shelled with mortars during theearly morning hours andsubsequently invaded by scores ofgunmen who torched homes, killedcivilians, and forced hundreds to flee.Some civilians fought back, killingthree of the gunmen. Of the thirteencivilians killed, three were childrenand two were women. Thus far, noone has claimed responsibility forthis attack.

1-Dec-07 Amarah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnapped thedean of a technical institute inAmarah, a city in southern Iraq.Attacks on educational institutions ingeneral, and students and teachersin particular, are frequent in Iraq.

1-Dec-07 Babil Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthree people and wounded twoothers when they attacked Al Sameemosque in Al Iskandariyah. Theassailants also kidnapped five others,including a number of importanttribal sheikhs.

1-Dec-07 UntsukulskiyDistrict

Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 Police found and defused anexplosive device containing screwsand bolts. The device, the equivalentof 1.8 kg of TNT, was found at theentrance to an apartment bloc inDagestan's Untsukulskiy District. Lawenforcement officials speculate thatthe bomb may have been anassassination attempt on formerDagestani MP GazimagomedMagomedov, whose apartment islocated on the third floor of thebuilding where the device was found.Violence, ethnic tension, and feudingamong criminal gangs throughoutDagestan and the other NorthernCaucasian Russian republics continueto undermine social, political, andeconomic stability in the region.Victims of local violence tend to bemembers of local police forces, butalso include Dagestani militants,civilians, and federal servicemen andofficials.

1-Dec-07 UnknownSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A roadside bomb targeted thevehicle of Abdullahi Hasan Barise,the police commander for thewestern sector of Banaadir district.Barise survived the attack, and therewere no reports of any othercasualties.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

2-Dec-07 Zabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 0 A pick-up truck carrying policeofficers hit a landmine in the MizanDistrict of Zabul province in westernAfghanistan. The Zabul police chieftold Pajhwok Afghan News that fourofficers were wounded in the blast.According to Pajhwok Afghan News,the injured police officers had beeninvolved in a joint operation withforeign military forces. Attacks onpolice are common in Afghanistan.

2-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedan plain clothes Shiite police officeras they drove through Baghdad's Al-Mansour neighborhood. This attackoccurred roughly ninety minutesafter a bomb exploded in the sameneighborhood, targeting policemenguarding the embassy of the UnitedArab Emirates. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

2-Dec-07 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives laden car near a DiyalaHighway Patrol chief. Newspaperaccounts did not provide any tolls foreither fatalities or injuries. Attackson police forces are common in Iraq.

2-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedKarkh police colonel Aqeel AbdulHussein as he was en route to work.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.


2 2 A roadside bomb detonated inwestern Baghdad's al-Mansourneighborhood, killing two policeofficers and wounding two others.According to newspaper accounts,the policemen were guarding theembassy of the United Arab Emirateswhen the roadside bomb exploded.Attacks on diplomats and embassiesare common in Iraq.


3 1 Militants planted a bomb inside thecar of Ammar Musa Taha al Mosawi,the director of religious education fora large Shiite endowment. The bombwas then detonated, killing oneperson and wounding three others.Mosawi was among those wounded.This attack may have had sectarianmotivations.

2-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A car bomb exploded next to a Shiitemosque in central Baghdad, killingone civilian and injuring at leastthree others. The blast damagedseveral nearby buildings anddestroyed four nearby civilian cars.


0 0 A roadside bomb detonated outsidethe Ministry of Interior in downtownBaghdad, but no casualties werereported. Attacks on governmentemployees and governmentinstitutions are common in Iraq.

2-Dec-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

14 0 A car bomb detonated near thedirectorate of Baquba municipality,injuring fourteen people. Amongthose wounded were three women,three police officers, and eightcivilians. Attacks on prominent stateand local political figures arecommon in Iraq.

2-Dec-07 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 2 A roadside bomb struck a policepatrol in Somalia, wounding five andkilling two. Attacks on police forcesare common throughout Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

2-Dec-07 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Unknown0 1 The Mujahideen Youth Movementposted a statement on their website,claiming credit for the assassinationof Abdullah Boke, a local leader. Mr.Boke was serving as the president ofHawatako neighborhood when hewas killed in al-Bakarah market.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

2-Dec-07 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Unknown0 2 The Mujahideen Youth Movementposted a statement on their website,claiming credit for the assassinationof two transitional federalgovernment intelligence officials.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

2-Dec-07 Rangae Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo civilians alongside a road insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

2-Dec-07 Abra deIlogTown


Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda former member of the NewPeople's Army (NPA) in OccidentalMindoro. The attack took placeinside of a church when two gunmenshot and killed Richard Perlado.Perlado died quickly from multiplegunshot wounds. The authoritieswere fairly certain that the NPA wasbehind the attack.

3-Dec-07 UnknownAfghanistanUnknown Explosives8 4 A suicide attack in the Kashroddistrict of Nimroz province insouthwestern Afghanistan killedthree people and injured eight.Standing in front of a mosque, thebomber rushed toward a vehiclebelonging to the local highwaypolice, detonating a belt carryingexplosives. The provincial policechief told Pajhwok Afghan News thattwo policemen and a pedestrian werekilled and three policemen wereamong the eight wounded. Theattack occurred at 4:30 in theafternoon.Attacks on policepersonnel are common inAfghanistan.

3-Dec-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda sports teacher in front of hisstudents as they were leaving school.The attack, which took placed inBasra, claimed the life of Hamdi AlBasri. Attacks on educationalinstitutions in general, and studentsand teachers in particular, arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 4 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedfour policemen and wounded twoothers when they attacked a policepatrol in southeastern Mosul.Following the attack, U.S. forcesarrived and killed seven of thegunmen. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Hawija Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedSheikh Attalah Iskandar, a localcouncil member for Hawija, alongwith his driver in Hawija. After killingboth men, the attackers set theirbodies on fire. Attacks on bothprominent local and nationalpoliticians are common in Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Riyadh Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedfour policemen during an ambush inRiyadh. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives1 4 A suicide bomber detonated his caras he rammed it into a police patrolin Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthe headmaster of a secondaryschool in Samarra in a drive-byshooting. Attacks on educationalinstitutions in general, and studentsand teachers in particular, arefrequent in Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedMajor-General Fawzi MohammedHussein, a senior adviser to thecurrent Iraqi Interior Minister inwestern Baghdad. In addition,gunmen also wounded Hussein'sdriver in the attack. Attacks onprominent local and national politicalfigures are common in Iraq.


4 2 A roadside bomb detonated near agroup of police officers in Baghdad'sMansour district. The attack killedtwo of the officers and left fourothers wounded. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A professor at the University of Basrawas shot and killed in his home inBasra by unidentified gunmen.Attacks on educational institutions ingeneral, and students and teachersin particular, are frequent in Iraq.

3-Dec-07 Mosul Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 1 A roadside bomb detonated in Mosul,killing one police officer andwounding three nearby civilians.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

3-Dec-07 UnknownIraq Unknown Unknown0 4 Police discovered the mutilatedbodies of four oil facility guards inIraq, who were all kidnapped the daybefore. Attacks on oil industryemployees and oil infrastructure arecommon in Iraq.

4-Dec-07 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedan intelligence official working forDiwaniyah city's intelligence office infront of his home. Attacks ongovernment employees are commonin Iraq.

4-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Unidentified gunmen opened fire onthe home of the Mister of Electricityfor Iraq, Waheed Kareem. Theattack, which took place in easternBaghdad's Zaiyounah neighborhood,left three of the minister's guardswounded. Attacks on important localand national political figures arecommon in Iraq.

4-Dec-07 Jalawla Iraq Unknown Explosives30 8 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosive vest outside a policestation in Jalawla, city northeast ofBaghdad. The attack occurred neara group of police and Kurdish troopswho were gathered outside the maingates of the station. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq. Itshould be noted that this attackoccurred in Diyala province, which,according to newspaper reports, hasseen a substantial drop in violencerecently.

4-Dec-07 Mayo Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled a couple in a drive-by shootingin southern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Dec-07 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

20 6 A remote-detonated bomb explodedjust outside of a crowded restaurantin southern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The attack occurred asinsurgents used a mobile phone todetonate a bomb hidden inside of amotorcycle outside of a porridgerestaurant in the late evening. Twopeople died at the scene of theattack, and four died later in thehospital. Twenty others wereinjured.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Dec-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnapped atruck driver in southern Kirkuk,leaving his truck behind. There wasno other information provided abouteither the driver or his abductors.Kidnappings are common in Iraq.

5-Dec-07 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen ambushed apolice patrol in Muqdadiya, killingone police officer and woundinganother. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Iraq.


2 0 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in western Baghdad'sNosoor square, wounding two of theofficers. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

5-Dec-07 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

15 5 A booby-trapped car bomb explodedin a crowded market in Baquba neara bus station, killing five men andwounding fifteen others. Amongthose wounded were three women,one child, and one policeman. Thisattack comes amidst a wave of largeattacks that have disrupted therelative lull in violence across thecountry.


7 1 A booby-trapped car bomb explodednear a police patrol in Mosul's Al-Dawwasa neighborhood, killing anearby civilian and wounding sevenothers. Attacks targeting policeforces are common in Iraq.

5-Dec-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

10 2 A booby-trapped car bomb explodednear the convoy of Kata Mand, apolice brigadier general and policechief for Suleimaniyah. The attackkilled two people and wounded nineothers, including some his guards. Anumber of Kurdish soldiers who wereguarding the police chief were alsowounded in the attack.


38 18 A booby-trapped car bomb explodedin Baghdad's Karradahneighborhood, a Shiite district thathad been enjoying a relative lull inviolence recently. According toreports, he attack killed eighteenpeople and wounded at least twentyothers. The target, however,remains somewhat unclear. Allreports of the attack not that it tookplace near the Abdul Rasool mosque.This attack comes amidst a slew ofother attacks on the same day thathave disrupted the relative decline inviolence across the country.NOTE:The Associated Press report thefollowing day stated that thirty-eightpeople were wounded in the attack.

5-Dec-07 Choco Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 5 Members of the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)killed five and kidnapped 20peasants in the jungles in Chocoprovince after attacking a lumberoperation in the region.

5-Dec-07 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda man and his teenage son insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected. Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.


5 0 A roadside bomb detonated near AlShaab stadium in Baghdad,wounding five civilians. According tonewspaper accounts, the bombtargeted these civilians specifically.

6-Dec-07 Dhuluiya Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedone police officer and wounded twoothers in Dhuluiya. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

6-Dec-07 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 1 A roadside bomb targeted a policepatrol just outside of Fallujah, killingone officer and wounding threeothers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

6-Dec-07 JisrDiyala


6 0 A roadside bomb detonated in acrowded marketplace insoutheastern Baghdad's Jisr Diyalaarea, wounding six civilians. Theattack also damaged a number ofnearby vehicles. Attacks on publicareas, especially markets, arefrequent in Iraq and often havesectarian motivations.

6-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents fired a Katyusha rocketinto the Green Zone, which housesimportant U.S. military personnel,major embassies, and much of theIraqi federal government. There wasno report of any casualties orproperty damage. Attacks on theGreen Zone are common in Iraq.

6-Dec-07 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda man in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency. Moreover,police believe that the victim was anIslamic militant killed by fellowmilitants in order to prevent himfrom speaking to authorities.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Dec-07 Rangae Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-three year old man in a drive-by shooting at a tea shop in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. In addition, another patronof the teashop was wounded in theattack. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Dec-07 Sulu PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Firearms0 0 Roughly ten insurgents with the AbuSayyaf Group (ASG) peppered avillage in the province of Sulu withgunfire, while targeting the villagechieftain Ahmad Albani. The attackdid not cause any damage, nor did itresult in any injuries or fatalities.

7-Dec-07 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 A Kurdish intelligence officer waswounded when unidentified gunmenarmed with pistols and silencers shothim in downtown Kirkuk. Attacks ongovernmental employees arecommon in Iraq.

7-Dec-07 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated a bomb next anoil pipeline in Baiji, bursting the pipe,and leaking large amounts of crudeoil into the Tigris river. This thenlater polluted drinking water aroundthe area of the attack. Attacks on oilinfrastructure are common in Iraq.

7-Dec-07 Rashad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 A roadside bomb detonated inRashad, a small town south of Kirkuk,wounding five police officers.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

7-Dec-07 Rabia Iraq Unknown Firearms2 4 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedfour local police officers andwounded two others in Rabia, a tinynorthwestern village near the borderwith Syria. Attacks on police forcesare common in Iraq.

7-Dec-07 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 Unidentified gunmen opened fire ona police station in northernBaghdad's Adhemiyah neighborhood,wounding two officers. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

7-Dec-07 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives20 15 A female suicide bomber detonatedher explosives belt outside a tribalawakening council in Muqdadiya, asmall city in Diyala province. Theattack killed at least fifteen peopleand wounded at least twenty more.According to newspaper accounts,the woman was a mother who losttwo sons who were both fighting forAl Qaeda. A tribal awakening councilis a group of sheiks and local triballeaders, predominantly Sunnis, whohave recently allied with U.S. forcesin an attempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraqand other extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.In this case,the specific awakening council wascomprised of members of the 1920Revolution Brigade, a Sunni armythat was once fighting U.S. forces asinsurgents. Recently, though theyhave joined with U.S. forces.

8-Dec-07 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb went off at the GovernmentGirls Middle School in Ahmed Shahvillage near the city of Peshawar innorthwest Afghanistan on the nightof December 8. The building wasdamaged, but there were nocasualties. Prior to the attack,teachers and students at the schoolhad received several letters askingthem to wear veils. This is the secondattack in the Matni police station'spolice region in two weeks. A blasthad damaged the Government GirlsPrimary School in Sher Bahadurvillage on November 26.

8-Dec-07 ShabazGhari

Pakistan Unknown Other 0 0 Unknown individuals attacked theShabaz Ghari police station withrocket launchers and other heavyweapons late on the night ofDecember 8. Officials said that theattackers fired four rockets at thepolice station at around 12:10 am.He added that an exchange of fireensued, lasting for around 20minutes. No casualties werereported. Mardan district in is theNorthwest Frontier Province. InOctober, the Rustam police station inMardan was also attacked.

8-Dec-07 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives44 11 A suicide bomber rammed hisexplosives-laden vehicle into thehome of the anti-terrorism policechief for the town of Baiji in northernIraq. The attack killed eleven peopleand wounded scores more. Thisattack continues the trend of moreterrorist attacks occurring fartherand farther north in the country.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq. This was also the first of twomajor attacks for the day in Baiji.The second involved a suicide truckbomber detonating his vehicle near apolice station.

8-Dec-07 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives16 8 A suicide bomber detonated his truckbomb in the town of Baiji just outsideof a police station, killing eightpeople and wounding at least sixteenothers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.This was the secondof two major attacks in the town thatday. The first involved a suicidebomber driving his explosives-ladenvehicle into the home of the anti-terrorism police chief of the town.Both attacks seem to further to thetrend of an increase in attacks in thenorth of the country.


5 1 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in southwesternBaghdad's neighborhood of Dora.The attack killed one police officerand wounded five others who werenearby. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.


2 0 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in western Baghdad'sHarthiyah neighborhood. The attackwounded two police officers. Attackson police forces are common in Iraq.


0 0 A roadside bomb detonated nearcivilians in a car in Seeha village inwestern Kirkuk. According tonewspaper reports, the bomb wastargeting the civilian car specifically.

8-Dec-07 NumaniyahIraq Unknown Explosives0 4 An explosion killed a local aide toMoqtada al-Sadr along with his wifeand two children in Numaniya, a citysouth of Baghdad. Attacks on al-Sadr's affiliates are not uncommon inIraq. This attack may have hadsectarian motivations.

8-Dec-07 Jolo PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 A small homemade bomb detonatedjust outside of an elections office onthe island of Jolo in the Philippines.Hidden in a trash can outside of theoffice, the bomb did not result in anyinjuries or casualties. The explosiondamaged the building itself, but didnot injure any people.

8-Dec-07 Sai Buri Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Arsonists torched a governmentadministration building in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The attack targeted the offices ofPaseyawo Tambon administrationorganization and damaged a numberof files and computers.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

9-Dec-07 Bara Pakistan Lashkar-e-Islami

Firearms0 1 Members of the Lashkar-e-Islami(Army of Islam) group publiclyexecuted a 45-year old man in theKhyber tribal district for allegedcrimes. The militants caught him at acheck post in the village of Bara.Afterwards, a tribal council held atrial during which locals accused himof kidnapping, murder, theft, robberyand torture. The charged wereproved against him and he wasordered to be executed by firingsquad. His execution was watched byaround 1,500 local people.

9-Dec-07 Swat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 11 A suicide bomber exploded a vehiclenear a highly-guarded checkpoint,killing himself and ten others. Thebomber detonated the explosives inhis vehicle after he was stopped forinspection at a checkpoint on theMatta road in the Ningwalai area ofthe Swat district of the NorthwestFrontier Province. Among the deadwere two children and threepolicemen.


0 0 A roadside bomb targeting themotorcade of the head of the councilfor Nineveh went off in an area justnorth of Mosul. No one was injuredin the explosion. Attacks onprominent local and national politicalfigures are common in Iraq.

9-Dec-07 Hillah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 3 A roadside bomb struck the convoyof Major General Qais al-Mamouri,the police chief for all of centralIraq's Babil province. The blast alsokilled two of al-Mamouri's guards andwounded six others. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

9-Dec-07 Shirqat Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Militants detonated a bomb insidethe home of a local anti-al-Qaedaleader, wounding three of his familymembers. The local leader, however,escaped unscathed. Attacks onlocals who are working against alQaeda are becoming increasinglycommon in Iraq.


1 0 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice vehicle in Kirkuk, woundingone police officer. Attacks on policeforces are common in Iraq.

9-Dec-07 XamarjajabSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Two unidentified gunmen shot andkilled a government officialoverseeing the police training collegein Xamarjajab District in Banaadirregion. Attacks both on governmentofficials and police forces arecommon in Somalia.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with the(UIC).

9-Dec-07 Thepha Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Arsonists torched three classrooms ina school building in southernThailand's Songkhla province. Fourmen armed with petrol lit up BanPruching school Thepha district. Theattack left dozens of studentswithout classrooms.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Dec-07

Kamra Pakistan Unknown Explosives8 1 A suicide bomber in a car blewhimself up near a school bus in thegarrison town of Kamra innorthwestern Pakistan. The bomberwas killed and his car was destroyed.There were about 35 children on thebus and five were injured. Threeadults on the bus were also injured,including a guard. The injuredchildren were children of employeesof Pakistan's air force. Kamra isknown for its air force base andaircraft factories. The bus belongedto the Pakistan AeronauticalComplex, the manufacturing divisionof the air force, and it was carryingthe children to a Pakistan Air Forceschool at the complex. AssociatedPress of Pakistan reported that theexplosion occurred outside a defenseinstallation of the complex. Pakistanis battling pro-Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants in tribal areasbordering Afghanistan. Pakistan'sinterior ministry has accusedmilitants of trying to spread fear anddestabilize society before Pakistanholds elections on January 8.

10-Dec-07

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms4 5 Taliban fighters attacked a policepatrol on the Kandahar-Hearthighway in southern Afghanistan'sKandahar province. According to areport by Afghan Islamic Press, thefirefight that ensued lasted twohours. Five police officers and eightTaliban fighters were killed. Fourpolice officers and five Talibanfighters were wounded. The attackoccurred in Maywand district.

10-Dec-07

BalochistanProvince

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified individuals caused aexplosion in a gas pipeline inBalochistan province on theafternoon of December 10. Theyplanted an explosive device nearMian Ghundi, some 45 km fromQuetta, the provincial capital.According to Sui Southern GasCompany, the blast affected gassupply to parts of Mastung and Kalatdistricts.

10-Dec-07

Hangu Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A explosion occurred in a CD shop inHangu in the Northwest FrontierProvince in Pakistan. The shop wascompletely destroyed. Police say thatunknown individuals placed a bombin the store. There were nocasualties.

10-Dec-07

Dora Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A Katyusha rocket struck a major oilrefinery in Doura, a city in southernIraq. The missile hit a fuel storagetank, sparking a huge fire, whichtook hours for firefighters toextinguish. Attacks on major oilinfrastructure are common in Iraq.

10-Dec-07


5 1 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in eastern Baghdad,killing one police officer andwounding five others who werenearby. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

10-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 3 A suicide car bomber rammed hisexplosive-laden vehicle into a policecheckpoint just outside the offices oftwo prominent Sunni politicians. Theattack, which took place in westernBaghdad's Harthiyah neighborhood,killed two police officers andwounded twelve other people.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

10-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents lobbed mortars into theGreen Zone, which houses importantU.S. military personnel, majorembassies, and much of the Iraqifederal government. There was noreport of any casualties or propertydamage. Attacks on the Green Zoneare common in Iraq.

10-Dec-07

Hawijah Iraq Unknown Unknown1 1 Unidentified militants attacked acheckpoint manned by members of alocal tribal awakening council inHawijah. The attack left one memberdead and another wounded.A tribalawakening council is a group ofsheiks and local tribal leaders,predominantly Sunnis, who haverecently allied with U.S. forces in anattempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraq andother extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

10-Dec-07


0 0 A bomb detonated inside the car of apolice officer in Baghdad's Karradahneighborhood. The officer wasunharmed in the attack. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

10-Dec-07


2 0 An improvised explosive devicedetonated near a police patrol inwestern Baghdad's Yarmoukneighborhood, wounding two policeofficers. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Iraq.

10-Dec-07


5 0 A roadside bomb detonated near agroup of police officers in westernBaghdad's Mansour neighborhood.The attack wounded five people,three of which were police officers.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

10-Dec-07

Buhriz Iraq Unknown Firearms5 2 One police officer and one civilianwere killed when gunmen clashedwith police forces in Buhriz. Fiveothers were wounded in the attack,including a child and a woman.Attacks on police forces are commonin Iraq.

10-Dec-07

Mayo Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Arsonists torched nine differentvehicles in front of a mosque insouthern Thailand's restive Mayodistrict. The attack damaged abackhoe along with a number trucksbelonging to a constructioncompany.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

11-Dec-07

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 0 Taliban militants attacked Sang Atishpolice post near Qala-e Naw, capitalof Badghis province in westernAfghanistan. The attack occurredaround 10 pm and the ensuingfirefight lasted three hours, leavingfive militants and two police officersinjured. Attacks on the police arecommon in Afghanistan.

11-Dec-07

Algiers Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives100 67 Two suicide bombers detonated theirexplosives laden vehicles in Algiers,killing sixty-seven people andwounding one hundred more. Thefirst bomber struck the UnitedNations office for the HighCommissioner for Refugees and theUN Development Program building.At least ten UN workers were amongthose killed. Shortly after the firstblast, a second suicide bomberdetonated his vehicle outside theAlgeria Constitutional Court,destroying a nearby bus packed withuniversity students. This is the latestin a series of spectacular attacksexecuted by Al Qaeda in the IslamicMaghreb (AQIM). Throughout 2007,the group became increasinglyvisible with a number of large suicideattacks. The group claimed theattack on its website.

11-Dec-07


4 3 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice checkpoint in Mogadishu nearthe Bakara market, killing threepeople and wounding four others.One of those killed was a policeofficer. Attacks on police forces arecommon throughout Somalia.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

11-Dec-07

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified youths shot and killed apolice officer on patrol inMogadishu's Taleh neighborhood.Attacks on police forces are commonin Somalia, especially Mogadishu.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

11-Dec-07

Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 An anti-al Qaeda Sunni tribal sheikhwas gunned down along with hisnephew during a drive-by shooting inTal Afar, a city far northwest ofBaghdad. Attacks on anti-al Qaedasheikhs have become increasinglycommon throughout Iraq.

11-Dec-07

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Police discovered the bodies of aChristian woman and her brother inBasra, both of which were riddledwith bullets. Attacks on Christiansoccur occasionally throughout Iraq.

11-Dec-07

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen shot and killed a tribalawakening council member near hishouse in Baqouba.A tribal awakeningcouncil is a group of sheiks and localtribal leaders, predominantly Sunnis,who have recently allied with U.S.forces in an attempt to oust al-Qaedain Iraq and other extremists fromtheir neighborhoods. Recently,insurgents have stepped up attacksagainst these bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

11-Dec-07

Khalis Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in Khalis, woundingthree police officers. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Iraq.

11-Dec-07

TuzKhormato


4 4 A roadside bomb detonated near apolice patrol in Tuz Khromatu, killingfour police officers. Among thosekilled was one police colonel. Inaddition, four others were injured inthe attack. Attacks on police forcesare common in Iraq.

11-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisvehicle just outside the homes of twosenior Iraqi politicians in a heavilyguarded area of western Baghdad,killing two people and woundingtwelve others. There was noindication that those killed wereeither politician. Attacks ongovernment officials are common inIraq.

11-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen on motorcyclesshot and killed the head ofBaghdad's al-Rashad psychiatrichospital, Ibrahim Mohammed Ajil, ina drive-by shooting. Attacks onprominent individuals in sectors likehealthcare and education arecommon in Iraq.

11-Dec-07

Samara Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A sniper shot and killed a policemanin western Samarra, a city roughlyone hundred kilometers north ofBaghdad. Attacks on police forcesare common in Iraq.

12-Dec-07

Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Unknown gunmen ambushed a policevehicle on the morning of December12, killing two policemen in theeastern part of Khost city in easternAfghanistan's Khost province. Afterkilling the policemen, the attackersset the vehicle on fire. Attacks on thepolice are common in Afghanistan.

12-Dec-07

UruzganProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Taliban militants shot dead a 60-year-old woman and her 7-year-oldgrandson in public after accusingthem of spying for the U.S. military.The militants stopped them as theywere walking to their home inUruzgan province in south-centralAfghanistan. Since being ousted fromgovernment in 2001, the Talibanhave killed dozens of people whomthey accuse of siding with thegovernment or its international allieswith personnel in Afghanistan.

12-Dec-07

Amarah Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

149 46 Three car bombs exploded nearlysuccessively in Amarah, theprovincial capital of Maysan, killingforty-six people and wounding onehundred and forty-nine others. Theattacks took place during a time inwhich British forces are increasinglyhanding off security work to theirIraqi counterparts.

12-Dec-07


33 6 A remote-detonated car bombexploded in Baghdad as a crowdedpassenger minibus was passing,killing six people and woundingthirty-three others. Attacks ontransportation networks are frequentin Iraq and often have sectarianmotivations.

12-Dec-07

Latifiyah Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 The Iraqi army discovered the bodiesof two local tribesmen, fightingagainst al Qaeda as part of a tribalawakening council. A tribalawakening council is a group ofsheiks and local tribal leaders,predominantly Sunnis, who haverecently allied with U.S. forces in anattempt to oust al-Qaeda in Iraq andother extremists from theirneighborhoods. Recently, insurgentshave stepped up attacks againstthese bodies in attempt toundermine and intimidate them.Meanwhile, the U.S. heralds them assigns of progress in Iraq.

12-Dec-07

Sadiyah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen barged into ahigh school in Sadiyah shot and killedthe headmaster and a teacher infront of their students. The teacherswere known for openly denouncing AlQaeda in Iraq. Attacks oneducational institutions in general,and students and teachers inparticular, are frequent in Iraq.

12-Dec-07

Hit Iraq Unknown Explosives15 5 A suicide bomber killed five people inthe western province of Anbar. Thebomber detonated his explosives in acar on a bridge connecting villages inthe area.

12-Dec-07

Baiji Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Terrorists sabotaged the powertransmission lines between the cityof Baiji and areas of WesternBaghdad. Baiji is in the Salah al-DinGovernorate. Three high-tensionpower towers fell which causedfurther scarcity of electric power inthe capital.

12-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 A policeman was injured whengunmen opened fire on his policepatrol in Dora. Dora is in southwestBaghdad. Attacks on police forcesare common in Iraq.

12-Dec-07

Almaz Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 An improvised explosive device (IED)explosion killed three civilians. Theattack occurred because terroristswanted to attack a police patrol.They ended up hurting civiliansinstead. Almaz, the site of theattack, is in Tamim Province.

12-Dec-07

KrongPinang

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedNilo Chelae, a fifty-seven year oldteacher and advisor to thegovernment. Islamic insurgents aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

12-Dec-07

PanaboCity


Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen believed to bewith the New People's Army (NPA)shot and killed a father and son inPanabo City in Davao del Norte. Thetwo were targeted because theywere suspected police informants forthe government's counterinsurgencycampaign against the communistrebels. They were en route to workon a motorcycle when a secondmotorbike rode up alongside andopened fire.

13-Dec-07

JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Two improvised explosive deviceswere thrown outside the Indianconsulate in the city of Jalalabad ineastern Afghanistan. The explosionsoccurred late on the night ofDecember 13. There were nocasualties or damage. Afghan IslamicPress reported that a similar incidentwas reported several days before.

13-Dec-07

UruzganProvince

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives6 6 A minibus full of passengers was hitby a roadside bomb in Uruzganprovince. Six people died and sixothers were wounded. Uruzganprovince is in south-centralAfghanistan. Afghan Islamic Pressreported that the minibus was on itsway to Mehrabad from Tarin Kotwhen it was hit by the bomb.

13-Dec-07

Sucre Bolivia Unknown Other 0 0 The Gran Mariscal Theater wasseized, six officials kidnapped, and avehicle carrying official documentsburned by a mob of universitystudents and officials of the mayor'soffice. The uprising was allegedly indefense of Sucre's dignity.

13-Dec-07

Jolo PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents detonated anotherhomemade bomb in Jolo thattargeted the elections commission.The Commission on Elections directorVidzfar Julie was targeted whenpeople threw a bomb at his home.The attack comes just five days afterthere was a bombing attack at theoffices of the Commission onElections. No one was harmed ineither attack.

15-Dec-07

AfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 0 Unidentified individuals fired upon abus in Shindand district of Heratprovince in southwesternAfghanistan. The driver andconductor were among the wounded.The bus was bound for Kabul. Theattack occurred in the Azizabad areaof Shindand district.

15-Dec-07

Zadran AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 A unidentified individual shot apoliceman to death. The policemanwas on leave at the time and wasirrigating his fields late at night whenhe was shot. The attack occurred inZadran village in Alisher district ofKhost province in easternAfghanistan. During the past severalyears, terrorist attacks in Afghanistanhave frequently targeted the police.

15-Dec-07

Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 5 An explosives-filled vehicle parkedoutside the Kabul policeheadquarters exploded in the earlymorning, killing five people andwounding at least seven others. Mostof the victims were civilians. KabulAmbulance Service said that apoliceman also died and AfghanIslamic Press reported that twopolicemen were injured. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attack.A senior Afghan defense official saidthere were five bombs in the vehicle,though only two exploded. Onepolice official at the scene believedthat the explosions were remote-controlled, a claim also made by theTaliban. During the past severalyears, terrorist attacks in Afghanistanhave frequently targeted the police.Another explosion occurred outsidethe Kabul city jail around the sametime. These attacks follow a suicidebombing in Kabul on December 5, inwhich a bomb-filled car was driveninto an Afghan army bus, during avisit to Afghanistan by US Secretaryof Defense Robert Gates.

15-Dec-07


0 0 A bomb placed near the main jail inKabul was detonated by remotecontrol in the early morning ofDecember 15, causing only minordamage to a military vehicle and nocasualties. A car filled withexplosives and parked outside theKabul police headquarters alsoexploded around the same time.

15-Dec-07

SantaCruz

Bolivia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was detonated around noonon the fifth floor of the Justice Palacefacilities in Santa Cruz. No injurieswere reported in the wake of theblast.

15-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown4 1 Terrorists killed Ibrahim Talab al-Jubouri, leader of the AwakeningCouncil group in the village ofKubaibah. Kubaibah is east ofDuluyiah, about ninety kilometersnorth of Baghdad. In addition to thedeath above, four of Mr. Jubouri'smen were injured.

16-Dec-07

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 2 An explosion aimed at a civilianvehicle killed two people in Khostprovince in eastern Afghanistan. Thiswas one of three explosions reportedby the Afghan media to haveoccurred in Khost province onDecember 16. Among the otherexplosions, one targeted a schoolbuilding and the other targeted anInternational Security AssistanceForce convoy. The explosions appearto be unrelated.

16-Dec-07

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A explosion damaged a schoolbuilding in the Kharsanay area ofKhost province in easternAfghanistan. There were nocasualties. This was one of threeexplosions reported by Afghan mediato have occurred in Khost provinceon December 16. Among the otherexplosions, one targeted a civilianvehicle and the other targeted anInternational Security AssistanceForce convoy. The explosions appearto be unrelated.

16-Dec-07

Baaj Iraq Unknown Firearms3 4 Insurgents emerged from a house inBaaj west of Mosul and fired shots ata checkpoint. The checkpoint wasrun by an group of AwakeningCouncil members. Three of thosekilled were attackers.

16-Dec-07

ZaghinyaIraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 4 A gunman began shooting at an Iraqipolice station in the town ofZaghinya which is located north ofBaquba. The gunman was killedalong with 3 police officers.

16-Dec-07

babilprovince

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 One or possibly two bombs explodedon a police patrol near the Hilla areaof the Babel province. The blast killedthe police commander of theprovince and two of his bodyguards.

16-Dec-07

WaziriyahIraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb was detonated inWaziriyah. The bomb targeted ahigh-ranking health official. One ofthe injured was a policeman theother three were civilians.

16-Dec-07

Babil Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 There was an attemptedassassination on the governor of theBabil province. The governor waspart of a convoy traveling toBaghdad. The governor survived theattack and no injuries were reported.

16-Dec-07

kafri Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An attacker used explosives to attacka shop that sold alcoholic beveragesin the town of Kafri north-east ofBaquba. The attack occurred duringthe night and thus there were noinjuries or fatalities.

16-Dec-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A car filled with explosives driven bya suicide bomber detonated near theeducation department in Baquba inthe Diyala province. The blast injuredthree civilians.

16-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 At dawn, there was an attemptedassassination on Jum'ah Husayn al-Zamil who serves as director generalof the reform department at theMinistry of Justice. The attackoccurred at al-Zamil's house in theAl-Baladiyat neighborhood in southeast Baghdad.

16-Dec-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Unknown0 2 There were two attacks in theBaldruz area of the Diyala province.The attacks were targeted towardspolice and resulted in the deaths oftwo officers.

16-Dec-07

Kerbala Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A roadside bomb was detonated 10miles East of Kerbala. The attacktargeting a police patrol and killed 2policemen and wounded 3 others.

16-Dec-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 The mayor of a Jalwla neighborhoodwas killed by gunmen in anassassination in the evening in theDiyala province.

17-Dec-07

Bosasso Somalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Gwen Le Gouil, a French cameraman,was kidnapped by unidentified armedgunmen near Somalia's northern portcity Bossaso. It is unclear whether ornot money was demanded as aransom, although one newspapersource seemed to suggest that aransom was, in fact, demanded. LeGouil was released a full week lateron December 24, 2007. According tosomeone close to the negotiations, acompromise was made by bothparties. Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

17-Dec-07

Baquba Iraq Unknown Firearms4 3 A gunman shot members of anAwakening Council in a marketresulting in the death of three menand injuring four others. The attackoccurred in the Mafraq neighborhoodof Baquba.

17-Dec-07

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms4 2 An armed conflict arouse amongpolicemen and Awakening membersin a town outside of Baiji. Twopolicemen were killed in the fight andfour Awakening members wereinjured.

17-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 4 At mid-afternoon on Nidhal street indowntown Baghdad a parked carpacked with explosives wasdetonated. The blast killed 4--including one national policemember--and wounded seven--including two national policemembers.

17-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 At the Mosul dam, a truck bomb wasused to damage a bridge crossingthe Tigris River. The blast killed amember of the Iraqi security forces.

17-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 A roadside bomb was detonated at8am in Baghdad's Zafaraniyahneighborhood. The bomb injured twopolicemen and four civilians.

17-Dec-07

Baquba Iraq Unknown Explosives24 8 A suicide bomber riding a motorcyclebombed a market in the city ofBaquba in the Diyala province. Thebombing resulted in 7 deaths and 24injuries.

17-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 A roadside bomb killed two andinjured seven during an attack incentral Baghdad. Those harmed weretraveling in a minibus.

18-Dec-07

Cauca Colombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Firearms0 3 Members of the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)attacked a police station in Toribiowith grenades, explosives and rifleblasts, killing three police officersand damaging several houses in thearea.

18-Dec-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives30 17 A suicide bomber using a vestpacked with explosives detonatedthe vest in a café in the Diyalaprovince. The blast killed 17 andwounded another 30.

18-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunment in two cars fired on a carthe was transporting governmentemployees responsible for purgingnorthern Baghdad's al-Qahiraneighborhood of Baath Partymembers. The attack killed oneemployee and injured two.

18-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 A car bomb was detonated near theBaghdad office of the Ministry ofIndustry. The blast kill 5 (possiblymore) and injured 10 others.

18-Dec-07

Baquba Iraq Unknown Explosives7 2 In the Baquba area north-east ofBaghdad, a suicide bomber driving acar blew himself up at a checkpoint.The blast killed two--one of whomwas a police officer-- and injuredseven--two were police officers.

18-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 7 During a night attack in Mosul,gunmen attacked a home containingmembers of the Yazidi Kurdish, areligious minority group. The attackkilled 7 and injured 2.

18-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 In the central Baghdad neighborhoodof Qadisiyah, MohammedAbdulhasen al-Mayahi, Dean ofMamoun College, was assassinatedoutside his home.

18-Dec-07

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (1st of 3 attacks)Islamic insurgentsdetonated bombs at three grocerystores in Narathiwat province. Thefirst bomb blast took place at agrocery store in front of Ruesorailway station. No one was hurt inthe attack.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

18-Dec-07

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (2nd of 3 attacks)Islamic insurgentsdetonated bombs at three grocerystores in Narathiwat province. Thesecond bomb blast took place at agrocery store in front of Ruesodistrict's fresh market. No one washurt in the attack.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

18-Dec-07

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives1 0 (3rd of 3 attacks)Islamic insurgentsdetonated bombs at three grocerystores in Narathiwat province. Thethird bomb blast took place at agrocery store near the site of thesecond bomb blast in Rueso's freshmarket. The shop owner was injuredin this attack.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Dec-07

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 3 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthree men in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A police patrol in Baladiyat in thenortheast portion of Baghdad was hitby a car bomb while on a routinepolice patrol. The blast killed onepolice officer and wounded anotherthree.

19-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 4 A car bomb was used to target astore selling liquor in the city centerof Baghdad. The bombing killed fouroutside the store and wounded nine.

19-Dec-07

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-two year old deputy villagechief in southern Thailand's restivePattani province. The country'ssouthern Islamic separatists aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

19-Dec-07


3 0 Three local defense forces volunteerswere wounded when an improvisedexplosive device detonated insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Shortly following theexplosion, gunmen opened fire onthe three men. All of them survivedthe attack after their assailants fled.One of them was critically wounded.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-Dec-07

Santiago Chile Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A firebomb placed atop an ATM wasdetonated outside of a Banco deChile office. The bomb causedsignificant damage to the building,although no one was injured.Pamphlets left near the site alludedto the 100th anniversary of the 1907massacre of striking miners by armysoldiers. This was the fourth in aseries of explosives detonated inSantiago.

20-Dec-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 One police officer and two volunteerswere gunned down by armedgunmen. The gunmen fired on apolice patrol that was working alongwith US and Iraqi forces in Diyala.

21-Dec-07

Baquba Iraq Unknown Explosives8 13 A suicide bomber blew himself up ata center for volunteers with ties tolocal public committees in Baquba.The blast targeted Volunteer IraqiFighters. The blast killed 13 andwounded 8.

21-Dec-07

YousfiyahIraq Unknown Explosives8 6 A truck packed with explosives wasdriven into a police station by asuicide bomber in the town ofYousifya ten miles south of Baghdad.The blast killed four police officersand a civilian and wounded anadditional eight.

21-Dec-07

Al-Nasiriyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen began firing on a policepatrol. The gunmen set up anambush using explosive charges toprevent military reinforcements fromreaching the patrol. The attack tookplace in Suq al-Shiyukn in southernal-Nasiriyah and resulted in nocasualties or injuries.

22-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb was used to targeta police patrol passing. The bomb'sblast killed one policeman andwounded another two people. Theblast occurred in Mosul 225northwest of Baghdad.

22-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 An afternoon attack using a roadsidebomb occurred near the Madaenhospital. The blast injured five peopleand was likely targeted towardscivilians.

23-Dec-07

BuenaventuraColombia FuerzasArmadasRevolucionariasdeColombia(FARC)

Explosives0 0 Members of the Fuerzas ArmadasRevolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)toppled an energy pylon, cuttingelectrical power to the city ofBuenavernture. Authorities imposeda curfew on the city that evening asa security measure.

23-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An unknown perpetrator destroyedthe house of the head of the townhallin Qairawan, Abdul Mawjood Jar-Allah. No one was hurt in the blastwhich occurred near Mosul about 18miles to the East.

23-Dec-07

Hamamal-Alil

Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A car packed with explosives wasdetonated close to Hamam al-Alil, atown about 25 miles to Mosul'ssouth. The blast occurred close topatrolling police. It killed one civilianand injured 5 police officers.

23-Dec-07

Al Zarga Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 Unknown armed men hit a police inthe Al Zarga area to Kirkuk's south.The armed men were killed and twopolicemen were harmed.

23-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A bomb was detonated beside a roadin the Zafaraniyah area of Baghdad.Two private citizens were hurt in theblast and another two were killed.

23-Dec-07

HinabanganTown


Firearms0 1 A number of insurgents with the NewPeople's Army (NPA) attacked apolice station in Hinabangan Town inthe Philippines. The attack resultedin an exchange of gunfire that lastedfor roughly one hour with fourpolicemen who were on duty.Ultimately, the incident left onecivilian dead. Pedro Abadiano wasvisiting his son, a policeman, whenhe was shot and killed.

24-Dec-07

La Paz Bolivia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was detonatedinside the building of the BolivianLabor Federation (COB) in what issuspected to have been a terroristattack by groups opposing thegovernment. There was considerableproperty damage but no one washurt: the building was empty at thetime of the explosion, whichoccurring in the early morning.

24-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen murdered NayifMuhammad Hadid, a police officer inMosul. Mosul is located 225 milesNorthwest of Baghdad.

24-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 6 A car booby-trapped and loaded withexplosives, detonated killing twopolice officers and four people fromthe Baghdad awakening council. Theexplosion occurred in the Al-Mahmudiyah part in the southernportion of Baghdad.

24-Dec-07

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A group of men assassinated AlaAbu-Shams. Abu-Shams was part ofMartyr Al-Sadr Office. Theassassination occurred in the Al-Muftiyah area of central Basra.

24-Dec-07

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A group of unknown gunmenmurdered Ala Taha Husayn. Husaynwas an officer in the installationsprotection force located around theAl-Muftyiah area in Basra.

24-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 A minivan bus that was loaded withexplosives was detonated close tothe office of Baghdad's Governorlocated close to the Green Zonehousing western embassies andIraq's government. The blast killedtwo people and injured another 6.

24-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 Slightly before noon in Baghdad, twobombs detonated near the roadhurting six people, but resulting in nofatalities. The blast is believed tohave been targeted at privatecitizens.

24-Dec-07

SulaimaniyahIraq Al Qaeda Firearms2 1 A police station in Garmak was hit byarmed men. The attacked killed 1policeman and harmed another two.The police believe that the attackwas done by al Qaeda.

24-Dec-07

Davao PhilippinesUnknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda radio broadcaster in the Philippinescity of Davao. Ferdie Lintuan hadjust completed a morning radio showwhen he was going to his car alongwith two other journalists. He wasshot and killed by unknown gunmen,while his two colleagues wereunharmed. Lintuan had survived anumber of attacks earlier in hiscareer by the New People's Army(NPA). It is unclear whether the NPAwas behind this particular attack.

24-Dec-07

CotabatoPhilippinesUnknown Explosives2 0 A bomb explosion rocked a barbershop in the Philippines city ofCotabato, a religiously mixed citythat sits at the heart of the southernPhilippine insurgency. The bomb wasmade from a mortar shell, and itsdetonation left two people wounded.One of the victims was a civil servantfor the government.

24-Dec-07

MindanaoPhilippinesMoroIslamicLiberationFront(MILF)


3 0 A roadside bomb detonated alongMacacua Street next to Jollibee storein Mindanao, leaving three civiliansinjured. One of the wounded was atwo year old boy. The blast occurredas suspected militants with the MoroIslamic Liberation Front (MILF)detonated a sixty-millimeter mortarshell with a cell phone. The attacktook place just days after thegovernment of Australia warnedagainst possible terrorist attacksduring the Christmas season.

25-Dec-07

Baquba Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 An early morning blast in Baqubatargeting a police station killed twopolice officers. The blast destroyedthe police station. Baquba is locatedin the Diyala province.

25-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Nineveh's governor, DureidMohamed Kashmoula was targeted inan attempted assassination in Mosul.Explosives hit the convoy injuring adriver and one of the escorts of thegovernor. The governor was notharmed in the attack and no one waskilled.

25-Dec-07

Baqouba Iraq Unknown Explosives21 4 A bomber loaded with explosivesblew himself up around funeralmourners that were part of aprocession of a funeral. There werefour people murdered in the blastand 21 harmed. Baqouba is toBaghdad's Northeast.

25-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives50 22 A bomb packed with explosives wasdriven by a suicide bomber to theNorth Oil Company. The driver wasnot allowed to enter the facility andsubsequently detonated the bomb.The blast killed 22 and injured 50 ormore people.

25-Dec-07

Bangued PhilippinesUnknown Explosives7 0 A bomb attack rocked the home ofmember of the Philippines House ofRepresentatives, wounding sevenpeople. The attack targeted CecyLuna, who was shortly thereaftertaken to a safe house. She wasunharmed, but the blast left two ofher sons with serious injuries. It wasnot immediately clear who is behindthe blast, but Luna has had a numberof threats against her life.

26-Dec-07

Bosasso Somalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Two Spanish women working withMedecins sans Frontieres (MSF) werekidnapped at gunpoint in Bosasso.Shortly after the kidnapping, a heavyexchange of gunfire ensued betweenthe police and the kidnappers. Policehave arrested two men, but theyhave been unable to free the twowomen. This kidnapping comes onthe heels of the kidnapping of aFrench journalist, who was alsoabducted in Bosasso roughly oneweek earlier.Since routing the Unionof Islamic Courts (UIC) in Decemberin 2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

26-Dec-07

Salahal-Din

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 In Salah Al-Din explosives wereplaced within a power station servingsouth Tikrit. The blast took down thepower plant and led cut power to amajority the area. No one washarmed in the blast.

26-Dec-07

Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Ali al-Igaidi a tribal leader in Baiji, atown 110 miles to the north ofBaghdad, was murdered in a drive-byshooting. There were no others killedor wounded.

26-Dec-07

Jalwla Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 In Jalwla, Hamid A. Abdul Latif waskidnapped at gunpoint from hishome. Latif is part of the DemocraticParty of Kurdistan. No injuries orcasualties were reported.

26-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 In the Al Miqdadia area a bomb blasttargeting a police patrol wasdetonated. The blast killed one policeofficer and wounded an additionaltwo. Al Miqdadia is located in NorthEast of Baghdad.

26-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A gas station was the target of a carbomb in central Baghdad. The blastleft injured and dead civilians but it isnot clear how many. The blastoccurred in the Bab al-Muazim areaof central Baghdad.

27-Dec-07

RawalpindiPakistan Unknown Firearms0 22 Benazir Bhutto, former primeminister of Pakistan, was attackedwhile leaving a rally at Liaquat BaghPark in Rawalpindi, near the capitalIslamabad. Bhutto had opened thesunroof of her car to wave tosupporters when gunshots rang out.Witnesses say that Bhutto sank backinto her seat, having apparently beenhit by the gunfire. Moments later, anexplosion rocked the car as a suicidebomber detonated his explosivesnext to it. The suicide attack killed atleast 20 people outside the car andwounded many others. Bhutto wastaken to Rawalpindi General Hospital,where she was declared dead. Thecause of Bhutto's death has yet to beverified. A report by Italian AKI-Adnkronos International cited atelephone interview with Al Qaeda'smain spokesman, Shaykh Saeed,who declared that Al Qaeda's secondin command, Ayman Al-Zawahiri,ordered the killing of Bhutto.According to Saeed, the killing wascarried out by a member of theterrorist cell from Punjab calledLashkar-e-Jhangvi. Pakistan's InteriorMinistry said that a top Talebancommander in South Waziristan,Baitullah Mehsud, was responsiblefor the assassination. Before Bhuttoreturned to Pakistan, militants,including Mehsud, who is alleged tohave ties to Al Qaeda, hadthreatened violence once shereturned. The BBC reported thatshortly before her return in October,the Daily Times newspaper carried astatement from Mehsud, saying hewas determined to kill her becauseshe was an American agent.However, Mehsud's spokesman hasdenied that Mehsud was responsiblefor Bhutto's death. The attack cameshortly before Pakistan was to holdelections for parliament on January 8,2008. Bhutto had been running forparliament and may have hadenough support to become primeminister again. After the attack, theelections were postponed untilFebruary 18. Bhutto had recentlysurvived another bomb attack thatkilled at least 134 people on October18, 2007, the day that she returnedto Pakistan after years of self-imposed exile. The United States hadplayed a key role in engineeringBhutto's return to Pakistan, hopingthat an alliance between Bhutto andPresident Pervez Musharraf couldhelp counter rising extremism inPakistan. Members of Bhutto'sPakistan Peoples Party questionedwhether the Musharraf governmenthad provided adequate security forBhutto. Before her death Bhutto evenclaimed that elements within thegovernment were conspiring withextremists to kill her. Rioting brokeout in Pakistan after Bhutto's murder,leaving nearly 60 people dead andcausing about US$1.3 billion indamage in the worst-hit province ofSindh.

27-Dec-07

RawalpindiPakistan Unknown Firearms0 22 Benazir Bhutto, former primeminister of Pakistan, was attackedwhile leaving a rally at Liaquat BaghPark in Rawalpindi, near the capitalIslamabad. Bhutto had opened thesunroof of her car to wave tosupporters when gunshots rang out.Witnesses say that Bhutto sank backinto her seat, having apparently beenhit by the gunfire. Moments later, anexplosion rocked the car as a suicidebomber detonated his explosivesnext to it. The suicide attack killed atleast 20 people outside the car andwounded many others. Bhutto wastaken to Rawalpindi General Hospital,where she was declared dead. Thecause of Bhutto's death has yet to beverified. A report by Italian AKI-Adnkronos International cited atelephone interview with Al Qaeda'smain spokesman, Shaykh Saeed,who declared that Al Qaeda's secondin command, Ayman Al-Zawahiri,ordered the killing of Bhutto.According to Saeed, the killing wascarried out by a member of theterrorist cell from Punjab calledLashkar-e-Jhangvi. Pakistan's InteriorMinistry said that a top Talebancommander in South Waziristan,Baitullah Mehsud, was responsiblefor the assassination. Before Bhuttoreturned to Pakistan, militants,including Mehsud, who is alleged tohave ties to Al Qaeda, hadthreatened violence once shereturned. The BBC reported thatshortly before her return in October,the Daily Times newspaper carried astatement from Mehsud, saying hewas determined to kill her becauseshe was an American agent.However, Mehsud's spokesman hasdenied that Mehsud was responsiblefor Bhutto's death. The attack cameshortly before Pakistan was to holdelections for parliament on January 8,2008. Bhutto had been running forparliament and may have hadenough support to become primeminister again. After the attack, theelections were postponed untilFebruary 18. Bhutto had recentlysurvived another bomb attack thatkilled at least 134 people on October18, 2007, the day that she returnedto Pakistan after years of self-imposed exile. The United States hadplayed a key role in engineeringBhutto's return to Pakistan, hopingthat an alliance between Bhutto andPresident Pervez Musharraf couldhelp counter rising extremism inPakistan. Members of Bhutto'sPakistan Peoples Party questionedwhether the Musharraf governmenthad provided adequate security forBhutto. Before her death Bhutto evenclaimed that elements within thegovernment were conspiring withextremists to kill her. Rioting brokeout in Pakistan after Bhutto's murder,leaving nearly 60 people dead andcausing about US$1.3 billion indamage in the worst-hit province ofSindh.

27-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 1 During Thursday morning rush hour abomb beside the road was targetedtowards a bus. The attack occurredin the Baladiyat in western Baghdad.The blast killed one and hurt nineothers.

27-Dec-07

Jalawla Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 After four roadside bombs in Jalawla,a fifth bomb targeting policeresponding to the previous attackswas detonated. The attack injuredthree policemen.

27-Dec-07

Jalawla Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb in Jalawla wasdetonated outside a health carecenter in the area. This bombing wasone of four bombs detonated inJalwala on the same day. No peoplewere reported killed.

27-Dec-07

Jalawla Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb in Jalawla wasdetonated outside a market in thearea. This bombing was one of fourbombs detonated in Jalwala on thesame day. No people were reportedkilled.

27-Dec-07

Jalawla Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb in Jalawla wasdetonated outside the mayor's office.This bombing was one of four bombsdetonated in Jalwala on the sameday. No people were reported killed.

27-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 2 In Baghdad's Baladyat district, abomb was placed under a minibus.When the bomb was detonated ithurt twelve people and killed two.

27-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb was placed and detonatedclose to the Musa Bin Naseer fuelstation. The station is located inKarradah, a district in centralBaghdad. The blast hurt two butresulted in no fatalities.

28-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives66 8 A sedan loaded with explosives wasdriven around the market area inTayaraan Square was detonated aspeople came from Mosques on a dayHoly to Muslims. The driver of the cardecreased suspicion about the car bydriving to various stalls and buyingfruits and vegetables. The bomb inthe car was detonated killing 8people and injuring 66.

28-Dec-07

Diyala Iraq Unknown Unknown0 5 Militants launched a series of attacksin the capital of Baqouba, Diyala. Theattacks killed one police man andfour other Iraqis.

28-Dec-07

Sadda Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 2 Unknown gunmen entered a housewearing uniforms of the Iraqi armyattacking a Sunni family in thevillage. Two men were killed (bothmembers of the Sahwa awakeningcouncil), police believe that theattackers were Al Qaeda in Iraqsending a message to others thatthey should not join the AwakeningCouncil. Once gone, surviving womenfound IEDs planted in the house.

28-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 An Iraqi actor, Kudyyir Abu al-Abbawas the target of an assassinationattempt in the Kamsarah area ofBaghdad. Al-Abba escaped harmafter unknown gunmen began firingat him.

29-Dec-07


3 1 A roadside bomb targeting thespokesperson for the mayor ofMogadishu detonated, killing theman and wounding three otherpeople as well. The explosion, whichtook place in Mogadishu's Karanneighborhood, occurred as MohamedMuhidin was on his way to work.Attacks on government officials arecommon in Somalia.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with the(UIC).

29-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 Unidentified gunmen hit a policepatrol. The gunmen killed threepolice officers and also set fire totheir vehicle. The attack occurred inMosul, 240 miles to Baghdad's north.

29-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Two police officers in their car wereattacked by unidentified gunmenaround 7 in the morning. Bothofficers were killed in the attackwhich took place in east Baghdadnear Shaab stadium.

29-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 3 Ahmed al-Jobori the media officer ofMosul's police was attacked byunidentified armed men when in aconvoy in the Qadisiyahneighborhood. Al-Jobori survived theassassination attempt but one of hisguards was killed and one wasinjured. Two of the gunmen werealso killed in the attack.

30-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A firefighter's car was blown up whena bomb attached to his car wasdetonated. The explosion occurred inBaghdad's Shaab neighborhoodresulting in injuries to two.

30-Dec-07

SulaimanBeq

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified armed men used a fakecheckpoint close to the town ofSulaiman Bek to attack a convoy oftrucks carrying food to Mosul. Themen kidnapped 11 of the drivers.Sulaiman Bek is located in theSalahudin province about 90km eastof the capital, Tikrit.

30-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Unknown gunmen attacked a groupof police officers in Mosul. The attackkilled a police officer and injuredanother two.

30-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A group of unidentified gunmenattacked police officers in an areasouth of Baghdad. The attack killedon police officer, no other injurieswere reported.

30-Dec-07

al-hartha

Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A series of roadside bombs targetedMajor-general Abdul Jalil. He waswarned that two bombs had beenplanted on his path to Al-Hartha.Police were able to disable thebombs, however on the return toBasra (where Jalil is PoliceCommander) two new roadsidebombs were detonated. No one waskilled but Jalil's bodyguard wasinjured. This was the seventhattempt on Jalil's life.

31-Dec-07

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Insurgents attacked the military basestationing the African Unionpeacekeepers in Somalia. Therewere no reports of any casualtiesamongst the peacekeepers. Thepeacekeepers, entirely Ugandans,have frequently been targeted sincebeing deployed to Somalia in Marchof 2007.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

31-Dec-07

Maysan Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 An unknown group of gunmenmurdered three teachers in Iraq'sMaysan province. Maysan province islocated in southern Iraq.

31-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 5 Four members of an Iraqineighborhood patrol were killed andtwo others wounded when a suicidebomber wearing an explosive vestdetonated the bomb. The blastoccurred in the outskirts of northernBaghdad.

31-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A male nurse was killed by anunknown number of armed men. Theshooting occurred in Mosul, 240miles north of Baghdad.

31-Dec-07

Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police office was killed by anunidentified sniper. The attackoccurred in Mosul which is located240 to Baghdad's north.

31-Dec-07

Baquba Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 A female suicide bomber wearing abelt packed with explosives blewherself up close to a police patrol inthe market of Baquba, Diyala'scapital. The blast killed the suicidebomber and injured seven.

31-Dec-07

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A police convoy was targeted by aroadside bomb in the Zafaraniyaharea of Baghdad close to the al-Kubaisi mosque. There were nofatalities but three police officerswere injured.

31-Dec-07

al-Hafriyah

Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 An unknown gunmen attacked amember of the local awakeningcouncil in Wasit province's village al-Hafriyah. The shot wounded the manbut no one was killed in the attack.

31-Dec-07

UnknownIraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 13 A checkpoint run by a group ofpeople fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq wasstruck by a suicide bomber. Theattack killed twelve. The group wasmade up of mostly Sunni memberswho had been criticized by bin Ladenas a disgrace and shame.

31-Dec-07

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol in Kirkuk was detonatedinjuring two police officers. Thepatrol was in central Kirkuk, locatedabout 155 miles North of Baghdad.

1-Jan-08 Colombo SriLanka

Unknown Firearms5 1 Former Sri Lankan Minister andTamilian lawmaker T. Maheswaranwas shot dead on January 1, 2008 byunidentified assailants at a temple inthe heart of Colombo. Maheswaranrepresented the Colombo district inParliament. He survived a previousattempt on his life during the 2004general elections. Five others werealso injured in the shooting.

1-Jan-08 SantaClara

Colombia FARC Explosives0 1 On January 1, 2008 two FARC rebelsattempted to plant a 1lb pentolitebomb on a crude oil producing unit.Local civilians tipped of authorities tothe attack and the Colombian Armywas able to intercept the bombersbefore they detonated the bomb.OneFARC rebel was killed in theexchange.

1-Jan-08 Rampur India LeT Firearms5 8 Eight people were killed and fiveinjured when armed militants fromLeT attacked a Central ReservePolice Camp (CRPF) camp in Rampur.The terrorists were equipped withAK-47s and managed to enter thebase camp after shooting thesecurity personnel of the local police.LeT was behind the attack.

1-Jan-08 KhartoumSudan Al-Takfirwal-Hijrah

Firearms0 2 Gunmen with the al-Takfir wal-Hijarshot and killed Michael Granville, a U.S. diplomat working for the UnitedStates Agency for InternationalDevelopment along with his driver.The attack took place in the earlyhours of the morning on New YearsDay in eastern Khartoum. Followingthe attack, authorities from theFederal Bureau of Investigation andthe State Department investigatedthe incident. Later, an extremistIslamist group called Al-Takfir wal-Hijrah claimed responsibility for theattack.

2-Jan-08 Naciria Algeria Unknown Explosives20 4 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives laden vehicle at a policestation in Naciria, killing four andwounding at least twenty others.Eight of those wounded were policeofficers. Al Qaeda in the IslamicMaghreb is suspected.Recently,Algeria has seen a spate of bloodysuicide bombings. This attack comeson the heels of a massive attackagainst the United Nations offices inAlgiers that killed sixty-seven andwounded over one hundred.

3-Jan-08 CotabatoCity

PhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 1 Insurgents detonated a bomb insideof a crowded nightclub in CotabatoCity in the Philippines. The attackleft one civilian dead and at leastseven others wounded. No one hasclaimed responsibility for the attack,but the country has been battling anumber of different Islamic insurgentgroups in its southern regions.Cotabato City had been previouslybombed numerous times.

4-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-three year old man in a drive-by shooting in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Jan-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Mowlawi Mohammad Rasul, amember of the Ulema Council ofKandahar and Imam of the QadriMosque, was murdered by unknowngunmen on his way home fromevening prayers in the Karez Bazaararea of Kandahar City. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

6-Jan-08 Cauca Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On January 6, 2008 FARC rebelstoppled an electricity pylon in CaucaDepartment.

6-Jan-08 Pul-i-Khumri

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives81 76 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in the midst of a crowdwelcoming members of Afghanistan'sparliament to a sugar factory, killingat least 75 people and injuring atleast 81. The attack occurred around4 pm in the town of Pul-i-Khumri, innorthern Afghanistan's Baghlanprovince. There were many schoolchildren in the crowd; 59 of the deadwere children. Five teachers, sixlawmakers and five bodyguards werealso killed. The parliamentarianswere part of a delegation from theParliamentary National EconomicAffairs Committee on an economicfact-finding trip. One of theparliamentarians killed in the attackwas Mostafa Kazemi, oppositionspokesman and former commerceminister. Witnesses said that theattacker detonated a bomb in hishand and a concealed explosivesbelt. The Taliban denied carrying outthe attack, saying that it does notattack civilians. Some Afghansbelieve that followers of GulbuddinHekmatyar, an extreme formermujahideen leader who claims to befighting NATO and Afghangovernment forces independently ofthe Taliban, perpetrated the attack.According to the spokesman for theInternational Security AssistanceForce Baghlan has been one of theprovinces with the least insurgentactivity in Afghanistan. Theinsurgency has been concentrated insouthern and eastern Afghanistan.The death toll from the attack in Pul-i-Khumri was one of the highest in asuicide attack since the Taliban wasousted from power in 2001.

6-Jan-08 NigerDelta

Nigeria Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown militants detonated a bombtargeting a water disposal pipelinethe Shell Petroleum DevelopmentCompany (SPDC) as well as a flowstation pipeline belonging to theNigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).The last time the region saw a waveof attacks on its oil installation was in2006. The Movement for theEmancipation of then Niger Delta(MEND) was not reported to bedirectly linked to the attack.

7-Jan-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-five year old local governmentofficial in southern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. The country'ssouthern Islamic separatists aresuspected. Attacks on governmentemployees are common in southernThailand.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Jan-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives2 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb in acrowded market in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The bomb was attached toa stolen motorcycle and blew upamidst a crowd of over one hundredpeople. However, only two womenwere harmed by the attack. Bothsustained minor injuries.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Jan-08 Yarang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-four year old scrap yardmerchant in southern Thailand'srestive Pattani province. His killersdid not steal anything; they simplyshot him. Islamic insurgents aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

8-Jan-08 Ja-Ela SriLanka

LTTE Explosives10 2 Sri Lankan minister D.M.Dassanayake and a police officerwere killed in a bomb blast at Ja-Ela,near Colombo. The minister'smotorcade was heading towardsColombo from Negombo when itstruck a claymore mine. The militaryclaimed that the Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) was responsible.Dassanyake was deputy minister fornational building in the MahindaRajapaksa government.

8-Jan-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda local defense forces volunteerinside of his home in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The fifty-eight year victimwas killed in the evening. Attacks onlocal defense forces are common insouthern Thailand.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

8-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-year old religious teacher insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Attacks on religious figuresare common in southern Thailand.The country's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Jan-08 Haute-Corse

France Unknown Explosives0 0 On the night of January 10, 2008 asmall bomb exploded outside theBrando tax office in Haute-Corse,Corsica. There were no reportedinjuries but the entrance to the taxoffice and a nearby car weredamaged. According to theauthorities, the bomb was made upfrom nitrate-fuel oil.No one claimedcredit for the attack; but Corsicanseparatist have previously attackedgovernment offices.

10-Jan-08 Raman Thailand Unknown Firearms5 0 Unidentified gunmen armed with M-16 guns opened fire on villagers atrandom in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Five wereinjured in the shooting. Islamicinsurgents are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Jan-08 Kabang Thailand Unknown Firearms1 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo people and wounded another inan act of indiscriminant shooting insouthern Thailand's Yala province.The country's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-four year old Muslimgovernment official in southernThailand's restive Yala province. Thecountry's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Jan-08 Yarang Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 Insurgents detonated a roadsidebomb, targeting a teacher escortteam in southern Thailand's restiveYarang district. The ensuingexplosion severely wounded twosoldiers. Thailand's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Jan-08 Rangae Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb at aschool in Rangae district in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The explosion woundedtwo soldiers, but there were noreports of any damage to thebuildings of Ban Pase school.Thailand's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Jan-08 NigerDelta


Unknown2 0 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked four ships that wereproperty of some oil firms operatingin the Niger Delta. The attack lefttwo people injured. The group laterclaimed responsibility for the attackand threatened other firms operatingin the area.

11-Jan-08 Bosasso Somalia Unknown Firearms1 0 Four unidentified gunmen openedfire on Abdikheyr Mohammed Jama, ajournalist with Radio Galkayo,critically wounding him. The attack,which took place in Bosasso, comesamidst a recent flurry of kidnappingsand conflict in the northern quasi-autonomous region of Puntland.Attacks on journalists are commonthroughout Somalia. Last year, atleast eight were murdered, accordingto Reporters without Border.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the (UIC).

11-Jan-08 PortHartcourt



0 0 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked an oil tanker in PortHartcourt. The attackers planted aremote-detonated explosive devicein the tanker, which damaged thevessel, but did not sink it.

12-Jan-08 Lesaka Spain Unknown Explosives0 0 In the early hours of January 12,2008, 10 Molotov cocktails werethrown at a branch office of the BBVAbank in Lesaka in the Navarre regionof northern Spain. The attack causedsubstantial damage inside the bankbut no injuries or deaths.There wereno claim of credit for the attack.

12-Jan-08 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 12, 2008 a small bombexploded exploded in a military officein Bastia, Corsica. The explosioncaused minor damage; no injuries ordeaths were reported.No claims ofresponsibility were reported.However, Corsican separatist havetargeted government buildings in thepast.

12-Jan-08 Ajaccio France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 12, 2008 a bombattached to the wall of a BanquePopulaire branch exploded causingminor damage and no injuries. Thebank branch is located in Ajaccio,Corsica.There are no claims ofresponsibility. However, undergroundCorsican separatist movements havetargeted French banks in the pastwho they blame for aiding in theappropriation of 'their land'.

12-Jan-08 ElPerezoso

Colombia FARC Explosives0 1 On January 12, 2008 FARC rebelsattempted to plant two gas-cylinderbombs on an electricity pylon in therural town of El Perezoso. Localcivilians tipped of authorities to theattack and the Colombian Army wasable to intercept the bombers beforethey detonated the bomb.One FARCrebel was killed in the exchange.

12-Jan-08 Santiago Chile Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On January 12, 2008 two Molotovcocktails were thrown at an officebelonging the to the IndependentDemocratic Union (IDU). Thefirebombs caused no casualties butthe ensuing fire led to minordamage.There were no claims ofresponsibility but authorities believethe motive was political.

12-Jan-08 BeledweyeneSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb targeted thevehicle of Sheikh Osman BarreMohamed, a regional judge inSomalia, wounding him. The attack,which took place in central Somalia,also resulted in the wounding of twonearby civilians when Sheikh Barre'sbodyguards opened fire on themfollowing the explosion.Since routingthe Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with the(UIC).

12-Jan-08 Balad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 An explosive charge killed sixpolicemen, including one officer. Theattack occurred in the Balad District,north of Baghdad. The blast wasfollowed by an attack by unidentifiedgunmen near the Shrine of SayyidMuhammad Bin-Ali al-Hadi. A policepatrol vehicle was also damaged inthis incident.

12-Jan-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen on a motorcycleshot and killed Abdultoroh Rehniya, alocal administration official, insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

12-Jan-08 UnknownPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

1 0 Forces from the New People's Armyattacked a telecommunicationstower in a remote northern town inthe Philippines. The attackers shotand wounded a security guard inboth legs. In addition, the assailantsburned the telephone tower to theground.

13-Jan-08 Buriram Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents through a bomb into theoffices of a member of the PueaPandin party. No one was injured inthe attack.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

14-Jan-08 Suva Kosovo Unknown Explosives4 0 On January 14, 2008 a grenadeexploded under a vehicle belongingto the nascent Kosovo government inSuva (35 miles south of Pristina). Theblast seriously injured all fouroccupants of the car.There were noclaims of responsibility; however, theattack occurred in the run-up toKosovo's deceleration ofindependence from Serbia.

14-Jan-08 NuquiMunicipality

Colombia FARC Firearms0 0 On January 14, 2008 FARC rebelskidnapped six tourists who werevacationing on a river nearMorromico beach. The FARCreleased four of the hostages laterthat year.As of November 2009professor Alf Onshuus Niño Alba andstudent Jorge Alejandro Torres Hoyoswere still being held by the FARC.

14-Jan-08 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives8 0 A bomb exploded in the capital ofKathmandu, wounding eight people.The attack occurred as thousands ofsupporters of Nepal's ruling alliancemarched through the city. The blasthit a vehicle near the venue of therally.No one claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

14-Jan-08 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Explosives14 4 Four people were killed and 14wounded when a bomb exploded inthe city of Karachi. The bomb,according to police, was hidden in afruit cart.It is not clear who wasbehind the attacks.

14-Jan-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms6 9 Militants attacked the main luxuryhotel in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul,killing 7 people and injuring 6 others.The Serena Hotel, which is popularwith foreigners, is the main venue fortop-level functions of the Afghangovernment, foreign embassies andbusinesses in Kabul. Four Afghans,two of whom were security guards, aFilipina employee of the hotel'shealth club, a Norwegian journalistand an American of undisclosedaffiliation were killed in the attack. Atthe time, the Norwegian foreignminister was inside the hotel,however, he was unharmed. Shortlyafter 6pm, three men armed withsuicide vests and assault riflesentered the hotel compound afteropening fire on the guards standingat the gate and killing one. Anotherguard fired back and hit one of theattackers, who immediatelydetonated his explosives. The othertwo attackers moved toward thehotel building. One of themdetonated his explosives outside themain door; the head of the NationalSecurity Directorate of Afghanistansaid that the second attacker hadeither been too hasty or was afraid ofbeing shot by the hotel's guards. Thethird attacker entered the hotel lobbyand opened fire on guests andemployees as he moved toward thehealth club, killing several people. Hedid not detonate his explosives andwas found hiding in the hotel byAfghan authorities. Three otherswere arrested in connection with thisattack, including the man whotransported the attackers to thehotel, and two men who aresuspected of providingaccommodations to the attackers inthe city. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack.

14-Jan-08 NakhonRachasima

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 1 A police was killed while transportinga bomb to the house of a politicianlinked to the former prime minister.The policeman did not work in thedistrict where he was killed. It isunclear why he was there, inpossession of the bomb. However,this bomb attack comes just asThailand's new government isconsolidating power. While thecoalition government won thegeneral election in December, theycame a few votes short of achievingan absolute majority in parliament.

14-Jan-08 Chanae Thailand Unknown Firearms0 8 Insurgents ambushed a teacherescort military unit in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The squad was first hit bya roadside bomb, which damagedtheir humvee. After the explosion,insurgents engaged with small armsfire for thirty minutes. All eightsoldiers were killed, one of whomwas decapitated. All of the otherbodies showed signs that theinsurgents attempted to decapitatethem as well. This was the deadliestattack on a teacher escort teamsince June 2007.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

14-Jan-08 Rangae Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda gas vendor in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Hisassailants shot him from amotorcycle. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Jan-08 ValparaisoChile Other Explosives0 0 On January 15, 2008 a bomb wasfound on a major street in centralValparaiso. The bomb was comprisedof an ammonium-based explosive,nails and other metallic shrapnel.Theauthorities were alerted to thepresence of the bomb by anonymoustip. The tipster state the bomb hadbeen planted in response to theoppression of the Mapuche residentsin the Araucania region.

15-Jan-08 Lanta-Buro

Somalia Unknown Firearms4 1 One female khat vendor was killedand four others were wounded whenthe convoy that they were riding inwas attacked near Lanta-Buro area inlower Shabeelle. This attack wasmore than likely the work of Islamistswho strictly oppose the sale of thenarcotic plant.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with the(UIC).

15-Jan-08 Yaha Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 Insurgents detonated explosivestargeting a teacher escort team insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Two soldiers werewounded in the explosion, which wasthe second attack on a teacherescort team that day.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives37 0 Thirty-seven people were woundedwhen a bomb hidden inside of amotorcycle detonated in a crowdedmarket in southern Thailand's restiveYala province. Two of the thirty-seven were severely wounded. Theowner of the motorcycle informedpolice of the fact that his vehicle wasstolen. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Jan-08 Muang Thailand Unknown Explosives44 0 Insurgents detonated a large bombstrapped to a motorcycle in amorning market in southernThailand's restive Yala province. Theattack left forty-four people injured,including six who sustained veryserious injuries. The perpetratorswaited until the market was filledwith shoppers at the food stallsbefore detonating the bomb.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Jan-08 SouthUbian

PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Firearms0 1 Abu Sayyaf rebels shot and killed aCatholic priest in the town of SouthUbian. Fr. Rey Roda was shot andkilled in a botched kidnappingoperation. Villagers attempted torescue the priest along with policeforces who were at the scene.However, in an ensuing firefightbetween the rebels and theauthorities, the priest was killed.

16-Jan-08 Buttala SriLanka

LTTE Explosives62 31 In the town of Buttala, approximately31 people were killed when aroadside bomb blew up in a crowdedbus. The attackers, after the blast,gunned down fleeing passengers andnearby farmers who were also in thevicinity. According to the military, theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) carried out the attacks.

16-Jan-08 Bastia France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 16, 2008 a bombexploded in a branch of the CreditAgricole bank in Bastia, Corsica. Theblast caused significant damage butno injuries or deaths. There are noclaims of responsibility. However,underground Corsican separatistmovements have targeted Frenchbanks in the past who they blame foraiding in the appropriation of 'theirland'.

16-Jan-08 NigerDelta


Explosives2 1 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) tossed dynamite at theconvoy of Sotoye Etomi, the NigerianPorts Authority South East GeneralManager. The attack killed theEtomi's driver and wounded two ofthe police escorts with convoy.However, there were no reports ofEtomi getting hurt.

17-Jan-08 Moriani France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 17, 2008 a bombexploded in a branch of the CreditAgricole bank in Moriani, Corsica.The blast caused minor damage andno injuries or deaths. This was thesecond attack against a CreditAgricole branch in Corsica in 24hours. There are no claims ofresponsibility. However, undergroundCorsican separatist movements havetargeted French banks in the pastwho they blame for aiding in theappropriation of 'their land'.

17-Jan-08 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Explosives20 9 8 people were killed and 20 woundedin a suicide bombing at a Shiitemosque in the northwestern city ofPeshawar. According to police, ateenage boy blew himself up insidethe gates of the mosque before theShiite religious festival of Ashura.It isunknown who was behind the attack.

18-Jan-08 Bara Nepal TeraiArmy

Fire orFirebomb

24 7 Seven people were killed withtwenty-four wounded when apassenger bus was engulfed in a firealong the East-West highway in theBara district. According to sources,arson was involved in the incident.The Terai Army claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

18-Jan-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives2 0 Two moviegoers were injured whensomeone threw a hand grenade intoa major cinema in Mogadishu.Attacks on cinemas are common inSomalia, as are anonymous grenadeattacks.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the (UIC).

20-Jan-08 Thimphu Bhutan Unknown Explosives0 0 This is a series of bomb blasts thatrocked Bhutan on January 20, 2008.The bomb blasts came as the countrywas preparing to move to democracyby holding its first ever election onMarch 24.The second bomb blastoccurred in the nation's capital ofThimphu. The bomb was plantedbehind a restaurant. No injuries orfatalities were reported. No oneclaimed responsibility for the attack,but the police blamed one of thethree militants organizations basedin Nepal - the Bhutan Tiger Force, theBhutan Maoists Party, and theCommunist Party of Bhutan - to bebehind the attacks.

20-Jan-08 Samste Bhutan Unknown Explosives0 0 This is a series of bomb blasts thatrocked Bhutan on January 20, 2008.The bomb blasts as the country waspreparing to move to democracy byholding its first ever election onMarch 24. The first bomb blastoccurred in the district of Samstenear a vegetable market. No injuriesor fatalities were reported. No oneclaimed responsibility for the attack,but the police blamed one of thethree militants organizations basedin Nepal - the Bhutan Tiger Force, theBhutan Maoists Party, and theCommunist Party of Bhutan - to bebehind the attacks.

20-Jan-08 Chukha Bhutan Unknown Explosives1 0 This is a series of bomb blasts thatrocked Bhutan on January 20, 2008.The bomb blasts as the country waspreparing to move to democracy byholding its first ever election onMarch 24. The third bomb blastoccurred in the district of Chuka neara guest house. One person wasinjured. No one claimed responsibilityfor the attack, but the police blamedone of the three militantsorganizations based in Nepal - theBhutan Tiger Force, the BhutanMaoists Party, and the CommunistParty of Bhutan - to be behind theattacks.

20-Jan-08 Dagana Bhutan Unknown Explosives0 0 This is a series of bomb blasts thatrocked Bhutan on January 20, 2008.The bomb blasts as the country waspreparing to move to democracy byholding its first ever election onMarch 24. The fourth bomb blastoccurred in the district of Daganabehind a house. No one was injuredin the attack. No one claimedresponsibility for the attack, but thepolice blamed one of the threemilitants organizations based inNepal - the Bhutan Tiger Force, theBhutan Maoists Party, and theCommunist Party of Bhutan - to bebehind the attacks.

20-Jan-08 Dangana Bhutan Unknown Explosives0 0 This is a series of bomb blasts thatrocked Bhutan on January 20, 2008.The bomb blasts occurred as thecountry was preparing to move todemocracy by holding its first everelection on March 24.Police foiled abomb attack in the district ofDangana near a home.

20-Jan-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents lobbed mortars at thepresidential palace in Mogadishu, butno casualties were reported. Newprime minister Nur Hassan Husseinwas holding a meeting at the time ofthe attack, but was unhurt. This wasnot the first mortar attack on thepresidential palace.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with the(UIC).

20-Jan-08 Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda twenty-three year old villager insouthern Thailand's restive Tak Baidistrict. The country's southernIslamic separatists are suspected.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo local government employees insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Attacks on localgovernment forces are common insouthern Thailand's. The region'sIslamist separatists are suspected.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

21-Jan-08 Sartene France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 21, 2008 a bombexploded in a branch of the CreditAgricole bank in the outskirts ofSartene, Corsica. The blast caused afire which destroyed the branch andseveral nearby vehicles; no injuriesor deaths were reported. This attackoccurred within five minutes ofanother blast at a Credit Lyonnaisbranch in the center of Sartene. Thisis the fourth bank bombing in Corsicathis week. There are no claims ofresponsibility. However, undergroundCorsican separatist movements havetargeted French banks in the pastwho they blame for aiding in theappropriation of 'their land'.

21-Jan-08 Haute-Corse

France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 21, 2008 a bomb wasdiffused outside the Ghisonaccia postoffice in Haute-Corse, Corsica.Thewere no claims of responsibility forthe attack.

21-Jan-08 Sartene France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 21, 2008 a bombexploded in a branch of the CreditLyonnais bank in the center ofSartene, Corsica. The blast causedmoderate damage but no injuries ordeaths. This attack occurred withinfive minutes of another blast at aCredit Agricole branch on theoutskirts of Sartene. This is thefourth bank bombing in Corsica thisweek. There are no claims ofresponsibility. However, undergroundCorsican separatist movements havetargeted French banks in the pastwho they blame for aiding in theappropriation of 'their land'.

21-Jan-08 Santiago Chile Other Explosives0 0 On January 21, 2008 a bombexploded outside the of a Banco BCIbank branch in Santiago. The blastcaused no casualties and only minordamage. The Mapuche Indiansclaimed responsibility for the attack.The tribe is protesting the treatmentof the Mapuche in Chile by thegovernment.

21-Jan-08 Rueso Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda janitor at a coffee shop in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. Attacks on participants incertain government-sponsored jobprograms, like janitors, are commonin southern Thailand.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

21-Jan-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo workers in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

21-Jan-08 Rueso Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

8 0 Insurgents bombed a section ofrailway tracks in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Theresulting explosion injured eightsoldiers who were patrolling alongthe tracks at the time of the attack.Authorities believe that the bombwas detonated via remote control byinsurgents in a nearby orchard. Theattack took place in Rueso district.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

21-Jan-08 Patikul PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Unknown0 0 Militants from Abu Sayyaf abducted anumber of passengers on acommuter van in the town of Patikul.They later freed all of them afterrealizing that one of the victims wasa Muslim cleric. There were noreports of any ransoms being paid.

22-Jan-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 1 A 15kg TNT car bomb exploded inNazran, Ingushetia on January 22,2008 at 17:30. The driver failed toleave the vehicle before it detonated,and died inside the vehicle. A pro-rebel Chechen website suggestedthat the perpetrator was fromDagestan. No further information isavailable.

22-Jan-08 Jolo PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Firearms0 1 Abu Sayyaf rebels shot and killed aman in the town of Jolo. The victimwas shot in the head at point blankrange as he was eating at a roadsiderestaurant. There were no furtherdetails given.

22-Jan-08 Jolo PhilippinesUnknown Unknown1 0 A Muslim trader allegedly aiding thegovernment's counterinsurgencycampaign was kidnapped in the townof Jolo. According to his relatives, hewas tortured before being released.There were no reports of any ransombeing paid.

23-Jan-08 Bayonne France Unknown Explosives0 0 On January 23, 2008 a homemadebomb was defused outside a realestate agents office and a branch ofthe Credit Agricole bank. Bothbusiness are located outsideBayonne in the Cambo-les-Bains.There was no claim of responsibilityfor the attack; however, a notestating the Basque Country is not forsale was left at the scene.

23-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-three year old Muslim in anambush in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. The country'ssouthern, Islamic separatists aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

23-Jan-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-six year old Muslim insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The country's southernIslamic separatists are suspected.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Jan-08 Tumaco Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On January 24, 2008 FARC rebelstoppled an electricity pylon inTumaco Municipality.

24-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-year old Buddhist in a drive-by shooting in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Jan-08 KhokPho

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda teacher in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency. Moreover, they alsofrequently target insurgents.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Jan-08 TrentoTown


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0 0 Arsonists suspected to be part of theNew People's Army torched a ten-wheel truck and a log loader inTrento Town. The arsonists flaggedthe truck down before ordering thedriver to get out at gunpoint. Theowner of the vehicle then watched asthe rebels torched his truck.

25-Jan-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-six year old villager in a drive-by shooting in southern Thailand'srestive Pattani province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-year old Muslim inside hishome in southern Thailand's restiveYala province. The country'ssouthern Islamic separatists aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Jan-08 AltoPrimores

Colombia FARC Explosives2 4 On January 26, 2008 a convoycarrying the mayor of Arauquita wasattacked by FARC rebels. The FARCdetonated several explosive devicesnear the Alto Primores hamlet; theblast killed four policemen andwounded two others. The mayor wasuninjured in the attack.

26-Jan-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified militants shot and killeda teenage boy and wounded hisfriend in southern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. The sixteenyear-old deceased victim also boreslash wounds on his head after beingattacked with a knife. In addition, hisfifteen year old friend was woundedin the attack.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-eight year old man as he wasreturning home from a mosque. Thecountry's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Jan-08 Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda village head in a drive-by shootingin southern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency. Moreover, theyfrequently target prominent villageleaders.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Jan-08 SongkhlaThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot andwounded a woman who was en routeto work at a rubber plantation insouthern Thailand's restive Songkhladistrict. Attacks on the rubberindustry are common in southernThailand as it is an important sectorin the country's economy.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-four year old Muslim in adrive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Yala province.Islamic insurgents are suspected asdrive-by shootings remain a keytactic in their low-level insurgency.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

27-Jan-08 Almaty KazakhstanUnknown Explosives2 0 The Kazakh Emergency Ministryreported that an RGD-5 grenadeexploded in school No 29 in Almatyon Saturday evening, January 27,2008. Two children were injured inthe attack but the school was notdamaged. The attack was notclaimed.

27-Jan-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fishmonger and wounded hiscolleague in southern Thailand'srestive Pattani province. Theirassailants rode a motorcycle. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Jan-08 Bogota Colombia FARC Explosives4 0 On January 28, 2008 a 1kg bombcomprised of R-1 explosivesdetonated at a police station inBogota. The blast lightly woundedthree policemen and one civilian.Authorities believe that the FARC areresponsible for the attack.

28-Jan-08 Kismayu Somalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 5 Five people, including three aidworkers, were killed when a roadsidebomb targeted their car in Kismayo.A Kenyan doctor, a French logisticsexpert, and their Somali driver wereall working for Medicins SansFrontieres when they were killed. Inaddition to their deaths, a Somali boyand a reporter were also killed in theblast. Attacks on aid agencies arecommon throughout Somalia.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

28-Jan-08 Panare Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAdbulloh Jehwae, a hired hand, insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The victim was shot whiledriving his motorcycle. The country'ssouthern Islamic separatists aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Jan-08 Sulu PhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Firearms0 0 Insurgents suspected to be part ofAbu Sayyaf kidnapped a femaletrader in Sulu, the southernPhilippines province. There were noreports of kidnappers demandingransom during this kidnapping. Thecountry has been in the throes of alow level insurgency with a numberof Islamic insurgents.

29-Jan-08 Mannar SriLanka

LTTE Explosives17 17 In the town of Mannar, 17 peoplewere killed and 17 people wereinjured when a bomb exploded ontheir bus. Mannar is in an areaformerly held by the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). All thepassengers in the bus were eitherschool children or teachers returningfrom a school event. The militaryheld the LTTE responsible for theattacks.

29-Jan-08 CundayMunicipality

Colombia FARC Firearms0 2 On January 29, 2008 two communityleaders, Jorge Mora and Jorge Ayalawere assassinated by FARC rebels inAltos de Torres of the CundayMunicipality. Both of the victims weremembers of the Tres EsquinasCommunity Action Committee.

29-Jan-08 Thenia Algeria Unknown Explosives0 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives laden vehicle outside apolice housing complex in Thenia, asmall town east of Algiers. Theexplosion killed two people andwounded a number of others inaddition to damaging a number ofnearby houses and the policebuilding itself. A similar suicidebomb attack was staged against apolice station earlier this month.That attack was claimed by Al Qaedain the Land of the Islamic Maghreb.

29-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-seven year person in a drive-by shooting in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

29-Jan-08 CompostelaPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms1 1 Rebels fighting for the New People'sArmy ambushed a police officer on aroad near Compostela. The attackleft the officer dead and a truckdriver wounded. This was the secondattack on police forces in thePhilippines that day.

29-Jan-08 NabunturanPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms2 1 Rebels from the New People's Armyambushed a policeman in the earlymorning, killing him. The attack alsoleft his wife wounded along withanother civilian. This was the first oftwo attacks on police forces in thePhilippines that same day.

30-Jan-08 Birgunj Nepal Unknown Explosives55 0 A bomb exploded near agovernment-sponsored political rallyin the town of Birgunj, wounding atleast 55 people. Police speculatedthat the cause of the explosion was aplastic bomb. While it is not clearwho was behind the attack, threedifferent armed groups claimedresponsibility for the blast. In thepast year, a number of people havedied in ethnic violence and clasheswith rebel groups in the region.

30-Jan-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda local government official in a drive-by shooting in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Jan-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-two year old security guard ata car showroom in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The country's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Jan-08 BarangayTambler

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives27 4 Four people were killed and twenty-seven others were injured in amassive blast at a tuna factory inBarangay Tambler. The PhilbestCanning Corporation was rocked byblast that authorities believe mayhave been caused by a grenadeplaced inside of a plastic bag and leftnear the factory. There were nodefinitive reports about what causedthe blast or who was behind it.

31-Jan-08 Getxo Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On January 31, 2008 the Basqueregional police defused a bombplanted on a path in Getxo. Thebomb contained 40kg of explosivesand according to authorities it was'perfectly aimed'. Police suspect theVizcaya cell of ETA is responsible forplanting the bomb.

31-Jan-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAbbas Muhammad Nur, thespokesman of Banaadir Region.According to reports, Nur wasattacked by four men armed withpistols in Mogadishu's XamarweyneDistrict. The attack also left a civilianwounded.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

1-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives150 73 Mentally challenged female suicidebombers detonated bombs in acrowded market in Baghdad. Twocoordinated attacks utilizing thesame method in close succession inpet markets killed and injured a largenumber of civilians and vendors.

1-Feb-08 DushanbeTajikistan Unknown Explosives0 0 An RGD-5 grenade exploded near abuilding near the government road incentral Dushanbe. The attack wasinvestigated as terrorism by the Tajikpolice.

2-Feb-08 DambullaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives50 20 Suspected Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) rebels set off a bombinside a crowded bus in the town ofDambulla, north of Colombo, killing20 people and injuring another 50.The explosion targeted a privately-owned bus at the bus station inDambulla. The bus was takingBuddhist pilgrims from the centraltown of Kandy to the north-centralAnuradhapura town and had stoppedat Dambulla to pick up morepassengers.

2-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A roadside bomb targeting the policewounded five people including threepolicemen in western Baghdad.

2-Feb-08 DavaoCity


Firearms0 1 Rebels with the New People's Armyshot and killed an alleged policeinformant in Davao City in thePhilippines. Vicente Ferrazini, part ofa powerful business family in thesouthern Philippine city, was killed byNew People's Army rebels. Therebels then later apologized to thefamily and the public for the killing,though the reasons behind thisapology were unclear.

2-Feb-08 BeledweyeneSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAbdi Adan Qasim, the police chief ofall of Hiiraan Region, in centralSomalia. According to reports, agroup armed with pistols gunned theQasim down in the evening hours.There was no immediate word onwho was behind the attack, althoughthe country has been plagued byinter-clan violence, al-Shababmilitias, and an raging insurgencyagainst the Ethiopian occupation.

2-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 1 An unidentified assailant tossed agrenade into a crowded cinema inWadajir District in Mogadishu. Theattack left one person dead. Attackson cinemas are common in Somalia,as are anonymous grenade attacks.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

3-Feb-08 Colombo SriLanka

LTTE Explosives92 11 At the Fort Railway Station, a mainrailway station in Colombo, a suicidebomb attack killed eleven people andinjured 92. According to a policespokesman, a suspected femaleTamil Tiger suicide bomber carriedout the attack, as the train pulledinto the station in the center ofColombo. The attack came as thegovernment prepared to celebratethe nation's 60th anniversary.

3-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 Lieutenant - Colonel Ahmed Ibrahim,a senior Interior Ministry official waskilled by a bomb planted in his car.Two of his guards were injured in theincident.

3-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb wounded two people inMosul located 390km north ofBaghdad according to the police.

3-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb was planted in the office ofDiyala's provincial council member,Dr. Hussein Al-Zubaidi. The blastinjured him, two members of hissecurity detail and two U.S. Soldiers.

3-Feb-08 Rajbiraj Nepal Unknown Explosives13 0 A series of a dozen bombs explodedin the town of Rajbiraj, near astadium where the Nepali Congresswas organizing its election rally.According to police, the bombs weretargeting the security personnel. 13people were injured in the bombblasts. There were no fatalities. Nogroup claimed responsibility for theattack.






3-Feb-08 Samste Bhutan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was triggered near theRenewable Natural Resources (RNR)office in the Samste district. It wassuspected that the attack wastargeting officials on election duty.Sources say the bomb was crudelymade.While no group claimedresponsibility for the attack, thepolice blamed Nepal-based rebels forthe blast.







3-Feb-08 NigerDelta


Firearms0 3 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked the military forcesguarding an oil pipeline in the NigerDelta. The attack left three soldiersdead. MEND later claimedresponsibility for the attack.

3-Feb-08 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a policeman in adrive-by shooting south of Kut, 105miles south of Baghdad.

4-Feb-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 0 A roadside bomb attack rocked agroup of policemen and civilians neara police station in southernThailand's restive Yala province. Theattack left six wounded, three ofwhich were police officers. Attackson police forces are common insouthern Thailand. The country'ssouthern Islamic separatists aresuspected.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Feb-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives10 0 Insurgents detonated explosivesinside of a school in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The attack left ten wounded,including an agricultural expert and alocal government employee. Theattack took place as governmentofficials and agricultural experts werereleasing fish into the school's pondin a sustainable food policy program.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Feb-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives4 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb justoutside an Islamic religious school insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The attack left three localgovernment officials wounded alongwith a policeman. Both governmentofficials and police forces are oftenattacked in southern Thailand.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Feb-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Explosives4 0 Unidentified assailants tossed agrenade into the residence of adistrict commissioner in BaydhaboDistrict. The attack left four peopleinjured severely. In addition, reportsnoted a number of other minorinjuries. Anonymous grenade attacksare common in Somalia.Since routingthe Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

4-Feb-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol wounded two civilians inKirkuk, 155 miles north of Baghdad.

4-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two civilians were wounded by aroadside bomb planted under theirvehicle in Hurriya district of Baghdad.

4-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two policemen were wounded byroadside bomb in southwesternBaghdad according to the Iraqipolice.

4-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a Foreign Ministryofficial in a drive-by shooting inMansour district of Baghdad.

5-Feb-08 Taji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 One neighborhood police (U.S.Backed tribesmen) and a civilianwere killed by a suicide bomber inTaji, located 12 miles north ofBaghdad. The incident was reportedby a local tribal leader.

5-Feb-08 LosAngeles

UnitedStates


Explosives0 0 On February 5, 2008 an explosivedevice was left at the home of aUCLA professor. The device causedminor damage and know one wasinjured. The motive for the attack isbelieved to revolve around thetreatment of animals in UCLAlaboratories. The Animal LiberationFront claimed credit for the attack ontheir website.

5-Feb-08 Bastia France Unknown Explosives2 0 On February 5, 2008 a bombexploded in a branch of the CreditMutuel bank in central Bastia. Theblast shattered the bank's glass frontand two people in a car were slightlyinjured by flying pieces of glass.There are no claims of responsibility.However, underground Corsicanseparatist movements have targetedFrench banks in the past who theyblame for aiding in the appropriationof 'their land'.

5-Feb-08 Santiago Chile SeverinoDiGiovanniAnt-PatrioticGang

Explosives1 0 On January 21, 2008 a bombexploded outside the of a policestation in Santiago. The blast injuredone police officer and caused minordamage. The bomb was a homemadedevice composed of a fireextinguisher and gunpowder. TheSeverino Di Giovanni Ant-PatrioticGang claimed responsibility for theattack. The group is a domesticanarchist group that claimed theattack was in support of MapucheIndian's cause.

5-Feb-08 BeledweyeneSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda judge in central Somalia's BeledWeyne district. Shaykh IbrahimGoole was gunned down as he wascoming home from a mosque.Attacks on prominent Somalis,including judges, are common inSomalia. The Mujahideen YouthMovement claimed responsibility forthe attack.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

6-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two neighborhood policemen werekilled after confronting a suicidebomber wearing an explosive belt.The incident took place in the north-western part of Baghdad.

6-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms3 2 Two policemen were killed and threeothers were wounded including acivilian in a drive-by shooting inMosul.

6-Feb-08 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen assassinated Issam Hassani,a member of the Association ofMuslim Scholars in his shop inSamarra.

6-Feb-08 Tuz Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A woman was killed and two menwere injured when a roadside bombhit a minibus in the town of TuzKhurmato, 180 km north of Baghdad.

6-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Three women and a man werewounded when a roadside bombexploded near their vehicle inBaqubah north-east of Baghdad.

6-Feb-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives6 1 Insurgents detonated a bomb at alocal Chinese shrine in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The attack left seven wounded,including five Thai soldiers. Thecountry's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected. NOTE: Alater AFP article stated that one ofthe Thai soldiers was killed in theattack.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Feb-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda local defense forces volunteer in adrive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Yala province.Islamic insurgents are suspected asdrive-by shootings remain a keytactic in their low-level insurgency.Attacks on local defense forcevolunteers are common in southernThailand.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Feb-08 TiziOuzou

Algeria Unknown Firearms2 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andseverely wounded two police officersin a drive-by shooting out theoutskirts of Tizi Ouzou. According tonewspaper reports, the attack wascommitted by terrorists. Attacks onpolice forces are not uncommon inAlgeria.

6-Feb-08 Bosasso Somalia Al-shabaab

Explosives80 22 Insurgents with the al-shabaablaunched a series of grenade attacksin Bosasso, an area heavilypopulated by Ethiopian civilians. Theattacks killed twenty-two people andleft over eighty others injured.According to reports, the blasts tookplace within two minutes of eachother. They completely destroyed anentire neighborhood whereEthiopians live. It should be notedthat Ethiopia invaded Somalia in2006.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

6-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge targeting policewas planted near a local club in Al-Mustansiriya area of Baghdad. Theexplosion caused no casualtiesamongst the police or civilianpopulation.

6-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two explosive charges placed on Al-Ruba'e bridge in Zayouna districtwere diffused by the police.

6-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb wounded threecivilians in the eastern side of Mosul.

6-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two policemen were wounded whena roadside bomb targeted theirvehicle in Mosul.

6-Feb-08 DiwaniyaIraq Unknown Explosives9 4 Four people were killed and nineothers were injured including sevenpolicemen when a roadside bombexploded near a bus transportingdetainees in Diwaniya in the south ofIraq.

6-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were wounded in aroadside bomb attack in Al-Andalussquare in central Baghdad.

7-Feb-08 SalmanPak

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 The blast from a roadside bombwounded three policemen in SalmanPak according to a police report.

7-Feb-08 GuipuzcoaProvince

Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On the night of February 7, 2008 a15kg bomb exploded next to theBergara Court of Justice in GuipuzcoaProvince in Basque Country. The firedepartment was warned that therewould be an explosion at thecourthouse. As a result they wereable to establish a security perimeterleading to no deaths or injuries.ETAis believed to be responsible for theattack.

7-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and thenrepeatedly stabbed a twenty-twoyear old man in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Hisbody was then dumped in a nearbyriver. The country's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Feb-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda twenty-year old local defenseforces volunteer in southernThailand's restive Yala province.Attacks on local defense forces arecommon in southern Thailand. Thecountry's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Feb-08 Hadan Somalia Mujahideenall-Mansooran

Firearms0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementattacked a police station in Hadan,burning vehicles and damagingequipment. There were no reports ofany casualties.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

7-Feb-08 Hadan Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for shelling forces withthe African Union present in Hadan.In addition to the shelling the groupclaimed to have fired upon the forceswith a light machine gun. Therewere no reports of any casualties.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

7-Feb-08 Siniya Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb killed Lt. Col. KhalidRasheed the head of the police inSiniya, a small town near Baiji, 180km north of Baghdad.

7-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 3 Three government employees killedand three others wounded in a drive-by shooting in northern Baghdad.

7-Feb-08 SalmanPak

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives6 3 A car bomb went off during a raid bythe Awakening police against ahouse suspected of housing Al-Qaedamembers in Salman Pak. The blastkilled three police and wounding sixothers. Salman pak is a small townnear Baghdad also known asMada'in.

7-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 3 Three awakening police memberswere killed by Al-Qaeda in theirhomes in Baqubah.Their bodies werelater rigged with explosives anddetonated after.

8-Feb-08 LaCoruna

Spain ResistenciaGalega

Explosives0 0 On February 8, 2008 a small bombexploded in the Costa de Minohousing development in La Corunaprovince in Galicia. The bomb causedminor damage and no casualties.Thepolice suspect Resistencia Galega, aGalicia based separatist group, isresponsible for the attack.

8-Feb-08 God Hungary Arrows ofHungariansNationalLiberationArmy

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early on February 8, 2008 acoordinated attack was carried outagainst four members of Hungary'sSocialist Party. In each attack apetrol-bomb was thrown at the MPshome. There were no injuries in anyof the attacks; however, each attackcaused damage. One of the fourattacks occurred in God, HungaryTheArrows of Hungarians NationalLiberation Army claimed credit forthe attack in a statement releasedlater: The flames of Friday dawnshould remind all traitors where the'no' button is located. The 'no' buttonreferences an upcoming vote on ahealth-care bill.

8-Feb-08 DunaujvarosHungary Arrows ofHungariansNationalLiberationArmy

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early on February 8, 2008 acoordinated attack was carried outagainst four members of Hungary'sSocialist Party. In each attack apetrol-bomb was thrown at the MPshome. There were no injuries in anyof the attacks; however, each attackcaused damage. One of the fourattacks occurred in Dunaujvaros,HungaryThe Arrows of HungariansNational Liberation Army claimedcredit for the attack in a statementreleased later: The flames of Fridaydawn should remind all traitorswhere the 'no' button is located. The'no' button references an upcomingvote on a health-care bill.

8-Feb-08 KunhegyesHungary Arrows ofHungariansNationalLiberationArmy

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early on February 8, 2008 acoordinated attack was carried outagainst four members of Hungary'sSocialist Party. In each attack apetrol-bomb was thrown at the MPshome. There were no injuries in anyof the attacks; however, each attackcaused damage. One of the fourattacks occurred in Kunhegyes,HungaryThe Arrows of HungariansNational Liberation Army claimedcredit for the attack in a statementreleased later: The flames of Fridaydawn should remind all traitorswhere the 'no' button is located. The'no' button references an upcomingvote on a health-care bill.

8-Feb-08 UnknownHungary Arrows ofHungariansNationalLiberationArmy

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early on February 8, 2008 acoordinated attack was carried outagainst four members of Hungary'sSocialist Party. In each attack apetrol-bomb was thrown at the MPshome. There were no injuries in anyof the attacks; however, each attackcaused damage. One of the fourattacks occurred in an unspecifiedlocation.The Arrows of HungariansNational Liberation Army claimedcredit for the attack in a statementreleased later: The flames of Fridaydawn should remind all traitorswhere the 'no' button is located. The'no' button references an upcomingvote on a health-care bill.

8-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified assailants threw anumber of grenades at the UnitedNations Development Program(UNDP) compound in Mogadishu.Three grenades were thrownthroughout the course of the night.The second of which prompted anexchange of gunfire with localsecurity forces.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

8-Feb-08 Waaberi Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAbdi Fidow Addan, a district officer inHantiwadaag neighborhood inWaaberi District. Witnesses statedhe was killed by multiple assailantswith pistols. There were no furtherdetails given on the assailants.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

8-Feb-08 NigerDelta

Nigeria Unknown Explosives0 0 Unknown militants detonated a bombtargeting the Shell PetroleumDevelopment Company (SPDC),blowing up a pipeline, and spillinglarge quantities of oil. The last timethe region saw a wave of attacks onits oil installation was in 2006. TheMovement for the Emancipation ofthen Niger Delta (MEND) was notreported to be directly linked to theattack.

8-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 Gunmen wearing government policeuniforms stormed a house and killedits five residents including a womanin Baqubah. The attackers blew thenblew up the house.

8-Feb-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 1 The body of an assassinated SunniImam in Basra was found in a citymorgue. The Imam was a member ofthe Muslim Scholars Association.

8-Feb-08 Hawija Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A parked car packed with explosiveswounded two policemen in the townof Hawija 70 km south-west ofKirkuk.

8-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 3 Three mayoralty's workers werekilled and three others woundedwhen unidentified gunmen openedfire on them in the northern part ofBaghdad.

9-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four civilians were wounded in aninterrupted suicide attack in Mosul.An army soldier opened fire on aspeeding car heading towards acheckpoint causing the explosiveladen vehicle to detonate beforereaching its target.

9-Feb-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda woman in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

9-Feb-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedboth a janitor and an assistant villagehead in southern Thailand's restiveYala prvovince. Attacks on bothjanitors and local government forces.Islamic insurgents are suspected asdrive-by shootings remain a keytactic in their low-level insurgency.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Feb-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives17 2 Two policemen were killed andanother 17 injured in a mortar attackon their base in Balad Ruz.

10-Feb-08 Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives7 4 Three people were killed (apoliceman and two Sahwa members)and another 7 were wounded in asuicide car bomb attack. The attackhappened in the east of Fallujah nearAl-bu Isa villages.

10-Feb-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two Al-Sahwa council members werekilled in a vehicle born improvisedexplosive device in Al-Abbasi districtnear Kirkuk.

10-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 5 Five people were killed including awoman in clashes when gunmenattacked villages manned by Sahwapolice. The attack took place in TalAbta Village near Mosul. The incidentwas reported by the police.

10-Feb-08 Hilla Iraq Unknown Firearms4 0 A roadside bomb targeting aneighborhood representative(Mukhtar) office in Hilla woundedfour people.

11-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 3 At least three civilians were killedand 6 others wounded when a singleattack by two cars rigged withexplosives detonated in Al-Hurriyasquare in south of Baghdad. Thecasualty numbers were reporteddifferently by the Iraqi police.

11-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb killed one civilianand wounded two others in Al-Mashtal area of Baghdad. Thecivilians were occupants of a civiliancar that passed near the roadsidebomb.

11-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives30 11 A car bomb targeting the office of atribal leader (Ali Hatem Sulaiman) inArasat area of Baghdad killed elevenpeople and injured another 30. Theattack was followed by another carbomb in a nearby district. The triballeader was injured in the attack.

11-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb exploded near Al-Mansour gas station in Baghdad. Twocivilians were wounded in the attack.

11-Feb-08 Beiji Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Power has been cut in the northernsystem after the detonation of a carrigged with explosives near Baijithermal power plant. The explosioninterrupted high tension linescausing a major power disruption.400 Megawatts power loss recordeddue to the attack.

11-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 1 A suicide car bomber blew himself inthe eastern part of Mosul wounding awoman and a child. The incident wasreported by the police.

11-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 Three civilians and two police officerswere wounded when a car riggedwith explosives was detonated near apolice station in Dora district ofBaghdad.

11-Feb-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen kidnapped a foreignjournalist and his translator in Basra.The journalist worked for CBS news.The attackers using two civilian carsabducted the two from their hotel inBasra.

11-Feb-08 UnknownThailand Unknown Firearms4 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andseverely wounded four policepatrolmen who were guarding asmall convoy in southern Thailand.Attacks on police forces are commonin southern Thailand.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

11-Feb-08 Jijel Algeria Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents fired a shell at thespeaker of the Municipal People'sAssembly (P/APC) of Erraguene as hewas on his way to visit a project siteat the foot of the Barbors mountains.He escaped the attack, and no onewas harmed. Attacks on politicalfigures are common in Algeria.

12-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 3 An unknown group of gunmenattacked a bus transporting students.The attack occurred on a highwaynorth of Baqubah and resulted in thedeath of three students and threeinjuries.

12-Feb-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policepatrol in Basra killing one officer andwounding two others.

12-Feb-08 Buhruz Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Diyala police defused four IEDsplanted in the south Buhruz district.

12-Feb-08 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four civilians were wounded byimprovised explosive device. Theattack occurred in northern Hilla.

12-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A 9 year old girl was killed by aroadside bomb outside of Baqubah.No one else was injured in the attack.

12-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Armed men assassinated HushamHamdan in the Al-Fadhil region ofBaghdad. Hamdan was a journalist.

12-Feb-08 Khuzdar Pakistan Unknown Explosives9 0 A bomb exploded at the offices of aPakistani election candidate, injuringnine people in the town of Khuzdar inBalochistan. The bomb was plantedon a bicycle and it was one of in aseries of attacks aimed at candidatesand political parties running in theupcoming elections. It was unclearwho was behind the attack.

12-Feb-08 Sanaag Somalia Unknown Firearms2 0 Daniel Bronkal, a German aid workeremployed by Action Aid, waskidnapped north of Cerigaabo townin Somalia's northern Sanaag Region.Following the kidnapping, he wasfreed by Somaliland security forces.Authorities believe that Mr. Bronkalwas kidnapped so that he could beexchanged for a number of Islamistprisoners in Somalia. Two of hiskidnappers were injured during theoperation that freed Mr. Bronkal.

13-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Other 1 1 Gunmen attacked Al-Sumoudprimary school in Za'faraniya districton Baghdad. They tortured theguard' s wife and hung their three oldson in the attack.

13-Feb-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were injured when aroadside bomb hit their vehicle innorthern Fallujah.

13-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms1 3 Unidentified gunmen attacked policeforces part of the Transitional FederalGovernment (TFG) in the Xoosh areaof Mogadishu. The attack left threepeople dead and another personinjured. Two of those killed werepolicemen.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

14-Feb-08 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three children were wounded by animprovised explosive device in thetown of Muqdadiya in Diyalaprovince. The children were in avehicle destroyed by the blast.

14-Feb-08 al SadrCity

Iraq Unknown Explosives33 5 Five people were killed and 33 otherswere injured when a bomb packedinside a vehicle went off in Sadr Citydistrict of Baghdad. The explosiontook place in a busy market area.

14-Feb-08 Ba'aj Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 The police chief of Ba'aj and three ofhis body guards were wounded inroadside bomb attack. Ba'aj is asmall town 90 miles west of Mosul.

14-Feb-08 KosovskaMitrovica

Serbia YoungBosnia

Explosives0 0 On February 14, 2008 a bombexploded in front of the EuropeanMission headquarters in KosovskaMitrovica, Serbia (now part ofKosovo). The attack caused minordamage and no casualties werereported.The blast was coordinatedwith another bomb that targeted aSlovenian owned store in Belgrade,Serbia.Young Bosnia claimedresponsibility for the attack. In astatement they demanded theseparation of northern Kosovo and itsintegration into the Republic ofSerbia and the nationalization ofproperty of all states who recognizeKosovo.

14-Feb-08 Belgrade Serbia YoungBosnia

Explosives0 0 On February 14, 2008 a bombexploded in front of Merkator, aSlovenian owned retail store, inBelgrade. The attack caused minordamage and no casualties werereported.The blast was coordinatedwith another bomb that targeted theEuropean Mission headquarters inKosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.YoungBosnia claimed responsibility for theattack. In a statement theydemanded the separation of northernKosovo and its integration into theRepublic of Serbia and thenationalization of property of allstates who recognize Kosovo.

14-Feb-08 Caracas VenezuelaOther Explosives0 0 On February 14, 2008 a small bombexploded outside the Vatican'sEmbassy in Caracas. The bombcaused minor damage to building'sexterior but no casualties. Theperpetrators left a message in graffitiat the scene stating that the attackwas in response to the Vatican'sdecision to give asylum to oppositionactivist Nixon Moreno. Moreno iswanted by the government inconnection with an attemptedmurder at a political rally.

14-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo Muslim men and wounded awoman who were en route to work ata rubber plantation in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. Attacks on the rubberindustry are common in southernThailand as it is an important sectorin the country's economy.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

14-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives4 1 A group of Yemeni nationals wasattacked as they were electing alocal leader in Mogadishu. Accordingto reports, someone lobbed a handgrenade into the meeting, which tookplace as diplomats from the Yemeniembassy were present. Thedeceased was a headmaster at aschool. It was not immediately clearwho was behind the attack.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

15-Feb-08 al-Ghazaliyah

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives4 2 An improvised explosive deviceattached to a car used by Sahwaforces in Ghazaliyah killed twomembers of Al-Sahwa and woundedanother two. Two other civilians werealso wounded in the attack.

15-Feb-08 Talafar Iraq Unknown Explosives16 4 Two suicide bombers tried to enterthe Al-Sidiq Mosque which is Shiitelocated in Tal Afar. The mosque'sguards opened fire on the suicidebombers killing one of them;however, the other bomber was ableto detonate the explosives. The blastkilled three and wounded sixteenothers.

15-Feb-08 NepaljunjNepal JantantrikTeraiMuktiMorchaJwalaSingh

Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at the office ofNepal Election Commission inNepalgunj. No one was injured in theblast, according to police. A militantgroup based in Nepal's Terai plains -the Jantantrik Terai Mukti MorchaJwala Singh (JTMM-J) claimedresponsibility for the attack.

15-Feb-08 LakhdariaAlgeria Unknown Explosives2 0 Insurgents tossed a bomb at a groupof policemen near the municipalstadium of Lakhdaria. The attack lefttwo police officers injured.

15-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives2 0 Insurgents lobbed a number ofmortars at a major port in Mogadishuthat serves as a supply yard forBurundian peacekeeping forces. TheMujahideen Youth Movement laterclaimed responsibility for the attack,which left two civilians injured. Intheir claim of responsibility, theystate that they will no longerdistinguish between thepeacekeepers and the Ethiopianarmy.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.


Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 1 A car bomb attack on Sahwa police inGhazaliyah left one member deadand three others wounded. Theattacker drove his car into a acheckpoint manned by the Sahwapolice. There were two civiliansamong the wounded. Ghazaliyah is awestern neighborhood of Baghdad.

16-Feb-08 MahaweelIraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A child was injured when he pickedup an improvised explosive device inMahaweel near Hillah in BabilProvince. The child was the onlycasualty in the blast.

16-Feb-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A road side bomb exploded near apolice vehicle killing two policeofficers at the Abu Saida intersectionin Diyala province.

16-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A booby trapped house explodedwhile the resident and his sonentered the house in Al-Salamdistrict north of Baqubah. Both werekilled in the explosion.

16-Feb-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A car bomb wounded two policemenin Kirkuk. The car exploded as policeneared the vehicle. Police where inthe area investigating the presenceof potential car bombs.

16-Feb-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb exploded near apolice vehicle in downtown Kirkuk.The blast wounded two policeofficers.

16-Feb-08 ParachinarPakistan Unknown Explosives95 28 A suicide car bomb strikes a meetingof an independent political candidatein the northwestern tribal town ofParachinar, leaving 27 people deadand 95 wounded. The bomb rippedthrough the election meeting of theoffice of Riaz Hussain. It is unclearwho was behind the attack.

16-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-two year old Buddhist in adrive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

16-Feb-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-two year old Muslim insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.The victim was sitting in a tea shopwhen gunmen shot him. Thecountry's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

16-Feb-08 Berber Algeria Unknown Firearms0 0 Insurgents attempted to assassinateKrim Tabbou, the first secretary ofthe Socialist Forces Front (FSS). Theattack occurred as Tabbou wasdriving along National Road 15 enroute to visit his home village ofTadmait. The attack left the car thathe was riding in riddled with bullets.

16-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives0 0 Insurgents launched a number ofmortar rounds at the presidentialpalace in Somalia the same day thatSomali President Abdullahi YusufAhmed returned home from hisLondon medical visit. No one washurt in the attack. The MujahideenYouth Movement claimedresponsibility for the attack.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

16-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 Insurgents detonated a roadsidebomb as the district commissioner ofDaynile Haji Omar drove throughdowntown Mogadishu. He wasslightly injured in the attack.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

16-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Insurgents detonated a roadsidebomb as the district commissioner ofKaran drove through downtownMogadishu. He was unharmed in theattack. This was the secondassassination attempt on districtcommissioner that day.Since routingthe Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

17-Feb-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms3 3 Gunmen fired on neighborhoodpolice in Kan Beni Saad in Diyalahprovince. The attack killed threepolice officers and wounded threeothers.

17-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 3 A female suicide bomber detonatedherself in a busy market in centralBaghdad. The police, by shooting ather, forced the woman to change hertarget from a police checkpoint tothe market. She detonated herexplosives in the market killing threecivilians and wounding eight others.

17-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A car bomb exploded near a localmarket in the Al-Qahira district ineastern Baghdad. The blast killed twocivilians and wounding two others.

17-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb was detonated on apolice patrol killing one member ofthe patrol and wounding four others.Two civilians were among thewounded.

17-Feb-08 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A roadside bomb killed three peoplein the central market of Baiji which islocated in Salahuldeen Province.

17-Feb-08 Baiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb killed an off-dutypoliceman in Baiji located inSalahuldeen province.

17-Feb-08 Guajira Colombia NationalLiberationArmy

Other 0 0 On February 17, 2008 the NationalLiberation Army (ELN) kidnappedMario Alfonso Puello a journalist withRadio Deffin, TV Norte and La Noticiain the Guajira Department in northColumbia. Mr. Peullo along with twoother hostages were released in June20, 2008 by the ELN.

17-Feb-08 Lamitan PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosion ripped through the towncenter of Lamitan City in thePhilippines. However, no one waswounded in the explosion. The blastrocked a stall along Pedro CuevasStreet, and was caused by animprovised explosive device.Authorities suspect that the AbuSayyaf Group was behind the attack.

18-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 3 Three people were killed and fourothers were wounded in a roadsideattack in Mosul.

18-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 A car bomb killed two people andwounded two others in the Al-Qahiradistrict which is located in thenortheast of Baghdad.

18-Feb-08 Mandili Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two guards of Sheikh Khalaf Al-Nidawi were injured in a car bombattack. The Sheikh is a tribal leaderin the city of Mandili which is located50 miles north of Baqubah.

18-Feb-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A major in the Iraqi police was killedby an improvised explosive deviceplanted near his residence in Zuhourarea of Tikrit.

18-Feb-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen fired at IngushPrime Minister Ibragim Malsagov'shouse in Nazran, Ingushetiya onFebruary 18, 2008. The attack lastedabout 20 minutes.

18-Feb-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified people fired at RuslamGagiyev, a local parliament official inNazran, Ingushetia, on February 18,2008. The weapon fired was aMakarov pistol.

19-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 2 A suicide car bomber detonated hisvehicle near a building used by Iraqisecurity forces. One soldier waskilled and two policemen wounded inthe attack. A part of the building alsocollapsed due to the explosion.

19-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 One woman was killed and two otherpeople injured when a roadside bombtargeted their vehicle in BaghdadWaziriya district.

19-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 One civilian was injured when animprovised explosive deviceexploded in the Za'faraniya district ofBaghdad. Police were able to defuseanother device.

19-Feb-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda rubber plantation worker insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.The victim was a rubber plantationworker heading home from work.The country's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-Feb-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four policemen were wounded whena roadside bomb hit their patrol nearthe municipal headquarters in Kirkuk.

20-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms3 3 Three policemen were killed andanother three wounded whengunmen opened fire on patrol in adrive-by shooting in Mosul.

20-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 The deputy minister of science andtechnology was wounded as well astwo of his bodyguards when aroadside bomb hit their vehicle inZayona area of Baghdad.

20-Feb-08 Samarra Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 2 Two would be suicide bombers werekilled by Sahwa forces in Samarrawhen they tried to approach theircheckpoint after the Sahwacheckpoint opened fire on them.

20-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were wounded by aroadside bomb near Al-ShaabStadium in Baghdad.


Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 One civilian was killed and two otherswere wounded at the Al-Kamalshopping center in the Ghazaliyahdistrict of Baghdad. The death andinjures occurred as a result of a carbomb.

20-Feb-08 MuqdadiyahIraq Al Qaeda Explosives17 8 Seven people were killed andanother seventeen wounded when asuicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in a Al-Asri Bakery inMuqdadiya in Diyala province. Twowoman were among those wounded.

20-Feb-08 Talafar Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 A suicide car bomber killed a womanand a six-year old child in the town ofTal Afar. Four others were alsowounded in the attack according thetown's mayor.

21-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three civilians were wounded in aroadside bomb explosion near al-Saab stadium in Zayuna district.Zayuna is an area in easternBaghdad.

21-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 Gunmen opened fire on a vehiclebelonging to the Crimes Departmentin the Waziriya district of northernBaghdad. The units First Lieutenantwas killed in the attack and aLieutenant Colonel and anotherpolice officer were injured.

21-Feb-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 One civilian was killed and anotherwas wounded in a car bombexplosion. The incident occurred inan open air market located 20 milessouth of Fallujah in Anbar Province.

21-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Five policemen were wounded whena car bomb exploded near theirconvoy in Mosul.

21-Feb-08 KosovskaMitrovica

Serbia Unknown Explosives0 0 On February 21, 2008 a bomb wasthrown at the United Nations runDistrict Court in Kosovska Mitrovica,Serbia (now in Kosovo). The blastcaused no damage or causalities. Nogroup claimed responsibility for theattack but a group called YoungBosnia attacked the Europeanheadquarters the previous week inKosovska Mitrovica.

21-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms3 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andseverely wounded three people, avillage head and two villagers, whenthey were fired upon at a weddingparty in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

21-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda sixty-year old man in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

22-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 An abandoned donkey cart carryingan improvised explosive deviceexploded near the National Theaterand the Hamurabi Hotel. The blastkilled one civilian and wounded fourothers. The blast also causedsignificant damage in thesurrounding area.

22-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A car bomb exploded in Karradadistrict in central Baghdad killing oneperson and wounding four others.

22-Feb-08 Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives9 7 A suicide bomber killed at least sixpolicemen and wounded anothernine outside a mosque near Fallujah.The report was made available bythe police.

22-Feb-08 Garma Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 3 A suicide bomber killed 2 people andwounded another 3 when heattempted to attack a securitycheckpoint in Garma near Fallujah.Police reported the incident.

22-Feb-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives8 3 A suicide bomber detonated theirexplosives near a police station inTikrit killing three policemen andwounding eight others.

22-Feb-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A car bomb exploded in a market inFallujah. The blast killed one personand wounded two others.

22-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb in fronta mosque in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Thebomb blast occurred just as a six-member military patrol team waswalking by the mosque. Theexplosion wounded all six soldiers,one whom was severely injured byshrapnel. The country's southernIslamic insurgents are suspected.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

22-Feb-08 SungaiPadi

Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents detonated threehomemade bombs in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The attacks all took placein Sungai Padi district. The first onetargeted a motorcycle shop while thenext two went off within onekilometer of the first site.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

22-Feb-08 Panare Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda man and wounded a woman at theBan Klong Mosque in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.According to reports, the attack wasa drive-by shooting. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

23-Feb-08 MountLavinia

SriLanka

LTTE Explosives14 0 A bomb exploded in a passenger busin Mount Lavinia, south of Colomboinjuring 14 people. The casualtieswere minimized because a passengerspotted the parcel and told thepassengers to get off the bus. Thepolice believe that the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) areresponsible for the attack.

23-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Gunmen attacked the Iraqijournalists syndicate's chief Mr.Shihab Al-Timimi. The attack tookplace in Waziriya in northernBaghdad.

23-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb targeting civiliansat Beirut Square in Baghdad killedone civilian and wounded two others.

23-Feb-08 Iraq Unknown Explosives0 6 Three suicide bombers attacked atribal leader called Ibrahim Al-Teerinear Fallujah. Al-Teeri was killed aswell as two policemen. The firstattacker detonated his explosivesnear Al-Teeri's vehicle at acheckpoint, five minutes later thesecond bomber detonated hisexplosives nearby.

23-Feb-08 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 Two policemen were killed and threeothers wounded when a roadsidebomb exploded near their convoy.The incident occurred on a highwaysouth of Samarra.

23-Feb-08 Beiji Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 An explosive charge planted near thehouse of Beiji city council member,Nouri Khalil exploded. The blast killedKhalil's wife and son.

23-Feb-08 Bilbao Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On February 23, 2008 a bombexploded at the base of a TVtransmission tower. The bombcaused minimal damage and nocausalities. Authorities initiallybelieved the intended target was thetransmission tower; however, afterfurther investigation the intendedtarget was the bomb disposal team.The bomb's trigger was a motiondetector that would detonate whenthe bomb disposal team attemptedto diffuse the explosives.ETA firstalerted the authorities of the bomband later claimed responsibility forthe attack.

23-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A two-story wooden house owned bya teacher at the Ban Yi-ngo schoolcompletely burned to the ground insuspicious circumstances.Educational edifices are frequenttargets of arson attacks by Thailand'ssouthern separatists. This attackwas more than likely the work ofthese insurgents.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

23-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Unknown3 4 Insurgents dressed in governmentpolice uniforms attacked a group ofpolice officers in Mogadishu'sYaqshid district. The attack left fourpolicemen dead and three nearbycivilians wounded.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

24-Feb-08 BatticaloaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives0 2 A suspected Tamil Tiger suicidefighter blew himself up in the easterndistrict of Batticaloa, killing twomembers of a rival group (TMVP).The group had split from themainstream Tamil Tigers. The twoTMVP members were traveling bymotorbike when a Tiger rebelrammed into them with hismotorcycle and exploded.

24-Feb-08 IskandariyahIraq Al Qaeda Explosives60 41 A suicide bomber targeting a groupof Shiite shrine visitors heading toone of their holiest festivals killed 40and wounded 60 others.

24-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives45 3 Three killed and another 45 woundedwhen a roadside bomb targeted aShiite convoy of shrine visitors. Anattack with small arms fire followedthe bombing.

24-Feb-08 Athens Greece Unknown Explosives0 0 On the afternoon of February 24,2008 a bomb exploded out side ofthe Environment, Town Planning andPublic Works Ministry in Athens. Thebomb caused minimal damage andno causalities.No one claimed creditfor the attack but an individual calleda newspaper prior to explosion towarn them it would occur. No reasonwas given for the bombing.

25-Feb-08 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A police commander was killed whena man in a wheelchair blew himselfup.It is believed terrorists used thedisabled man for the suicide missionwithout his full understanding.

25-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 4 Four Shiite visitors were killed andtwelve others wounded by a roadsidebomb in the Za'faraniya district ofBaghdad. The Shiite visitors were ontheir way to Karbala for a religiousfestival.

25-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were wounded when tworoadside bombs exploded on theQasim highway near the ShaabStadium in east of Baghdad.

25-Feb-08 ProprianoFrance CorsicanNationalLiberationFront-Union ofCombat

Firearms0 0 On February 25, 2008, the front ofthe Propriano Town Hall wasmachined gunned. The attack causedminimal damage and no casualties.No one claimed responsibility for theattack; however Corsican separatistsgroups have targeted banks andgovernment buildings in recentmonths.Update: French authoritiessuspect the Corsican NationalLiberation Front-Union of Combatantsare responsible for this attack.

25-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda man and injured his wife when theystormed into their house in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The country's southernIslamic separatists are suspected.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Feb-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda local defense forces volunteer insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Attacks on local defenseforces volunteers are common insouthern Thailand.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAdan Hashi, the secretary for localgovernment in Mogadishu's Wadajir.According to reports, the assailantswere armed with pistols. There wasno immediate word on who wasbehind the attacks. Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

26-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A car bomb targeting a police vehicleexploded killing one policeman andwounding another in Maarith districteast of Mosul.

26-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives15 14 A suicide bomber detonated his vestinside a bus departing Mosul andheading to Syria when the bus wasstopped by a security checkpoint.Fourteen people were killed andfifteen others wounded.

26-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A truck carrying bricks from Baqubahto Baghdad hit a roadside bomb thatkilled the truck driver and hisassistant. The accident took place onthe highway, 15 miles south ofBaqubah.

26-Feb-08 NortedeSantander

Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On February 26, 2008 FARC rebelsblew up a portion of the Cano Limon-Cavenas oil pipeline in the Norte deSantander region near Venezuela.The pipeline has been targeted in thepast by the FARC.

26-Feb-08 NortedeSantander

Colombia FARC Explosives4 5 On February 26, 2008 the FARC blewup a tractor trailer belonging to theSolana Oil Company in the NorteSantander region. Two employees ofthe company were injured in theattack.The Colombian Armyattempted to stop the attack and inthe process two soldiers were killedand another two others werewounded. Three FARC rebels alsodied.

26-Feb-08 Rangae Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda highways workers in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'srestive Rangae district. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

26-Feb-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedGeneral Abdi Kahiye Farah, the headof Mogadishu's police academy. Thekilling is viewed as yet another blowto the Transitional FederalGovernment (TFG) as it tries tostabilize the security situation in thecountry. Both Somalia's presidentand prime minister condemned thekilling.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

27-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 One civilian was killed and two otherswounded when a roadside bomb hit aminibus in eastern Baghdad. Thearea where this incident took place iscalled New Baghdad.

27-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 One civilian was killed and two otherswounded when an improvisedexplosive device exploded near avehicle in the al Ghadeer area ofBaghdad. The targeted vehicle wascarrying gasoline cans whichamplified the explosion.

27-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 2 Two people were killed and onewounded when a car bomb explodednear a police patrol in Mosul.

27-Feb-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 One boarder police guard was killedand another two wounded whenarmed men opened fire on theirvehicle near Tikrit.

27-Feb-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen using machine gunsattacked the police in south of Basra.One officer was killed in the attack.

27-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Two civilians were killed when animprovised explosive deviceexploded in al Andalos area of Mosul.

27-Feb-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The chief of Domiz police stationColonel Anwar Qadir survived anassassination attempt in Kirkuk. Theattacker attempted to kill the colonelby targeting his convoy with a carbomb.

27-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two civilians were injured by aroadside bomb in Sadiyah, a towneast of Baqubah.

27-Feb-08 KrongPinang

Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 1 Insurgents ambushed a patrol ofvolunteer defense forces alongside aroad in southern Thailand's restiveYala province. The five man teamwas first struck by a roadside bomband then subsequently pepperedwith small arms fire.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 0 The chairman of observations andcomplaints of the integritycommittee was subjected to anassassination attempt by machineguns in the Zayuna district ofBaghdad. He and another persontraveling with him in the samevehicle were injured.

28-Feb-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two civilians were wounded in aroadside bomb explosion in theSaadoun neighborhood of centralBaghdad.

28-Feb-08 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 One civilian was killed and two otherswere wounded by a roadside bombexplosion in Habbaniya west ofRamadi.

28-Feb-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 One member of the awakeningcouncil was assassinated by a sniper.The incident occurred in the alSheikhi area south of Baqubah.

28-Feb-08 Caqueta Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On February 28, 2008 the FARClaunched three gas-cylinder bombsat a Nestle factory in FloreniaMunicipality in the CaquetaDepartment. Only one of the deviceshit the factory; it caused slightdamage and no casualties.

28-Feb-08 Khokhat Georgia Unknown Explosives15 2 Two people were killed and 15 wereinjured in a bomb blast at a policepost in the remote city of Kokhat inthe disputed region of South Ossetia.Casualties included both policemenand civilians. The perpetrators areunknown.The South Ossetian presssaid that the explosion went off at apolice post where South Ossetianpolicemen were on duty. Theseparatist interior minister accusedthe Georgian-backed temporaryadministration of the blast, butGeorgia denied any connection to theincident. A source in the republicanlaw enforcement agencies noted thatthe bomb exploded at a buildingwhere a polling station was set up forearly voting for Russian presidentialelections. South Ossetians of Russiannationality were participating in theearly voting.South Ossetia (located inthe South Ossetian AutonomousOblast) is a disputed region in theSouth Caucuses within the formerGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic.The EU, NATO and most UN membercountries do not recognize it as anindependent state.

28-Feb-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda father and son inside of their localtea shop in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Attacks onlarge social gathering places,including tea shops, are common insouthern Thailand.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda provincial power companyemployee in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Feb-08 MyawaddyBurma(Myanmar)

Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb detonated underneath theThai-Burmese friendship bridge.However, there were no reports ofany injuries or casualties. The bridgeconnects Burma's Myawaddy andThailand's Mae Sot towns. Therehave been a number of sporadicbomb explosions in the country forthe past few months. Though, it isnot clear who is behind the attack.

29-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Faraj Rahhu, a Catholic Archbishop,along with his two body guards anddriver were abducted in Mosul.Thetwo bodyguards and driver were laterkilled by the kidnappers. TheArchbishop was also killed by hisabductors.

29-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A civilian and his son were killed by aroadside bomb in Mosul.

29-Feb-08 al-Huwayjah

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police found the body of AhmedKhalaf, a member of the Hawijahgoverning council dead after beingreported as kidnapped a few daysearlier.

29-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Abid Jassim, a judge, and Ahmed Al-Luizi, a lawyer, were assassinated inthe Tahreer area of east Mosul.

29-Feb-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 3 Gunmen kidnapped the archbishop ofthe Catholic Church Kildan PaulisFaraj Rakhoo and killed three of hiscompanions in east Mosul.

29-Feb-08 Derio Spain ETA Explosives0 0 Early in the morning on Fenruary 29,2008 a 3kg ammonal bomb explodedoutside the headquarters of theSpanish Socialist Party. The blastcaused extensive damage but nocasualties.ETA claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

29-Feb-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Insurgents raided an army postguarding a primary school insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. The attack lefttwo teenage local defense forcesvolunteers dead after an hour longgun battle. Attacks on educationalinstitutions are common in southernThailand.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

29-Feb-08 Muang Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedtwo local defense volunteers insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. The two menwere both shot and killed whileguarding the back of a school.According to reports, roughly tenattackers opened fire on the defensevolunteers.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

1-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 1 In the Amriya neighborhood ofBaghdad, two roadside bombsdetonated. The blast killed onecivilian and injured six members ofthe local Awakening Council. Nearbyshops and vehicles were alsodamaged.

1-Mar-08 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb killed one personand wounded another three inMahmudiyah about 20 miles south ofBaghdad.

1-Mar-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms10 1 One Shiite visitor was killed and tenothers wounded when a gunmenopened fire on their bus. The bus wascarrying pilgrims returning from theArbain religous rite. The incidenthappened near the border betweenDiyala and Salahuldeen provinces.

1-Mar-08 Jolo PhilippinesJemmahIslamiyah

Explosives6 0 A bomb rocked a crowded bar near amilitary base in Jolo. The attack leftsix people wounded, four of whichwere women and two of which weresoldiers. No one has claimedresponsibility for the attack, but bothAbu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyahwere suspected. There were nofurther details on the attack.

2-Mar-08 Samarra Iraq Unknown Explosives9 4 A car bomb, targeting a policeman,killed four and wounded nine othersin Samarra. Among the dead werethe policeman, his wife and theirchild.

2-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 5 Five people were killed and anotherfour wounded by a roadside bomb ina village near Baqubah.

2-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were wounded when tworoadside bombs went off in quicksuccession in Baghdad.

2-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 One civilian was injured in a roadsidebomb in Zafaraniya area of Baghdad.

2-Mar-08 DarraAdamKhel

Pakistan Taliban Explosives35 41 40 people were killed and 35 injuredin the northwestern city of DarraAdam Khel when a suicide bomberblew himself up during a tribalcouncil meeting (or a jirga). Themeeting was convened to discuss thesecurity situation in the region whichhad witnessed in an increase inviolence by pro-Taliban militants overthe past few months.While no oneclaimed responsibility for the attack,it is believed that it was the Talibanwho was behind the incident.

2-Mar-08 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Other 0 0 Unidentified individuals fired rocketsat a cell phone mast in Farahprovince in southwesternAfghanistan. The rocket hit agenerator, destroying it, and alsodisrupted the antenna. In lateFebruary, the Taliban threatened toattack cell phone installations ifservices were not halted at night.The Taliban said that cell phonemasts were being used by Afghanand Western soldiers to track Talibanhideouts. This is the fourth attacksince the threat was issued.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

3-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 In Baghdad's Zayouna neighborhood,a suicide bomber drove a minibusinto an Interior Ministry facilitybuilding. The building was theheadquarters for the 4th Brigade ofthe Interior Ministry, a special quickreaction force.Two police officerswere killed and six were injured inthe attack.

3-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Armed gunmen killed a police coloneland three of his bodyguards in adrive-by shooting in Basra.

3-Mar-08 Sharqat Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives9 3 Two policemen were killed an ninecivilians wounded in a suicide carbomb attack in Sharqat, 190 milesnorth of Baghdad.

3-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 4 A suicide car bomber rammed anexplosive laden minibus into acheckpoint in Ghadeer in EasternBaghdad. The checkpoint wasoutside a building used by the IraqiArmy. The blast killed four andwounded six others.

3-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives43 21 A car bomb parked near the Housingand Municipality Ministry in the Babal-Mudham area of Baghdadexploded. The blast killed 21 people,including two police officers andwounded a further 43. The explosionalso caused a significant amount ofdamage to nearby buildings.

3-Mar-08 Seattle UnitedStates

EarthLiberationFront

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On March 3, 2008, three luxuryhomes were set on fire in suburbanSeattle. The fire caused no injuries ordeaths; however an estimated $3.7million dollars worth of damage wasdone.The acronym 'ELF' was spraypainted on a nearby sign. The EarthLiberation Front is believed to beresponsible for the attack.

3-Mar-08 Athens Greece ArmedRevolutionaryFront

Explosives0 0 On the morning of March 3, 2008 abomb exploded out side of theEnvironment, Town Planning andPublic Works Ministry's ForestryDepartment building in Athens. Thiswas second attack targeting theministry in a week. The bombcaused minimal damage and nocausalities.The Armed RevolutionaryFront claimed credit for the attack.

3-Mar-08 TiziOuzou

Algeria Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen armed with AK-47s stormed a mosque in theAlgerian city of Tizi Ouzou. Theattack left one policeman, who wasstanding in the doorway of themosque, dead. The motive behindthe attack is unclear.

4-Mar-08 SalahuldinIraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 2 Armed gunmen killed two relatives ofa Sahwa council leader in Al-Hassanvillage in Salahuldin province.

4-Mar-08 Samarra Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives10 6 A vehicle born improvised explosivedevice killed four children and twowomen in Samarra. 10 other peoplewere also wounded in the explosion.

4-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Five people were wounded includingthree policemen when a roadsidebomb went off near their patrol inMosul.

4-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a policeman near hishouse in western Mosul.

4-Mar-08 Konar AfghanistanUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified armed individualstorched three vehicles carrying foodfor foreign troops in Ghaziabaddistrict in Konar province.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

4-Mar-08 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 3 Taliban militants attacked a securitycheckpoint in Khashrod district inNimroz province in southernAfghanistan. Three policemen werekilled in the attack. The attackersescaped, but coalition forces arrestedtwo suspects.Terrorist incidents inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

4-Mar-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives9 2 A man detonated a car-bomb outsidethe Tania district government officecompound in Khost province ineastern Afghanistan. The attackerdetonated his explosives when apoliceman guarding the compoundopened fire on him. The explosionkilled the policeman. Four otherpolicemen, four civilians and onenational army soldier were injured inthe attack. This attack followsanother suicide attack in Khostprovince on March 3, for which theTaliban claimed responsibility. TheTaliban did not comment on theattack on March 4.Terrorist incidentsin Afghanistan tend to be carried outby the Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

4-Mar-08 Tak Bai Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb at aschool in southern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. The attack,which was triggered by a mobilephone, left four soldiers who wereguarding the school injured. Twowere critically wounded. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms2 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda police officer and wounded twoothers when they ambushed a policepickup truck in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

4-Mar-08 Jijel Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives7 1 Insurgents planted a bomb at theconstruction site working on a serieshigh-tension electric lines. Theattack left one man dead and sevenothers injured. One of thosewounded lost a leg in the attack. Theterrorist group Al Qaeda in the Landof the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) isbelieved to be behind the attack.

5-Mar-08 Samarra Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 0 Four awakening counsel groupmembers and two civilians wereinjured when a suicide bomber blewup his vehicle in the city of Samarra.The suicide bomber approached acheck point in his vehicle manned byawakening council members near amedicine factory. Guards indicated tothe driver of the vehicle to notapproach, but the vehicle failed tostop. Guards then opened fire on thevehicle and the suicide bomberdetonated the explosives in hisvehicle. Nearby civilian vehicles andbuildings were also damaged as aresult of the explosion.

5-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Five people, three policemen and twocivilians, were injured by a roadsidebomb. The attackers targeted apolice patrol in eastern Mosul.

5-Mar-08 MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb killed one civiliansand wounded three others inMahmudiyah.

5-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 One Civilian was wounded by aroadside bomb that targeted theconvoy of a senior police officer inKirkuk.

5-Mar-08 Udheim Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb killed one personand wounded two others in Udheimarea of Diyala province.

5-Mar-08 Samarra Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives6 3 A suicide car bomber targeted acheckpoint run by a neighborhoodsecurity unit in Samarra. The blastkilled two people and wounded sixothers. Four of the wounded weremembers of the neighborhoodsecurity unit.

5-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two improvised explosive devicesexploded near a youth center inZafaraniya east of Baghdad. Twopeople were wounded in the attack.The police also defused a thirddevice near the attack site.

5-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three civilians were wounded by aroadside bomb in Nahdha area ineastern Baghdad.

5-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A civilian was wounded in the Sinjararea near Mosul by a roadside bomb.

5-Mar-08 PutumayoColombia FARC Explosives0 0 On March 5, 2008 FARC rebels blewup a portion of the TransAndian oilpipeline in the PutumayoDepartment. The pipeline runs fromOrito to Tumaco on the Pacific ocean.

5-Mar-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Taliban set a cell phone mastowned by Areeba mobile phonecompany ablaze. The mast waslocated in the Toghan area of Shahr-e Safa district in Kandahar provinceand the attack occurred on theevening of March 5. The perpetratorstorched two machines and alsodamaged other equipment. In lateFebruary, the Taliban warned thatthey would attack cell phoneinstallations that were not switchedoff at night. They said that Afghanand Western soldiers use theseinstallations to track Talibanhideouts.Terrorist incidents inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

5-Mar-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 The Taliban torched two machinesconnected to a cell phone mast inthe Toghan area of Shahr-e Safadistrict in Zabol province in southernAfghanistan. They also damagedother equipment at the cell phoneinstallation. The attack took place onthe evening of March 5. In lateFebruary, the Taliban threatened toattack cell phone installations ifservices were not halted at night.The Taliban said that cell phonemasts were being used by Afghanand Western soldiers to track Talibanhideouts.Terrorist incidents inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

5-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 1 Insurgents detonated a bomb insideof a crowded market in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The bomb killed one police officerand wounded another along with twocivilians. Attacks on police forces arecommon in southern Thailand.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives1 1 Insurgents detonated a bomb undera bridge, killing one police officer andwounding another in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives130 56 A roadside bomb shortly followed bya suicide attack killed 55 people andwounded more than 130 in Karradaharea of Baghdad.

6-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 One person was killed and five otherswere wounded by a roadside bomb inthe Waziriyah area of northernBaghdad.

6-Mar-08 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were wounded when abomb exploded inside a minibus inHillah, located 60 miles south ofBaghdad.

6-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 4 Gunmen killed four off duty prisonguards in Mosul.

6-Mar-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 One police officer was killed andanother four officers were injured bya roadside bomb in Diyala province.The attack took place betweenHimreen hills and the town ofKhaneqeen.

6-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer was assassinated inthe old city section of Basra near Al-Sidiq Mosque.

6-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Two bombs targeting civilians inBaghdad killed fifty-four and injuredone-hundred and thirty in acoordinated attack.Initially a carbomb detonated in a market in theKarada neighborhood of the Iraqicapital. Karada is a predominatelyShia neighborhood.As people rushedin to tend to the victims, a suicidebomber detonated his explosives asthe crowd formed, injuring and killingdozens more.

6-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives125 53 Two bombs exploded in Baghdad'scommercial district. The first bombexploded in the central district ofKarrada. Soon after, as othersgathered to help the wounded, asuicide bomber detonated hisexplosives vest amid the crowd.Most of the casualties occurredduring the second attack. Theexplosions occurred during a busytime. Thursday is typically thebeginning of the weekend forMuslims.Earlier in the day, coalitiontroops targeted an Iranian backedSpecial Groups militia and arrestedfour people. Special Groups refers tohard line Shiite militants who havebeen ignoring the cease fire.

6-Mar-08 Raman Thailand Unknown Firearms2 1 Unidentified gunmen ambushed agroup of police officers in restivesouthern Thailand's Yala province.The attack left one officer dead andtwo others wounded. Media reportsindicated that the police forces wereattacked when they garneringintelligence information in Ramandistrict.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-Mar-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Firearms3 0 Unknown insurgents targeted aSomali government intelligenceofficial in a land mine attack againsthis convoy. However, the attack leftthe intelligence officer unscathed.Instead, it injured three civilians. Theattack took place in the Bay Regioncity of Baydhabo.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

6-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives130 54 Two bombs targeting civilians inBaghdad killed fifty-four and injuredone-hundred and thirty in acoordinated attack.Initially a carbomb detonated in a market in theKarada neighborhood of the Iraqicapital. Karada is a predominatelyShia neighborhood.As people rushedin to tend to the victims, a suicidebomber detonated his explosives asthe crowd formed, injuring and killingdozens more.

7-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives33 4 Three policemen and one girl werekilled by a suicide car bomb, Thebomber's target was a police stationin Mosul. The attack also wounded 33police and four civilians.

7-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives14 1 One person was killed and anotherfourteen wounded from the blast oftwo roadside bombs. The bombstargeting the residence of apoliceman in Mosul.

7-Mar-08 MondragonSpain ETA Firearms0 1 On the afternoon of March 7, 2008Isaias Carrasco, a member of theruling Socialist Party and former towncouncilor was assassinated inMondragon. A disguised gunmenshot to Mr. Carrasco multiple times infront of his wife and daughter; hedied soon after at the hosipital.Theattack is believed to be linked to theupcoming national election (March 9,2008).ETA claimed responsibility forthe attack.

7-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 3 Suspected Al-Qaeda militantsorchestrated a coordinated attack inAl-Siniya village located east ofBaquba. The first attack targetedcivilians and the second attacktargeted the first responders. Bothattacks killed four people andwounded three in total. In the firstattack, a civilian vehicle struck aroadside bomb. The blast killed threemembers of a family and injured oneother.Al-Siniya village is a knownstronghold of militants linked to Al-Qaeda.

8-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 3 A roadside bomb killed threemembers of the same family andwounded two others near Baqubah.

8-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 Two people were killed and eightothers wounded when a roadsidebomb exploded next to a minibus.The attack occurred in Baqubah.

8-Mar-08 al-Huwayjah

Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb killed a member ofSahwa neighborhood police inHuwaijah and wounded another fourmembers of the police force.

8-Mar-08 QalatCity

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 Taliban militants attacked a logisticsconvoy of the US Protection andInvestigations Company on theKabul-Kandahar highway near QalatCity in Zabol province. None of theconvoy's guards were hurt, but onevehicle was destroyed.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

8-Mar-08 Helmand AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 3 A roadside bomb exploded, killingtwo children and an old man. It alsowounded a woman. The explosionoccurred in the Hazaragan area ofthe Nad Ali district of Helmandprovince in southern Afghanistan.Terrorist incidents in Afghanistantend to be carried out by the Taliban.After having been ousted from powerby a US-led coalition in 2001, theTaliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andUS and International SecurityAssistance Force (NATO) troops inAfghanistan. However, in addition tothe Taliban, other groups such asHezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

8-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen stormed intothe home of an alleged policeinformant and killed both him and hiswife in southern Thailand's restiveYala province. Police report that theman was killed after providinginformation on the insurgency thatthe government has been battling foryears.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

9-Mar-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb struck an Iraqipolice patrol as they were travelingon the main road in Tikrit, Iraq. Onepoliceman was killed and three wereinjured as a result of the explosion.The vehicle they were traveling inwas destroyed and civilian vehiclesand buildings in the vicinity were alsodamaged.

9-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 Two roadside bombs exploded near agas factory in the Zafaraniya area ofBaghdad. One person was killed andanother was wounded in the attack.

9-Mar-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb planted above thetop of a rescue car exploded killingone officer and wounding two othersin Tikrit.

9-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 A car bomb targeted a joint police-army patrol in downtown Mosul. Theblast killed two people and woundedfive others.

9-Mar-08 Haditha Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 Four people were killed when aroadside bomb hit the vehicle theywere using to travel. The attack tookplace between Haditha and Baiji.

9-Mar-08 MussayibIraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A child was killed by the blast from aroadside bomb he picked up. Thisincident occurred in Mussayab whichis 40 miles south of Baghdad.

9-Mar-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen shot and killed theintelligence chief of Dwa Mondadistrict of Khost province while hewas traveling to work. The Talibanclaimed responsibility.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

9-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A deputy village chief was shot deadby two unidentified individuals as hewas riding his motorbike to a marketin Narathiwat province in southernThailand. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb wounded twopeople in the Zayouna district ofeastern Baghdad.

10-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 3 A female suicide bomber killed atribal leader and two of his relativesin Kanan village near Baqubah. Twoof the sheiks bodyguards werewounded in the attack.

10-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 One person was killed and five otherswere wounded by a car bomb. Theattack occurred in the Shaab districtof Baghdad.

10-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A mine explosion wounded the policechief of Khogiani district in Ghazniprovince as he was driving to Ghaznicity. Both he and his friend, apassenger in the car, were injured bythe explosion. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

10-Mar-08 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives3 0 On the evening of March 10,explosives attached to a gas pipeexploded, slightly injuring threepeople in Quetta the capital ofBalochistan province. On the sameevening, unknown individuals hurleda hand grenade at a group of peoplesitting in front of a hotel in theKhuzdar district of the province.ThePakistani government has beenfighting militants in Balochistan whodemand political and economicautonomy.

10-Mar-08 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives5 0 On Monday evening, unknownindividuals hurled a hand grenade ata group of people sitting in front of ahotel in the Khuzdar district ofBaluchistan province. Five peoplewere injured. On the same evening,explosives strapped to a gas pipelinealso exploded in the province'scapital, Quetta.The Pakistanigovernment has been fightingmilitants in Balochistan who demandpolitical and economic autonomy.

10-Mar-08 Baiji Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a police officer. Theattack occurred in Baiji,approximately a hundred milesnorth of Baghdad. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

10-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed Dr. Khalid Nasir al-Mayyahi, the director of a traininghospital in Basra. Basra is threehundred and forty miles southeast ofBaghdad. It is unclear whatspecifically motivated the drive-byshooting in front of Dr. al-Mayyahi'shospital.

10-Mar-08 Kanaan Iraq Unknown Explosives2 4 Thaer Saggban al-Karkhi, a SunniArab tribal Sheikh, was killed by afemale suicide bomber. She wore avest packed with explosives and, inaddition to killing the Sheikh, killedthree others while injuring twobodyguards. Mr. al-Karkhi's niecewas among the victims. The incidentoccurred in the town of Kanaan nearBaquba, forty miles north ofBaghdad. In addition to his religiousduties, Karkhi was also the head ofa local neighborhood security unit.

10-Mar-08 MuqdadiyaIraq Unknown Explosives20 2 A suicide bomber wearing anexplosives-packed vest detonated.As a result, two died and twentywere wounded. Two policemen wereamong the casualties. The attackoccurred in Muqdadiya, fifty-fivemiles northeast of Baghdad.

10-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen killed two policemen. Theattack occurred in Mosul, twohundred and forty miles north ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

10-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 A bomb planted on a parked minibusexploded in Baghdad's Shaab district.As a result, one person died and fivewere wounded. The Shaab district ishome to many Shi'a marketplaces.

10-Mar-08 Panjgur Pakistan Unknown Other 0 0 Unknown individuals fired a rocketinto Panjgur Airport in Baluchistanprovince. The airport's radar systemwas the apparent target, but therocket missed the radar system andhit an adjoining room used by thefacility's watchman, slightlydamaging its walls.The Pakistanigovernment has been fightingmilitants in Balochistan who demandpolitical and economic autonomy.

10-Mar-08 Colombo SriLanka

Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 1 A bomb exploded in the Wellawattedistrict of Colombo during themorning rush hour. One person waskilled and six were injured, includingfour schoolchildren. The improvisedexplosive device was hidden in aflower bed on the central median ofthe main Colombo-Galle highway.Police said that a person whofrequents Wellawatte had seen thebomb and was inspecting it when itexploded, killing him. Police suspectthe bomb was detonated remotely.Eight shops on either side of thehighway and two vehicles were badlydamaged in the blast. The specialtask force investigating the blast saidthat they suspected that the targetwas an important person or anofficial from the defenseestablishment and that the bombwas detonated prematurely. Theysuspect the Liberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) to be responsible. SriLanka has been locked in a civil warbetween the government at theLTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers,since 1983. The LTTE seeks self-rulein areas of Sri Lanka home to theTamil ethnic group. Over the courseof the conflict, the LTTE has usedconventional, guerrilla, and terrortactics, including around 200 suicidebombings.

10-Mar-08 Rueso Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedan assistant to a village head insouthern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince. The gunmen shot andkilled the village assistant head ofBan Batong in a drive-by shooting.Islamic insurgents are suspected asdrive-by shootings remain a keytactic in their low-level insurgency.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Mar-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 1 A remote-detonated roadside bombrocked a Somali tanker, driven by aSomali civilian, that was obtainingwater for Ethiopian troops. Theattack took place in Mogadishu'sYaaqshid district and left one civiliandead and two others injured.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

11-Mar-08 YoussifiyahIraq Al Qaeda Explosives8 1 An improvised explosive device wassmuggled and detonated inside theYoussifiyah city council buildingkilling one member of the city counciland wounding another eight. Theregion is known for being one Al-Qaeda's operating areas.

11-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Al-NaqshabandiMethodArmy

Explosives1 0 An improvised explosive device wasdetonated at a passing by policepatrol in Askari district of Kirkuk. Onepoliceman was wounded in theexplosion.Al-Askari is a districtmostly inhabited by former armyofficers and NCO's. The mostprominent insurgent group in thearea is Al-Naqshabandi Method Armywhich a group based in the westernregion of Kirkuk. The fact that mostresidents are former army personnelcould make it easier for the group tooperate in the area.

11-Mar-08 Dhulu'iyahIraq Al Qaeda Explosives14 6 A joint checkpoint comprised of localneighborhood police (Sahwa) andregular police was attacked by asuicide car bomber in Dhulu'iyahtown in Salahuldeen province. Fivepeople were killed. Three membersof the checkpoint were among thosekilled in the attack, while 14 otherswere wounded. The report was madeavailable by a police lieutenantColonel called Ibrahim Al-Jubouri.Sahwa forces are known to be apriority target for Al-Qaeda in thearea.

11-Mar-08 TharThar

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 3 Two members of the Sahwaneighborhood police forces werekilled and three other members werewounded by a suicide car bomb. Theattack took place in Thar Thar at oneof their checkpoints.Thar Thar isconsidered to be an area that hasextensive presence of Al-Qaeda.Sahwa forces are frequently attackedby Al-Qaeda in this area whichincludes the region between thecities of Fallujah and Sammara to thenorthwest of Baghdad.

11-Mar-08 NasiriyahIraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives18 14 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a civilian bus near Al-Batthaarmy military base. Battha is a smalltown near Nasiriyah.The bomb killed14 civilians returning from a funeraland wounded another 18. Sourcesclose to the incident reported thatsome of the wounded wereevacuated to a coalition militaryhospital by American forces. The factthat the incident took place near amilitary base in the south indicatesthat the perpetrator is the MahdiArmy. Other clashes between Iraqisecurity forces and the Mahdi armywere reported the same day in othersouthern cities. These clashescaused heavy casualties as well.

11-Mar-08 Karbala Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives4 0 Three policemen and a child werewounded near Karbala when animprovised explosive device targeteda police patrol. A number of securityincidents in southern Iraq wereattributed to the Mahdi army duringthis period. Karbala is one of thegroup's strongholds and thereforethere is a high probability that theMahdi army is responsible for thisattack as well.There is very littlechance that Al-Qaeda or any otherSunni insurgents group could carryout this attack due to the nature ofthe area.

11-Mar-08 Lahore Pakistan Unknown Explosives175 24 A explosives-packed car rammed intothe Federal Investigation Agencybuilding in Lahore at the beginning ofthe workday. The explosion killed 24people, including 12 employees ofthe agency. 32 girls hit by flyingdebris at an elementary school nearthe building were among the injured.The FIA building housed adepartment of the federal police'santi-terrorism unit. The explosiontore the façade off the building.Around the same time, two suicidebombers detonated explosives at anadvertising agency in another part ofthe city less than 50 yards from aresidence owned by Asif Ali Zardari,the widower of slain oppositionleader Benazir Bhutto and co-chairman of her party, the PakistanPeople's Party. Zardari was inIslamabad at the time.The bombingsoccurred about 15 minutes apart.Twenty-eight people were killed andat least 175 were injured in the twoattacks. Pakistani authorities suspectAl-Qaeda and Taliban militants wereresponsible. Lahore had not been thetarget of the suicide attacks thatstruck Pakistan over the past year,however, during the last two monthsit has suffered three attacks.

11-Mar-08 Lahore Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 6 Two suicide bombers detonatedexplosives at an advertising agencyin Lahore. The attack killed fourpeople, including two children. Thebombing occurred 50 yards awayfrom a residence of Asif Ali Zardari,widower of slain opposition leaderBenazir Bhutto and co-chairman ofthe Pakistan People's Party, however,it's unclear whether Zardari'sresidence was the target. Zardariwas in Islamabad at the time.Pakistani officials believe that thebombers wanted to target a safehouse used by Pakistani securityagencies for interrogating terroristsuspects. The attack occurred 15minutes apart from another attack onthe Federal Investigation Agency'soffice in Lahore. Twenty-sevenpeople were killed and at least 175were injured in the two attacks.Pakistani authorities suspect Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants werebehind the attacks. Lahore had notbeen the target of the suicide attacksthat struck Pakistan over the pastyear, however during the last twomonths it has suffered three attacks.

11-Mar-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Taliban fighters attacked a policepatrol in Poshtrod district in Farahprovince, killing one police officer.Two Taliban fighters were killed inthe clash. The Taliban destroyed onepolice vehicle in the attack and aseized a second.Terrorist incidents inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

11-Mar-08 Herat AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 Seven Taliban militants usedexplosives to destroy a fuel tankerfor the generators connected to acell phone mast and hit the mast'santenna with a rocket-propelledgrenade. The attack is the fifth suchincident since the Taliban warned inlate February that they would attackcell phone installations that were notswitched off at night. The Talibanclaimed that Afghan and Westernsoldiers use cell phone installationsto track Taliban hideouts. The attackoccurred late on March 11 in westernHerat province.Terrorist incidents inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

11-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

3 0 Terrorists planted a bomb next to afuel truck. As a result, six fuel truckswere set ablaze and three driverswere wounded. The attack occurredin Mosul, two hundred and fortymiles north of Baghdad. No deathsdue to the attack were reported.

11-Mar-08 samarra Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 3 Three roadside bombs detonatednext to a convoy of seven fuel trucks.As a result of the attack, threedrivers were killed and three truckswere completely ablaze. Theincident occurred on a main roadnear Samarra, sixty miles north ofBaghdad. This was the second attackon fuel trucks on March 11th, 2008.

11-Mar-08 Kerbala Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Terrorists used a roadside bomb totarget a police patrol, woundingthree policemen and a child. Theattack occurred near the city ofKerbala, seventy miles southwest ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

11-Mar-08 YusufiyahIraq Unknown Explosives8 1 One person died and eight werewounded after a bomb planted insidethe city council building in the townof Yusufiya exploded. Yusufiya isnine miles south of Baghdad.Attacks on local government facilitiesare common in Iraq.

11-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb targeting thevehicle of a U.S.-backedneighborhood police patroldetonated. As a result of the attack,three were wounded. The incidentoccurred in a town southwest ofKirkuk.

11-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 5 In Mosul, gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint. Mosul is two hundredand forty miles north of Baghdad. Asa result of the attack, four policemenand a civilian were killed. Attacks onpolice and police checkpoints is fairlycommon in Iraq. Police were able tokill four of the gunmen.

11-Mar-08 DoomdoomaIndia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

15 1 Unknown individuals triggered abomb blast in front of Nathani Hotelnear the daily bazaar in the town ofDoomdooma in Tinsukia district inAssam state. One person was killedand 15 were injured. The attackoccurred at around 4:15 pm. Thebomb is suspected to have beenplaced in a rickshaw. The rickshawpuller was killed in the explosion.United Liberation Front of Asom[ULFA] militants are suspected ofcarrying out the attack. Anotherattack occurred during the sameafternoon at Madhupur Deorigaon(Assam state) near the Barbaruapolice station at the same locationwhere Geofizyka Torun, a Polishcompany, is conducting a seismicsurvey for Oil India Limited. A driverand one engineer were injured andone of the company's seismic surveyvehicles was severely damaged.There are about 10 militantorganizations operating in Assam.TheULFA, a militant organization with thedeclared goal of achievingindependence for Assam state, wasestablished in 1979.

11-Mar-08 Assam India Unknown Explosives2 0 An explosion occurred during theafternoon in Dibrugarh district inAssam state near the Barbarua policestation at the same location whereGeofizyka Torun, a Polish company,is conducting a seismic survey for OilIndia Limited. A driver and oneengineer were injured. One of thecompany's seismic survey vehicleswas severely damaged. In anotherincident in Assam state, unknownindividuals triggered a bomb blast infront of Nathani Hotel near the dailybazaar in the town of Doomdooma inTinsukia district. One person waskilled and 15 were injured. Theattack occurred at around 4:15 pm.The bomb is suspected to have beenplaced in a rickshaw. The rickshawpuller was killed in the explosion.United Liberation Front of Asom[ULFA] militants are suspected ofcarrying out the attack.There areabout 10 militant organizationsoperating in Assam.The ULFA, amilitant organization with thedeclared goal of achievingindependence for Assam, wasestablished in 1979.

11-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A deputy village chief was killed in adrive-by shooting in Pattani provincein southern Thailand. He was riding amotorcycle at the time of theincident. On the same day, militantsambushed the pick-up truck in whichanother deputy village chief wasriding and shot him to death. Theattack occurred early on March 11 inneighboring Narathiwat province.These two attacks follow the murderof a deputy village chief inNarathiwat on March 9. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.


0 0 An improvised explosives devicedetonated on a road on Baghdad'sairport. No casualties were detected.

11-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A policeman was injured. The injuryoccurred after an improvisedexplosives device, that was targetinga police patrol, detonated. The attackoccurred in the al Askarineighborhood in downtown Kirkuk.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

11-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Militants ambushed the pick-up truckin which a deputy village chief wasriding and killed him. The attackoccurred early on March 11 inNarathiwat province in southernThailand. Another deputy villagechief was killed in a drive-by shootingon the same day in neighboringPattani province. These two attacksfollow the murder of a deputy villagechief in Narathiwat on March 9.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

11-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda deputy village chief in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'srestive Pattani province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

11-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda deputy village chief in a pickuptruck in southern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

11-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 Odeh Khalaf Zidan, the head ofSahwa council of Abbasi district, wasattack. Mr. Zidan sustained injuryafter an improvised explosivesdevice targeting his convoydetonated. The attack occurred westof Kirkuk city.

11-Mar-08 Nineveh Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 Dr. Mowaffaq Yahya, an assistantprofessor at Mosul University,survived an assassination. Gunmentried to use machine guns to kill him.The attack happened in the al Hadba’a neighborhood downtown Mosulcity.

11-Mar-08 NasiriyahIraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

18 14 At least 14 civilians were killed and18 others were injured when animprovised explosives devicedetonated. The attack occurredbecause of terrorists who weretargeting a civilian bus driving nearthe al Battha military base onNasiriyah- Basra Street south ofBaghdad. American forces laterevacuated some of the injuredcivilians to a military hospital.

11-Mar-08 SalahuddinIraq Unknown Explosives8 6 Five people were killed includingthree members of awakening council(Sahwa) and eight others wereinjured including three policemen.The deaths occurred when a suicidecar bomber exploded at a joint checkpoint of police and awakeningmembers. The attack took place inThulo’iyah, a town south of Tikrit.

11-Mar-08 Afgooye Somalia Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents tossed a grenade into acinema in Afgooye, in Somalia'slower Shabeelle Region. The attackdid not result in any casualties.Attacks on cinemas are common inSomalia, as are anonymous grenadeattacks.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

12-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives5 0 Five people were wounded when animprovised explosive device wasdetonated in Palestine street inBaghdad. The attack took placeduring an early morning hour.Palestine street is a major city roadthat contains a large number ofbusinesses and is also located in anarea where Al-Mahdi Army isextremely active. The street is withinclose proximity to Sadr City as well,and therefore, it's likely that Al-MahdiArmy is responsible for the attack.

12-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two farmers were wounded by animprovised explosive device that wasplanted in their own farm in AbuSaida village near Baqubah. The areahas seen activities of several violentgroups and therefore it is hard todetermine responsibility for theattack.


Explosives10 2 Two civilians were killed and 10others were wounded in Al-Ameendistrict in eastern Baghdad by aroadside bomb. Al-Ameen is a districtthat was ethnically cleansed by Al-Mahdi Army in 2006-2007 andtherefore this militia became the onlymilitant group that could operate in itwith impunity.

12-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 0 In another attempt to underminegovernment services, militantsattached a bomb to a fuel truckcausing it to explode. Six trucks intotal were set ablaze due to theexplosion and three of their driverswere wounded in the attack.Al-Qaedais known to operate in Mosul and hasusually listed transportation and fuelsupplies as priority targets.

12-Mar-08 Samarra Iraq al-Qaeda Explosives0 3 Three improvised explosive devicesdetonated simultaneously trapped aconvoy of fuel trucks near Samarra,causing the destruction of threetrucks, and the death of three truckdrivers. The total number of trucks inthe convoy was seven.Al-Qaeda isknown to operate in the region, andeconomic or transportation assetsare among their usual list of targets.The sophistication of the attack alsoindicate high level of explosivestraining which is another indicator toAl-Qaeda's involvement.

12-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Three mortar rounds landed inBaghdad's Green Zone. The GreenZone, also known as the InternationalZone, is the region containing the U.S. Embassy. No details aboutcasualties associated with the attackwere reported.

12-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a senior figure inShi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Basraoffice. The victim, Saed al-Haidery,was shot dead and died momentslater. Moqtada al-Sadr is one of themost influential figures in Iraq notholding any official title in the Iraqigovernment.

12-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A local council member was targetedby a roadside bomb. As a result ofthe attempted assassination, two ofhis bodyguards were wounded. Theincident occurred in Kirkuk, onehundred and fifty five miles north ofBaghdad.

12-Mar-08 Udalguri India Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in the heart of thetown of Udalguri in Assam state innortheastern India. The explosionoccurred around 8:45 pm. Anotherexplosion occurred at the Udalgurirailway station 30 minutes earlier. Noone was injured. Another blastoccurred in the town of Mazbat(Assam state), leaving 10 peopleinjured.There are about 10 militantorganizations operating in Assam.

12-Mar-08 Udalguri India Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion occurred at theUdalguri railway station in the townof Udalguri in Assam state innortheastern India. No one wasinjured. The blast occurred at 8:15pm. Another explosion occurred inthe heart of the town 30 minuteslater. Another blast occurred in thetown of Mazbat (Assam state),leaving 10 people injured.There areabout 10 militant organizationsoperating in Assam.

12-Mar-08 Ragay PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 2 New People's Army fighters shotdead the chief of Ragay village andhis 36-year-old daughter afterbursting into the chief's home. Ragayis located southeast of Manila, thePhilippines' capital. The New People'sArmy is a paramilitary forceattempting to establish a Maoiststate in the Philippines. It is thearmed unit of the Communist Partyof the Philippines and has beenwaging an insurgency against thePhilippines' government since 1969.

12-Mar-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A roadside bomb exploded andinjured two civilians in Spera districtin Khost province in easternAfghanistan. The bomb completelydestroyed the vehicle in which theindividuals were riding.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

12-Mar-08 BariTana

AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A group of unidentified men attackeda border police security checkpoint inGorbaz district in Khost province ineastern Afghanistan. No policeofficers were injured.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

12-Mar-08 UnknownThailand Unknown Firearms2 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedYalee Mana, the former leader of thePattani United LiberationOrganization (PULO). In addition,both his wife and his son werecritically injured in the attack, whichtook place as Mana was riding hismotorcycle.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

12-Mar-08 Mazbat India Unknown Explosives10 0 A bomb went off at a cloth store inthe town of Mazbat in Assam state innortheastern India. The explosioninjured 10 people. Two otherexplosions occurred in Assam state,in the town of Udalguri, on the sameday.There are about 10 militantorganizations operating in Assam.

12-Mar-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement


0 2 Insurgents with the MujahideenYouth Movement (MYM) detonated aroadside bomb which targeted aspecial advisor to Somali PresidentAbdullahi Yusuf. While the adviserescaped the attack, it killed hisguards. Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.


Explosives5 0 An improvised explosive devicedetonated in Al-Shurta Al-Khamsa insouth-west Baghdad wounded fivecivilians. The explosion took placenear a local market place at 9 amwhich is when vendors usually opentheir shops in the morning.The areais known to be one of Al-Mahdi Armystrongholds in the capital, andtherefore, it is likely that Al-MahdiArmy was responsible for the attack.

13-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives48 9 A car parked and loaded withexplosive materials was detonated ina central area of Baghdad causingthe death of nine people and theinjury of at least 48 others. All thevictims were civilians.The attack tookplace in Al-Khayam street in Bab-Al-Sharji which is almost thegeographical center of the capitaland is only across the river from thegreen zone.The area has beentargeted by a number of differentmilitant groups in the past and theperpetrator's identity was unclear bythe time the report was issued.

13-Mar-08 Baiji Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms2 2 A neighborhood police check point(Sahwa forces checkpoint) in the cityof Baiji was attacked by anunspecified number of gunmen. Twomembers of the check point werekilled and another two were woundedin the attack. Sahwa forces are atribal led militia supported by the U.S. to fight elements of Al-Qaeda intheir own neighborhoods, andtherefore, it is safe to attribute theattack to Al-Qaeda due to the natureof the forces attacked and the areaat which the attack took place.Theincident was reported by the Iraqipolice.

13-Mar-08 al-Zab Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives6 3 A suicide bomber wearing anexplosive vest attacked aneighborhood police patrol (Sahwaforces patrol) in Al-Zab, a town northwest of Kirkuk. Two members of thepatrol were killed and another sixwere wounded in the attack.TheSahwa forces are U.S. backed, triballed anti Al-Qaeda militias usuallytargeted by Al-Qaeda. The area ismostly a Sunni Arab where Al-Qaedais known to be active.

13-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A media assistant working for aMowtin local newspaper wasassassinated near the nationaltheater in Karadah - Baghdad. Theunknown attacker used a firearmwith a silencer to commit theassassination.The journalist QasimAl-Oqabi was a freshmen in thecollege of journalism in Baghdad.

13-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives10 1 A car loaded with explosives andparked on the highway betweenKirkuk and Al-Rashad area explodedkilled one passing by civilian andwounded another ten.Theresponsibility for the attack cannotbe determined.

13-Mar-08 Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms2 1 A joint police force comprised ofregular government police andSahwa neighborhood police wasattacked by gunmen in west Tikrit inthe morning.The area to the west ofTirkrit is a rural area that consists ofvast open land and Al-Qaeda isknown to operate in it.One policemanwas killed in the attack and twoSahwa force members were woundedas well.

13-Mar-08 Dangana Bhutan Unknown Explosives1 0 In run up to the March 24 elections, abomb blast occurred in the district ofDangana with one casualty. It isunclear who was behind the attack.

13-Mar-08 Najaf Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed a police officer inNajaf, approximately a hundred milessouth of Baghdad. The terroristsconducted a drive-by shootingoutside the police officer's house.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

13-Mar-08 al-zab Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 A female suicide bomber killed twopeople and wounded six others,including an American. The attackoccurred in the town of al-Zab. Al-Zab is twenty miles southwest of thenorthern city of Kirkuk. Many recentsuicide bombers in Iraq have beenwomen.

13-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb exploded and wounded fivepeople. The attack occurred insouthwestern Baghdad, near amarket in al-Shurta al-Khamissadistrict. Markets are frequentlytargeted by terrorists, presumablybecause there are lots of peoplethere.

13-Mar-08 LaghmanAfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 0 Taliban militants attacked anddamaged a cell phone mast inLaghman province in easternAfghanistanIn late February, theTaliban threatened to attack cellphone installations if services werenot halted at night. The Taliban saidthat cell phone masts were beingused by Afghan and Western soldiersto track Taliban hideouts.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency..

13-Mar-08 BiratnagarNepal Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded on the premises ofthe regional office of KantipurPublications in the city of Biratnagarin southeastern Nepal. The attackersare still unknown, however,pamphlets found at the sitesuggested that the Nepal DefenseArmy was responsible. Thepamphlets read Nepal Defense Armyfor Hindu Kingdom. This is thesecond time the office has beentargeted. The Nepal Defense Armytried to detonate a bomb at the officepremises last year, but the attemptfailed.

13-Mar-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 1 Unknown gunmen shot dead a tribalelder in the Zir Koh area of Shindanddistrict of Herat province insouthwestern Afghanistan. Thegovernor of Shindand district saidthat the elder had been attending ameeting of tribal elders, scholars anda delegation from the Afghan interiorministry. The meeting focused onsecurity and counter-narcotics issuespertaining to the area. The eldercame under attack after the meetingended and he was returning to hisarea. Two of his friends werewounded in the incident. The Talibanhas claimed responsibility for thekilling. According to Afghan IslamicPress, over the past few years the ZirKor area of Shindand district hasbeen regarded as an area ofcontinued internal clashes andviolence. Terrorist incidents inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

13-Mar-08 MaydanWardag

AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 2 A roadside bomb exploded, killingtwo policemen and wounding twoothers in Salar district in MaydanWardag province in easternAfghanistan. Hezb-e-Islami claimedresponsibility for the attack. Hezb-e-Islami is a militant organization whichfought Soviet troops in Afghanistanand is now waging an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andUS and International SecurityAssistance Force (NATO) troops.Police officers and installations arecommon targets for insurgents inAfghanistan.

13-Mar-08 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 Militants killed the head of tacticalteams for Farah province's securitycommand in an ambush. A policeofficer was wounded in the attackand two police vehicles weredestroyed.Attacks against policeofficers are common in Afghanistan.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

13-Mar-08 FederallyAdministeredTribalAreas

Pakistan PakistaniTaliban

Firearms0 1 Militants killed a tribesman, accusinghim of working as a US spy inPakistan's tribal areas. The militantsshot and then slit the throat of the30-year-old man. His body wasdumped on a road in Sham, a townbetween the North and SouthWaziristan tribal agencies of theFederally Administered Tribal Areas.One official said that his killers left anote claiming that he was a spy andthat anyone working for the US willsuffer the same fate. Pakistani forceshave been battling pro-TalibanIslamic insurgents in the South andNorth Waziristan agencies of theFederally Administrated Tribal Areas(FATA) since 2004. Attacks on thepolice are common in this province.The FATA borders southeasternAfghanistan and has been considereda safe-haven for the Taliban andother foreign militants, including al-Qaeda sympathizers, since 2001.

13-Mar-08 Balcad Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedan administrator at the BalcadDistrict. Hassan Ali Gascal was withhis security guard in Balcad when hewas gunned down. Attacks onmembers of government arecommon in Somalia.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

13-Mar-08 Balcad Somalia Unknown Firearms2 0 Armed gunmen shot and wounded anumber of workers with the Spanishunit of Doctors Without Borders. Theattack wounded a number of staffers,but there was no report of anyspecific numbers of casualties.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

14-Mar-08 Kut Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives6 1 The municipal council building in Kutwas attacked by a motorcycle riggedwith explosives and parked near thebuilding.One person was killed andanother six were wounded when themotorcycle exploded. The MahdiArmy is known to carry out violentattacks against government troopsand government installations in thecity, and therefore, it is likely that Al-Mahdi Army is responsible for theattack.

14-Mar-08 Rabiya Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 A suicide bomber wearing a vestpacked with explosives killed aforeign language interpreter. Theattack occurred at a bordercheckpoint at Rabiya on the Iraq-Syria border in Iraq's northwest. Inaddition to the death, two U.S.soldiers, two U.S. Department of theArmy personnel and two customsguards were wounded.

14-Mar-08 Hillah Iraq Unknown Explosives8 1 Katyusha rockets damaged threehouses and a school near a U.S.embassy regional office. Theincident occurred in Hilla, sixty milessouth of Baghdad. As a result of theattack, eight Iraqi civilians werewounded and one woman is dead. Atotal of 29 rockets were fired.

14-Mar-08 Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 A bomb on a parked motorcyclekilled one person and injured six.The bomb was targetting a municipalcouncil building thirty miles south ofBaghdad. Attacks on governmentfacilities are common in Iraq.

14-Mar-08 Khum AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 Taliban militants attacked a policepatrol in Khum village in Zabolprovince. In the ensuing clash, thepolice killed three militants, includinga local Taliban commander. Attacksagainst police officers are commonin Afghanistan. Terrorist incidents inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.


0 2 Terrorists executed a targeted attackon two civilians. By using an animprovised explosives device (IED),the terrorists killed two civilians. Theexplosion occurred in the Al Saidiyahneighborhood in Baghdad.

14-Mar-08 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms8 1 Gunmen attacked a police patrol.The incident occurred in Kut. As aresult of the attack, one policemandied and eight others were injured.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

14-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 An improvised explosives device(IED) targeting civilians detonated inBaghdad. As a result of the attack,two civilians were killed. The incidentoccurred in the Al Saidiyahneighborhood of Baghdad. Use ofIED's has become increasinglycommon in Iraq.

14-Mar-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Militants set fire to classrooms, booksand offices at a secondary school forboys and girls in the city of Kandaharin southeastern Afghanistan. Morethan 1,200 students, including 200girls, attend the school. Head of theeducation department of Kandaharprovince blamed the Taliban for theattack. In January the educationministry said that the Taliban hadburned down 183 schools and killed61 teachers and students in thepreceding 18 months. The ministrysaid that attacks from insurgents hadclosed down nearly 400 schools anddeprived around 300,000 childrenfrom access to education.Terroristincidents in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

14-Mar-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 3 A roadside mine exploded killedthree Afghan security guards forPakistani road construction company,Seta. The explosion occurred inKandahar province in southernAfghanistan. One other Afghanworker was injured. The company isbuilding the remaining part of theHeart-Kandahar highway.Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

14-Mar-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda policeman in Baydhabo's SuuqaXoolaha neighborhood. Attacks onpolice forces are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

14-Mar-08 Bosasso Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda government intelligence official inthe port city of Bosasso. Ali SalahDhu'le was gunned down by two menarmed with pistols who shot him inthe head. The victim was the secondintelligence officer to beassassinated in Bosasso.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

15-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a number of policemen inKirkuk. Five policemen were injuredin the attack.The incident wasreported by the Nineveh policespokesman General Khalid AbdulSattar.The responsibility for theattack remains undetermined.

15-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 0 A vehicle born improvised explosivedevice exploded near the city ofMosul wounding three civilians. Theoutskirts of Mosul is known to harborAl-Qaeda militants, and therefore it islikely that Al-Qaeda is responsible forthe attack.The incident was reportedby the Nineveh province policespokesman Brigadier General KhalidAbdul Sattar.

15-Mar-08 IskandariyahIraq ShiiteMilitias

Firearms0 1 Armed militants wearing armyuniforms attacked a civilian house inIskandariyah. The owner of the housewas killed and the his brother andson were kidnapped.It is known thatShiite militias have infiltrated someof the security forces in the south ofIraq, and have access to gear andequipment that enables them to poseas security forces. It is likely that thisattack is committed by these militiasposing as security forces.

15-Mar-08 Chukha Bhutan TheUnitedRevolutionaryFront ofBhutan

Explosives0 0 Two explosions occurred in thevillage of Chukha which destroyedthe foundation base of a 400 KVelectric tower. The tower transportshydro-power to India. There were nocausalities. The United RevolutionaryFront of Bhutan claimedresponsibility for the attack.

15-Mar-08 Chukha Bhutan TheUnitedRevolutionaryFront ofBhutan

Explosives0 0 Two explosions occurred in thevillage of Chukha which destroyedthe foundation base of a 400 KVelectric tower. The tower transportshydro-power to India. There were nocausalities. The United RevolutionaryFront of Bhutan claimedresponsibility for the attack.

15-Mar-08 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Terrorists disguised in Iraqi Armyuniforms attacked a housed inIskandariya, a city twenty five milessouth of Baghdad. As a result of theattack, one man was killed and twoindividuals were kidnapped.

15-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A car bomb in Mosul wounded threecivilians. Mosul is two hundred andforty miles north of Baghdad and inthe Nineveh province. No deathswere reported as a result of theattack.

15-Mar-08 IslamabadPakistan Unknown Explosives12 1 A bomb attack at an Italianrestaurant in Islamabad, Pakistan'scapital, killed a Turkish aid workerand injured around a dozen people,including 4 personnel from the USFederal Bureau of Investigation. TheFBI personnel were working in thelegal attaché office in the USEmbassy in Pakistan, and includedthe attaché and his deputy. ThreePakistanis, a Briton working at theBritish High Commission, anotherAmerican, a Japanese and aCanadian were among those injuredin the attack. The attack occurredaround 8:45 pm. It is still uncertainwhether the bomb was planted in therestaurant's garden dining area orthrown over the wall. Luna Caprese ispopular with foreigners.

15-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 0 A bomb targeting constructionworkers exploded in Baghdad. Theattack occurred in Al Wahtiq square.As a result of the attack, nine peoplewere injured.

15-Mar-08 Baladruz Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Terrorists executed an attack killingtwo policemen. The incidentoccurred in Baladruz. A roadsidebomb was utilized and killed theofficers when it exploded. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

15-Mar-08 Kut Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Gunmen attacked police in Kut. As aresult of the attack, three policemenwere injured. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq. Kut has had anelevated number of attacks on policelately.

15-Mar-08 AbhyapuriIndia Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded in the town ofAbhyapuri in Assam state innortheastern India. Two people wereinjured.There are about 10 militantorganizations operating in Assam.

15-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives13 1 A car bomb exploded in a hotel carpark killing at least one person andinjuring 13 others in Pattani provincein southern Thailand. The bomb wentoff in the evening at the car parkadjacent to CS Pattani Hotel, one ofthe few luxury hotels in southernThailand. The hotel is frequently usedby government officials and hadbeen considered a safe zone forvisiting business and politicalleaders. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives13 1 Insurgents detonated a bomb insideof a hotel car park in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The attack killed one person andwounded at least thirteen others.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Mar-08 Manila PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms0 2 Members of the New People's Army(NPA) burst into the home of a villageofficial in southeast Manila and killedhim along with his daughter. Nofurther details were given on thisattack by the communist guerillaforce.

15-Mar-08 Tokhtar AfghanistanUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified gunmen have attackedand torched a school in Tokhtarvillage of Dehdadi district of Balkhprovince in northern Afghanistan.Recently insurgents torched anotherschool in Kholm district of Balkhprovince. In January the Afghaneducation ministry said that theTaliban had burned down 183schools and killed 61 teachers andstudents in the preceding 18 months.The ministry said that attacks frominsurgents had closed down nearly400 schools and deprived around300,000 children from access toeducation.

15-Mar-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 An explosion hit a police patrol in theChamba area of Yaqubi district,Khost province in easternAfghanistan. Five policemen werewounded. Attacks against policeofficers are common in Afghanistan.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

15-Mar-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 0 Taliban militants attacked a policecheckpoint in Musa Qala district ofHelmand province in southernAfghanistan. One policemen wasinjured. Local residents said that fourmilitants were killed in the policecounterattack.Attacks against policeofficers and police installations arecommon in Afghanistan. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

15-Mar-08 NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 0 Armed men attacked a border policecheckpoint in the Tabe area ofNangarhar province in northeasternAfghanistan. Once policeman waswounded in the attack. One of theattackers was killed and another waswounded. The attack occurred atnight on March 15. Attacks againstpolice officers and police installationsare common in Afghanistan. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

15-Mar-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Militants attacked a cell phone mastin Daman district near Kandahar city.They locked up workers at theinstallation, knocked down the towerand set fire to the equipmentconnected to the antenna. The attackoccurred around 2:30 am. Thedistrict police chief claimed that theTaliban had carried out the attack.According to the Afghantelecommunications ministryspokesman, militants have attacked12 cell phone masts sincethreatening in late February to attackcell phone installations if serviceswere not halted at night. The Talibansaid that cell phone masts werebeing used by Afghan and Westernsoldiers to track Taliban hideouts.The spokesman said that in sevencases militants destroyed theantennas and in five cases theycaused only minor damage. Now,residents of remote areas complainthat their phones do not work atnight, possibly indicating that cellphone companies are complying withthe Taliban's demands. Thetelecommunications minister saidthat each time a mast wasdestroyed, communications wereinterrupted, calling it a seriousproblem for the people.Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and US andInternational Security AssistanceForce (NATO) troops in Afghanistan.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

15-Mar-08 North-WestFrontierProvince

Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen hijacked apassenger bus from the Tull area ofHangu, kidnapping the passengers.The incident happened on thePeshawar-Tull road near the TogSaraiy area. During the previousweek, unidentified individuals alsohijacked a car in the same area,kidnapping the car's four passengers.

16-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A convoy of four wheel drive vehiclesusually used by the Iraqigovernment, government securityforces, or Iraqi politicians wasattacked by parked car bomb. Theattack took place in Mansour districtof Baghdad. One civilian was killedby the explosion and another twowere severely wounded.The attack isone that was aimed at the Iraqigovernment or Iraqi politicians,however, the perpetrator could beany one of the groups opposing theIraqi government.

16-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives12 0 The headquarters of the KDP(Kurdish Democratic Party) inprophet Younis district, was attackedby a suicide bomber wearing anexplosive belt. Twelve people werewounded in the attack which tookplace in the morning of the firstworking day of the week. Al-Qaedaactively operates within Mosul and itsoutskirts and therefore it most likelythat it is responsible for the attack.KDP headquarters is not agovernment office but the presidentof Kurdish region (which doesn'tinclude Mosul) is the leader of theparty.

16-Mar-08 KhaneqeenIraq al-Qaeda Explosives0 1 A civilian was killed by an improvisedexplosive device in Khaneqeen townin Diyala. The victim was identifiedas a Kurdish man. Al-Qaeda is knownto conduct operations in the areawhile most of the former Sunniinsurgents groups near the area wereco-opted in tribal neighborhoodpolice forces. This leaves Al-Qaeda asthe most probable perpetrator.

16-Mar-08 al-Huwayjah

Iraq Al-NaqshabandiMethodArmy

Explosives0 0 A vehicle born improvised explosivedevice exploded in a central area ofAl-huwaijah town, west of Kirkukwithout causing any casualties. Thecar was parked and vacant, and itwas probably not delivered to itsdestination or it was simply aimed atcausing civilian casualties. Al-Naqshabandi Method Army is themost prominent militant group in thearea and there is a fair chance thatthey would be responsible for theattack.

16-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq al-Qaeda Explosives2 0 A vehicle born improvised explosivedevice exploded in the industrialzone at the outskirts of Kirkuk. Themajority of activity in the industrialarea of Kirkuk is car repair shops thatserve the entire governorate. A smallnumber of these shops aresometimes suspected of assemblingcar bombs by the Iraqi securityforces. Two civilians were woundeddue to the explosion.

16-Mar-08 Hawija Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A parked car bomb killed two people.The attack occurred in downtownHawija. Hawija is forty five milessouth of Baghdad.

16-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A parked car bomb killed one personand wounded two others. Theincident occurred in Baghdad'sMansour district. The Mansourdistrict is a historically posh area inthe Karkh side of Baghdad.

16-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen killed an off-duty policeofficer in front of his house. Theattack was executed as a drive-byshooting in northern Mosul. Attackson police are common in Iraq.

16-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives8 0 Eight people, including twopolicemen, were wounded in asuicide bomb attack. The explosionoccurred at a Kurdistan DemocraticParty office in Mosul. Mosul isapproximately two hundred and fortymiles north of Baghdad.

16-Mar-08 Assam India Unknown Explosives53 4 A grenade attack on peoplecelebrating Ali-Aie-Lrigang, a localfestival, killed at least four peopleand injured 53 others. Thecelebration was being held in anopen field in Dhemaji district inAssam state in northeastern India.Four members of the Assam policebattalion, who were guarding thearea, were seriously injured in theattack. The United Liberation FrontAsom [ULFA] is suspected to beresponsible for the attack. There areabout 10 militant organizationsoperating in Assam.The ULFA, anorganization with the declared goalof achieving independence forAssam, was established in 1979.

16-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Four or five men in a car abductedthe son of the administrator of Rikosub-district (Sungai Padi district) andhis neighbor in Narathiwat provincein southern Thailand. The men latershot the two victims. The two died onthe way to the hospital. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

16-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives5 0 A bomb exploded at a restaurant/music house in Narathiwat provincein southern Thailand injuring fivepeople. Unknown individuals used adigital watch to trigger the explosivewhich was planted inside a flower potin the restaurant. At the time of theincident the restaurant was full ofmusicians and customers. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

16-Mar-08 TobosoTown


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Insurgents with the New People'sArmy (NPA) torched a number ofexpensive pieces of equipment of asugarcane loading station, includingmovers, trailers, trucks, generators,and cranes. The attack caused twoseparate corporations -- VictoriasMilling Corp and Lopez Sugar Corp --a combined estimated 4.85 millionpesos in damages.

16-Mar-08 DarraAdamkhel

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified militants blew up abuilding of Pirwal AkhorwalGovernment Girls High School inDarra Adamkehl on the night ofMarch 16. Local residents said thatthe explosion completely destroyedthe nine-room building. They said theschool administration had receivedletters warning them to close theschool. Handbills purportedlydistributed by local militants twodays before the attack warnedwomen to stop going to schools andjoin seminaries instead. Localresidents also said that the army istaking position on the hilltops andparamilitary troops are patrolling theIndus Highway only during thedaytime leaving them vulnerable toattacks by militants at night.


Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 0 Unidentified militants detonated animprovised explosive device, hittinga police van on a routine patrol inDubai Adda in Thikadar Kalay in theNorth-West Frontier Province. Sevenpolicemen were injured, three ofwhom were in critical condition.

16-Mar-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were injured afterunidentified gunmen tossed agrenade at the district commissionerof Xamar Jajab. The country hasbeen plagued by inter-clan violence,al-Shabab militias, and an raginginsurgency against the Ethiopianoccupation.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

16-Mar-08 CeelCirfild

Somalia Al-shabaab

Firearms0 4 Militiamen with al-Shabaab attackeda police post in Ceel Cirfild. Theattack left four dead, including bothpolice officers and civilians. Theattack was widely condemned by anumber of government officials,including the mayor of Mogadishu.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC. Thecountry has been plagued by inter-clan violence, al-Shabaab militias,and an raging insurgency against theEthiopian occupation.

16-Mar-08 Kadiria Algeria Unknown Explosives2 1 A bomb targeting a police checkpointdetonated underneath a bridge inKadiria, Algeria. The attack did notinjure any policemen. Instead, theblast killed a schoolgirl and left twoother children wounded. There wasno immediate word on who wasbehind the attack.

17-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 3 Three civilians were killed andanother eight were wounded when aparked minibus rigged withexplosives was detonated. Theexplosion took place in Karadahwhich is a central area of the capital.The responsibility for the attackcould not be determined due to thefact that Karadah contains targets ofinterest for different groups ofmilitants. The incident and casualtieswere reported by the Iraqi police.

17-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq SunniInsurgents

Explosives10 2 An improvised explosive devise wasplanted at the roadside near DiyalaBridge in Zafaraniya district ofBaghdad, targeted a passing bypolice patrol. One policeman and onecivilian were killed, 6 otherpolicemen and four other civilianswere also wounded in the attack.Thearea is one of the most volatile in thecapital in terms of sectarian tensionsand anti police activities. It has alsoseen some police sponsored violenceagainst some of its civilianpopulation. The nature of the attackand the nature of the target implythat Sunni insurgents wereresponsible for the attack.

17-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq al-Qaeda Explosives1 1 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in theupscale neighborhood of Mansour inwestern Baghdad. One policemanwas killed in the attack and anotherwas wounded. Mansour is an areawere fringe elements like Al-Qaedacan still operate and deliver attacksagainst government security forces.It is likely that Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attack, also dueto the fact that most former Sunniinsurgents in the area have joinedthe Sahwa forces.

17-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq al-Qaeda Explosives1 0 One civilian was wounded when animprovised explosive device went offin the western Baghdadneighborhood of Mansour.This is thesecond roadside bomb to be plantedand detonated in the neighborhoodin one day.Al-Qaeda is the only fringeelement that still targets governmentsecurity forces and civilians in thearea. Former insurgents were mostlyworking in the Sahwa neighborhoodpolice at the time.


Explosives3 0 Three people were wounded when animprovised explosive deviceexploded in the easternneighborhood of Zayouna inBaghdad. The neighborhood is hometo former senior army officers andsome of the senior officer called backto the new Iraqi army. The nature ofthe target and the neighborhood'sproximity to Sadr city which is theMahdi Army stronghold implies thatthe Mahdi Army is responsible for theattack.Sunni insurgents do notoperate in the area in 2008.

17-Mar-08 Karbala Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives71 41 At least 40 people were killed andanother 71 wounded when a femalesuicide bomber detonated her load ofexplosives in a cafe near ImamHussein Shrine in Karbala. Thenumber of casualties were reportedby the police and the local healthofficials in the city.Al-Qaeda hasincreasingly used female suicidebombers in its attacks. The attackcarries the same style of known Al-Qaeda attacks in the past andtherefore, there is a high probabilityof Al-Qaeda being responsible for thisone as well.

17-Mar-08 Narino Colombia FARC Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On March 17, 2008 the FARC torchedfive vehicles belonging to civilians onthe Pasto-Tumaco Road in NarinoDepartment. The attack destroyedthe vehicles but no civilians wereinjured.The FARC left flyers at thescene stating the attack was inresponse to the death of the FARC'sRaul Reyes.

17-Mar-08 Pasakha Bhutan Unknown Explosives1 0 As election date approaches, therewas an explosion in Paskha near afuel station, injuring one person. Itwas unclear who was behind theattack.

17-Mar-08 Kerbala Iraq Unknown Explosives58 42 A female suicide bomber killed atleast 42 people and injured 58 in anattack in Kerbala, a city fifty milessouth of Baghdad. Kerbala is a Shiaholy city that attracts many pilgrimsfrom Shia-majority Iran. Theterrorist exploded in a caféfor daylaborers near the Imam Husseinshrine. Among the victims wereseven Iranians. Officials believe thatal-Qaeda insurgents are responsiblefor the violence but the group hasnot officially claimed responsibility.This is not the first time tragedy hasoccurred in Kerbala. Last April, onehundred people died in two separateattacks.Many believe this attackoccurred because terrorists want todisturb the ceasefire that has beencalled in the region.

17-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 3 A minibus full of explosives killedthree people. Eight other individualswere wounded. The attack occurredin Baghdad's Karrada district. It doesnot seem like any victims wereonboard the bus.

17-Mar-08 Mingora Pakistan Unknown Explosives7 3 A 17-18 year old suicide bomberblew himself up inside the Mingorapolice barracks, injuring two policepersonnel and injuring seven others.The bomber entered the barracksdressed in a police uniform;according to PTV, he was posing as anew recruit. When police personnelon duty indicated that they wantedto search him, he detonated hisexplosives. PTV also reported thatthere was a second suicide bomberinvolved in the attack. The attackoccurred at 7 pm.The city of Mingorais located in the Swat valley ofPakistan's Northwest FrontierProvince. Pakistani troops have beenbattling Islamic militants in Swat forseveral months.

17-Mar-08 Moharer Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (First of six attacks) Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives at aKhasadar checkpoint in Moharer inPakistan's Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA). Four othercheckpoints in Atta Bazar, MamadKor, Ashrafabad and Bahae Dag werealso bombed on the same day.March17 also saw the bombing of awomen's vocational center in theFATA. The Khasadar are an officialtribal militia in the FATA who receivetheir authority from the FrontierCrimes Regulation.The FATA borderssoutheastern Afghanistan and hasbeen considered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001.

17-Mar-08 FederallyAdministeredTribalAreas

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Second of six attacks) Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives at aKhasadar checkpoint in Atta Bazar inPakistan's Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA). Four othercheckpoints in Moharer, Mamad Kor,Ashrafabad and Bahae Dag were alsobombed on the same day. March 17also saw the bombing of a women'svocational center in the FATA. TheKhasadar are an official tribal militiain the FATA who receive theirauthority from the Frontier CrimesRegulation.The FATA borderssoutheastern Afghanistan and hasbeen considered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001.

17-Mar-08 AshrafabadPakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Third of six attacks) Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives at aKhasadar checkpoint in the village ofAshrafabad in Mohmand agency inPakistan's Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA). Four othercheckpoints in Moharer, Atta Bazar,Mamad Kor and Bahae Dag were alsobombed on the same day. March 17also saw the bombing of a women'svocational center in the FATA. TheKhasadar are an official tribal militiain the FATA who receive theirauthority from the Frontier CrimesRegulation.The FATA borderssoutheastern Afghanistan and hasbeen considered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001.

17-Mar-08 MindanaoPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 New People's Army insurgentsattacked a facility owned bytelecommunications company GlobeTelecom, Inc. early in the morning.The attackers took away firearmsfrom the security guards beforetorching telecom equipment. Thefacility is located in the village of SanVicente in Compostela Valleyprovince's Montevista town. GlobeTelecom provides local and longdistance telecommunicationsservices to more than 12 million cellphone subscribers throughout thePhilippines. SingaporeTelecommunications owns 45% ofthe company. The motive of theattack is still unknown, but accordingto authorities, previous NPA attackson telecommunications facilities andmining firms in Mindanao weretriggered by failed attempts atextortion. The New People's Army isa paramilitary force attempting toestablish a Maoist state in thePhilippines. It is the armed unit of theCommunist Party of the Philippinesand has been waging an insurgencyagainst the Philippines' governmentsince 1969.

17-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Two local government officials werekilled in a drive-by shooting as theywere on their way to work in Yalaprovince. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

17-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A bomb exploded in a tea shop,injuring two people, in Pattaniprovince in southern Thailand. Thebomb was hidden under a bench andwas remotely detonated by a mobilephone. The attack occurred at night.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

17-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Gunmen opened fire on a policeman.The policeman died. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq. Thisattack happened in old Basra, alsoknown as downtown Basra city.

17-Mar-08 MamadKor

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Fourth of six attacks) Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives at aKhasadar checkpoint in Mamad Korin Mohmand agency in Pakistan'sFederally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA). Four other checkpoints inMoharer, Atta Bazar, Ashrafabad andBahae Dag were also bombed on thesame day. March 17 also saw thebombing of a women's vocationalcenter in the FATA. The Khasadarare an official tribal militia in theFATA who receive their authorityfrom the Frontier Crimes Regulation.The FATA borders southeasternAfghanistan and has been considereda safe-haven for the Taliban andother foreign militants, including al-Qaeda sympathizers, since 2001.

17-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A roadside bomb targeted a policepatrol in Baghdad. As a result of theensuing explosion, one policemanwas killed and one was injured. Theincident occurred in the Mansourneighborhood at Ameerat street.The location is close to a teacherstraining institute.

17-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb exploded. Thebomb was targeting a constructioncompany's vehicle. As a result of theattack, one guard, an employee ofthe company, and a civilian wereinjured. The name of the companyattacked was 77. The incidenthappened in the Arafa neighborhoodof Kirkuk city.

17-Mar-08 NurestanAfghanistanUnknown Other 0 0 Unidentified individuals fired tworockets into the residence of thegovernor of Nurestan province on thenight of March 17. The governor andhis friends were unharmed. Theattack occurred in Doab district ofNurestan province in northeasternAfghanistan. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (Canadian, British, US andDutch troops are engaged in themost combat). However, in additionto the Taliban, other groups such asHezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

17-Mar-08 BahaeDag

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Fifth of six attacks) Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives at aKhasadar checkpoint in Bahae Dag inMohmand agency in Pakistan'sFederally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA). Four other checkpoints inMoharer, Atta Bazar, Ashrafabad andMamad Kor were also bombed on thesame day. March 17 also saw thebombing of a women's vocationalcenter in the FATA. The Khasadarare an official tribal militia in theFATA who receive their authorityfrom the Frontier Crimes Regulation.The FATA borders southeasternAfghanistan and has been considereda safe-haven for the Taliban andother foreign militants, including al-Qaeda sympathizers, since 2001.

17-Mar-08 WazirKili

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Sixth of six attacks) Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives at awomen's vocational center in WazirKili in Mohmand agency in theFederally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA). Five Khadasar checkpoints inMoharer, Atta Bazar, Mahmad Kor,Ashrafabad and Bahae Dag were alsobombed on the same day. TheKhasadar are an official tribal militiain the FATA who receive theirauthority from the Frontier CrimesRegulation.The FATA borderssoutheastern Afghanistan and hasbeen considered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001.

17-Mar-08 Afgooye Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAbdulkadir Jibril Ali, a deputy policecommander in Afgooye. According toreports, three gunmen armed withpistols shot and killed him. Therewas no immediate word on who wasbehind the attack, though attacks onpolice forces are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

18-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives13 1 An explosive device planted in a busymarket in Al-Shaab District, in northeast of Baghdad, killed one civilianand wounded another thirteen. Thetarget was obviously the market andcivilians using it for their dailyshopping. It is unclear who's to beresponsible for the attack, howeverthe nature of the target implies thatAl-Qaeda is the most likely.

18-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 3 Two traffic policemen and onecivilian were killed by an improvisedexplosive device in Bunook area ineast Baghdad. The attack took placeat about the same time asanotherattack in Al-Shaab District. Trafficpolicemen are not a involved in anysort of counter insurgency and themain reason for their existence is toregulate motor traffic.

18-Mar-08 Basra Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Firearms1 1 Gunmen armed with machine gunsattempted to assassinate the Al-Sistani deputy in Basra. The target,Sheikh Abdul Atheem Al-Edani wasinjured in the attack and his driverwas killed.The Mahdi army hadrepeatedly attacked Sistani'srepresentatives in Basra and it islikely that the same group is alsoresponsible for the attack as well.

18-Mar-08 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives1 1 An Improvised explosive deviceplanted near a neighborhood police(Sahwa police) checkpoint wasdetonated killing one member of thecheckpoint and wounding another.The attack took place in Iskandariyahto the south of Baghdad.The groupresponsible for the attack isunknown.

18-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives42 3 A vehicle born improvised explosivedevice caused a massive explosionthat killed 3 civilians and woundedanother 42. Three policemen wereamong those wounded in theexplosion. The attack is consistentwith other attcks committed by Al-Qaeda and hence it is highly likelythat Al-Qaeda is responsible for thisattack as well. Mosul has also seenincreasing Al-Qaeda activity.

18-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq al-Qaeda Explosives3 3 Three policemen were killed andanother three were wounded in anattack by a roadside bomb in AbuSaida village near Baqubah. Theroadside bomb targeted their vehiclewhile they were on patrol.The attackis consistent with Al-Qaeda style ofattacks. Most former insurgents inthis mostly Sunni area have joinedthe Sahwa anti Al-Qaeda forces andtherefore they cannot be blamed forthe attack.

18-Mar-08 Santiago Chile Jean-MarcRouillanArmedandHeartlessColumns

Explosives0 0 On March 18, 2008 a bomb explodedoutside of a Banco de Credito eInversiones branch in Santiago. Theblast caused extensive damage tothe branch but no casualties. TheJean-Marc Rouillan Armed andHeartless Columns claimedresponsibility for the attack. Thegroup is a domestic anarchist groupthat claimed the attack was insupport of Mapuche Indian's cause.

18-Mar-08 Pasakha Nepal UnitedRevolutionaryFront ofBhutan

Explosives1 0 One person was injured when an IEDwent off near a petrol pump in thetown of Pasakha. According to police,the explosion was aimed atpreventing people from going to thepolls on the March 24 NationalAssembly elections. The militantgroup, the United RevolutionaryFront of Bhutan, claimedresponsibility for the attack.

18-Mar-08 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A roadside bomb killed onepolicemen and wounded two others.The attack occurred in the town ofIskandariya, 25 miles south ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

18-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives45 3 A car bomb killed three people andwounded forty-five others. Theattack occurred in Mosul, twohundred and forty miles north ofBaghdad.

18-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Unknown1 0 Gunmen seriously wounded an aideof Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani isIraq's top Shi'ite cleric. The incidentoccurred in Basra, three hundredand forty miles southeast ofBaghdad.

18-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 1 A bomb exploded in a market inBaghdad's Shaab district. As aresult, one person was killed andthirteen were wounded. The Shaabdistrict is known for its shoppingstreets.

18-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 5 Mortar bombs launched at a school inBaghdad's Ghader district resulted intragedy. At least five died and sevenwere wounded. It is unclear what themotivation for the attack was.

18-Mar-08 Samarra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Gunmen set up a phony checkpointin Watban street, six miles west ofSamarra. The checkpoint existed formore than one hour. During thattime, gunmen kidnapped onepoliceman who was wearing civilianclothes.

18-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives8 0 A bomb exploded near a playgroundin Bannang Sata district of Yalaprovince in southern Thailand. Eightchildren were injured, threeseriously. The bomb was hid inside amotorcycle which was left near theplayground behind a house. Some ofthe injured children were in thehouse and the others were playing inthe playground. Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

18-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb blast at a mosque injuredtwo men in Yala province in southernThailand. Early on March 18 a pick-uptruck stopped outside the mosqueand an unidentified individual wasseen throwing a bomb into themosque. The two injured men weregiven first aid treatment andreturned home. Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. Among those targeted bythe attacks are Muslims perceived assupportive of the government. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

18-Mar-08 Baquba Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqipolice vehicle. The associatedexplosion killed three policemen andinjured three others. The incidentoccurred in the Abu Saida area,about five miles north of Baquba.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

18-Mar-08 SalahuddinIraq Unknown Unknown0 1 Gunmen killed an Iraqi police officer.The incident occurred in Al Athiavillage west of Al Is-haqi. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

18-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives42 3 A parked car bomb targeting civiliansexploded. As a result, threepolicemen died, three policemenwere injured, and thirty-ninecivilians were injured. The incidentoccurred in Mosul.

19-Mar-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives12 5 Four people were killed including twopolicemen and another twelvewounded when a female suicidebomber detonated her explosives inBalad Ruz in Diyala province.Theattack is characteristic of Al-Qaedawhich is increasingly using femalesto deliver explosives in suicidemissions. The attack and casualtieswere reported by the Iraqi police.

19-Mar-08 MussayibIraq al-MahdiArmy

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A number of militants destroyed asection of a fuel pipeline nearMussayib by setting it on fire. Thepipeline feeds a large thermal powerplant that supplies a number ofcentral cities with electricity.The areais known to have extensive MahdiArmy activity and which indicatesthat they are responsible for theattack.

19-Mar-08 IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A women was killed and another twocivilians were wounded by animprovised explosive device inIskandariyah. It is difficult todetermine responsibility for theattack due to the fact that Al-Qaedaas well as Shiite militias operatewithin the area.

19-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A police colonel was killed andanother unidentified person waswounded in the explosion of avehicle born improvised explosivedevice in Karadah district inBaghdad. The nature of the areamakes a target for more than onearmed group and therefore it is hardto predict who's responsible for theattack.


Explosives2 0 An Iraqi police colonel Mazin AbdulWahid who's the director of trainingfor the Basra police was subjected toan assassination attempt by Al-MahdiArmy. The militants planted aroadside bomb and detonated it ashe passed by. One of his bodyguardswas wounded as well as anothercivilian by-stander.

19-Mar-08 Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 0 A policemen was seriously woundedin an assassination attempt againsthis life when his vehicle was riggedwith an explosive device. The attacktook place near a mosque in Fallujah.These new explosives are nick namessticky bombs and they basicallyadhere to vehicles to be used for thepurpose of assassination.The mostlikely perpetrator is Al-Qaeda.

19-Mar-08 SagopshiRussia Unknown 0 0 A vehicle carrying an Ingush InteriorMinistry Official was fired upon onthe evening of March 19, 2008 in thevillage of Sagopshi, which is locatedin Ingushetia's Molgobekskiy District.The official was not injured. There isno information on the perpetrator.Attacks on government officials inthe southern Russian republics ofIngushetia and Dagestan areincreasingly common.

19-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A car bomb killed an Iraqi policecolonel and wounded a civilian. Theattack occurred in Baghdad's Karradadistrict. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

19-Mar-08 MussayabIraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Terrorists set fire to a pipeline nearMussayab, a town forty miles southof Baghdad. The fuel pipeline wassupplying a power station.

19-Mar-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives12 4 A female suicide bomber killed fourpeople and wounded twelve others.Among the dead were twopolicemen. The incident took placein Balad Ruz, forty-five milesnortheast of Baghdad. Balad Ruz isin the Diyala province.

19-Mar-08 Bethani Nepal Unknown Firearms0 1 A candidate for the National People'sFront Nepal, a small communistparty, running in the April 10 electionfor a constituent assembly was shotin his home. Several unidentifiedindividuals burst into the home ofKamal Prasad Adhikari and shot himwhile he was sleeping. Adhikari laterdied in surgery. Nepal's media saidthat the Janatantrik Terai LiberationFront had claimed responsibility forthe killing but reported no motive.The attack occurred in the village ofBethani, 370 kilometres (230 miles)southwest of Nepal's capital,Kathmandu. The Janatantrik TeraiLiberation Front (JTLF) is a rebelgroup fighting for autonomy in thesouthern plains of Nepal, known asthe Terai. According to a seniorNational People's Front Nepalmember, Adhikari was targeted by acriminal gang because the party isagainst federalism for the Terai.

19-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Police officer Yaseen Majeed waskilled by gunmen. The gunmen usedmachine guns. Officer Majeed waskilled in the Manawi Pasha area ofcentral Basra. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

19-Mar-08 Yala Thailand SunawaYugo

Firearms0 1 Two militants shot dead a 72-year-old Buddhist grocer at his store inYala province in southern Thailand.The two men fled, but were stoppedat a nearby military checkpointwhere they were killed in a gun fight.One of the men was identified asSunawa Yugo, believed to be aleading militant with a 500,000 baht(16,000 US dollar) bounty on hishead. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. Among those targeted bythe attacks are Muslims perceived assupportive of the government. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004. Policeon March 19 said that the death tollhas passed 3000.

19-Mar-08 MindanaoPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Firearms1 1 Gunmen with the New People's Armyshot and killed a village district chiefin Mindanao. The attack, which tookplace in a public market, leftCustodio Varona dead. As theshooters ran off, they shouted Longlive the NPA. The attack alsowounded a civilian who was struck bya stray bullet.

19-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeted police Col.Mazin Abdul Wahid. The Colonel wasnot killed in the attack but one of hisguards and a civilian were injured.Mr. Wahid is the director of policetraining in northern Basra.

19-Mar-08 Srinagar Kashmir Lashkar-e-Toiba

Explosives23 1 A massive bomb attack on a highwayoverpass, or flyover, in Kashmir'smain city Srinagar killed one personand injured 23 others. Two groupsclaimed responsibility for the attack:Al Madina Regiment, which is seen asa front for the Pakistan-based hardline rebel group Lashkar-e-Toiba andthe pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahedin,Kashmir's main rebel group. HizbulMujahedin's spokesman said that theattack was aimed at CentralReserved Police Force (CRPF)personnel and regretted injuries tocivilians. Police and the CRPF saidthat an improvised explosive devicewas planted in a CRPF bunkerlocated on the overpass just in frontof the highly guarded state highcourt complex and near the civilsecretariat. The explosion occurredaround 5:45 pm. A security officialsaid that he thought the blastoccurred prematurely because therewere no CRPF personnel presentwhen the bomb exploded and therewas no VIP movement on theoverpass. The official said that themilitants may have intended for thebomb to explode on the morning ofthe following day when CRPFpersonnel were taking position forsecurity duty. Islamic militantshave been fighting India's rule overpart of Kashmir since 1989. Indian-controlled territory comprisesKashmir Valley, which is 95 per centMuslim, Jammu, which is two-thirdsHindu and one-third Muslim, andLadakh, which is Buddhist andMuslim. The conflict has left morethan 40,000 people dead by officialcount.

20-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 2 Two policemen were killed whentheir patrol was attacked by smallarms fire in Mosul. It is likely that Al-Qaeda is responsible for the attacksince Al-Mosul and its outskirts arestill an area where Al-Qaeda can stilloperate.

20-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 1 One policeman was killed by animprovised explosive device in Mosulin one of a series of attacks againstthe police in one week. Thepoliceman was part of a convoywhen it encountered the roadsidebomb.Al-Qaeda is known to be stillactive in Mosul and its surroundingsand most likely be responsible for theattack.

20-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 0 A vehicle rigged with explosives andparked near Al-Khansa hospital inSukkar area of Mosul was detonatedtargeting the police. Two policemenwere injured in the attack.Al-Qaeda isknown to be active in the area and isstill capable of delivering attacksagainst the government's securityforces.

20-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen attacked a police patrol inMosul. As a result of the attack, twopolicemen died. Mosul is twohundred and forty miles north ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

20-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol killed one police officer. Theattack occurred in Mosul, twohundred and forty miles north ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

20-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Terrorists kidnapped a police officerand hours later his body was found.The policeman was abducted insoutheastern Mosul. The terroriststhen shot him several times. Attackson police are common in Iraq.

20-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified militants shot and killedan imam at a mosque in Pattaniprovince in southern Thailand.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Amongthose targeted by the attacks areMuslims perceived as supportive ofthe government. The currentinsurgency has been underway sinceJanuary 2004 and more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

20-Mar-08 Nineveh Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A parked car bomb was detonatedand injured two policemen. Theincident occurred in the al-Sukkarneighborhood near al-Khansaahospital. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

20-Mar-08 Afgooye Somalia Unknown Explosives3 1 An insurgent lobbed a grenade into amovie theater in Hawo Taako'sneighborhood in Afgooye District.The attack left one person dead andthree others injured. Attacks oncinemas are common in Somalia, asare anonymous grenade attacks.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

21-Mar-08 CalahorraSpain ETA Explosives0 0 On the afternoon of March 21, 2008 acar bomb with 70kg of explosivesdetonated at a police barracks inCalahorra in the Rioja region. Theblast caused no casualties butcaused severe damage to thebarracks and adjacent buildings andcars.ETA claimed credit for theattacks and gave the authorities a 30minute notice prior to detonation.This allowed authorities to evacuatethe area prior to the blast.

21-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Three policemen were woundedwhen a number of unidentifiedarmed men opened fire on theirpatrol. The militants attacked thepolice patrol in a village nearBaqubah.The responsibility for theattack cannot be predicted due tothe mixed nature of the area and thediversity of threats that securityforces face there.

21-Mar-08 Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 0 A nine year old little boy waswounded when a roadside bombexploded near Tirkit in an earlymorning hour.The explosion didn'tseem to target anyone but civiliansand it took place at the Alamhighway intersection that leads toBaghdad.The only militant group thattargets civilians in the area is Al-Qaeda, and by assuming civilianswere the target, the group then mustbe responsible for the attack.

21-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms3 0 A number of gunmen ambushed apolice patrol in Delli Abbas village inDiyala province near Baqubah. Threepolicemen were wounded in theattack.Al-Qaeda is known to activelytarget government security forcesand other neighborhood tribal forcesin the area.

21-Mar-08 Balad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 The police chief of the Mahata areain the town of Balad wasassassinated when militantsambushed him. Two of his securitydetail were also killed in the incidentand two civilians were wounded.Balad has a Shiite inner townresidents where the Mahdi Army isextremely active, but most of itssuburbs are Sunni. Sunni insurgentsare active in most of the outskirts ofthe town. Therefore, it is hard tosingle out a perpetrator.

21-Mar-08 Tikrit Iraq SunniInsurgents

Explosives1 0 A young boy was injured when aroadside bomb went off in a mainintersection of highways in Al-Alamvillage near Tikrit. The bomb waslikely aimed at a target other than asmall boy but is likely to haveexploded by mistake. The area isexclusively Sunni and this makesSunni insurgents the primary suspectfor the attack.

21-Mar-08 Mazar-eSharif

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 0 A bomb exploded, wounding fourpeople. The small bomb was hiddenin a trash bin near the main shrine inMazar-e Sharif, the Shrine of Hazrat-eAli. The attack occurred as thenorthern city was filled with peoplefor Afghanistan's New Yearcelebrations. Mazar-e Sharif is thefocal point of the celebrations.Shopkeepers were among theinjured. A few shops and a car weredamaged by the explosion. Thepolice chief of Mazar-e Sharif blamedthe attack on the enemies ofAfghanistan, a term mostly used byAfghan officials to refer to Talibaninsurgents or other Islamic extremistgroups. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After having beenousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce, which includes US soldiers.However, in addition to the Taliban,other groups such as Hezb-e-Islamiare also involved in the insurgency.

21-Mar-08 Helmand AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Explosives went off near a policevehicle in Helmand province insouthern Afghanistan. According tothe Helmand police chief, no policeofficers were injured, but a policevehicle was partly damaged.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterhaving been ousted from power by aUS-led coalition in 2001, the Talibanhas waged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (Canadian, British, US andDutch troops are engaged in themost combat). However, in additionto the Taliban, other groups such asHezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

21-Mar-08 Konar AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 A man was killed, his body recoveredby police from a car which had beenset on fire in Konar province ineastern Afghanistan. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for his death,calling him an American spy.However, the Konar provincial policechief said that the man was not spy.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). TheTaliban sometimes kills civilianswhom it claims were helping theISAF. In addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

21-Mar-08 Baquba Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 A police patrol was attacked bygunmen. The incident occurred inDella Abbas Village. The village istwenty kilometers south of Baquba.As a result of the attack, threepolicemen were injured.

21-Mar-08 Balad Iraq Unknown Unknown2 3 The Chief of Police of the al-Mahataarea in Balad was ambushed bygunmen. The Chief and twomembers of his security detail werekilled. Also, two civilians werewounded. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.


Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (First of three attacks)Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives atKhasadar checkpoint number fournear Germany Kalay in Pakistan'sNorth West Frontier Province.Khasadar checkpoints number sevenand eight on Indus Highway werealso bombed.The Khasadar are anofficial tribal militia in the FederallyAdministered Tribal Areas (FATA) andNorth West Frontier Province whoreceive their authority from theFrontier Crimes Regulation.

21-Mar-08 NorthWestFrontierProvince

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Second of three attacks)Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives atKhasadar checkpoint number sevenon Indus Highway in Pakistan's NorthWest Frontier Province. Khasadarcheckpoints number eight on IndusHighway and number four nearGermany Kalay were also bombed.The Khasadar are an official tribalmilitia in the Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA) and North WestFrontier Province who receive theirauthority from the Frontier CrimesRegulation.


Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Second of three attacks)Unidentifiedmilitants detonated explosives atKhasadar checkpoint number eighton Indus Highway in Pakistan's NorthWest Frontier Province. Khasadarcheckpoints number seven on IndusHighway and number four nearGermany Kalay were also bombed.The Khasadar are an official tribalmilitia in the Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA) and North WestFrontier Province who receive theirauthority from the Frontier CrimesRegulation.

21-Mar-08 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives4 0 An explosive device planted under abridge went off in Khuzdar inBalochistan province, injuring fourpeople. Two policemen were amongthe injured. (Note: the source did notspecify as to whether the attackoccurred in Khuzdar district or thetown of Khuzdar)The Pakistanigovernment has been fightingmilitants in Balochistan who demandpolitical and economic autonomy.


Explosives3 1 Al-Amin District in south of Baghdadwitnessed an explosion that killedone civilian and wounded threeothers. The improvised explosivedevice went off in an early morninghour. The district is known to havebeen ethnically cleansed and MahdiArmy militias are the main operatorsin it, therefore it is likely that theyare responsible for the attack.

22-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive deviceexploded in Al-Kam area nearAdhamiyah in Baghdad. Threecivilians were wounded in the attack.Al-Kam is a mixed area thatseparates Adhamiyah, a mainlySunni area, from Majority Shiitedistricts to the east of it. The mixednature of the area and the targetbeing attacked makes it difficult toassess the responsibility for it.

22-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives6 0 Two Sahwa members and fourcivilians were wounded when animprovised explosive deviceexploded in Mansour area ofBaghdad. The area is mainly Sunniand has been under continuousattack by Al-Qaeda. Sahwa forcesand government police are amongthe targets that are usually attackedin this neighborhood.

22-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Al-NaqshabandiMethodArmy

Explosives5 1 An improvised explosive devicetargeting a police patrol in centralKirkuk killed a civilian and woundedfive policemen.Jaish Al-Tariqa Al-Naqshabandiya or Al-NaqshabandiMethod army is one of the importantIslamic insurgent groups in the area.It is possible that it could beresponsible for the attack.

22-Mar-08 Jawzjan AfghanistanUnknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Unidentified armed men stabbed todeath the district chief of Khanaqadistrict, Jawzjan province, AbdolKarim while he was on his way fromAqcha city to his office. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attack.Jawzjan province is in northernAfghanistan. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

22-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol killed one person and woundedfour others when it exploded. Theattack occurred in Kirkuk, an areawhere violence against police is fairlycommon. Kirkuk is one hundred andfifty five miles north of Baghdad.

22-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 An improvised explosives devicetargeted a bus. As a result of theensuing explosion, a civilian waskilled and three others werewounded. The attack occurred in theAmin area in east Baghdad in theearly morning.


6 0 An improvised explosives device(IED) exploded in the Mansourneighborhood in west Baghdad. As aresult of the attack, six werewounded.


Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Explosives detonated near the townof Darra Adamkhel in Pakistan'sNorth-West Frontier Province,damaging the main electricitytransmission line. The explosion leftthe town and parts of Kohat districtwithout electricity.


Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (First of two attacks) Local peoplereport that the building of a girlsmiddle school was damaged in abomb blast. The attack occurred inFerozkhel locality near the town ofDarra Adamkhel in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. Anotherschool in nearby Bazikhel localitywas also bombed. Officials said thatmilitants had distributed pamphletsin the area warning theadministration to close down theschools by March 20. Two vocationaltraining centers for girls have alsoreceived threats. A building of a girlshigh school was also damaged by abomb blast on the night of March 16.


Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 (Second of two attacks) Local peoplereport that the building of a girlsmiddle school was damaged in abomb blast. The attack occurred inBazikhel locality near the town ofDarra Adamkhel in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. Anotherschool in nearby Ferozkhel localitywas also bombed. Officials said thatmilitants had distributed pamphletsin the area warning theadministration to close down theschools by March 20. Two vocationaltraining centers for girls have alsoreceived threats. A building of a girlshigh school was also damaged by abomb blast on the night of March 16.


Firearms16 7 A relatively large number of militantsattacked a liquid petroleum gasmanufacturing plant in Zafaraniyaare of Baghdad. LPG is the maincooking fuel used in Iraq and itscontinuous supply is economicallyvital.seven civilians were killed in theattack and another 16 werewounded. The attackers used threecivilian vehicles as shootingplatforms, which is an indication oftheir large numbers. Large number ofattackers is a characteristic of Al-Mahdi Army which operates in thisregion of the capital.

23-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives7 5 A suicide attacker driving a vehicleloaded with explosives detonated hisvehicle in a gas station in Al-Shu'ladistrict of northern Baghdad. Theattack killed five people andwounded another seven. Al-Shu'la isa Shiite district and is considered astronghold of the Mahdi army but itborders Sunni areas in the west andthe south. Numerous sectarianclashes happened along these linesof contact and this suicide attackcould be of he same nature. Al-Qaeda is the only organization thatcan deliver suicide attacks in thatregion of the city and therefore it islikely that they are responsible forthe attack.

23-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeting civilians wounded twopeople in a central area of thecapital. The attack took place nearKaradah which is a mixed area andone that houses several governmentrelated targets. The diversity ofavailable targets and nature of thoseactually targeted indicate that theexplosion did not achieve it objectiveand it also makes hard to determinethe group responsible for the attack.

23-Mar-08 Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 3 Three policemen were killed and twocivilians were wounded when asuicide attacker driving a car loadedwith explosives slammed into Al-Mu'tasim town mayor's house. Al-Mutasim is a town near Samarra andis likely that Al-Qaeda is theorganization that carried out theattack due to the nature of the areaand the nature of the attack.Theobjective of the attack was notachieved because the mayorsurvived the attack.

23-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 A police Brigadier General AkramAwad Radhi was killed when gunmenambushed his vehicle in Baqubah.The Brigadier's driver was also killedin the attack.Baqubah is a mixed citywhere several militant outlaw groupsoperate and carry out violence andterrorism tactics. It is thereforedifficult to determine responsibilityfor the attack.


Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive deviceplanted near the residence of apolice sergeant in Basra wasdetonated but failed to cause anycasualties.Al-Mahdi Army isextremely active in Al-Basra and isknown to target government securityofficers in the city. It is likely that Al-Mahdi Army is responsible for thisattack as well.

23-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 A police lieutenant was killed andanother two police officers werewounded when militants opened fireon their patrol in Baqubah. Baqubahis a mixed city and it is difficult todetermine responsibility for theattack due to the fact that more thanone group usually targetsgovernment police in the city.


Explosives3 0 Three policemen were wounded in anearly morning hour when animprovised explosive device wasdetonated near them in Al-Shaabdistrict of Baghdad.Al-Shaab is aShiite area in the north of the capitaland one of the strongholds of theMahdi Army. Therefore it is likely thatAl-Mahdi Army was responsible forthe attack.

23-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 0 Taliban militants attacked the convoyof the governor of Ghazni province,Sher Khosty, when he was returningto his office from a trip to Galiandistrict. Neither the governor nor hisbodyguards were injured in theattack. The attack occurred in thePul-e Mati area of Moqor district. TheTaliban claimed responsibility for theattack. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

23-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 17 Seventeen people died because ofmortars that landed in the GreenZone. It is unclear how manyindividuals were injured. The GreenZone, also known as the InternationalZone, is the sight of many diplomaticinstitutions including the U.S.Embassy.The U.S. military hassuggested that attacks on the GreenZone are largely caused by rogueelements of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia. Inresponse to this, Sadr previouslyimposed a ceasefire on the militia,but there are now signs that thisceasefire order is not being followed.

23-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 6 A suicide bomber killed six peopleand wounded at least ten others.The victims were waiting in line forgasoline. The attack occurred inBaghdad's Shula district. Theneighborhood is predominantlyShi'ite.

23-Mar-08 Baquba Iraq Unknown Unknown2 1 A police lieutenant died and twopolicemen were wounded after anarmed attack by terrorists. Theincident occurred at a checkpoint incentral Baquba. Baquba is forty twomiles north of Baghdad. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

23-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives8 1 A suicide car bomber attacked acheckpoint, killing one and woundingeight others. The attack occurred inMosul, a city two hundred and fortymiles north of Baghdad.

23-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two people were wounded becauseof a roadside bomb. The incidentoccurred in Baghdad's Karradadistrict. Karrada is one of Baghdad'scentral districts.

23-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms16 7 Seven people died and sixteen werewounded after a drive-by shooting inBaghdad. The terrorists were inthree vehicles and opened fire in theZaafaraniya district in southernBaghdad. It does not appear thatany of the gunmen weresubsequently apprehended.

23-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three policemen were woundedbecause of a roadside bomb thatexploded during their patrol. Theattack occurred in Baghdad'sZayouna district. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

23-Mar-08 LandiKotal

Pakistan Unknown Explosives65 0 Militants blew up dozens of oiltankers in the town of Landi Kotal.The tankers, which were being usedto supply NATO forces inAfghanistan, were parked when theexplosion of an improvised explosivedevice placed underneath one of thetrucks took place. The explosiontriggered a massive fire whichinjured 65 people and completelygutted 36 tankers. More than 80tankers were parked in the town.Landi Kotal is located near Pakistan'sborder with Afghanistan in theFederally Administrated Tribal Areas(FATA), in the northwestern part ofthe country. The FATA has beenconsidered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001.


Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Local people reported that militantsblew up a Khasadar post in theSheraki area of Kohat district ofPakistan's North-West FrontierProvince. The Khasadar are an officialtribal militia in the FederallyAdministered Tribal Areas (FATA) andNorth West Frontier Province whoreceive their authority from theFrontier Crimes Regulation.

24-Mar-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives4 0 Four people were wounded on themorning of March 24, 2008 when anIED exploded under a police car nearthe commercial bank Ringkombankin Nazran, Ingushetia. The woundedincluded one police officer and twoemployees of the bank. Reportsnoted that the TNT equivalent of theexplosive device was 1-2kg and wasloaded with metal elements. Noperpetrator was identified.

24-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 An improvised explosive deviceplanted on the side of the mainhighway in eastern Baghdadwounded one policemen.MohammadAl-Qasim Highway goes through anumber of Shiite and Sunni areas inthe eastern side of the capital andtherefore, it is difficult to establishresponsibility for the attack.


Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb planted in the wayof a walking police patrol woundedthree members of the patrol inZayouna area, east Baghdad.Thearea is a mixed one but extremelyclose to the Mahdi Army strongholdsin the eastern parts of the city. It islikely that Mahdi Army is responsiblefor the attack.

24-Mar-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 Mortars hit Tal Jwad village in thenorth of Tikrit killing one civilian.Alarge number of insurgent groups inaddition to Al-Qaeda operate in thearea. This makes predicting theresponsibility for the attack difficultto predict.

24-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 3 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in Sa'diyahtown north of Baqubah. Threepolicemen were killed in the bombattack and two civilians were alsowounded. Sa'diya is a town whereKurdish and Arab tensions run deepeach group sometimes covertlyattacks the other. It is not easy todetermine the perpetrator of theattack given the circumstances andthe nature of the town's population.

24-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 2 (First of two attacks)The Talibancarried out an attack in Ajrestandistrict in Ghazni province, killing twopolicemen and injuring three others.Also in Ajrestan district, a Talibanrocket exploded in a mosque, killingthree Taliban and a civilian.Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

24-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Other 0 4 (Second of two attacks)In Ajrestandistrict in Ghazni province a Talibanrocket exploded in a mosque, killingthree Taliban and a civilian. Also, inAjrestan district, a Taliban rocketexploded in a mosque killing twopolicemen and injuring three others.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

24-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb wounded onepoliceman. The attack occurred inBaghdad's Zayouna district. TheZayouna district is in the eastern partof the city. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

24-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown4 3 A clash between local people and theTaliban in Ajrestan district in Ghazniprovince in eastern Afghanistan leftthree civilians killed and four injured.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

24-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 0 A mine explosion injured threecivilians in Ghazni province ineastern Afghanistan. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

24-Mar-08 Jawzjan AfghanistanTaliban Firearms7 5 Unidentified gunmen ambushed aconvoy of mine-clearing vehicles inJawzjan province in northernAfghanistan, killing five andwounding seven.The victims workedfor Afghan Technical Consultants(ATC), a mine-clearing organization.According to the ATC director, threepeople stopped one of the vehiclesand started shooting at thepassengers. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

24-Mar-08 Yaha Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda local defense volunteer in a drive-by shooting in southern Thailand'srestive Yala province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency. Attacks onlocal defense volunteers are commonin southern Thailand.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Mar-08 BeledweyeneSomalia Unknown Explosives0 0 An insurgent lobbed a grenade into amovie theater in Beledweyene.There was no immediate word oncasualties. Attacks on cinemas arecommon in Somalia, as areanonymous grenade attacks.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

24-Mar-08 Herat AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 6 The Taliban attacked a police patrolnear the Iranian border, killing fourpolicemen and two civilians. The twocivilians, laborers at a nearby farm,became caught in the crossfire of agunfight that erupted after theattack. The attack occurred inShindand district in Herat province inwestern Afghanistan. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attack.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

24-Mar-08 Davao PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Guerrillas with the New People'sArmy torched a number of pieces ofheavy equipment that were beingused for construction in the village ofBanana La Union. According to thepolice, the insurgents burned aDynapac road roller among otherpieces of equipment.

24-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A village defense volunteer was shotdead in Yala province in southernThailand on the morning of March 24.Romulee Lubaekaseng was riding hismotorcycle home after sending hiswife to a rubber plantation when twomen on a motorcycle caught up tohim and the pillion rider shot him.Romulee was a defense volunteer forMoo 2 village in Yaha district. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

25-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq ShiiteMilitias

Explosives8 1 One civilian was killed and anothereight were wounded when animprovised explosive deviceexploded in Bab Al-Sheikh centralarea of Baghdad. This particular areahas seen little of the ethnic cleansingthat devastated Baghdad. Its diversecommunity was one of the very fewnot affected by the civil war. It's alsohome to a revered Sunni Imamshrine: Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Gailani.These factors and the fact that theneighborhood contains nogovernment offices makes the shrineor its visitors the only probabletarget. Such targeting could beattributed to Al-Mahdi Army or otherShiite militias.

25-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Other 2 0 Two policemen were wounded intheir own police station in Qanat areain eastern Baghdad when the stationwas targeted by three mortar shells.The weapon used for the attack andthe fact that it was aimed a policestation in a Shiite area from adistance indicate that either Al-MahdiArmy or Sunni insurgents wereresponsible for the attack. Since theattack wasn't claimed it will be hardto determine who's responsible for it.

25-Mar-08 Hillah Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Firearms3 0 A number of gunmen attacked thehouse of the governor of BabilProvince in the city of Hillah. Threesolders tasked with providingsecurity for the house were woundedin the attack. The Mahdi Army isstepping up its attacks againstvarious government targets duringthis time, and Hillah is a majorityShiite city which makes the groupthe main militant operator there.TheMahdi Army is also stepping up itactivity in Baghdad as well beinglocked in combat against Iraqi troopsin Basra during the same period.

25-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Ghanim Ismail, whose father is anofficial of the a journalist union, wasabducted. The gunmen executed theattack outside Mr. Ismail's house ineastern Mosul. Mosul is two hundredand forty miles north of Baghdad.

25-Mar-08 Hillah Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Three police officers on patrol in Hillawere attacked. Terrorists woundedthree of the officers as a result.Attacks on police are common invarious parts of Iraq. Hilla is onehundred kilometers south ofBaghdad.

25-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 In Baghdad, gunmen attacked apolice patrol. As a result of theattack, gunmen seized two policevehicles. The terrorists alsokidnapped six policemen. It isunclear whether any of thekidnapped policemen were wounded.The incident took place in the Maamidistrict, which is in northeasternBaghdad. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

25-Mar-08 Basra Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Gunmen kidnapped three policemen.The officers were guarding a policecenter. The attack occurred in Basra,an area with a great deal of recentviolence. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

25-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda thirty-five year old local trader insouthern Thailand's restiveNarathiwat province. The attack tookplace as the man was driving histruck to sell his products in the localmarket.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda man in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's restive Yalaprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 The Taliban killed a policemen andkidnapped another in Ghazniprovince in eastern Afghanistan. Theassailants took the two men, whowere on leave at the time, from theirhomes. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.


Firearms6 0 Members of the Shiite Militia theMahdi Army were responsible forrandomly attacking civilians in Al-Sa'doon street in central Baghdad.The attack took place during themorning rush hour in one of the mostcrowded streets of the capital.TheMahdi Army is locked in a conflictwith U.S. and Iraqi security forces inseveral locations in capital and insouth of Iraq. This attack is one of afew where the militias attackedcivilians in urban centers for noobvious reason other spreadingterror.Six civilians were injured in theattack.


Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive deviceexploded and wounded two civiliansin Sadr City in Baghdad. The devicewas probably meant to targetgovernment or U.S. forces combatingthe Mahdi Army Militia in the areabut instead it was detonated whencivilians were passing by.


Other 12 3 During a day full of mortar attacksmainly targeting the green zone inthe center of Baghdad, a spree ofthree mortar shells targeted civiliansin Risala district which isconsiderably far from the green zone.Other similar attacks also causeddamage and civilian casualties butthey were mostly caused by shellsthat failed to reach the intendeddestination which is the green zone.This one is different due to distanceof this neighborhood from the centerof the capital.Three people werekilled and twelve others werewounded in this attack which almostcertainly perpetrated by the MahdiArmy.

26-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive devicewounded three civilians in Saydiyawhich south neighborhood ofBaghdad. The area has mixedresidents and different kinds ofmilitant groups operate within orwithin the surrounding areas. It israther difficult to predict theresponsibility for the attack.


Firearms5 0 Members of the Shiite Militia theMahdi Army were responsible forrandomly attacking civilians in Al-Kifah district in central Baghdad.Theattack took place in a busy marketplace of the capital and during theearly morning whole sale period ofthe market day.The Mahdi Army islocked in a conflict with U.S. and Iraqisecurity forces in several locations incapital and in south of Iraq. Thisattack is one of a few where themilitias attacked civilians in Urbancenters for not obvious reason otherspreading terror.Five civilians wereinjured in the attack.

26-Mar-08 EasternProvince

SriLanka

LiberationTigers ofTamilEelam(LTTE)

Explosives5 2 A mine exploded on the BatticaloaVavunattivu-Kokkadichcholaihighway in Sri Lanka's EasternProvince, killing two police officers ona motorcycle who were escorting aJapanese aid worker. The aid worker,who escaped the attack uninjured,was traveling to visit an irrigationproject. The attack injured fivepeople, including a civilian and twoelite police commandos. Sri Lanka'sdefense ministry blamed theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) for the attack. Sri Lanka hasbeen locked in a civil war betweenthe government and the LTTE, alsoknown as the Tamil Tigers, since1983. The LTTE seeks self-rule inareas of Sri Lanka home to the Tamilethnic group. Over the course of theconflict, the LTTE has usedconventional, guerrilla, and terrortactics, including around 200 suicidebombings.

26-Mar-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives17 8 A car bomb exploded near crowdedGreshk district market in Helmandprovince killing eight people andwounding 17 others. Helmandprovince is in southern Afghanistan.The Taliban claimed responsibility.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

26-Mar-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 1 A police vehicle hit a roadside bombin Greshk district of Helmandprovince, killing one policemen andwounding two others. The blastoccurred in the morning. Helmandprovince is in southern Afghanistan.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

26-Mar-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 One policeman was killed and twoothers were captured by Talibanmilitants after a gun battle in thesouthern province of Ghazni.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

26-Mar-08 Musaei AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 1 A bomb exploded in Musaei, a villagesouth of Afghanistan's capital Kabul,killing one police officer and injuringanother. They were patrolling thearea on motorbike when the bomb,which was planted on the road, wasremotely detonated.Terrorist attacksin Afghanistan tend to be carried outby the Taliban. After being oustedfrom power by a US-led coalition in2001, the Taliban has waged aninsurgency against the Afghangovernment and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

26-Mar-08 Uruzgan AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 5 Five Taliban-linked insurgentsattacked a convoy of trucks carryingsupplies for International SecurityAssistance Force troops. The hour-long gunfight that ensued betweenthe attackers and police who wereescorting the convoy left all fiveinsurgents dead and three policemeninjured. The attack occurred inUruzgan province in easternAfghanistan. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

27-Mar-08 TshkhinvaliGeorgia Unknown Explosives1 1 A car bomb exploded in downtownTshkhinvali, the capital of Georgia'sbreakaway region of South Ossetia,on March 27, 2008. The explosionkilled one person and injuredanother. The car belonged to theProsecutor General of South Ossetia,Taimuraz Khugayev, who has beentargeted previously. Khugayev wasnot hurt.The explosive was made ofplastic and had a remote detonator.No information is available about theperpetrator.


Other 2 1 Al-Mahdi Army targeted a civilianneighborhood in east of Baghdadwith Mortar shells during escalatingclashes with government and U.S.forces. The particular target of thisattack was totally civilian in natureand while most of the militia mortarattacks are aimed at government orU.S. targets this one has not. Onecivilian was killed in the attack andtwo others were wounded. It isimportant to note that Shiite politicalrivals of Al-Mahdi Army like ISCI haveconsiderable support in thisneighborhood.

27-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A parked car bomb was detonatednear the red crescent building ineastern Baghdad neighborhood of Al-Andalus. The attack caused minormaterial damage but claimed nocasualties. NGOs like the redcrescent are usually targeted by Al-Qaeda but the attack tactic andimpact suggests otherwise.Uncertainty regarding the motiveand the nature of area which ismainly Shiite and christian, makes itdifficult to blame responsibility forthe attack on any militant group.

27-Mar-08 Samarra Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms2 2 A member of the Sahwa forces waskilled along with his son when anarmed group attacked his house indowntown Samarra with small armsfire. The victim's wife and daughterwere also wounded in the attack.U.S.and Iraqi security forces imposed acurfew in an attempt to find thegroup that carried out the attack.Sahwa forces are known to combatAl-Qaeda and therefore the onlygroup capable of delivering such anattack would be them, especially inthe Majority Sunni city of Samarra.

27-Mar-08 Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives9 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeting tribal council forces (similarto Sahwa forces) in the town of Aujanear Tikrit wounded 7 members oftheir patrol in addition to 2 civilians.Al-Qaeda in the area usually targetsthese forces that are locked incontinuous armed conflict with thegroup.

27-Mar-08 Diyala Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Other 0 0 The office of the mayor of Khan BaniSaad, a town in Diyala, was shelledby mortars fired by the Mahdi Army.There were no recorded casualties.Security forces imposed a curfew inan attempt to find the groupresponsible for the attack. It wasunclear whether or not, the groupwas found or detained.

27-Mar-08 KhanaqinIraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two civilians in a vehicle wereinjured when their vehicle hit aroadside bomb in Khanaqin in Diyalaprovince.The town is has two majorpopulations, Arab and Kurdish andcentral government security forcesare seen to be at odds with theregional illegally deployed KurdishPeshmerga.The target is believed tobe random and unintended whichmakes predicting the attacker almostimpossible.

27-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives7 2 A suicide attacker driving a carloaded with explosives detonated hisvehicle in the proximity of anAsayesh (Kurdish Intelligence)vehicle. An Asayesh captain waskilled in the attack and two of hissecurity detail were wounded. Fiveother civilians in the vicinity of theattack were also wounded.Asayeshforces are not supposed to deployoutside the Kurdish local governmentregion. It is a practice banned by theconstitution of the country. However,the tactic used to attack these forcesis terrorist tactic that could only becarried out by Al-Qaeda.

27-Mar-08 MahaweelIraq Unknown Unknown4 4 Terrorists utilized a roadside bomb tokill four policemen and wound fourothers. The bomb exploded whilethe police were on patrol inMahaweel. Mahaweel is 45 milessouth of Baghdad. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

27-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 0 Gunmen kidnapped Tahseen al-Sheikhli while he was in his home.Mr. al-Sheikhli was a civilianspokesman for the Baghdad securityplan. The Baghdad security plan isdesigned to make the capital safer.

27-Mar-08 Ghowr AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda national security officer in Ghowrprovince in central Afghanistan.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

27-Mar-08 Quetta Pakistan BalochLiberationArmy

Unknown0 1 A traffic head-constable was killed inQuetta's Liquat Bazaar. The BalochLiberation Army claimedresponsibility for the attack. Quettais the capital of Balochistan province,which is located in southwestPakistan.The Pakistani governmenthas been fighting militants inBalochistan who demand politicaland economic autonomy.

27-Mar-08 EasternProvince

SriLanka


Firearms1 2 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) militants abducted threeSinhalese laborers who were loadingsand into a truck, killing two andseverely injuring another. Theabduction occurred in Andaloya inAmparai district in Sri Lanka'sEastern Province. A police officialsaid that the militants took thelaborers to a jungle, blindfolded themand shot them. Two died on the spot,while the third sustained severegunshot wounds and was taken to ahospital for treatment. The killersfled the scene. Sri Lanka has beenlocked in a civil war between thegovernment and the LTTE, alsoknown as the Tamil Tigers, since1983. The LTTE seeks self-rule inareas of Sri Lanka home to the Tamilethnic group. Over the course of theconflict, the LTTE has usedconventional, guerrilla, and terrortactics, including around 200 suicidebombings. The Tamil ethnic groupconstitutes 18 percent of Sri Lanka'spopulation, whereas the Sinhaleseethnic group makes up the majorityof the population.

27-Mar-08 Karachi Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified assailants shot dead twoofficers from Pakistan's IntelligenceBureau's Anti-Terrorism Section. Asenior intelligence official said thatthe two officers, InspectorMohammad Ibrahim and his juniorFazlur Rehman, were at the forefrontof efforts to combat al-Qaeda inKarachi. The official said that theyhad received death threats from theTaliban and al-Qaeda during the pastseveral months. Witnesses said thatthe attackers, who were ridingmotorcycles, intercepted the victims,who were also on motorcycles, infront of a car showroom and shotthem at point-blank range. Theattack occurred around 7:20 pm.

27-Mar-08 BeledweyeneSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives0 2 Insurgents with al-Shabaabdetonated a remote-detonated bombin an attempt to assassinate thegovernor of Hiiran. While the attackdid not assassinate the governor, thegroup claimed that it killed twosoldiers in the convoy. Since routingthe Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

27-Mar-08 NewPanayVillage

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives1 0 Insurgents on a motorcycle tossed agrenade into the home of an allegedpolice informant in New PanayVillage in the Philippines. The attackleft Ernesto Campano, a fifty-year oldwidower and farmer, with shrapnelinjuries to his head, back, and arms.The assailants then peppered hishouse with rifle fire. Campanosurvived the attack and managed torun escape.

27-Mar-08 TagumCity


Firearms0 0 Insurgents part of the New People'sArmy attacked a police substation inTagum City in the Philippines.According to reports, an unknownnumber of rebels strafed a policestation in the late evening. Theattack did not cause any casualties,though it damaged the building. Thepolice and local defense volunteerseventually repelled the attack.

28-Mar-08 DiwaniyaIraq al-MahdiArmy

Firearms0 1 Mahdi Army militants assassinatedthe mayor of Ghmash district inDiwaniya. The attack started a majorconfrontation between the Iraqisecurity forces and the Mahdi ArmyMilitia in the district and then in all ofthe city.Clashes that broke out afterthe assassination included civilianSadr followers in addition to theMilitia gunmen.

28-Mar-08 Konar AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Taliban militants set fire to threepolice checkpoints in Konar provincein eastern Afghanistan late at nighton March 28. The Taliban hasclaimed responsibility for this attack.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

28-Mar-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 Taliban militants attacked and killedHajji Nematollah Sultani, a memberof the public council of Panjwaidistrict in Kandahar province insoutheastern Afghanistan. Sultaniwas also involved with the NationalSolidarity Programme. The attackoccurred at night. The Taliban hasclaimed responsibility for the attack.The National Solidarity Programme(NSP) was created by the AfghanMinistry of Rural Rehabilitation andDevelopment to develop the abilityof Afghan communities to identify,plan, manage and monitordevelopment projects.Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

28-Mar-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified armed men set fire tothe office of Radio Zafar, destroyingall of the station's equipment. Theattackers entered the office around 1am, tying the hands of the securityguards. The attack occurred inPaghman district in Kabul province ineastern Afghanistan, about 6.2 miles(10km) from the capital city of Kabul.Radio Zafar, an independent station,was established in 2004. It is the onlymedia outlet in Paghman district.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

28-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 Terrorists fired bombs into the GreenZone. Specifically, they aimed todamage the Office of Vice PresidentTareq al-Hashemi. As a result of theattack, one security officer died. TheVice President was not in his office atthe time of the attack. The GreenZone, also known as the InternationalZone, is the site of the U.S. Embassyin Iraq and other diplomaticinstitutions. Attacks on the GreenZone are fairly common.

28-Mar-08 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A portion of the main track of therailway linking Quetta with the rest ofPakistan was blown up, suspendingrail traffic for several hours. Railwayengineers and other staff replacedthe damaged line and restored trafficin the afternoon. The attack occurrednear the Government DegreeCollege. The Pakistani governmenthas been fighting militants inBalochistan who demand politicaland economic autonomy.

28-Mar-08 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A gas pipeline on the outskirts ofQuetta was blown up, causingsuspension of gas supply to variousparts of the provincial capital. ThePakistani government has beenfighting militants in Balochistan whodemand political and economicautonomy.

28-Mar-08 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives2 0 Unidentified assailants threw a hand-grenade into a house in Hub inBalochistan province. Two peoplewere injured in the attack. (Thereport did not specify whether theattack occurred in the city of Hub orHub Tehsil.)Balochistan province islocated in southwest Pakistan. ThePakistani government has beenfighting militants in Balochistan whodemand political and economicautonomy.

28-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and akilled a local government official insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Attacks on governmentofficials are common in southernThailand. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Insurgents detonated a bomb,targeting a police patrol, in southernThailand's restive Yala province. Thebomb left three police officersseverely wounded, who were thenflown to a provincial hospital.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Three policemen on patrol wereinjured when a bomb was detonatedin Yala province in southern Thailand.The policemen were patrolling avillage road in Thanto district. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

28-Mar-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected insurgents shot dead adeputy village headman while he wasdriving a pick-up truck in Muangdistrict in Pattani province insouthern Thailand. The assailantsfled, but police and soldiers trackedthem down about one hour later. Agunfight ensued, leaving one of themilitants dead. Three other militantsfled. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and, as of March 2008, more than3000 people have perished from theviolence.

28-Mar-08 Badghis AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 0 Taliban militants attacked a policeconvoy in the Bala Morghab districtof Badghis province in northwesternAfghanistan. The ensuing clashlasted for two hours. Six militantswere killed and two were injured.One policeman was injured. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

28-Mar-08 Swat Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 Unidentified militants detonated aroadside improvised explosive devicein the Pir Baba Bazaar in the Swatregion of Pakistan's North-WestFrontier Province, injuring fourpeople. The explosion injured Bunerdistrict's District Police Officer AbdulGhafoor Afridi, another policemanwho was traveling with him and twocivilians. Afridi was driving to amosque at Pir Baba to investigate ashooting incident that had occurredthere. The attack occurred aroundmidday. The injured civilians were incritical condition at the time of thereport.

29-Mar-08 Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 3 Two coordinated suicide attacks tookplace against the police in Garmanear Fallujah. The first attack tookplace when a suicide attacker drovea car loaded with explosives towardsa police station and failed to reachhis destination. The attackermanaged to detonate his explosiveswhich resulted in killing two children.The nature of the attack and theregion strongly suggests Al-Qaeda asthe only group responsible for theattack.

29-Mar-08 Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 3 The second attack of the twocoordinated suicide attacks that tookplace in Garma near Fallujah wasalso aimed at the police. The secondsuicide attacker drove his explosivesloaded car and was able to penetratethe perimeter and detonate his bombclose to the police station. Twopolicemen and the attacker all dieddirectly as a result of the explosion.The nature of the region and thetactic used implies that Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attacks.

29-Mar-08 BiratnagarNepal NepalDefenseArmy

Explosives2 2 Two people were killed and two wereinjured when an attacker on amotorcycle threw two bombs into amosque in the town of Biratnagar,southeast of Kathmandu. Policeimmediately imposed a curfew afterthe attack. A group known as theNepal Defense Army claimedresponsibility for the attack.

29-Mar-08 Jawzjan AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 0 A mine exploded hitting a police busin Jawzjan province in northernAfghanistan, badly wounding onepolice officer. The police bus was onits way to a military base. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

29-Mar-08 NangarharAfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 0 Taliban militants fired at the districtbuilding in Sorkhrud district inNangarhar province in northeasternAfghanistan. Two of the attackerswere killed by their own firing.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

29-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A roadside bomb killed onepoliceman and wounded threeothers. The bomb was targeting apolice patrol in the Amil district ofsouthwestern Baghdad. Attacks onpolice are common in Iraq.

29-Mar-08 MonaragalaSriLanka

Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled the deputy chairman of theMonaragala town PradesheeyaSabha,or local government authority,A.N. Muthulingam. Mr. Muthulingamwas a doctor by profession and theassailant is said to have shot him athis place of work in Monaragalatown. The victim was an activesupporter of the ruling UnitedPeoples' Freedom Alliance party andits campaign against terrorism.Monaragala town is located in Uvaprovince in southern Sri Lanka. SriLanka has been locked in a civil warbetween the government and theLTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers,since 1983. The LTTE seeks self-rulein areas of Sri Lanka home to theTamil ethnic group. Over the courseof the conflict, the LTTE has usedconventional, guerrilla, and terrortactics, including around 200 suicidebombings.

29-Mar-08 BiratnagarNepal NepalDefenseArmy

Explosives1 2 Bomb blasts rocked a mosque in thesouthern city of Biratnagar, killingtwo people and sparking violentreprisals. Reports say that two menon a motorcycle threw four bombs atthe Choti mosque during eveningprayers, with three of the bombsexploding. At least one person wasinjured. The Nepal Defense Army, agroup which desires to preserveNepal's status as a Hindu state,claimed responsibility for the attack.After the attack, enraged civiliansbegan to attack vehicles. To maintainorder, police imposed an indefinitecurfew in the district. The attackoccurred less than two weeks beforeNepal held elections for itsconstitutional assembly.After KingGyanendra's royal government fell in2006, the restored parliamentdeclared the Nepali state to besecular.

29-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Two unidentified men on amotorcycle shot dead a 28-year-oldMuslim villager in front of his housein Narathiwat province in southernThailand.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand.The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and, as of March 2008, more than3000 people have perished from theviolence.

29-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen killed the son ofa local politician in Yala province insouthern Thailand. The victim wasMuslim. The killing was one of twoattacks on Muslims in Yala on March29. In the other attack, another manwas shot dead as he returned homefrom the local mosque. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

29-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Muslim man was shot dead as hereturned home from the localmosque in Yala province in southernThailand. The killing was one of twoattacks on Muslims in Yala on March29. In the other attack unidentifiedgunmen killed the son of a localpolitician. Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and, as of March 2008, more than3000 people have perished from theviolence.

29-Mar-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A suicide bomber targeted a policestation east of Fallujah. He did notreach his target and thus diedwithout killing police. The bomberdid kill two small children. Attackson police are common in Iraq. Thegender of the bomber was notstated. This was the first of twocoordinated attacks in Fallujah.

29-Mar-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 A suicide bomber drove a car bombinto a police station in Fallujah. As aresult of the attack, two policemendied. Attacks on police are commonin Iraq. This was the second of twocoordinated attacks on differentpolice stations in Fallujah on thesame day.

30-Mar-08 Azpeitia Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On March 30, 2008 a small bombexploded on a telecommunicationtower in Basque Country betweenthe towns of Azpeitia and Azkoitia.The blast caused no damage orinjuries.ETA warned the authorities ofthe attack prior to the blast.

30-Mar-08 Azpeitia Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On March 30, 2008 two small bombsexploded at a booster station onIzarraitz Hill in Basque Countrybetween the towns of Azpeitia andAzkoitia. The blast caused nodamage or injuries.ETA warned theauthorities of the attack prior to theblast.

30-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 The head of the governing council ofDiyala province, Ibrahim Hassan, wastargeted by an improvised explosivedevice planted on the side of theroad he was using to travel toSa'diya. The explosion killed two ofhis security detail but he wasn'twounded. The attacker is unknowndue to the mixed nature of the areaand relatively diverse militant groupsoperating in it.

30-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a rescue police patrol in acentral area of Kirkuk. Three civilianswere wounded in the attack includingtwo women. The responsibility for theattack was unclear due the fact thatAl-Mahdi Army has some presence inKirkuk and was engaged in bitterfighting with the government forceson one hand, and local militantgroups still have an interest intargeting police forces that areusually manned by Kurds on theother.

30-Mar-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 2 A roadside bomb exploded, hitting avehicle carrying Afghan securityguards for a Pakistani road-buildingcompany, killing two and woundingthree others. The attack occurred inKandahar province in southeasternAfghanistan. The road-buildingcompany, Sita, is constructing a 75mile (120 km) road from Kandahartown to Greshk district in Helmandprovince. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

30-Mar-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Police Colonel Ziyad Qasim andanother officer died after being shotby gunmen. The attack occurred inwestern Mosul. Mosul is 240 milesnorth of Baghdad. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

30-Mar-08 Balad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 6 Gunmen ambushed an Iraqi policepatrol. The incident occurrednortheast of Balad. Balad is fiftymiles north of Baghdad. As a resultof the attack, six Iraqi policemendied. Attacks on police are commonin Iraq.

30-Mar-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol wounded two people in centralKirkuk. Kirkuk is 155 miles north ofBaghdad. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

30-Mar-08 Mid-WesternDevelopmentRegion

Nepal Unknown Explosives0 2 A bomb exploded in Jajarkot districtin Nepal's Mid-Western DevelopmentRegion, killing two people. The site ofthe attack is located 202 miles (325km) west of Nepal's capitalKathmandu.

30-Mar-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified shot and killed a twenty-eight year old man in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Mar-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthe son of a local politician insouthern Thailand's Yala province.Attacks on local government figuresare common in southern Thailand.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Mar-08 Balad Iraq Unknown Unknown0 6 Gunmen attacked a policecheckpoint and killed six policemen.The incident occurred in Bishkavillage, ten kilometers east ofDhulwiyah (near Balad). A policevehicle was also damaged becauseof the attack. Attacks on police arecommon in Iraq.

30-Mar-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives0 2 Insurgents that shelled the Somalipresidential palace have killed twoEthiopian officials who were presentwith Ethiopian Foreign MinisterSeyoum Mesfin. Insurgentsfrequently shell the Somalipresidential palace, but rarely dothey kill nationals of foreigncountries. The Mujahideen YouthMovement later claimedresponsibility for the attack.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

30-Mar-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb targeting theconvoy of Ibrahim Hassan exploded.Mr. Hassan is the head of the Diyalagovernorate council. The convoywas on its way at Saadiya when theincident took place, ninety kilometerseast of Baghdad. As a result of theattack, two guards were killed.

31-Mar-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 4 A Sahwa police force was ambushedand engaged in armed battle with Al-Qaeda south of Baqubah. Fourmembers of the patrol were killed inthe ambush. The Iraqi police reportedthe incident to the media.

31-Mar-08 Balad Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 6 A police patrol was ambushed in theregion to north east of Balad by Al-Qaeda militants. Six policemen werekilled in the ambush.This could beone of two similar tactics used by Al-Qaeda militants in the same day. Thearea northeast of Balad almostborders Diyala province where thefirst incident took place.

31-Mar-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 0 Taliban militants wearing policeuniforms attacked a police patrol inHelmand province in southernAfghanistan. The militants wereunder the command of MullahNaqibullah, a mid-level Talibancommander who had twice escapedfrom Afghan jails. The attack sparkeda clash which left three militantsdead. Naqibullah was recapturedafter the attack.Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks against thepolice are common. After beingousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

31-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Terrorists fired six mortar bombs intothe Green Zone. The Green Zone,also known as the International Zone,is the site of the U.S. Embassy inIraq. Attacks on the Green Zone arefairly common. No casualties werereported with the attack.

31-Mar-08 ImamDheri

Pakistan PakistaniTaliban


4 0 A remote-controlled explosive wasdetonated, injuring four policemen inthe village of Imam Dheri in TehsilKabal of Swat valley. A policepatrolling team, headed by AssistantSub-Inspector Bedar, went to ImamDehri after an unidentified callerinformed police that someone hadplanted bombs nearby. As the policepersonnel were defusing oneexplosive, another was triggered bya remote control device. Localsources claim that Bedar had beenon a Taliban hit list and he was thetarget of the attack. A police vehiclewas damaged by the explosion.

31-Mar-08 Swat Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 Unidentified attackers detonated aremote-controlled explosive, injuringfour people, including three policeofficials. The police were members ofthe Kanju mobile police squad andhad gone to the Ningolai area afterreceiving reports of a roadside bomb.After the bomb disposal squad foundand defused the bomb, the policearrested six suspects. The policewere transporting the suspects to thepolice post when their van was struckby a bomb blast. The head constablewas among the injured. He and theother injured people were in criticalcondition. The attack occurred in theDherai area.The Swat region islocated in Pakistan's North-WestFrontier Province.

31-Mar-08 Yarang Thailand Unknown Unknown1 0 (1st of 2 attacks)Insurgents criticallyinjured a twenty-year old man in anattack by unknown perpetrators insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Shortly following thisattack, a bomb detonated asauthorities arrived to inspect thescene of the attack. It is importantto note that no further details weregiven on the first attack.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

31-Mar-08 Yarang Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

11 0 (2nd of 2 attacks)Insurgents criticallyinjured a twenty-year old man in anattack by unknown perpetrators insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. Shortly following thisattack, a bomb detonated asauthorities arrived to inspect thescene of the attack. It is importantto note that no further details weregiven on the first attack. The secondattack left two policemen, fivesoldiers, and four civilians injured.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

31-Mar-08 TubunganPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Guerillas with the New People's Army(NPA) attacked a rice trader'swarehouse, lighting two of his trucksablaze. According to reports, fifteengunmen doused two trucks in gasand lit them on fire. There were noreports of any grain stocks beingdestroyed. The attack took placeamidst dramatic increases in theprice of basic food commodities. Inaddition, the attack also took place aday after the NPA's leadership vowedto launch more attacks on ruralbusinesses.

31-Mar-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol killed two policemen. It alsoburned their vehicle. The incidentoccurred in the Mansourneighborhood in west Baghdad.Attacks on police are common in Iraqand the Mansour neighborhoodfrequently is the site of violence.

31-Mar-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A bicycle bomb exploded, killing oneperson and injuring four. The bombwas parked near the Al-Khulafamosque. It is well known that themosque is attended by one of theFalluja governing council members.The bomb exploded near his car, butthe council member was not injuredas a result of the attack.

31-Mar-08 Swat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in the Kokarai areaof Swat valley, destroying a policeresidential quarters and partiallydamaging a check post, whileanother bomb planted near thecheck post was defused. Swat valleyis located in Pakistan's North-WestFrontier Province.


Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified attackers blew up amobile phone store in the SoraiNorang bazaar in Lakki Marwatdistrict in the North-West FrontierProvince.

31-Mar-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb exploded. Thebomb was targeting a lorry in BaladRuz and ended up killing the driver ofthe lorry. Balad Ruz is east ofBaquba. Lorry is a term used in theUnited Kingdom that describes eithera medium or heavy-sized truck.

31-Mar-08 moqdadiyahIraq Unknown Explosives0 2 Terrorists used a roadside bomb totarget the vice governor’s convoy atMoqdadiyah. The city is located fortykilometers east of Baquba. As aresult of the attack, two Iraqipolicemen (his guards) were killed.

1-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms3 5 Five members of Sahwa forces patrolwere killed by accident aftermisleadingly thinking that they havedefused a nearby roadside bomb.Three other members of the patrolwere wounded in the incident.Thesame incident was initially thought tobe a suicide attack but accounts fromthe wounded explained thecircumstances of the accident.

1-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives4 0 Two policemen and two by-standerswere wounded when a police patrolwas targeted by an improvisedexplosive device in Al-Sadoon streetin Baghdad.Al-Mahdi army is knownto have conducted several attacks inthis area and it is almost certain thatthey are responsible for this attackas well. Al-Sadoon area is a Shiitemajority area where Al-Mahdi armyhas a large number of supportersand facilitators.

1-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were injured and twohouses were destroyed in Al-Zafaraniyah area in south Baghdadwhen mortars slammed into thearea. The attack took place within aclose distance of local mosque.Responsibility for the attack cannotbe determined. It is noteworthy thatthe area where the shells landeddoesn't have any government ormilitary targets nearby.

1-Apr-08 Nimroz AfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 3 A suicide attacker detonated a carbomb inside a district policecompound in Khashrod district inNimroz province in southwesternAfghanistan. The explosion killed twopolicemen and wounded five others.The police had brought the car intothe compound after it had beeninvolved in an accident with a policevehicle. As they entered thecompound, the driver detonated thebomb. It is unclear whether thebomber had intentionally collidedwith the police vehicle. Thepolicemen who were in the caraccident were involved in campaignsto destroy fields of illegal opiumpoppies in Nimroz province. Talibanmilitants attacked a counter-narcotics police force in the samedistrict on March 28. The UnitedNations has said that Khashrod is animportant opium growing area.Afghanistan is the world's topproducer of illegal opium, which isused to make heroin, accounting formore than 90% of the global supply.Although the Taliban is responsiblefor most of the terrorist attacks inAfghanistan, drug cartels with theirown armies have been fightingefforts to curb the production andexport of opium.

1-Apr-08 LashkarGah

AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 3 Taliban militants attacked anti-narcotics policemen in southernHelmand province in southernAfghanistan, killing three. The attackoccurred in the provincial capital,Lashkar Gah. Afghanistan is theworld's top producer of illegal opium,which is used to make heroin,accounting for more than 90% of theglobal supply. Although the Taliban isresponsible for most of the terroristattacks in Afghanistan, drug cartelswith their own armies have beenfighting efforts to curb the productionand export of opium.

1-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 Gunmen shot and killed a teacher.The attack occurred in Mahmidya,twenty miles south of Baghdad.Additionally, the teacher's son waswounded.

1-Apr-08 Shirqat Iraq Unknown Unknown0 6 Gunmen killed six members of apolice patrol at a checkpoint inShirqat. Shirqat is 190 miles north ofBaghdad and, at least in comparisonto other cities, has not had muchprevious violence against police.However, there were two separateattacks on police on this date.

1-Apr-08 Shirqat Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A suicide car bomber attacked apolice checkpoint in Shirqat. Shirqatis approximately one hundred andninety miles north of Baghdad. As aresult of the attack, one policemandied. Attacks on police are commonin Iraq.

1-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 Taliban militants attacked a policepatrol in Ghazni province near theShabaz Shops area on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, killing onepoliceman and injuring another. Twomilitants were killed in the ensuingclash. Ghazni province is located ineastern Afghanistan. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

1-Apr-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 4 An explosion hit a police vehicle inOrgun district in Paktika province ineastern Afghanistan, killing fourpolice officers and injuring threeothers. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks against thepolice are common. After beingousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

1-Apr-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 1 An explosion hit a police vehicle inWaza Khwa district in Paktikaprovince in eastern Afghanistan,killing one policeman and injuringanother. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks against thepolice are common. After beingousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

1-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 A roadside bomb targeted a policepatrol in Baghdad. The attackoccurred at the Sadoon Street nearthe National Theatre. As a result ofthe attack, two policemen wereinjured along with two civilians whowere on the scene. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

1-Apr-08 Yarang Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Insurgents rocked a police patrol witha roadside bomb blast along Pattani-Narathiwat road in southernThailand's restive Pattani province.The attack left three officerswounded.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

1-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Police discovered the bullet-riddledbodies of two men aged nineteenand twenty-two years in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. Police suspect that thecountry's southern Islamicseparatists were behind the attack.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

1-Apr-08 Swat Pakistan PakistaniTaliban

Firearms7 2 Pakistani Taliban militants ambusheda van carrying tribal elders in theSwat valley of Pakistan's North-WestFrontier Province. The attackers firedrockets at the vehicle carrying theelders, killing two and injuring sevenothers.The elders were returning toMingora, the main town in Swat, afterrecovering two vehicles from rebelswho hijacked them several monthsago. A police officer said that themilitants were unhappy with theefforts of the tribal elders to recoverstolen government vehicles througha jirga (council).

1-Apr-08 Matta Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded in front of agovernment high school in the townof Matta in the Swat region of theNorth-West Frontier Province. Thebuilding was destroyed.

1-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 2 The bullet-riddled bodies of twoyoung Muslim men were found alonga rural road in Narathiwat province insouthern Thailand. Police believe themen were between 19 and 22 yearsold. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and, as of March 2008, more than3000 people have perished from theviolence.

1-Apr-08 Tohsom Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A roadside bomb planted at a busstop in Pattani province in southernThailand exploded, injuring threepolicemen on patrol. Two of thevictims were in critical condition. Theexplosion occurred at 8:30 am onPattani-Narathiwat Road in Tohsomvillage in Yaring district. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

2-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives8 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in centralMosul. Four policemen werewounded in the attack in addition tofour civilians.Al-Qaeda is the mainperpetrator of such attacks in Mosuland its outskirts.

2-Apr-08 Dhulu'iyahIraq Unknown Firearms4 4 Four people were killed and anotherfour were kidnapped when theypassed through a fake checkpointnear Dhulu'iyah in Salahuldeenprovince. Among those kidnapped isa tribal leader, Sheik Ali Dhaher. Theinformation regarding the incidentwas made available by the localpolice commander.Fake checkpointsare sometimes set up Al-Qaeda,Insurgents, Shiite militias or even thesecurity forces themselves. It isunclear which of these entities wasresponsible for this attack.


Explosives3 0 Three policemen were woundedwhen an improvised explosive devicetargeted their patrol in Al-Qahiradistrict in Baghdad. Al--Qahira is amajority Shiite area of the capitaland Al-Mahdi army can operate therewith apt support from the localpopulation. It is also adjacent to Al-Sadr district which makes it ideal forhit and run attacks.

2-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A improvised explosive devicetargeted civilians in eastern Baghdadkilling two people and woundinganother three. An Iraqi mediacameraman was among thosewounded in the attack.The preciselocation was not established throughthe available media report other thanbeing a location in eastern Baghdad.Therefore it is almost impossible topredict the group responsible for theattack.

2-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 0 Three policemen were wounded in anattack by a car loaded withexplosives in the eastern side ofMosul. Al-Qaeda is known to therelentlessly and continuously attackgovernment security forces in thecity. It is fair to assume that Al-Qaeda is also responsible for thisattack as well.

2-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A car bomb targeting a police patroldetonated in Mosul. As a result ofthe attack, three policemen werewounded. Attacks on police arecommon throughout Iraq. Mosul,located two hundred and forty milesnorth of Baghdad, has had a highnumber of attacks on police in thepast year.

2-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 An off-duty policeman died aftergunmen opened fire on his care. Theattack occurred in Kirkuk,approximately one hundred and fifty-five miles north of Baghdad. Attackson police are common throughoutIraq.

2-Apr-08 Al-Baaj Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 Gunmen killed two off-dutypolicemen and a civilian when theyopened fire on their car. Theincident occurred in al-Baaj, aboutsixty miles west of Mosul. The town'smayor, Abdul Rahman al-Shimari,reported the attack.

2-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb exploded at apolice checkpoint in Baghdad. Thebomb, which detonated in the Qahiraneighborhood in the northern part ofthe city, wounded three policemen.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

2-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 2 A journalist working for a localtelevision station was wounded aftera bomb exploded in easter Baghdad.Two others were killed and threeothers were wounded. It is unclearwhat motivated the attack.

2-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 A roadside bomb exploded. Thebomb targeted cleaning workers. Asa result, three individuals wereinjured. The incident occurred in theAl Mashtal region of Baghdad.

2-Apr-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen attacked aconstruction company's convoykilling one driver and setting twovehicles on fire. The attack occurredin Yaqubi district in Khost province ineastern Afghanistan.There wereseveral attacks on construction/road-building companies in Afghanistan inMarch and April, 2008. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

2-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Taliban militants destroyed a cellphone tower of Areeba cell phonecompany in the Qarabagh district ofGhazni province in easternAfghanistan. The attack occurred lateat night, with the militants settingthe tower on fire. In late February,the Taliban threatened to attack cellphone installations if services werenot halted at night. The Taliban saidthat cell phone towers were beingused by Afghan and Western soldiersto track Taliban hideouts.

2-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Terrorists assassinated a policeofficer in downtown Kirkuk. Theofficer killed belonged to theDepartment of National Investigationin downtown Kirkuk. Attacks onpolice are common throughout Iraqand Kirkuk has had many policeofficers killed over the course of thepast year.

2-Apr-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 1 At dawn, three improvised explosivesdevices ( IEDs) exploded. The bombstargeted three houses at Sadiyahvillage of Khanaqeen located east ofBaquba . As a result of the attack,one woman was killed and a manwas injured. Subsequently, policearrested 17 suspects.

2-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives14 3 A roadside bomb exploded. Thebomb was targeting civilians. As aresult of the attack, three died andfourteen were injured. The incidentoccurred in the Talbiyah region ofBaghdad.

2-Apr-08 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded in Gongabu BusPark in Nepal's capital Kathmandu,injuring one civilian. The explosionoccurred a week before Nepal heldconstitutional assembly elections.

2-Apr-08 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Explosives0 2 A bomb exploded in Jaffarabaddistrict of Balochistan province insouthern Pakistan, killing two people.The victims were a local landlord andhis aide. The bomb was planted in abicycle. The Pakistani governmenthas been fighting militants inBalochistan who demand politicaland economic autonomy.

2-Apr-08 MiddleJubba

Somalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Insurgents kidnapped two aidworkers who were promptly taken tothe Middle Jubba Region. Thosekidnapped were employees ofGenesys, a firm doing survey workfor the Food and AgricultureOrganization. One of the victims wasa Kenyan and one was British.Attacks on aid organizations arecommon in Somalia.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 0 An improvised explosive deviceplanted in a traffic police umbrellastand in Mansour district woundedone traffic policemen.Traffic policeduties are confined to regulatingtraffic and enforcing vehicleregistration. They have no role in anycounter insurgency operation. Al-Qaeda is the only militant group ableto plant explosives in a westernneighborhood of the capital likeMansour.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb went off as streetcleaners approached it in a earlymorning hour. Two street cleanerswere wounded in the explosion.TheIndustry street is a busy commercialstreet in Karada and it also where theUniversity of technology is locatedat. The diversity of the population inthe area and the accessibility to thearea itself make's it difficult topredict the perpetrator.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 3 A parked car bomb was detonated inHarthiya upscale neighborhood ofBaghdad near the green zone. Thecar bomb was aimed at an importantpharmacy in Baghdad. Amina Al-Sheikhly's pharmacy is known toimport some of the hardest to getmedications that regular pharmaciesdon't usually carry. The exclusivity ofthe services provided by thispharmacy comes at high price thatnormal Iraqi citizens might not beable to afford.The explosion killedthree people one of whom is afemale. Ten other civilians were alsowounded in the attack.Any group ormilitant organization could beresponsible for the attack. It is hardto predict the perpetrator with theavailable information at hand.

3-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives8 0 Four policemen and four civilianswere wounded when an improvisedexplosive device exploded. Theattack took place in New Mosuldistrict.Al-Qaeda is known to operatein the area and it is also known totarget government security forcesregardless of civilian collateraldamage.

3-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police officer who works in thedepartment of national investigationswas gunned down by a number ofmilitants. The group responsible forthe attack remains unknown.Thepolice officer was killed in downtownKirkuk in a late evening hour.

3-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A bomb targeting a police patrolexploded, killing one policeman andwounding another. The attackoccurred in Mosul, two hundred andforty miles north of Baghdad.Specifically, the attack occurred inthe western part of the city.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb exploded near arestaurant in western Baghdad. As aresult of the attack, a trafficpoliceman was wounded.Restaurants and markets arefrequent targets of bombings.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 3 A car bomb exploded in the Harthiyadistrict. The district is located inwestern Baghdad. As a result of theattack, three people died and tenwere wounded.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two civilians were wounded after abomb exploded in Qahtan Square.Qahtan Square is in westernBaghdad. The Iraqi capital is oftenthe site of many terrorist attacks.

3-Apr-08 Samara Iraq Unknown Explosives0 5 Terrorists targetting a police patroldetonated a roadside bomb inSamara. Samara is sixty two milesnorth of Baghdad. The attack tookplace near the Askariya shrine in thecentral part of the city. As a result ofthe attack, five policemen are dead.Attacks on police are common inIraq.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 Terrorists planted an improvisedexplosives device (IED) in a trafficpolice umbrella stand. When thedevice exploded, one policeman wasinjured. The incident occurred in theMansour district of central Baghdad,near the al-Sa'a restaurant. Attackson police are common in Iraq.

3-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 3 A parked car bomb exploded incentral Baghdad, killing threecivilians and wounding ten. Theattack occurred at the Amina al-Sheikhly Pharmacy in the Harthiyahneighborhood of central Baghdad.One of the victims was a woman.

3-Apr-08 SabaYoi

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-two year old village headmanin southern Thailand's restiveSongkhla province. Ah-ma Ali wasshot and killed outside of a localschool. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

3-Apr-08 SongkhlaThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A village headman was shot dead inSaba Yoi district in Songkhla provincein southern Thailand. Ah-ma Ali wasshot outside a local school whiledriving his pick-up truck to a meetingon the morning of April 3. Accordingto the Bangkok Post, it was a well-known fact that Ali providedinformation on separatist movementsin southern Thailand to the Thaigovernment. At least three peopleare believed to have been behind hiskilling. Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and, as of March 2008, more than3000 people have perished from theviolence.

4-Apr-08 MussayibIraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives2 3 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in Mussayibin Babil Province. Three policemenwere killed in the explosion andanother two were wounded.Al-MahdiArmy is the only militant force thatoperates against governmentsecurity forces in the area. It istherefore very probable that theywere responsible for the attack.

4-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 1 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in thewestern side of Mosul. Onepoliceman was killed in the attackand another wounded. The incidentwas reported by the local police ofthe city.Al-Qaeda is the main activegroup in Mosul and its outskirts thattargets government security forces.Therefore it is likely that Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attack.

4-Apr-08 Diyala Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives29 17 A suicide attacker detonated hisexplosives in the middle of a funeralproceedings in north-eastern Diyalaprovince. The attack took place inSed-Himreen village (Himreen DamVillage).Sixteen people in addition tothe attacker were killed in theexplosion. Twenty nine other civilianmourners were wounded in theattack.Al-Qaeda is the main source ofsuicide attacks in Iraq. It is very likelythat Al-Qaeda is responsible for thisattack as well.

4-Apr-08 hamrin Iraq Unknown Explosives30 9 A suicide bomber detonated at afuneral home. The incident occurrednear the town of Hamrin, in theDiyala province which is north ofBaghdad. As a result of the attack,nine people died and thirty werewounded. It is unclear whatmotivated the attack.

4-Apr-08 mussayabIraq Unknown Explosives2 3 A roadside bomb targeting a policepatrol killed three officers andwounded two others. The attackoccurred in Mussayab, forty milessouth of Baghdad. Attacks on policeare common in Iraq.

4-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Terrorists launched three mortarrounds into the Green Zone. TheGreen Zone, also known as theInternational Zone, is the site of theU.S. Embassy in Iraq. No informationwas released regarding casualtiesassociated with this attack.

4-Apr-08 LashkarGah

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives8 4 A Taliban suicide bomber detonatedhis explosives near a police vehiclekilling three policemen and theirdriver in Helmand province insouthern Afghanistan. The officerswere in a private car being driven tothe city of Lashkar Gah when thebomber approached on foot anddetonated his explosives. Anotherpoliceman in the car escaped withinjuries, while seven other peoplewere injured in the attack. The attackoccurred just outside the city on anarrow strip of road with shops onboth sides. Mullah Mariz, the policecommander who reportedly arrestedMullah Naqibollah, a Talibancommander, was said to have beenamong the killed policemen. TheTaliban claimed responsibility for theattack. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks against thepolice are common. After beingousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

4-Apr-08 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives0 0 According to police, unidentifiedindividuals on a motorbike threw asmall bomb at an office of the NepalCommunist Party (Maoist). Theattack comes less than a weekbefore elections for Nepal'sconstitutional assembly, a bodywhich will likely abolish Nepal'sHindu monarchy and rewrite itsconstitution. A police officer at thesite said that the explosion mighthave been carried out to scarepeople before the election. It wasone of two bomb attacks inKathmandu on April 4, the otherattack taking place at an electioncommission building in the suburbsof the city.On March 30, unidentifiedattackers bombed a mosque in thecity of Biratnagar. The Nepal DefenseArmy, a group desiring to preserveNepal's status as a Hindu state,claimed responsibility for the attack.

4-Apr-08 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives0 0 A small bomb was thrown at anelection commission building in asuburb of Nepal's capital Kathmandu.It was one of two bomb attacks inKathmandu on April 4, the otheroccurring at an office of the NepalCommunist Party (Maoist). Theattacks come less than a weekbefore elections for Nepal'sconstitutional assembly, a bodywhich will likely abolish Nepal'sHindu monarchy and rewrite itsconstitution. A police officer at thesite of the attack on the NepalCommunist Party office said that theexplosion might have been carriedout to scare people before theelection. On March 30, unidentifiedattackers bombed a mosque in thecity of Biratnagar. The Nepal DefenseArmy, a group desiring to preserveNepal's status as a Hindu state,claimed responsibility for the attack.

4-Apr-08 PeshawarPakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Unidentified attackers detonatedremote-controlled explosives plantednear four CD and video shops inPeshawar, the capital of Pakistan'sNorth-West Frontier Province. Theshops were badly damaged.

4-Apr-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 3 Insurgents detonated a roadsidebomb targeting a water tanker thatwas delivering water to the Ethiopianforces in the country. The blast leftthree people dead and six injured.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

5-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives16 3 A bomb rigged bus exploded in anBeirut square, a east-central area ofBaghdad during the morningcommute hours. Three civilians werekilled and another sixteen werewounded because of the explosion.There is no clear indication of whothe perpetrator might be.


Firearms0 1 Brigadier General Sadi Rzoqi, aninterior ministry senior officer wasassassinated while on one of themajor eastern highways of Baghdad.The incident took place inMohammad Al-Qassim highwaywhich connects most easternBaghdad to vital government officesin the center of the capital.

5-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An adhesive explosive device wasattached to a civilian vehicle in Al-Qahira district went off wounding twoof the vehicle occupants. Theseadhesive devices are relatively smalland are attached to vehicles for thepurpose of assassinations. Theresponsibility for the attack cannotbe determined due to the fact thatsuch devices are used by a differentnumber of militant groups.

5-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 A single mortar shell slammed intothe industrial area of Jurf Al-Naddafsouth of Baghdad killing one civilianand wounding another seven.Thearea is known to have a number ofsmall and medium industrial shopsthat serve the agriculturalcommunity in south of Baghdad. Theresponsibility for the attack cannotbe determined and the responsibilityfor the attack wasn't claimed.

5-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms4 0 Taliban militants attacked a logisticsconvoy of the US Security andProtection firm, USPI, in Qarabaghdistrict of Ghazni province. Foursecurity guards were injured and oneof the company's vehicles wasdestroyed. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

5-Apr-08 TiziOuzou

Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Unknown0 1 Insurgents with Al-Qaeda in theIslamic Maghreb killed a police officerat a fake roadblock setup in TiziOuzou. They later claimed credit forthe attack on their website.

5-Apr-08 UnknownAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb


0 1 Insurgents with al-Qaeda in theIslamic Maghreb detonated aroadside bomb that targeted a foodsupply truck. They attack destroyedthe truck, which was delivering foodto the army, and killed its driver. Thegroup later claimed credit for theattack on its website.

5-Apr-08 FederallyAdministeredTribalAreas

Pakistan Unknown Explosives18 1 Unidentified individuals attacked aconvoy of local tribesman in theSadda area of Kurram Agency, firstdetonating an explosive device andsubsequently shooting at them withfirearms. The attack killed oneperson and injured 18 others. Theconvoy consisted of at least 20vehicles which were traveling fromParachinar to Peshawar. KurramAgency has seen a number of violentincidents over the past year. Clashesbetween armed tribesmen erupted inKurram Agency on April 6, 2007.Subsequently, there were suicideattacks on August 14, 2007 andFebruary 16, 2008.

5-Apr-08 Xuddur Somalia Unknown Explosives4 2 Insurgents attacked a movie theaterin Xuddur with pistols and grenades.The attacks killed two people andwounded four others. Attacks oncinemas are common in Somalia, asare anonymous grenade attacks.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.


Explosives0 0 A mortar shell hit one of the mostimportant whole sale centers inBaghdad. Alawi Jamila (Jamila wholesale center) is main place where foodretailers get their supplies that areeventually sold to about sevenmillion inhabitants of the capital.Thecenter is within two to fourkilometers from the launch platformsof mortars in Sadr city, it is also veryclose to combat activities in the areawhich made the huge resulting fireshard to reach to be put off.Al-MahdiArmy is the most probable groupresponsible for the attack. Jointforces are combating the Mahdi Armyin an effort to stop these mortarattacks during this period.

6-Apr-08 Samarra Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted the house of one of themembers of the Sahwa police inSamarra. There were no casualties inthe incident but the house sufferedsome damage.Al-Qaeda is known totarget Sahwa forces in Sunni citieslike Samarra, and is likelyresponsible for this attack as well.

6-Apr-08 Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives7 0 Seven civilians were wounded indowntown Tikrit when an improvisedexplosive device went off. Thedowntown area of the city containsno government related buildings andit is the main commercial part oftown.Al-Qaeda is known to operate inthe vast open areas to the west ofTikrit and inside the city as well. It islikely that the group is theperpetrator of the incident.


Explosives4 1 A mortar shell hit the air force club inKaradah which is a recreational clubused by the families of members ofthe air force. Facilities of that clubcan usually be rented out to thepublic for parties, meetings andother social activities, which is a factthat makes it a civilian target.TheMahdi Army is engaged in a battlewith government and multi-nationalforces, and has used mortar shellingin an extensive manner during thisperiod. It is likely that it was alsoresponsible for this attack as well.One civilian was killed and anotherfour were injured in the mortarattack.

6-Apr-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 1 A bomb exploded, killing onepoliceman and injuring another inHelmand province in southernAfghanistan. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

6-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 2 Taliban militants killed twopolicemen in an attack on their patrolin Ghazni province in easternAfghanistan. The attack occurred inthe Chorkhel area of Moqor district.The Taliban also killed a policemanworking in the Criminal InvestigationOffice of the security command inthe town of Moqor in the samedistrict. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks against thepolice are common. After beingousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

6-Apr-08 Moqor AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 The Taliban killed a policemanworking in the Criminal InvestigationOffice of the security command inthe town of Moqor in Moqor district inGhazni province in easternAfghanistan. Taliban militants alsokilled two policemen in an attack ontheir patrol in the Chorkhel area ofMoqor district. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks against thepolice are common. After beingousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

6-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown3 0 Taliban fighters wounded threepolicemen in an attack on theafternoon of April 6 in the Arkalaarea of Ghazni province. Ghazni islocated in eastern Afghanistan.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

6-Apr-08 Khar Pakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Unidentified militants detonated aremote-detonated explosive thatdestroyed at least four shops,including two music shops in theFederally Administrated Tribal Areas(FATA) of Pakistan. The bomb wasplaced near the music shops. Thatattack occurred on the morning ofSunday, April 6. The FATA borderssoutheastern Afghanistan and hasbeen considered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001.

6-Apr-08 Chao AiRong

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A 15-year-old Muslim boy was shotdead in the town of Chao Ai Rong inNarathiwat Province in southernThailand as he drove his motorbikehome from work. The attacker wasriding pillion on another motorbike,which approached the victim frombehind. Wae-hama Tuankama wasbelieved to have been singled out asan informant for the police in Joh IRong and Sungai Padi districts.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

6-Apr-08 WeliveriyaSriLanka(Ceylon)


Explosives95 13 A suspected Tamil Tiger suicidebomber killed the Sri Lankanhighways minister as he opened amarathon in the town of Weliveriyaoutside the capital. The attack killed11 other people and injured nearly100 others. The minister, JeyarajFernandopulle, was a vocal critic ofthe Tamil Tiger rebels and a memberof Sri Lanka's failed peace talks withthe guerillas. Police believe that theattacker had disguised himself asone of the marathon runners.Fernandopulle was the Leader of theHouse in Sri Lanka's parliament andregarded as a potential primeminister. Sri Lanka has been lockedin a civil war between thegovernment and the LTTE, alsoknown as the Tamil Tigers, since1983. The LTTE seeks self-rule inareas of Sri Lanka home to the Tamilethnic group. Over the course of theconflict, the LTTE has usedconventional, guerrilla, and terrortactics, including around 200 suicidebombings. The Tamil ethnic groupconstitutes 18 percent of Sri Lanka'spopulation, whereas the Sinhaleseethnic group makes up the majorityof the population.

6-Apr-08 Baidoa Somalia Unknown Explosives6 3 An alleged Islamist insurgent blastleft three civilians killed and sixothers wounded in the Somalisouthern city of Baidoa. The specifictarget of the attack was not clearfrom the AFP report, but theexplosion rocked the main street.Only civilians were harmed in theattack.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.


Explosives5 0 Five civilians were wounded in NewBaghdad District in south-west ofBaghdad when a roadside bombaimed at a police patrol went off. Thearea is known to have high presenceof the Mahdi Army and it not unusualfor this militant groups to targetpolice and other government securityforces.


Explosives10 0 Five policemen and five civilianswere wounded by two roadsidebombs that targeted a police patrolin Zayouna in eastern Baghdad.Al-Mahdi Army's strong hold in Sadr cityis not too far from the area of theattack which is an upscaleneighborhood that houses manyactive and former army officers. TheMahdi army is also the only majormilitant group that has easy accessto the area.

7-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents detonated a series ofbombs, taking down four power linesalong with a mobile-phonetransmitter pole in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. The attack completelydisrupted power supplies and cellphones in the area.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 1 Taliban militants attacked a policepatrol in Qarabagh district of Ghazniprovince in eastern Afghanistan. Bothsides inflicted an unreported numberof casualties on each other.Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

7-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Two power relay lines were blown upin Narathiwat Province by individualssuspected of being involved with theinsurgency in southern Thailand. Theattack occurred in the morning. Itwas one of three attacks on utilitiesinstallations in Narathiwat Provinceon April 7. Two more power relaylines were blown up in the afternoonand a mobile-phone transmitter polewas blown up at an unspecified time.Police said that the five bombs weresimilar in size and composition. Theybelieve the same individuals carriedout the attacks. The attacks occurredin Joh I Rong District, an area whichtraditionally has been highlycontested between insurgents andsecurity forces. The attacks crippledelectricity and mobile phone servicein the area. Authorities heading toinvestigate the three attacksencountered nails and logs on theroad, which were also suspected tohave been placed by insurgents.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

7-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Two power relay lines were blown upin Narathiwat Province by individualssuspected of being involved with theinsurgency in southern Thailand. Theattack occurred in the afternoon. Itwas the one of three attacks onutilities installations in NarathiwatProvince on April 7. Two other powerrelay lines were blown up in themorning and a mobile-phonetransmitter pole was blown up at anunspecified time. Police said that thefive bombs were similar in size andcomposition. They believe the sameindividuals carried out the attacks.The attacks occurred in Joh I RongDistrict, an area which traditionallyhas been highly contested betweeninsurgents and security forces. Theattacks crippled electricity andmobile phone service in the area.Authorities heading to investigatethe three attacks encountered nailsand logs on the road, which werealso suspected to have been placedby insurgents.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and, as of March 2008, more than3000 people have perished from theviolence.

7-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A mobile phone transmitter pole wasblown up in Narathiwat Province byindividuals suspected of beinginvolved with the insurgency insouthern Thailand. It was the first ofthree attacks on utilities installationsin Narathiwat Province on April 7. Inaddition to the transmitter pole, twopower relay lines were blown up inthe morning and two more wereblown up in the afternoon. Police saidthat the five bombs were similar insize and composition. They believethe same individuals carried out theattacks. The attacks occurred in Joh IRong District, an area whichtraditionally has been highlycontested between insurgents andsecurity forces. The attacks crippledelectricity and mobile phone servicein the area. Authorities heading toinvestigate the three attacksencountered nails and logs on theroad, which were also suspected tohave been placed by insurgents.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

7-Apr-08 Birgunj Nepal Unknown Explosives9 0 A bomb was thrown at a crowd ofsupporters of the Nepali Congress,one of Nepal's main political parties,during a pre-election rally for theparty in the town of Birgunj, 50 miles(80 km) south of Kathmandu. Theexplosion wounded at least 9 people.Elections for a constitutionalassembly which is to write a newconstitution for Nepal were held onApril 11. The assembly is expected toabolish the country's 240-year-oldmonarchy.

7-Apr-08 Inaruwa Nepal Unknown Explosives2 0 A socket bomb exploded at ahardware store in Inaruwa, thedistrict headquarters of SunsariDistrict, on the afternoon of April 7.Two individuals, Buddhi Chandra Jainand Surendra Mehata, were injured.The explosion targeted a NepaliCongress motorcycle rally. TheNepali Congress is one of Nepal'smain political parties. Twoorganizations, Janatantrik Terai MektiMorcha and the Madhesi Mukti Tigersclaimed responsibility for the attack.It was the second of two attacks inInaruwa on that day. An unidentifiedgroup torched a microbus that wasparked in the town of Inaruwa, thedistrict headquarters of SunsariDistrict, on the morning of April 7.Elections for a constitutionalassembly which is to write a newconstitution for Nepal were held onApril 11. The assembly is expected toabolish the country's 240-year-oldmonarchy.

7-Apr-08 Inaruwa Nepal Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 An unidentified group torched amicro-bus that was parked in thetown of Inaruwa, the districtheadquarters of Sunsari District, onthe morning of April 7. It was the firstof two attacks in Inaruwa on thatday. A socket bomb exploded at ahardware store in the afternoon. Twoindividuals, Buddhi Chandra Jain andSurendra Mehata, were injured. Theexplosion targeted a Nepali Congressmotorcycle rally. The NepaliCongress is one of Nepal's mainpolitical parties. Two organizations,Janatantrik Terai Mekti Morcha andthe Madhesi Mukti Tigers claimedresponsibility for the attack.Electionsfor a constitutional assembly which isto write a new constitution for Nepalwere held on April 11. The assemblyis expected to abolish the country's240-year-old monarchy.

7-Apr-08 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives1 0 Two unidentified individuals riding ona motorcycle threw a socket bombnear New Baneshwor square inKathmandu, Nepal's capital, on theafternoon of April 7. The bombexploded and a stone that was flunginto the air by the blast hit KhadgaSingh in the head. The incidentoccurred shortly before the NepaliCongress, one of Nepal's mainpolitical parties, held a rally nearby.The site of the incident is near theUnited Nations mission in Nepal'soffice. Elections for a constitutionalassembly which is to write a newconstitution for Nepal were held onApril 11. The assembly is expected toabolish the country's 240-year-oldmonarchy.

7-Apr-08 FederallyAdministeredTribalAreas

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb planted outside a girls'college in the Federally AdministeredTribal Areas (FATA) exploded on themorning of April 7, destroying theschool's boundary wall and partlydamaging a classroom. The explosionoccurred at Jamrud Degree College inKhyber agency. The FATA borderssoutheastern Afghanistan and hasbeen considered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001.

7-Apr-08 North-WestFrontierProvince

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Suspected militants planted fourbombs next to a police station inMardan district in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. Two bombsexploded, completely destroying twoof the building's rooms. The bombsquad defused the remaining twobombs. The station had been underconstruction and was in the finalstages of completion.

7-Apr-08 BalochistanPakistan Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A bomb exploded just after a policevan passed the site where the bombwas planted in Balochistan province.The blast caused minor damage tothe vehicle and the policemen insidesustained minor injuries. The attackoccurred at noon in Sakran area nearHub industrial state. The Pakistanigovernment has been fightingmilitants in Balochistan who demandpolitical and economic autonomy.


Explosives9 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol vehicle nearAl-Shaab stadium in Zayouna districtin East Baghdad. The explosioninjured three policemen, two trafficpolicemen and four other civilians.The attack comes at a time when Al-Mahdi Army has escalated its attacksagainst government security forces.The proximity of the neighborhood toSadr City and the repeated attacksby the group makes it the mostprobable perpetrator.It is worthnoting that traffic police duty is notrelated to any counter insurgency orcounter terrorism effort. This policeforce enforces traffic regulations andmaintain vehicle registration recordsonly.

8-Apr-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives5 6 An improvised explosive deviceplanted on the side of the road inBalad Ruz hit a civilian bus. Sixpeople were killed of which four arechildren and two are women. Fourother children were wounded inaddition to another woman.The buswas taking the family to visitdetained relatives in Badoosh prisonin Mosul when the explosionhappened. Al-Qaeda is known to usepowerful explosives that usuallycause several casualties in the area.They mainly target military vehiclesbut explosives go off at randomsometimes hitting civilian vehicles.

8-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive device wentoff in Adhamiyah neighborhood innorth east of Baghdad wounding twocivilians. Adhamiyah is a majoritySunni neighborhood that's with closeproximity to majority Shiitessurrounding areas. Due to the easyaccess into and out of thisneighborhood it is difficult to predictthe group responsible for the attack.

8-Apr-08 Dhulu'iyahIraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A mortar shell fell on a house inDhulu'iyah in Salahuldeen provincekilling one women and woundinganother three members of her family.The responsibility for the attackcannot be determined.

8-Apr-08 Tuz Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives14 0 A motor cycle loaded with explosivewent off in a local market in TuzKhurmato. Fourteen civilians wereinjured in the attack. Al-Qaedaoperates in the vicinity of the areawhich mostly Sunni Arab. The townitself is a mix of Kurds and ShiiteTurkmans.

8-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman shot andkilled an alleged police informant in adrive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. Wae-hama Tuankama wassupposedly an informant for police inSungai Padi district. He was shot andkilled by a motorcycle rider. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

8-Apr-08 MaimbungPhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Firearms0 0 Insurgents with the Abu SayyafGroup abducted all of the passengersaboard a jeep transporting fuel inMaimbung town in the Philippines.There were no reports of anydemands for ransom. However, AbuSayyaf Group has recently taken partin a number of kidnappings recently.

8-Apr-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 5 Taliban militants attacked a policepatrol in Helmand province insouthern Afghanistan, leading to anhour-long gun battle. One policemanand four of the attackers were killed.Two policemen were injured.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

8-Apr-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Unknown16 17 17 civilian road workers were killedand 16 others were injured in asingle attack. In addition, 6 vehiclesbelonging to the road workers weredestroyed. Afghanistan's interiorministry said that the attack wascarried out by the Taliban. TheTaliban has claimed responsibility forthe attack. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). Insurgents have alsotargeted civilians working with thegovernment and ISAF.

8-Apr-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Militants attacked a police post,killing two policemen, in Heratprovince in western Afghanistan. Theattack occurred before dawn inShindand district. Herat Universitynewspaper Pagah reported that onepoliceman was injured in the attack.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

8-Apr-08 Faryab AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 1 The convoy escorting Afghanistan'sdeputy public works minister hit aremote-controlled mine in Faryabprovince in northwesternAfghanistan. The deputy minister, Dr.Wali Mohammad Rasuli, was unhurt,however, one policeman was killedand another was wounded. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

8-Apr-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives7 2 A suicide car bomber rocked thebase of the Burundian peacekeeperswho were in Mogadishu under theauspices of the African Union (AU)peacekeepers. The attack left oneBurundian soldier dead along withsuicide bomber himself. In addition,seven other civilians were woundedin the attack. The attack was laterclaimed by the Mujahideen YouthMovement. This was not the firstattack on AU forces in Somalia.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

8-Apr-08 Aceh IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 Security personnel discovered abomb at the Nagan Raya DistrictRegional People's RepresentativeCouncil (DPRD) in Aceh, Indonesia.The bomb had been placed near theparking area used by DPRD leaders.It was equipped with a timer whichshowed 36 minutes remaining whenfirst discovered around 10:30 pm.The bomb was removed and safelydetonated.

8-Apr-08 JharkhandIndia Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 8 Suspected Maoist rebels ambushedand set ablaze a civilian vehicle inJharkhand State in eastern India,killing all eight people on board. Thevictims were members of the ShantiSena, or Peace Force, created byauthorities more than two decadesago to counter Maoist rebels.According to a report by zeenews.com, the victims were on their wayto Shanti Sena headquarters inGumla District. The website alsoreported that they first came undergunfire and as they returned fire theattackers set their vehicle ablaze.Maoists are active in 18 of the 24districts of Jharkhand State, wheremore than 1,000 people-civilians,security personnel and rebels-havebeen killed in the past seven years.


Explosives0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for shelling theUgandan troops' base in Mogadishu.The Ugandans are there under theauspices of the African Union (AU).There was no definitive report of anycasualties amongst the Ugandans.This was the second attack on AUforces that day.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

9-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives20 4 Two vehicles loaded with explosiveswere detonated successively inMosul killing four people, three ofwhom are policemen. Another twentyincluding three policemen were alsowounded in the attack.Al-Qaeda isthe most likely anti governmentterrorist group capable of deliveringsuch attacks in Mosul and itsoutskirts. The attack took place incentral Mosul and the casualty countwas provided by the local police.

9-Apr-08 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives0 0 A small bomb exploded outside ahospital in Kathmandu, less than 24hours before the country was set togo to the polls. There were nocasualties. No one claimedresponsibility for the incident.

9-Apr-08 Kohat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Explosives destroyed five CD shopsin the town of Kohat in Pakistan'sNorth-West Frontier Province. Theexplosion damaged the shops and anearby hotel. The shops were closedat the time and there was no loss oflife reported. The attack follows abombing that destroyed at least fourshops, including two music shops inthe town of Khar in the FederallyAdministrated Tribal Areas (FATA) ofPakistan on April 6.

9-Apr-08 KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives0 0 A small bomb exploded outside BirHospital in Kathmandu, Nepal'scapital. No one was injured. Theattack occurred less than 24 hoursbefore Nepal held elections for aconstitutional assembly. The former-rebel Maoists unexpectedly went onto win more than a third of the seatsin the assembly, giving them themost representatives of any partyrepresented in the 601 seat body.The assembly will write a newconstitution for Nepal and theMaoists have vowed that the country’s 240-year-old dynasty will beformally abolished as soon as theassembly sits.

10-Apr-08 Athens Greece Conspiracyof FireCells ofThessaloniki-Athens

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early in the morning on April 10,2008 a total of 35 vehicles weretorched in Athens and along with fourcar dealerships and a Greek-Italianschool. The arsonist specficallytargeted Italian cars and interest inAthens during the rampage.Conspiracy of Fire Cells ofThessaloniki-Athens claimedresponsibility for the attack. Theytargeted Italian interest to showsolidarity with anarchists jailed inItaly.


Explosives5 0 Three policemen and two civilianswere wounded when an improvisedexplosive device went off near Al-Shaab stadium in Zayouna area ofBaghdad. The particular intersectionis constantly attacked by Al-MahdiArmy. It is safe to assume that thesame militant group is responsiblefor this attack as well.

10-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three civilians were wounded when amortar shell landed on their house inBaya' area in southern Baghdad. Thehouse was also severely damaged bythe attack. Responsibility for theattack cannot be determined.It isobvious that the mortar shell waspoorly aimed and had missed itsintended target.

10-Apr-08 Tuz Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 The representative of the ministry ofinterior in Tuz's directorate of policewas assassinated with one of hisrelatives in his vehicle. The gunmenopened fire at the two while theywere driving in town at late eveninghour.The responsibility for the attackis difficult to determine. Rivalpolitical, religious, and ethic entitiescompete for government positions. Itis also possible that Al-Qaeda or anyother insurgent group might havebeen involved.

10-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 5 The first of two suicide bombersdrove his car into a police checkpointand detonated his explosives killingthree policemen and one civilian. Al-Qaeda is known to have activity inMosul and the tactic is typical of itsindoctrination.

10-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives25 1 The second of two suicide bombersdrove his car into a police checkpointand detonated his explosiveswounding twenty-five. The secondattack came at a very closesuccession of the first one.Al-Qaedais known to have activity in Mosuland the tactic is typical of itsindoctrination.The total number ofthose killed in the attacks was six.Three policemen, one civilian and thetwo suicide attacker. The number ofthose wounded was twenty-fiveincluding three policemen as well.

10-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives11 0 Eleven people were wounded wheneight mortar shells fell on Al-Sumoudarea of Mosul. There were womenand children among those wounded.The responsibility for the attack isnot clear and no militant group hadannounced its responsibility for theattack.

10-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in SheikhAbdul Qadir Al-Gailani central districtof Baghdad. The district has mixedresidents and was one of the fewareas of the capital that was sparedthe ethnic cleansing that ravagedBaghdad. There could be any numberof groups responsible for the attack.Two policemen were wounded in theattack and their vehicle wasdestroyed.

10-Apr-08 DarraAdamkhel

Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants detonated an explosivedevice at a Khasadar check post inthe Zargun Khel area of the town ofDarra Adamkhel in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. The attackoccurred on the night of April 10. TheKhasadar are an official tribal militiain the Federally Administered TribalAreas (FATA) and North West FrontierProvince who receive their authorityfrom the Frontier Crimes Regulation.

10-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A 61-year-old former village chiefwas shot dead at his home in Pattaniprovince in southern Thailand. Theattackers are suspected to be rebelsinvolved in the insurgency in thatregion of the country. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

11-Apr-08 Baiji Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives10 2 A suicide attacker drove a vehicleloaded with explosives into a checkpoint of the sahwa police force inBaiji. One member of the checkpointwas killed in addition to the attackerhimself. Ten other members of theunit were also wounded in the attack.Baiji and its surrounding area is onethe regions where Al-Qaeda can stilloperate. Also the nature of the targetand the nature of the attack leavesno doubt that Al-Qaeda is responsiblefor the attack.

11-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 3 Palestine hotel in central Baghdadwas attacked by a rocket hitting it inthe second level. The rocket left anentry hole in the building andexploded inside killing three civiliansand wounding seven others.The hotelis one of the most important hotels inthe capital. It used to be the mainfocal point for media reporters in thecountry and was still used by a fewforeign occupants. The groupresponsible for the attack remainsunknown. No one claimedresponsibility for the attack.

11-Apr-08 Ramadi Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives5 3 A suicide attacker drove a vehicleloaded with explosives into a policecheckpoint in Ramadi, the capital ofAnbar province. The tactic and thenature of the area as well as of thetarget leaves no doubt that Al-Qaedawas responsible for the attack.Threepolicemen were killed in the attackand another five were wounded.

11-Apr-08 Ramadi Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives5 4 A suicide attacker drove a vehicleloaded with explosives into a policecheckpoint in Ramadi, the capital ofAnbar province. The tactic and thenature of the area as well as of thetarget leaves no doubt that Al-Qaedawas responsible for the attack.Threepolicemen were killed in the attackand another five were wounded.

11-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A roadside bomb exploded near thevehicle of Bashi Habib, police chief ofJaghori district in Ghazni province ashe was travelling in the Mullah Babaarea of Qarabagh. Neither Habib northe other policemen who weretraveling with him were injured.Ghazni province is located in easternAfghanistan. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks against thepolice are common. After beingousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

11-Apr-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A hand grenade was thrown into thehouse of a radio journalist, KhadijaAhadi, in Herat province in westernAfghanistan. Khadija escaped theattack unharmed. Part of her househad already been destroyed in asimilar attack on April 6. Khadija isthe deputy editor-in-chief of RadioFaryad and a producer of a talk showaddressing political and social issuesin Afghanistan. She told theInternational Federation of Journaliststhat she had received anonymouscalls over the past two months inwhich she was warned to leave herjob. Though, Khadija is not sure ofthe motive behind the attacks, shesuspects that the assailants havetargeted her because they believethat women do not have the right towork alongside men. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). TheTaliban believes that women andmen do not have equal rights. Inaddition to the Taliban, other groupssuch as Hezb-e-Islami are alsoinvolved in the insurgency.

11-Apr-08 North-WestFrontierProvince

Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot dead anintelligence official in Pakistan'sNorth-West Frontier Province. Threemen shot Khaliq-us Zaman, aninspector for the Intelligence Bureau,after he had finished Friday prayersat a mosque in the Kausar Abadneighborhood of Charsadda district.Zaman was assigned to follow theactivities of pro-Taliban militants inthe adjoining Mohmand tribal districtand had received threats. Anotherintelligence bureau official was shotdead in January 2008 in Seerikhvillage. In the same region, formerinterior minister Aftab Sherpao, wholed a crackdown on militants, hassurvived two suicide blasts.


Explosives5 1 One policeman was killed andanother five were wounded when animprovised explosive device hit theirvehicle in Ur district in easternBaghdad.The Mahdi Army is knownto operate in this neighborhood andis also known to target governmentsecurity forces. It is likely that Al-Mahdi Army is the group responsiblefor the attack.

12-Apr-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms7 4 Taliban militants attacked a policepatrol in Helmand province insouthern Afghanistan, killing fourpolicemen and injuring seven others.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

12-Apr-08 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 Authorities captured a suspectedsuicide bomber with an explosive-filled jacket in Nimroz Province insouthwestern Afghanistan. Thesuspect was captured after a doublesuicide attack targeted a convoy ofIndian road workers in the province,killing two engineers and injuringthree others. Others were alsoinjured in the attack.Terrorist attacksin Afghanistan tend to be carried outby the Taliban. After being oustedfrom power by a US-led coalition in2001, the Taliban has waged aninsurgency against the Afghangovernment and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

12-Apr-08 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban Explosives7 3 A double suicide attack targeted aconvoy of Indian road workers inNimroz Province in southwesternAfghanistan, killing two Indianengineers and one civilian. FourIndian workers, one Afghanpoliceman and one Afghan civilianwere injured. The Indians worked forthe Border Roads Organization, anIndian road building company. At 8am they were driving to work on theDelaram-Zarang highway in theMenar area of the province whenthey were attacked. The Talibanclaimed responsibility for the attack,however, the group's spokesmangave a different account of how theattack was carried out. After theblasts authorities captured a thirdsuspected attacker with anexplosive-filled jacket.Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

12-Apr-08 ZamboangaPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a RomanCatholic church in Zamboanga Cityon the island of Mindanao. A mortarround, concealed in a box, explodedunder a car in the parking lot of theImmaculate Concepcion Cathedral,damaging two cars, a concrete walland two steel gates. Police suspectthat those responsible for the attackare Abu Sayyaf or Jemaah Islamiyahmilitants. Another bomb, which wasplaced 1 mile (1.5 km) away from thecathedral near the passport office ofthe Department of Foreign Affairs,exploded five minutes later.Zamboanga City is hosting US troopsproviding counterterrorism trainingto Filipino soldiers. In addition, theUS and Australian embassiesseparately warned their citizens earlythis month that extremist elementsplanned to kidnap Americans andother foreigners in Zamboanga.

12-Apr-08 ZamboangaPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded near a passportoffice of the Department of ForeignAffairs in Zamboanga City on theisland of Mindanao. Another bomb,which was placed 1 mile (1.5 km)away at the Roman CatholicImmaculate Concepcion Cathedral,exploded five minutes earlier.Zamboanga City is hosting US troopsproviding counterterrorism trainingto Filipino soldiers. In addition, theUS and Australian embassiesseparately warned their citizens earlythis month that extremist elementsplanned to kidnap Americans andother foreigners in Zamboanga.

13-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Iraqi security forces bomb squadswere able to perform a controlleddetonation of two improvisedexplosive devices planted in Al-Furdows square in central Baghdad.Furdows square is the intersection infront of the Ishtar and Palestinehotels.Responsibility for planting theexplosives wasn't clear and cannotbe established with the limitedavailable information.

13-Apr-08 Baghdad India al-MahdiArmy

Explosives2 0 A police patrol was attacked by animprovised explosive device inBaghdad in the central area ofKaradah. Two police officer wereinjured. The attack took place nearthe national theater intersectionwhich was repeatedly attacked byvarious methods within the period oftwo weeks of this incident. Theintersection represents an importantpath that links main roads betweentwo strongholds of Al-Mahdi Army.The first is in the east (Sadr City) andthe other is in the south of Baghdad(Al-Amil and Al-Risala). Police Patrolsprotecting this intersection wererepeatedly attacked to clear the way.It is also worth mentioning that theNational Theater is only a fewhundred feet away from the Air Forceclub which was under a similaramount of attacks during this period.Two policemen were wounded in theattack.

13-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 1 An improvised explosive device killedon member of the Awakening(Sahwa) units south of Kirkuk. Theunit was on Patrol near Dirsh villagein south of Kirkuk when the roadsidebomb hit their vehicle. Sahwa forcesare usually targeted by Al-Qaeda andsince the area is in the south ofKirkuk it is likely that Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attack due to themajority Sunni Arab population of thearea which makes it possible for Al-Qaeda members to hide and operate.

13-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a Sahwa forces patrol inKharabat village near Kikuk. Threemembers of the Sahwa patrol werewounded in the attack.This is thethird attack against Sahwa forces inthe same day and it is likely that Al-Qaeda is responsible for the attack.

13-Apr-08 Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 0 An adhesive improvised explosivedevice (Sticky Bomb) was attachedto vehicle used by the deputy headof the local council in Fallujah. Thecouncil member and his eleven yearold son were both wounded in theattack.The name of the councilmember is Qasim Mukhtar and theattack took place in a central area ofFallujah.Al-Qaeda is likely responsiblefor the attack. It is known to use thisnew type of weapon in itsassassination attempts.

13-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive device wasdetonated on a passing bus that wasused by members of the localawakening forces (Sahwa). Twomembers of the unite were severelywounded in the attack.The primaryenemy to the Sahwa forces is Al-Qaeda among other groups. Thisparticular attack took place in amostly Sunni Arab area of the citywhich makes it possible for Al-Qaedato deliver an attack and then blendwith the population.

13-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 1 An improvised explosive deviceplanted in Abu Saida village nearBaqubah. One policeman was killedand another was wounded by theblast. It is worth mentioning that AbuSaida is more like a scattered smalltown more than it is a village. Theresidents are a mix of Sunni andShiites and both sects conductviolence against organizationsdominated by the opposing sect.Attacks against police are usuallyperpetrated by Al-Qaeda and Sunniinsurgents before 2006. Most attacksagainst tribal leaders and forcescome from Shiite militias and evengovernment affiliated militants. Sincethis particular attack was against thepolice it is likely that Al-Qaeda wasresponsible for it.

13-Apr-08 ZamboangaPhilippinesAbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Explosives0 0 (1st of 2 attacks)Insurgentsdetonated a bomb at a two storychurch in the city of Zamboanga inthe Philippines. The attack blastedthe gate and destroyed a number ofglass doors along with part of theceiling. It caused a great deal ofpanic as it occurred as people werearriving for Sunday mass. However,there were no reports of any deathsor injuries. A number of mediaoutlets later linked the Abu SayyafGroup to the two blasts.

13-Apr-08 ZamboangaThailand AbuSayyafGroup(ASG)

Explosives0 0 (2nd of 2 attacks)Shortly afterinsurgents detonated a bomb at atwo story church in the city ofZamboanga in the Philippines, abomb blast rocked the outside of aninternet café at a commercialbuilding. The attack took placeroughly ten minutes after the firstattack and occurred very nearby.Like the first attack, there were noreports of any deaths or injuries. Anumber of media outlets later linkedthe Abu Sayyaf Group to the twoblasts.

13-Apr-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 5 Unidentified men shot and killed fivepeople, including two tribal leaders,in Helmand province in southernAfghanistan. The tribal leaders, AbdolRahman Jan and Zaher Jan, wereresidents of Charchino district ofUruzgan and they had come toHelmand to resolve a dispute. Theywere returning to Lashkar Gah fromMarjah district when they were killed.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

13-Apr-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 3 A remote-detonated bomb exploded,hitting the vehicle of a tribal elder.The attack killed three people andinjured four others, including theelder's son. The elder survived theexplosion. The attack occurred inKhost province in easternAfghanistan. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

13-Apr-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot dead asecurity guard at a schoolconstruction site in the Ghazniabadarea of Khost province in easternAfghanistan. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

14-Apr-08 Athens Greece SubversiveCell

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On April 14, 2008 a car belonging tothe Saudi Arabian embassy in Athenswas set on fire. The vehicle wasdestroyed but no one was injured.Aleftist group named Subversive Cellclaimed responsibility for the attack.Authorities believe the attack wasplanned to demonstrate theweakness of the Greek Police.

14-Apr-08 Talafar Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives35 3 A suicide attacker blue his explosivesin the middle of a Funeral in Tel Afartown near Mosul. The U.S. militarysaid three people were killed in theattack and another thirty five werewounded. The town's mayor gave aslightly different casualty count.Al-Qaeda is the most likely group to beresponsible for the attack due to thetactic used in addition to the natureof the target.

14-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives6 2 A car loaded with explosives wasdetonated in downtown Mosul. Twocivilians were killed and another sixwere wounded. Al-Qaeda is known toattack civilians in and around the cityof Mosul in addition to attackinggovernment and security targets.


Explosives13 5 An improvised explosive deviceplanted in Al-Tayaran square in thecenter of Baghdad killed fivepolicemen and wounded anothereleven. Two civilians were alsowounded in the attack which bringsthe total number of wounded tothirteen. Al-Mahdi Army is locked in anumber confrontations with thepolice and the multi-national forcesin Iraq. The area where the attacktook place is mainly a Shiite areawith numerous supporters of the Al-Mahdi Army, therefore it is likely thatthe group is responsible for theattack.

14-Apr-08 Basra Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Firearms0 1 Major Rifa'at Mohamed, An officer inthe Basra Intelligence Directoratewas assassinated in Al-Jaza'ir districtin central Basra. The assassinations,usually by The Mahdi Army areintermittent after the major Basraoperation but still exist. The style ofthe drive-by shooting and location ofthe attack indicate that Al-MahdiArmy is responsible for the attack.

14-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 An improvised explosive device wasplanted inside a university students'bus killed two and wounded anothersix. The bus was transportingstudents near the University ofTechnology near Karadah.Theperpetrator is still unknown and theonly reason to set such a target iswreak havoc within the educationalinstitutions of the city.

14-Apr-08 YoussifiyahIraq Unknown Explosives1 2 Two policemen were killed and thirdwas wounded when a roadside bombhit their patrol in Yousufiyah south ofBaghdad. The town is one of thesouth Baghdad belt towns and onewhich has a mixed population. Al-Qeada and other Sunni insurgentgroups used to operate in the regionas well as Al-Mahdi Army and otherShiite militias. This makes predictingthe group responsible for the attackalmost impossible without furtherdetails.

14-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A member of the independentelectoral commission, which is theinstitution responsible for arrangingnational and provincial elections inthe country, was gunned downoutside his house by unknownmilitants. The attack took place in alocation near Baqubah.

14-Apr-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 11 Dozens of Taliban militants attackeda police post in Kandahar province insouthern Afghanistan, killing at least11 policemen and injuring another.The deputy provincial police chiefsaid it appeared that the attackerswere disguised in police uniformsand that initial investigations indicatethat one of the policemen had tieswith the Taliban. The interior ministryspokesman could not immediatelyconfirm the deputy police chief'saccount. The police post wasdamaged in the incident and policevehicles and weapons were seized bythe attackers.Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban and attacks on the policeare common. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.


Unknown0 0 An unknown group of insurgentsattacked a police post in theMogadishu neighborhood ofDharkeynley District. There were noreports of any casualties in theattack. The Mujahideen YouthMovement later claimed credit forthe attack.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

14-Apr-08 Baidoa Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement


0 0 Insurgents with the MujahideenYouth Movement (MYM) claimedresponsibility for the attemptedassassination of the governor ofBaidoa. The group targeted thegovernor's convoy with a roadsidebomb but failed to kill him. Attackson important government officialsare common throughout Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

14-Apr-08 Marka Somalia Unknown Explosives10 6 An unknown insurgent tossed a handgrenade into a cinema hall in Marka,a southern Somali town. The attackleft six civilians dead and tenwounded. Attacks on cinemas arecommon in Somalia, as areanonymous grenade attacks.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

15-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 2 An improvised explosive deviceplanted near Al-Alwiyah policestation near Karadah killed twocivilians and wounded another two.The responsibility for the attackcannot be predicted.The attack tookplace at an early morning hour. It isalso noteworthy that Alwiyah policestation is a one of the major policestations in east of Baghdad and ithas round the hour protection andsurveillance which makes planting abomb an extremely difficultundertaking.

15-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 1 A parked car bomb targeting theconvoy of a local police affairsdirector, Major Ali Sabri, killed onecivilian and wounded another eight.Five policemen were among thosewounded in the explosion. The attacktook place near Mousa bin NusairGas Station in Karradah district incentral Baghdad.The responsibilityfor the attack cannot be predicted asboth Al-Qaeda and Al-Mahdi armyuse parked car bombs in theirattacks.

15-Apr-08 Ramadi Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives10 14 A suicide attacker detonated hisexplosive vest inside Al-Karamarestaurant near Ramadi. Thirteenpeople were killed in the attack andanother ten were wounded. The areais an exclusively Sunni area and hadseen numerous clashes betweenlocal tribesmen and Al-Qaeda. It isthere fore almost certain that Al-Qaeda is responsible for the attack.

15-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives17 0 A suicide attacker drove a vehicleloaded with explosives into policevehicles in Mosul and detonated it. Asecond parked car bomb also wentoff as rescue vehicles rushed to thelocation of the explosion.The twoblasts wounded seventeen peopleincluding four policemen.The style ofthe attack bears Al-Qaeda'ssignature and leaves no doubt towhom is responsible for it.

15-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four policemen were wounded whenan improvised explosive devicetargeted their vehicle in Mosul.Responsibility for the attack cannotbe predicted. Different local groupsaccuse each other of spreadingviolence in Mosul. Kurdish and ArabicTensions are escalating and each ofthose groups started accusing theother for the increasing violence inthe city. Little or no investigationmakes determining the perpetratorof the attack extremely difficult.

15-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives67 36 A massive bomb loaded into avehicle parked in front of the Diyalagovernorate building killed 36 peopleand wounded another 67. Threebuses and several other vehicleswere also destroyed in the blastwhich also damaged a fewcommercial shops in the area. Thelocal authorities gave slightlydifferent casualty counts than thoseprovided by the U.S. military. Thelocal authorities estimated that 38were killed and another 80 woundedwhich is slightly higher than the U.S.military figures above.Al-Qaeda isone of the few organizations that arecapable of such targeting anddamage delivery. The group alsooperates in Baqubah and it is likelyresponsible for this attack as well.

15-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-nine year old Muslim as hewas walking home from a localmosque in southern Thailand'srestive Narathiwat province. Thecountry's southern Islamicseparatists are suspected.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda fifty-two year old Buddhist in adrive-by shooting in southernThailand's restive Narathiwatprovince. Islamic insurgents aresuspected as drive-by shootingsremain a key tactic in their low-levelinsurgency.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda forty-seven year old Muslim insouthern Thailand's restive Pattaniprovince. The country's southernIslamic separatists are suspected.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

15-Apr-08 SpinBoldak

AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 2 A remote-detonated bomb explodednear the border town of Spin Boldakin Kandahar province in southernAfghanistan, blowing up a policevehicle which was passing by andkilling two policemen on board. Threepolicemen were wounded in theattack. Though, the bomb was similarto those used by the Taliban, thepolice did not speculate about theidentity of those responsible.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.


AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 2 A suicide attack in the border districtof Spin Boldak killed one securityguard and injured three others. Withexplosives attached to his body, theattacker drove his car into thesecurity guards' vehicle. The guardwas protecting road workers. SpinBoldak is located in Kandaharprovince in southern Afghanistan.Terrorist attacks in Afghanistan tendto be carried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

15-Apr-08 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban 0 1 The Taliban is suspected of killing areligious scholar in Nimroz provincein southern Afghanistan. According tohis family members, MowlawiAbdollah was summoned by theTaliban on April 15 and his body wasfound the next day. The governor ofNimroz accused the Taliban of killingAbdollah, a claim that the groupdenied. Abdollah was a religiousscholar and teacher of religiousstudies at a religious school. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

16-Apr-08 YarumalMunicipality

Colombia FARC Firearms0 2 On April 16, 2008 FARC rebelsambushed an ambulance in YarumalMunicipality. The rebels stopped thevehicle and executed the twosoldiers inside who had beenpreviously injured in an explosion.

16-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 1 A civilian was killed and a number ofcommercial shops were damagedwhen a car loaded with explosivestargeted a police patrol in Mosul.Al-Qaeda is the main militant group thatattacks government security forcesin the city and its surroundings. It islikely that Al-Qaeda is responsible forthis attack as well.

16-Apr-08 Kut Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Firearms1 0 One of the representatives of Sistaniwas attacked by a number ofmilitants on his way back to hisresidence after finishing prayers in adowntown mosque. The militantsused small arms fire in an attempt toassassinate the cleric but onlymanaged to wound him. The Sheik(Habeeb Al-Khateeb) was transferredto a local hospital.Al-Mahdi Army themilitant arm of the Sadrist movementis in continuous rivalry with Sistani'sfollowers and it not unusual for thegroup to use violence against thosefollowers.

16-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted the convoy of the head ofthe Agricultural Department in Kirkuknear Almaz Neighborhood.Theconvoy was near a famous localrestaurant when the explosives wentoff.Two convoy guards werewounded in the attack, which itsperpetrator cannot be determined.

16-Apr-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 6 Taliban militants attacked a borderpolice patrol in Zabol province insoutheastern Afghanistan, killing onepoliceman. Five Taliban were killed inthe fighting that ensued. The attackoccurred in Atghar district. Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban andattacks against the police arecommon. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

16-Apr-08 Konar AfghanistanTaliban Knives& sharpobjects

0 2 The Taliban claim to have beheadedtwo men whom they say were spyingfor US forces in Karangal district ofKonar province in northernAfghanistan. Provincial securityofficials say the victims had beenworking in a warehouse for USforces. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). The Taliban also targetprivate citizens whom they claim tobe assisting the Afghan governmentor NATO forces. In addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.

16-Apr-08 UnknownAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Firearms0 2 Al-Jazeerah reports that two Tuaregswho were mediating the hostagenegotiations between Al Qaeda in theLands of the Islamic Maghreb(AQLIM) and the Austrian authoritieswho were attempting to free the twoAustrian tourists who werekidnapped by AQLIM. The men werekilled near the Algerian-Malianborder.

16-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected separatist rebelsbeheaded a man in Pattani provincein southern Thailand. The assailantsshot a 27-year-old shrimp farmerseveral times before beheading him.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

16-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected separatist rebels shotdead a 58-year-old man as hereturned home from a wedding partyin Yala province in southern Thailand.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

17-Apr-08 Udheim Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 60 At least sixty people were killed anda large number were wounded in afuneral when a suicide bomberdetonated his vest in the middle ofthe gathering. The funeral was for atribal leader who was involved incombating Al-Qaeda and formingSahwa forces which is why it isalmost certain that the attack wasperpetrated by Al-Qaeda.The attacktook place in Udhaim area in Diyalaprovince, in a village called Al-Hiwaisat.


Firearms0 2 Two policemen were killed when anumber of gunmen opened fire atthem in a drive-by shooting. Theattack took place in Al-Jaza'ir area ofBasra near a local mosque. Al-MahdiArmy is known to frequently targetsecurity forces in the city andtherefore it is likely that they areresponsible for this attack as well.

17-Apr-08 Bilbao Spain ETA Explosives7 0 On April 17, 2008 a 5kg amonalbomb exploded outside the socialistcenter in Bilbao. The blast lightlywounded seven police officers whowere evacuating the area andseverely damaged nearby structures.ETA warned the authorities of theattack prior to the blast.


Explosives10 2 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in the NewDiyala Bridge, south-west ofBaghdad. One policeman and onecivilian were killed in the attack. Sixpolicemen and four other civilianswere also wounded. The area -located near Mada'in - is a mixed onewhere both Sunni and Shiite militantgroups are active. Sunni groupsmostly joined the Sahwa movementand purged the area of Al-Qaedawhile Shiite groups like Al-MahdiArmy still targets governmentsecurity forces. Therefore, it is likelythat Al-Mahdi Army is responsible forthe attack.

17-Apr-08 Udheim Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 60 A suicide attacker detonated hisexplosives inside a funeral gatheringof a tribal leader in Udheim. TheSheik was a leading member of theDiyala Sahwa council and his funeralwas held in Hiwaysat village inUdheim when a suicide bomberattended and detonated hisexplosives.Sixty people were killed inthe attack, mostly relatives andguests of the tribal leader. Thewounded were in the tens but nospecific number was given. Theattack bears Al-Qaeda hallmarks andit doubtful that any otherorganization is responsible.


Firearms0 2 Two policemen were shot dead inarmed attack in the central Jaza'irarea of Basra. Gunmen opened fireon the policemen from a movingvehicle and escaped immediately.Al-Mahdi Army is the primary group thatattacks security forces in the southand especially in Basra.

17-Apr-08 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive device wentoff in the Industry Street nearKaradah in central Baghdad. Twocivilians were wounded in theincident. The Industry street is wherethe University of Technology islocated in addition to the mainelectronics and computer retail shopsin the capital.The responsibility forthe attack cannot be determined andno group has announced itsresponsibility for it.

17-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 1 A number of militants used firearmsto assassinate a local councilmember. Saad Al-Nu'aimi (Sunni) andhis son were traveling in his vehiclewhen gunmen managed to kill thefather and wound his son. Theresponsibility for the attack is notclear and perpetrator cannot bepredicted. Intermittent activity ofboth Al-Qaeda and The Mahdi Armyis present in the area and both ofthese groups might have targetedthe council member.

17-Apr-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A local office of the Afghangovernment's National SolidarityProgram in Alisher district of Khostprovince in eastern Afghanistan wasset on fire. The Taliban claimed tohave burned down the building. Thegroup's spokesman said that theattackers freed the office guardsafter they promised not to do anysuch work in the future. A seniorofficial confirmed that the buildinghad been set ablaze but gave nodetails. The National SolidarityProgram was created by thegovernment of Afghanistan todevelop the ability of Afghancommunities to identify, plan,manage and monitor their owndevelopment projects.Terroristattacks in Afghanistan tend to becarried out by the Taliban. Afterbeing ousted from power by a US-ledcoalition in 2001, the Taliban haswaged an insurgency against theAfghan government and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

17-Apr-08 Zaranj AfghanistanUnknown Explosives33 26 A suicide bomb attack in a crowdedmarketplace in Zaranj, the capital ofNimroz province, killed 25 people.The marketplace is located near thecity's mosque and dozens ofworshipers had left the mosque afterevening prayers. The police chief ofKhashrod district and thecommander of the protocol unit ofthe border fences in Nimroz werekilled in the attack. Terrorist attacksin Afghanistan tend to be carried outby the Taliban. After being oustedfrom power by a US-led coalition in2001, the Taliban has waged aninsurgency against the Afghangovernment and NATO’sInternational Security AssistanceForce (includes US troops). However,in addition to the Taliban, othergroups such as Hezb-e-Islami arealso involved in the insurgency.

17-Apr-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 6 Taliban militants ambushed a policeunit which was guarding Indianengineers working on a newhydroelectric dam in Farah provincein southwestern Afghanistan. Onepoliceman was killed and threeothers were injured. Five Talibanfighters were killed by retaliatoryfire. This attack follows a Talibanattack on a convoy of Indianroadworkers in Nimroz province onApril 12. Terrorist attacks inAfghanistan tend to be carried out bythe Taliban. After being ousted frompower by a US-led coalition in 2001,the Taliban has waged an insurgencyagainst the Afghan government andNATO’s International SecurityAssistance Force (includes UStroops). However, in addition to theTaliban, other groups such as Hezb-e-Islami are also involved in theinsurgency.


Explosives0 0 Insurgents with the MujahideenYouth Movement claimed credit forattacking the Ambassador Hotel,which often houses a number ofgovernment officials. Officialstatistics on casualties wasimmediately available. Attacks ongovernment officials are common inSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

17-Apr-08 Baotha Pakistan Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected militants shot dead afemale health worker in the town ofBaotha in Pakistan's FederallyAdministered Tribal Areas. Anunknown number of assailants raideda health facility late on the night ofApril 17 and killed 35-year-old NiharBegum. Baotha is located inMohmand tribal district, which has alarge Taliban presence. Authoritieshad arrested three suspects.Armedmen abducted and beat 11 healthworkers sent to a Pakistani tribalarea to administer polio vaccinationsforcing the suspension of thecampaign in August 2007. Prior tothat attack, in February 2007, aPakistani health official in charge of apolio inoculation campaign waskillled in neighboring Bajaur districtin a bomb blast.The FATA borderssoutheastern Afghanistan and hasbeen considered a safe-haven for theTaliban and other foreign militants,including al-Qaeda sympathizers,since 2001. The Taliban believe thatwomen and men do not have equalrights.

17-Apr-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Insurgents attempted to kill theSomali deputy prime minister,Ahmad Abdisalam Haji Aden. Thedeputy prime minister's convoy wastargeted by a remote-detonatedroadside bomb in Shineema Afrika,near Mogadishu. Attacks ongovernment officials are common inSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

17-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected separatist rebels killed a57-year-old Buddhist man in a drive-by shooting in Pattani province insouthern Thailand. The attackoccurred on the evening of April 17.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

17-Apr-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Suspected separatist rebels killed aMuslim man in Yala province insouthern Thailand. Police say the 55-year-old victim was a governmentinformant. The attack occurred onthe evening of April 17.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 and, asof March 2008, more than 3000people have perished from theviolence.

18-Apr-08 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 3 Three civilians were killed and onewounded when their vehicle hit aroadside bomb near Kabul. The roadwas frequently used by Afghan andinternational forces.

18-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 An improvised explosive device thatwas attached to a vehicle (nicknamed sticky bomb) killed the driverand wounded two other civilians.Theattack took place in Al-Bunook ineastern Baghdad in the morning.Theperpetrator of the attack is unknownand the nature of the target isunknown except being a civilian car.

18-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive device wasdetonated near a gas station inKaradah area of Baghdad. Twopeople were wounded in the attack.The attacker remains unanimous andno one had claimed the attack.

18-Apr-08 Athens Greece AntidemocraticStruggleGroup

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On April 18, 2008 a car belonging tothe Bosnia-Herzegovina embassy inAthens was set on fire. The vehiclewas destroyed but no one wasinjured.A car belonging to the Turkishembassy was also destroyed thatnight. A leftist group named theAntidemocratic Struggle Groupclaimed responsibility for the attack.Authorities believe the attack wasplanned to demonstrate theweakness of the Greek Police.

18-Apr-08 Athens Greece AntidemocraticStruggleGroup

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On April 18, 2008 a car belonging tothe Turkish embassy in Athens wasset on fire. The vehicle wasdestroyed but no one was injured.Acar belonging to the Bosnia-Herzegovina embassy was alsodestroyed that night. A leftist groupnamed the Antidemocratic StruggleGroup claimed responsibility for theattack. Authorities believe the attackwas planned to demonstrate theweakness of the Greek Police.

18-Apr-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 An IED exploded near the gate of thehouse of Beyali Ozdoyev, the head ofthe Nazran town administration inIngushetia, on the morning of April18, 2008. The blast left a dent of 2-3cm in the asphalt. There were noinjuries. No information is availableabout a possible perpetrator.Attackson government officials in thesouthern Caucuses, particularly inIngushetia and Dagestan, areincreasingly common.

18-Apr-08 LogarProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 3 On Friday, April, 18th, 2008, threeAfghan civilians were killed and oneinjured in Logar Province near Kabulwhen their vehicle was destroyed bya roadside bomb. The incident tookplace on a road frequently traveledby Afghan and international securityforces. Afghan officials blamed theTaliban for the attacks, though theTaliban did not immediately claimresponsibility for the attacks.

18-Apr-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 6 One Afghan policemen was killed andthree wounded in a Taliban attack.The attack targeted Indian engineerswho were working on a power plantin the Aab Gardan area. Five Talibanwere also killed by security forcesduring the attack.

19-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 A parked vehicle loaded withexplosives went off in Al-Khadradistrict of Kirkuk. One civilian waskilled and another four werewounded in the explosion. There isno indication of who is responsiblefor the attack.

19-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives12 2 Two civilians were killed and anothertwelve were wounded when animprovised explosive device hit theirbus. Five women were among theinjured in the bus that was travelingin central Mosul.The responsibility forthe attack cannot be determined.

19-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 Five children were hit by animprovised explosive device plantedin a roadside in a residential area inBaqubah. One of the children diedand the other four sustained injuriesdue to the explosion.Theresponsibility for the attack is notclear as both the Mahdi Army and Al-Qaeda operate in the area.

20-Apr-08 Sinjar Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 0 A number of militants blew up themain Sinjar power station during thenight causing a large blackout inSinjar and the surrounding area. Thereport was made available by thelocal police.Al-Qaeda militants areknown to have activities in the regionand they are likely responsible forthe attack.

20-Apr-08 DiwaniyaIraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives5 2 An improvised explosive device hit aminibus in Diwaniya killed twopassengers and wounded anotherfive.Diwaniya is almost anexclusively Shiite town where Al-Mahdi army operate with little or nocompetition. It is likely that the groupis responsible for the attack.

20-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 A number of militants set up a fakecheckpoint near Baqubah and wereable to kidnap two drivers and nineuniversity students. The police said itintervened and was able to freeseven students but the kidnapperswere able to escape with the rest ofthe hostages.The group responsiblefor the attack is unknown.

20-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 An off duty policeman and a driverwere killed in Baqubah whenunknown gunmen opened fire ontheir vehicle near Baqubah.Al-Mahdiarmy and Al-Qaeda both operate inthe region and they both targetgovernment security forces. It notclear which group is responsible forthis attack.

20-Apr-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives5 0 Five members of policecommandant's family were injured ina grenade attack on his home. Theattack took place in Mogadishu'sYaaqshid District. There were noreports of the police commandantbeing injured in the attack.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

20-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 2 A group of about six militants openedfire on two policemen, 30 and 50,guarding a polling station at amosque. A bystander at the pollingstation was injured by a stray bullet.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-Apr-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives5 1 Six soldiers travelling in a pick-uptruck were targeted by a roadsidebomb and then attacked withgunfire. The soldiers were providingprotection to vehicles assigned todeliver ballot boxes to a pollingstation. One soldier was killed, fivewere wounded.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-Apr-08 Yala Thailand RundaKumpalanKecil(RKK)

Explosives13 0 A bomb planted in a trash can wasdetonated remotely by mobile phonewounding 13, including a four-year-old boy. The attack came whenpolice were drawn to the site of ashooting. Two of those injured werepolicemen. The rest were bystanders.Local police blamed the action on theRunda Kumpulan Kecil.

20-Apr-08 QarabaghDistrict

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 1 The Taliban attacked a police patrolin the Askarkot area of QarabaghDistrict, killing one policeman andwounding three others. Aspokesman for the governor claimedtwo Taliban were killed and threewounded in the attack

21-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The first of three coordinated attacksagainst employees of the council ofministers took place in Dora. Theemployee was wounded in an attackby an improvised explosive deviceplanted in a parked car.Responsibilityfor the attack in unclear.

21-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The second of three coordinatedattacks against employees of thecouncil of ministers took place inBaghdad. The employee wastraveling with another person whowas injured when a roadside bombhit their vehicle.Responsibility for theattack is unclear

21-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The third and last of a series ofcoordinated attacks againstemployees of the council of ministerstook place in Alawi district in centralBaghdad and not too far from thegreen zone.The victim of the attackis a female employee of the officewho was injured when a roadsidebomb hit her vehicle.Responsibilityfor the attack is unclear.


Explosives0 0 Two improvised explosive devicesexloded near the red crescentbuilding in Mansour district inBaghdad. The area is mainly a Sunniarea and since prior attacks againstthe red crescent were mostlyperpetrated by Shiite militias is safeto conclude that Al-Mahdi Army isresponsible because the attacklacked precision due to a hostileenvironment towards the group.Noone was wounded or killed due to theattack.


Explosives5 1 One person was killed and five otherswere wounded when a roadsidebomb targeted their minibus inZayouna, east of Baghdad. Theattack took place near the OilMarketing Company which is asubsidiary of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil.Al-Mahdi Army is known to conductattacks in the neighborhood due tothe ease generated by its proximityto Sadr City, the group's stronghold.It is likely that Al-Mahdi Army isresponsible for this attack as well.

21-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives4 3 A female suicide attacker detonatedher explosive vest near theheadquarters of one of the people'scommittees in Mafraq near Baqubah.These committees are governmentsponsored tribal organizations thatwork to establish local security, in asimilar manner to Sahwa forces.Three members of the committeewere killed and another four werewounded in the attack.Al-Qaeda isorganization that committed theattack.

21-Apr-08 NigerDelta


Unknown0 0 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) sabotaged two oil pipelinesfor the Chevron and Shell oil firmsoperating in the Niger Delta region.The group later claimedresponsibility for the attack.

22-Apr-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 6 Taliban fighters attacked a policepost in Kandarhar, killing six policeofficers.

22-Apr-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 6 Six Afghan police were killed infighting sparked by a Taliban attackon a police outpost in the Arghistandistrict of Kandahar province. TheTaliban claimed responsibility for theattack.

22-Apr-08 LosNaranjos

Colombia FARC Explosives0 2 On April 22, 2008 two members ofthe bomb squad were killed by abomb planted in a bus in LosNaranjos in San Andres de CuerquiaMunicipality. The bus was boobytrapped with a bomb that wouldexplode as soon as authoritiesattempted to dismantle thedeviceThe FARC are believed to bebehind this attack.


Explosives5 0 Two policemen and three civilianswere wounded when an improvisedexplosive device planted at aroadside targeted a police convoy inZa'faraniya district in south-eastBaghdad. Al-Mahdi Army is know tooperate in the region and is waging acampaign against the Iraqi securityforces.


Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in Bayaadistrict, southern Baghdad. Twopolicemen were wounded as a resultof the explosion. Al-Bayaa is a mixedneighborhood that was almostcompletely ethnically cleansed by Al-Mahdi in 2006. The group maintainsstrong presence there and it almostcertain this attack was carried on bythem.

22-Apr-08 Ramadi Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives21 4 A truck loaded with explosives wasdriven by a suicide attacker into ajoint police and Sahwa checkpoint inSofiya, at the entrance of the city ofRamadi.Four people were killed andanother twenty one wounded in theattack. Al-Qaeda is responsible forthe attack.

22-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives10 1 A parked vehicle loaded withexplosives went off near a Ninevehgovernment building in downtownMosul. The attack killed one personand wounded another ten. The attackand the selective nature of the targetassumes that Al-Qaeda is behind theattack.

22-Apr-08 Jalawla' Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives17 8 A female suicide bomber detonatedher explosive vest near Jalawla'police station in Diyala province. Theattack killed eight people, five ofthem policemen including a captain.Another two policemen were amongthe seventeen who were alsowounded in the attack.Al-Qaeda isactive and known to recruit anddeploy female suicide bombers inDiyala. Also the nature of the attackand the nature of the target assumestheir direct involvement.

22-Apr-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 0 Two foreign workers, one Indian andone Nepalese, were abducted whiletraveling on the road from Herat toAdraskan. The workers areemployed by a company supplyingfood to a major police training centerin the area. The Taliban were knownto operate in the area of theabductions, but no claims had beenmade.


AfghanistanTaliban Explosives14 3 Three civilians were killed and 14wounded when suicide bomber blewhimself up in the Spin Boldak bazaar.Reports indicate security personnelhad the bomber under surveillanceand the bomber detonated hisexplosives when he realized he wasbeing trailed. Credit was not claimedfor the attack although similarbombings have been attributed tothe Taliban.

23-Apr-08 Bayonne France Unknown Explosives0 0 On April 23, 2008 two bombs werediffused outside a Century 21 realestate office and a tourism office inBayonne. Real estate agents havebeen a target of undergroundseparatist movements in the past.Noone claimed credit for the attack.

23-Apr-08 Athens Greece Group ofNighttimeSabotage

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early on April 23, 2008 three nearsimultaneous attacks took place inthree separate suburbs of Athens.The attackers firebombed a Nissandealership and two Opel dealerships.No one was injured in the attacksOneattack destroyed three cars at aNissan dealership in the Peristerisuburb of Athens.The anarchistGroup of Nighttime Sabotage claimedcredit for the attack.


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early on April 23, 2008 three nearsimultaneous attacks took place inthree separate suburbs of Athens.The attackers firebombed a Nissandealership and two Opel dealerships.No one was injured in the attacksOneattack destroyed two cars at a Opeldealership in the Galatsi suburb ofAthens.The anarchist Group ofNighttime Sabotage claimed creditfor the attack.


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Early on April 23, 2008 three nearsimultaneous attacks took place inthree separate suburbs of Athens.The attackers firebombed a Nissandealership and two Opel dealerships.No one was injured in the attacksOneattack destroyed three cars at a Opeldealership in the Halandri suburb ofAthens.The anarchist Group ofNighttime Sabotage claimed creditfor the attack.

23-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives9 2 A suicide attacker detonated his vestinside a currency exchange shop andanother suicide attacker drove avehicle into the same location hopingto kill a larger number of people aspeople and authority gather aroundthe scene. Five people were killed inthe combined attack and anothernine people were wounded. Twopolicemen who came to scene of thefirst explosion were among thosewounded. The attack bore Al-Qaedastyle and there is little doubt thatany other group would have done it.

23-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives7 0 Seven people were woundedincluding four police officers when aparked vehicle loaded withexplosives was detonated near apolice patrol in Mosul.The attack waslikely one of Al-Qaeda's regularattacks against local security forcesin Mosul. The organization stilloperates with relative ease in Mosuland its surroundings.

23-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four civilians were wounded when animprovised explosive device wasdetonated in Rashidiyah in downtownMosul. The responsibility for theattack cannot be predicted and eachethnic group in Mosul accuses theother of carrying out such attacks.

23-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 One policemen and one police officerwere wounded when an explosivecharge planted on the roadsideexploded in Wasiti in south Kirkuk.The responsibility for the attackcannot be determined due to the factthat more then one group operates inthe area and none of the thesegroups claimed responsibility for theattack.

23-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives6 0 Six people were wounded when animprovised explosive device wasdetonated near Nafaq Al-Shurta in aAl-Jami'a district in western Baghdad.The target of the attack was astationary police patrol. The area iscontrolled by a mix of Sahwa, policeand army. The region is a majoritySunni area where most of the formerinsurgents have joined Sahwa forces.This leaves Al-Qaeda as the onlypossible perpetrator of the attack.

23-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive deviceplanted on the roadside near QahtanSquare in Yarmouk area of Baghdadwounded three civilians. The area isalmost a central area of the capitaland its inhabitants are mostly Sunnis.However, more than one group couldhave had access to the area whichmakes predicting responsibility forthe attack very difficult. Al-YarmoukHospital is near the incident for anexample, and most of the securityguards are recruited from the MahdiArmy Militias. On the other hand, Al-Qaeda operates in Yarmouk whichexclusively a Sunni district.

23-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Five civilians were wounded when animprovised explosive device targeteda police patrol in Karada in centralBaghdad.The responsibility for theattack could not be determined dueto the diversity of groups that mighthave access to the area.

23-Apr-08 Aceh IndonesiaUnknown Explosives6 0 Six villagers were injured when aroadside bomb exploded near them.A report on the incident describedthe bombing as a legacy of theconflict between the Aceh MerdekaMovement (GAM) and TNI (sic).

23-Apr-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 3 Two policeman were killed and twoothers wounded when a suicidebomber attacked the SecurityCommand in the Greshk District ofHelmand. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack. The attackerapparently targeted the police chief,but was engaged by guards beforegetting close enough to the target todetonate his explosives.

24-Apr-08 PortoVecchio

France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront-Union ofCombat

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On April 24, 2008 a bomb wasplanted at a home in Port Vecchio inCorsica. The bomb failed to detonateas result no one was injured and thewas no damage.The home is ownedby a Parisian resident and was thetarget of a previous attack by theCorsican National Liberation Front-Union of Combatants (FLNC-UC).Asimilar device was planted that dayat another home in Corsica owned bya Parisian.

24-Apr-08 Lumio France CorsicanNationalLiberationFront-Union ofCombat

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On April 24, 2008 a bomb wasplanted at a home in Lumio inCorsica. The bomb blast causedminimal damage and no casualties.The home is owned by the Frencheditor of the Harry Potter books. Asimilar device was planted that dayat another home in Corsica that isowned by a Parisian and had alsobeen the subject of a previous attackby the Corsican National LiberationFront-Union of Combatants (FLNC-UC).


Explosives6 1 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol near Al-Ghadeer Bridge in Zayouna district ineastern Baghdad. One civilian waskilled and six others were woundedincluding three policemen. Zayounais an upscale eastern neighborhoodthat is located near Sadr City slumwhich is the Mhadi Army stronghold.Repeated attacks by The Mahdi Armyagainst the police have beenregistered in this area. It is mostlikely this attack is committed by thesame group.

24-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 A vehicle loaded with explosives wasdetonated in Jadiriyah area inKaradah. One civilian was killed andanother three were wounded.Jadiriyah is a small area near Karradawhich is where the University ofBaghdad compound is located.Therecould any number of militant groupsresponsible for the attack due to thepermissibility of the area.

24-Apr-08 NigerDelta


Unknown0 0 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked a sabotaged an oilpipeline belonging to Shell PetroleumDevelopment Company. There wereno reports of any casualties in theattack. The group later claimedresponsibility for the attack, addingthat the workers assigned to guardthe facility cheered them on andlamented about having to defendwhat is unjust.

24-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 6 At least four insurgents opened fireon a pick-up truck, killing five of sixconstruction workers travelling to aschool construction site and thedriver of the truck.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

25-Apr-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 A district director for the Afghannational census was killed along withhis driver in a Taliban ambush inPaktika Province.

25-Apr-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 3 A roadside bomb exploded nearKandahar, killing three civilians andwounding one other. The attackoccurred in the Khawajak area ofShah Joy District.

25-Apr-08 PiliyandalaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives50 24 A bomb was hidden in a bus baggagerack during rush-hour. The explosionkilled 24 people, and injuring at least50. The incident occurred in the townof Piliyandala, south of Colombo. Themilitary blamed the Liberation Tigersof Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the attack.

25-Apr-08 Talafar Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 0 A roadside bomb exploded in Talafarnear Mosul wounding one civilian.The region is known to havesignificant Al-Qaeda activity and it islikely that the attack was committedby the same group.

25-Apr-08 Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives4 0 Four people were wounded includingtwo policemen when bomb went offin Al-Julan in Fallujah. The explosiveswere planted under the preacherseat in Al-Raqeeb Mosque.Theintention is to assassinate thepreacher who is obviously hostingpolice forces in the Mosque. This is apattern of Al-Qaeda attacks againstall religious figures and institutionsthat do not endorse their violentdoctrine.

25-Apr-08 YoussifiyahIraq Unknown Explosives1 1 An improvised explosive device killeda civilian and wounded another inYoussifiyah. The town has a mixedpopulation and has different militantgroups acting within its perimeter. Itis difficult to establish responsibilityfor the attack due to thesecharacteristics.

25-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were wounded when animprovised explosive device wasdetonated in Adhamiya innortheastern Baghdad.Responsibilityfor the attack cannot be determinedand no specific group had announcedits responsibility for it either.

25-Apr-08 Jakarta IndonesiaUnknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A mob torched a mosque owned bythe Ahmadiyah sect, which had beenordered by the government to ceaseoperations after its practices werefound to be unorthodox. The mobalso damaged a boarding schoolattached to the mosque.

26-Apr-08 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 6 Taliban guerrillas attempted toassassinate President Hamid Karzaiin an attack during a paradeceremony marking the 16thanniversary of the Soviet defeat.Three people were killed, includingone Afghan lawmaker. The USembassy in Kabul confirmed that USAmbassador William Wood waspresent at the ceremony and wasunhurt. Reports indicate that threeattackers were killed by securityforces at the scene. Multiple battlesbetween Taliban insurgents andsecurity forces in the Kabul areawere reported for several daysfollowing the incident. The Talibanstated that the attack was intendedto disprove NATO's assertion that theinsurgency was weakening.

26-Apr-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 2 Two police officers were killed and 3wounded in a Taliban style bombing.The attack occurred when a roadsidebomb was detonated near the policevehicle.

26-Apr-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 1 One police officer was killed andanother wounded in a roadside bombblast in Farah Province.

26-Apr-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 0 The security commander of theGorbaz District of Khost province waswounded along with three of hisbodyguards when his vehicle hit amine planted near his home. Nocredit has been claimed for theattack.


Firearms5 0 Five people were wounded includingthree traffic policemen when gunmenopened fire towards a crowd ofpeople in Al-Wathiq Square nearKaradah.The area is close to Sadr'sMahdi Army activities and they havebeen continuously attacking policeand other government targets in thearea. There is a high probability thatAl-Mahdi Army is behind the attack.

26-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives8 2 Two members of Al-Sahwa forceswere killed and another eight werewounded when a suicide attackerdrove a vehicle loaded withexplosives into a SahwaHeadquarters.The attack took placein Amiriya, The Amal Al-Shaabi streetin western Baghdad. the area wasonce an insurgency hotbed thatrevolted against Al-Qaeda andpushed the organization out.Thecommander of Sahwa was alsowounded in the attack that was mostcertainly conducted by Al-Qaeda.


Explosives6 0 Two policemen and four othercivilians were wounded by a roadsidebomb that targeted a police patrol inPalestine Street in east of Baghdad.Al-Mahdi Army is known to frequentlytarget police and other governmentsecurity forces in the area. Palestinestreet is a major road that eventuallyleads to Sadr City, the army'sstronghold.

26-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 2 A number of militants attacked apolice patrol in Hatra which is a townsouth of Mosul. Two policemen wereinstantly killed by the attack.Thearea is one of the Al-Qaeda operatingregions in the vast open and ratherbarren plateau that extends all theway to the Syrian borders. It isalmost certain that Al-Qaeda is thegroup responsible for the attack.

26-Apr-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified insurgents attacked thehome of the assistant policecommander of Mogadishu'sDharkeenley District. The assailantsset fire to his house. Shortly afterthe attack, a gunfight broke outbetween the attackers and policeforces.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

26-Apr-08 CotabatoPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified attackers were behind ablast that tore through a public busin Midsayap. The bus was parked andempty.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

27-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol wounded twocivilians. The attack took place in Al-Zuhour area in the eastern side ofMosul.Responsibility for the attack isdifficult to determine. Differentethnic groups in the city blame eachfor some of the violence that istaking place and there was no directindication to who might havecommitted the attack.

27-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 0 Three people were wounded when animprovised explosive device wasdetonated near the headquarters ofthe peoples councils. Theorganization is a governmentsponsored social and tribal gatheringthat supports security in their areas.The attack took place in Mualmeenneighborhood of Baqubah.Al-Qaedais first target that this organization isinclined to identify and eliminate andtherefore it is likely that Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attack.

27-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three policemen were woundedwhen a roadside bomb targeted theirpatrol in Tis'een district in Kirkuk.Different factions can be responsiblefor the attack of that scale. Unlikemajor suicide bombing that usually isrelated to Al-Qaeda, several militantgroups attack government security inKirkuk making determiningresponsibility for such attacks adifficult task.

27-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives14 3 A suicide attacker drove a vehicleloaded with explosives into aNational Police Patrol near Shaabstadium in Zayouna. Three werekilled in the attack and anotherfourteen were wounded. The victimswere a mix of civilians andpolicemen.Regardless of the fact thatNational Police is a force thatresembles and complements armyinfantry, the attack style and the factthat the unit was on patrol and not inoperational combat classifies thisattack as a terrorist attack.Theattack style leaves no doubt that Al-Qaeda is behind it.

27-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives5 6 Six were killed including four civiliansand five wounded including threecivilians when a suicide attackerdetonated his vest at a policecheckpoint in downtown Mosul. Theattack took place in Qassim Al-Khayat square at an early morninghour.The region and the attack styleindicates that Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attack.

27-Apr-08 Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives4 1 A remotely detonated vehicle bornimprovised explosive device that wasparked near a concrete blast wallkilled one women and wounded twomen and two children in Tikrit.Thefact that the vehicle was parked neara blast wall indicates that it wastargeting civilians near a governmentbuilding of some sort. Al-Qaeda is themajor group that continued toconduct such attacks in the area. It isalmost certain that they areresponsible for this attack as well.

27-Apr-08 Ramadi Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms4 1 Nine gunmen attacked Al-Khaldiyapolice station near Ramadi at a veryearly morning hour. One gunmenwas killed and another two woundedin addition to two policemen. Thegroup was captured by the police. Al-Qaeda usually attacks differentgovernment security forces inaddition to Al-Sahwa forces in thearea. It is likely that such groupbelongs to Al-Qaeda. The police didnot announce the identity of thegroup but reported the incident.


Explosives3 0 Three policemen were wounded intheir police station in easternBaghdad when three mortar shellsbombarded their station. The policestation is within the accurate firingrange of Sadr City mortar platformsand therefore, it almost certain thatAl-Mahdi Army is responsible for theattack.

28-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 One policeman was wounded in acentral neighborhood of Kirkuk whenan improvised explosive device hithis patrol.The mixed nature of thecentral part of the city and theexistence of more than one militantgroup there makes difficult todetermine responsibility for theattack.

28-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives7 1 A vehicle parked and loaded withexplosives targeted a policecheckpoint in Harthiya - Baghdadkilled one civilian and woundedanother seven people. Fourpolicemen were among thosewounded in the attack.The area issupposedly one of the betterprotected one due to its proximity toGreen Zone. The only group thatwould venture to attack such an areais Al-Qaeda which is very active inneighboring areas like Mansour.

28-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 Two Muslim local paramilitary wereinjured by a bomb hidden near theirpatrol station. The attacks werelinked to the anniversary of the April28, 2004 Krue Sae Mosque massacrein which Thai security forces killed 32people in a raid on the mosque inpursuit of attackers following aninsurgent strike.

28-Apr-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A 70-year-old Buddhist man waskilled by small arms fire in a drive-byshooting.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

28-Apr-08 Khogiani AfghanistanTaliban Explosives35 18 A suicide bombing near the HQ of thedistrict chief in Khogiani killed 18people and wounded 35. The attacktargeted a group of local officialsincluding police who wereparticipating in a poppy eradicationprogram. Khogiani's police chief waskilled in the attack and the districtchief was wounded

29-Apr-08 JalalabadAfghanistanUnknown Explosives25 6 A suicide bomber detonatedexplosives in a small town nearJalalabad. Five civilians were killedand 25 wounded

29-Apr-08 Baghdad Iraq ShiiteMilitias

Firearms0 1 The director of projects in theMinistry of Labor was killed in front ofhis house when he was leaving towork in the early morning.The attacktook place in Attafiyah which is in apredominantly Shiite neighborhood.Several Shiite militant groupsoperate in the area almostexclusively. There is a highprobability that one of these Shiitemilitant groups had performed theassassination.


Firearms5 2 A rocket hit a residential area in NewBaghdad District in southernBaghdad. Two civilians were killed inthe attack that also wounded anotherfive.The primary user of theserockets in 2008 was Al-Mahdi Armyand therefore it is likely that thegroup is responsible for the attack.Itis important to mention that NewBaghdad neither has military targetsnor it is in the path of any from thelaunch platforms that are likely to bein Sadr City.

29-Apr-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives5 1 One member of Al-Sahwa forces waskilled and another five woundedwhen a female suicide attackerdetonated her explosive vest inamong a group of the fighters.Theattack took place in Abu Saida villagenear Baqhubah which is a more like acluster of villages with a mixedpopulation.Despite the fact thatseveral militant groups operate inthe area, the nature of the attackmakes the responsibility for itexclusively Al-Qaeda's.

29-Apr-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 1 A truck loaded with explosives wasdriven by a suicide attacker into oneof the centers of the Iraqi army inMosul was fired upon before itreached its destination by armysoldiers.The soldiers fired rocketpropelled grenades (RPG7 - type)exploding the truck before it reachedthe center. The truck driver waskilled and one of the soldiers waswounded in the incident. Althoughthe target was a military target, thetactic used to attack the target was aterrorist tactic that is mostly adoptedby Al-Qaeda.

29-Apr-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 The director of Sadiya town in Diyalawas wounded by an improvisedexplosive device that targeted hisvehicle. One of his guards was killedin the attack and another two civilianby-standers were wounded.Theresponsibility for the attack cannotbe determined.

29-Apr-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda prominent peacemaker inMogadishu's Shibis neighborhood. Itis not immediately clear who wasbehind the attack.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

30-Apr-08 Buhruz Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 A vehicle carrying women was hit byan improvised explosive deviceplanted on the side of the road. Allsix women in the vehicle werewounded in the attack.The vehiclewas traveling from Baijat village nearBuhruz to Baqubah when the attacktook place.The responsibility for theattack cannot be determined.

30-Apr-08 Kirkuk Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 2 Two members of the Support Forces(a variant of Al-Sahwa forces) werekilled and another two were woundedincluding the field commander of theunit.The attack took place in Al-Abbasi (a town to the west of Kirkuk).These forces like Sahwa forces aretribal based militias that combats Al-Qaeda. It is almost certain that Al-Qaeda is responsible for the attack.

30-Apr-08 MiddleJubba

Somalia Unknown Firearms1 0 Armed insurgents attacked a WorldFood Program convoy sending aid toMiddle Jubba Region in southernSomalia. The attack left one aidworker wounded. Attacks on NGOworkers are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

30-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 A Buddhist man was killed wheninsurgents opened fire on his truck. Aperson travelling with him wasinjured in the attack.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

30-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 Provincial Energy Ministry employee,Jakrit Sahasata, was killed when avehicle he was travelling in to visit awater pumping station was attacked.Attackers sprayed his car withgunfire and then set the car alight. Acolleague travelling with him wasseverely injured.

30-Apr-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 3 Three policemen were killed in aremotely detonated bomb attack.Police were en route to a torchedtelephone booth when the attackoccurred.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

1-May-08 SarkhDistrict,LogarProvince

AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen killed the head ofthe Education Department of BarakiBarak District. No credit was claimedfor the attack.

1-May-08 BakwarDistrict,FarahProvince


0 0 Afghan National Army personnelcaptured five persons as they wereplanting a mine in the Bakwa Districtof Farah Province. No affiliation wasgiven for the arrested persons.

1-May-08 ArrigorriagaSpain ETA Explosives0 0 On May 1, 2008 a bomb exploded atthe Spanish Labor Ministry building inthe Basque town of Arrigorriaga. Theblast caused no casualties butseverely damaged the building andnearby vehicles. This attack alongwith another attack in San Sebastianthe same day were claimed by ETA.

1-May-08 SanSebastian

Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On May 1, 2008 two bombs explodedat the Basque Work, Health andSafety Institute in San Sebastian. Theblast caused no casualties and minordamage to the building This attackalong with another attack in the townof Arrigorriaga the same day wereclaimed by ETA.

1-May-08 Baghdad Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives5 0 Two policemen and three civilianswere wounded when an improvisedexplosive device targeted a policepatrol passing through Al-Ghadeerdistrict of Baghdad. Al-Ghadeer is amostly Christian area of the capitalbut resides close to Al-Mahdi Armystronghold in Sadr City. It is thereforelikely that the Mahdi Army isresponsible for the attack.

1-May-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives65 38 The first of two suicide attackersmingled with wedding attendantswhile stopped to take pictures inBalad Ruz. The suicide attacker thendetonated his explosive vest. Thecombined casualties of the twoattacks is thirty eight dead and sixtyfive wounded. This count includesthe two suicide attackers.Al-Qaeda isthe only group known to carry outsuch attacks in Iraq.

1-May-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 0 The second of two suicide attackerswhich was a female this time,detonated her vest when people andrescue teams arrived at the weddingexplosion scene. The combinedcasualties of the two attacks wasthirty eight dead and sixty fivewounded. The two attackers werealso killed in the incident.Al-Qaeda isthe only group capable of organizingand conducting such coordinatedsuicide missions.

1-May-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Armed insurgents detonated aroadside bomb targeting the convoyof Ugandan peacekeeping forces.The Ugandans were in the countryunder the auspices of the AfricanUnion, which has deployedpeacekeepers to Somalia in order toquell the growing violence in thecountry. There were no casualties inthe attack.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

1-May-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 0 Armed insurgents detonated aroadside bomb targeting the convoyof Burundian peacekeeping forces.The Burundians were in the countryunder the auspices of the AfricanUnion (AU), which has deployedpeacekeepers to Somalia in order toquell the growing violence in thecountry. There were no casualties inthe attack. This was the secondattack on the AU forces that sameday.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

1-May-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives10 2 Insurgents tossed a grenade into theprayer room at the Lipa Sa-ngoMosque during prayer. One man waskilled instantly, another died at thehospital. Ten others were injured inthe attack. The mosque was lightlydamaged in the attack.

1-May-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Buddhist member of a volunteerdefense force was killed and anotherinjured in an attack on their outpost.Four suspected insurgents attackedthe outpost.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

2-May-08 GhazniProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 One Taliban fighter was killed duringa Taliban attack on a police vehicle inthe Larama area of Moqor District.

2-May-08 GhanziCity

AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunman attacked a nomadKochi high school and killed onesecurity guard. No credit wasclaimed for the attack and localofficials stated that they did notbelieve the Taliban were involved.

2-May-08 MuqdadiyahIraq Al Qaeda Explosives5 2 A number of militants attacked theheadquarters of Al-Sahwa forces inMuqdadiyah and killed two membersof the unit in addition to woundinganother five. The gunmen also riggedthe building with explosives anddetonated them bringing the buildingdown.Al-Qaeda is the main elementthat fights against Al-Sahwa forcesand it is almost certain that they areresponsible for the attack.

3-May-08 NangarharProvince

AfghanistanJamiat-eUlema-ePakistan

Explosives2 2 Two terrorists were killed and twocivilians wounded when their bombexploded prematurely at a house inJanikhel area of Batikot District.Searches of the bodies foundmembership cards for Jamiat-eUlema-e Pakistan.

3-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives8 1 One civilian was killed and anothereight were wounded, including sixtraffic policemen in Al-Jami'a districtin western Baghdad when a roadsidebomb targeted their patrol.It is worthmentioning that traffic policemen arenot engaged in any sort of counterterrorism or counter insurgencyoperations. Their main duty is toregulate traffic and administervehicle registrations. Thepredominantly Sunni area is stillreachable for Al-Qaeda and it is likelythat they are responsible for theattack.

3-May-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three policemen were woundedwhen an improvised explosive devicehit their patrol in central Kirkuk.Theresponsibility for the attack cannotbe determined.

3-May-08 Sharqat Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 1 A child was killed and another twochildren were wounded by a mortarshell in Sharqat. The area has nosignificant military or governmenttargets which makes the attack aterrorist one that targeted thecivilian population. Al-Qaeda and itssubsidiary group Islamic State of Iraqare the only major militant groups inthe area.

3-May-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three policemen were woundedwhen an improvised explosive devicetargeted their patrol in EasternMosul. The Incident was reported bythe Iraqi police.Responsibility for theattack cannot be determined.


Explosives20 0 Twenty civilians including womenand children were wounded whentwo rockets hit Al-Sadr Hospital inSadr City.The possibility of thishospital being purposefully targetedclassifies this as a terrorist attack.The Mahdi Army is most likely tohave fired these rockets towards thehospital that doesn't fall under itsdirect command any longer by thistime.Eleven ambulance vehicleswere also destroyed by the attackaccording to the local health officials.

3-May-08 TiziOuzou


0 0 Authorities discovered anddismantled three remote-detonatedroadside explosives on the outskirtsof Tizi Ouzou. The explosive deviceswere connected to cell phones.There were no casualties in theinterrupted attack.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

4-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 One traffic policeman was killed andanother four wounded when twoimprovised explosive devices wentoff in close succession targeting thepatrol in Yarmouk district ofBaghdad.The area is predominantlySunni area of the capital; however, itis close to the central part of the city.More than one militant group canoperate in the area which makespredicting the perpetrator nearlyimpossible.It is worth mentioningthat traffic policemen have nocombat duties and they mainlyregulate traffic.


Explosives4 0 The wife of the Iraqi president Mr.Jalal Talibani, Mrs. Hero Talibani wassubjected to an assassinationattempt when a roadside bombtargeted her convoy in near theNational Theater in central Baghdad.The area is known to have beenunder repeated attacks by the MahdiArmy and therefore it is likely thatthey are responsible for the attack.Itis unclear whether the attacker knowwho was in the convoy or not, butthey usually attack governmentvehicles in the area.Four of hersecurity detail were wounded in theincident.

4-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb that was magneticallyattached to a vehicle exploded nearthe Green Zone wounding onecivilian. These explosive devices arenicknamed sticky bombs and theyhave become a weapon of choice forassassinations. The responsibility forthe attack cannot be determined.

4-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 The assistant to the head ofUniversity of Baghdad Dr. AyadJaafar was assassinated in Al-AdelDistrict in western Baghdad. Two ofhis sons were also wounded in theattack that killed their father. Theresponsibility for the attack cannotbe predicted. Al-Adel is an areawhere more than one militant grouphas access. It is, therefore, verydifficult to determine the perpetrator.


Explosives3 0 One man and two children werewounded by an improvised explosivedevice that targeted them inZayouna in eastern Baghdad. Al-Mahdi Army frequently operate in thearea and is likely to be responsiblefor the attack.

4-May-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A failed attempt to defuse a roadsidebomb by Al-Sahwa in Baqubah killedone member of unit and woundedanother.The responsibility for theattack cannot be determined.

4-May-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 An improvised explosive device thattargeted a civilian vehicle causedone civilian to die.The responsibilityfor the attack cannot be determined.

4-May-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A number of militants shot deadSarwa Abdul Wahab who was ajournalist, a lawyer and a member ofthe independent electoralcommittee. The responsibility for theattack cannot be determined.

4-May-08 Bosasso Somalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen attempted toassassinate Bisharo MohammedWaeys, a celebrated femalejournalist in Somalia's city ofBosasso. The attackers wereunsuccessful as Ms. Waeys was ableto escape in her car. Authoritiesbelieve that she was targetedbecause she was a female journalist.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

4-May-08 NongChik

Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unknown arsonists set eight vehiclesablaze at a car showroom causingdamage worth about USD250,000.

4-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives12 0 A bomb hidden in a trash canexploded near a Red Crescent fair ata public park. The bomb was on atimer. The park is located near theresidence of Narathiwat's deputygovernor Thanon Wetkornkanon. Theblast was one of 20 near-simultaneous attacks in NarathiwatProvince on this date mostlytargeting military personnel andsites.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Other 0 0 Unidentified assailants caused anelectricity outage in Tak Bai districtin southern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince by loosening screws at thebase of electricity poles, causingthem to collapse, and cutting powerlines. Similar attacks occurred in fourother districts in Narathiwat on thesame day, leaving these five districtswithout electricity for at least 2 days.These attacks are part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Other 0 0 Unidentified assailants caused anelectricity outage in Sungai Kolokdistrict in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province by looseningscrews at the base of electricitypoles, causing them to collapse, andcutting power lines. Similar attacksoccurred in four other districts inNarathiwat on the same day, leavingthese five districts without electricityfor at least 2 days. These attacks arepart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand which began inJanuary 2004.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Other 0 0 Unidentified assailants caused anelectricity outage in Sungai Padidistrict in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province by looseningscrews at the base of electricitypoles, causing them to collapse, andcutting power lines. Similar attacksoccurred in four other districts inNarathiwat on the same day, leavingthese five districts without electricityfor at least 2 days. These attacks arepart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand which began inJanuary 2004.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Other 0 0 Unidentified assailants caused anelectricity outage in Waeng district insouthern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince by loosening screws at thebase of electricity poles, causingthem to collapse, and cutting powerlines. Similar attacks occurred in fourother districts in Narathiwat on thesame day, leaving these five districtswithout electricity for at least 2 days.These attacks are part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Other 0 0 Unidentified assailants caused anelectricity outage in Sukhirin districtin southern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince by loosening screws at thebase of electricity poles, causingthem to collapse, and cutting powerlines. Similar attacks occurred in fourother districts in Narathiwat on thesame day, leaving these five districtswithout electricity for at least 2 days.These attacks are part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

5-May-08 CorintoMunicipality

Colombia FARC Explosives1 3 On May 5, 2008 a gas-cylinder bombexploded in a house in El Tablon inthe Corinto Municipality. The blastkilled three pople and woundedanother along with destroying thehouse.The FARC are believe to beresponsible.

5-May-08 Cordoba Colombia FARC Explosives0 1 On May 5, 2008 a Columbian soldierkilled a FARC rebel. The rebel wasattempting to detonate a bomb thatwas placed on an oil pipeline outsideCordoba.


Firearms2 0 A number of militants opened fire ona police patrol in Bab Al-Sheikhcentral area of Baghdad. Twopolicemen were wounded in theattack that took place in during theevening.The style of the attack andthe proximity of Bab Al-Sheikh toMahdi Army strongholds suggeststhat the group is responsible for theattack.


Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive deviceplanted near the oil marketingcompany in Zayouna districtwounded two civilians who were inthe vicinity of the explosion. The oilmarketing company was targeted fora second in a month and it is likelythat Al-Madhi Army which operates inthe area is responsible for the attack.The company is a subsidiary of theministry of oil.

5-May-08 BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in Balad Ruzin Diyala province. Three policemenwere wounded in the explosion.Thegroup responsible for the attackcannot be identified due to thepresence of multiple groups in thearea and due to the commonality ofthe attack tactic.

5-May-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives7 1 An improvised explosive device killedone policeman and wounded anotherseven from the emergency policeunit of Kirkuk.The attack took placeon the airport road in central Kirkuk.The perpetrator of the attackremains unknown. No one claimedresponsibility for the attack.

5-May-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive device wasdetonated in Al-Maarif neighborhoodin central Mosul. No casualties werereported.The group responsible forthat attack remains unknown.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Other 0 0 Insurgents cut off power to fivedistricts in Narathiwat Province aftersabotaging power transmission polesand cutting power lines.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 The Rangae District chief and 10other defense volunteer forcesnarrowly escaped a bomb set by theroadside.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-May-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives1 0 A bomb detonated near a patrol uniton a public road during daytime.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-May-08 Rueso Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A bus stop was torched in the Tak Baiarea of Narathiwat Province.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

5-May-08 Rueso Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 A school was torched by unidentifiedattackers.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-May-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives5 0 At least three police trainers and twocivilians were wounded when a bombattached to a bicycle exploded anddamaged the minivan they weretraveling in. No credit was claimedfor the attack, but local officialsblamed the attack on the Taliban.

6-May-08 Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives21 4 A parked vehicle loaded withexplosives went off in downtownTikrit. Four people were killed andanother twenty one wounded in theattack.Al-Qaeda is the main groupthat conducts such acts of terrorismin the area and it is almost certainthat it is responsible for the attack.

6-May-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 2 Two militants died when theyaccidentally detonated an improvisedexplosive attack they were plantingon the highway south of Mosul.Theregion experiences high Al-Qaedaactivity and it is likely that the twomilitants belong to the group.

6-May-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms2 3 Two policemen and a civilian werekilled and another two policemenwounded when a number of gunmenambushed a police patrol in westernMosul.The identity of the attackerswas not determined.

6-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives12 0 Two precisely aimed mortar shellswounded twelve people including fivepolicemen in Utaifiyah district innorthern Baghdad.The identity of theattacking group remains unknowndue to distance of Utaifiyah from anyof the usual mortar launching sites inthe cities.

6-May-08 NigerDelta

Nigeria Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen abducted threeChinese construction workers on May6, 2008 but later freed them on May10, 2008.

6-May-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 A policeman was injured in anambush and shootout with attackers.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

6-May-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A religious teacher was shot andkilled while running errands. Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-May-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 2 The administrative head of the Khostpolice command was killed alongwith his driver in a roadside bombattack in the Madikhel area of Khostprovince. Three children were alsoreported wounded in the blast. TheTaliban claimed responsibility for theattack.

7-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three employees of the Iraqi ministryof foreign affairs were woundedwhen an adhesive bomb (nick namedsticky bomb) attached to their busexploded. The attack took place inAllawi area which is a few hundredmeters from the ministry buildingand the Green Zone.Responsibilityfor the attack cannot be determined.

7-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 One civilian was wounded when anadhesive bomb attached to hisvehicle exploded near Al-Tayaransquare in central Baghdad.Responsibility for the attack cannotbe determined.

7-May-08 Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 0 A number of militants used explosivecharges to completely destroy apoliceman's house in Mosul.Theattack took place in Al-Yousuf districtof Mosul. Al-Qaeda has repeatedlyused such tactics to terrorize securityforces personnel. The group is alsoknown to have large rangingactivities in Mosul and itssurroundings.

7-May-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A Buddhist man was killed whileriding a motorcycle to work. His wifeand son riding with him wereuninjured.Islamic insurgents in thefar south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

7-May-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms10 1 A group of presumed Islamicmilitants ambushed a weddingconvoy travelling to the celebration.Some members of the wedding partywere armed and fought back, leadingto a shootout in which one suspectedrebel was killed.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

8-May-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 1 A suicide attack using a ToyotaCorolla wounded five civilians in the5th precinct of Kabul. No credit wasclaimed for the attack and policeofficials stated that they believe thebomb detonated prematurely due tothe lack of viable targets in the blastarea. The bomber died in the blast.

8-May-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Unknown0 0 Unidentified individuals removedsteel nuts and bolts from three highvoltage electricity towers in southernThailand's Pattani province, causingtwo of the towers to fall over. Theattack occurred in tambon Barahor inMuang district. This attack is part ofan ongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.

8-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives19 7 A car loaded with a massive bombwas detonated in Mansour upscaleneighborhood of Baghdad. Theexplosion took place near a popularrestaurant in the area that issometimes attended by securityforces personnel. The explosiveskilled seven people, three of thempolicemen, it also wounded anothertwo policemen and seventeencivilians. Several shops and vehicleswere also incinerated in the attackincluding a police vehicle. Al-Qaedais known to be able to operate in theneighborhood in addition to the styleof the attack that adheres to Al-Qaeda's tactics.

8-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 An improvised explosive deviceplanted near a Mosque in Al-JihadArea in western Baghdad woundedseven civilians.The responsibility forthe attack is undetermined.

8-May-08 Dhulu'iyahIraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 1 A suicide attacker driving a vehicleloaded with explosive detonated hisvehicle when the head of Dhulu'iyahSahwa forces convoy was passing by.The head of the Sahwa forces wasmildly wounded in the attack.Theattacker was killed in the explosion.Al-Qaeda is responsible for theattack.

8-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 An adhesive improvised explosivedevice was attached to a minibus inZayouna area. One civilian was killedin the explosion and five others wereseverely wounded. The groupresponsible for the attack cannot beidentified.


Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive deviceplanted near the national theater inKarada - Baghdad, wounded threepassing-by civilians. Al-Mahdi Armyfrequently performs attacks in thisparticular region. The region usuallycontains a regularly deployed policecheckpoint that prevents Mahdi Armyfrom connecting two of its mainstronghold in the capital.

8-May-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 5 An unidentified gunmen tossed agrenade into a photographers shop inSiinaay neighborhood in Mogadishu.The attack, which took place afterthe shop had received a number ofwarnings to close down, left fivepeople dead. It should be noted thatphotography shops, like movietheaters, have been targeted in thepast in Somalia.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

8-May-08 UnknownSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda truck driver with the World FoodProgram (WFP) as he was passingthrough central Somalia. There wereno reports of any robbery of the foodtruck after the attack.Since routingthe Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

8-May-08 CotabatoCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives5 0 A group identifying itself as al-HerHajj but identified by authorities asthe al-Khobar extortion group, whichreportedly has links to Abu Sayyaf,claimed responsibility for a bombblast in Midsayap that injured fivepeople. A separate earlier report saysthree were killed in the blast and atleast five more were injured (AFP HKMay 8).

9-May-08 GhazniCity

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 5 A Taliban ambush of a police convoyresulted in the deaths of three policeand wounding one other. The attackoccurred in the Gospandi area ofGhazni City. Two Taliban fighterswere reported killed in the resultingfirefight.

9-May-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket hit the BBC news office inBaghdad. No casualties werereported as a result of the attackaccording to the British broadcaster.Responsibility for the attack cannotbe determined.

10-May-08

BuenaventuraColombia FARC Firearms1 1 On May 10, 2008 FARC rebelsattacked civilians in Buenaventurawith firearms. One police officer waskilled and another injured in theensuing incident. There were nocivilian causalities.The FARC arebelieved to be responsible.

10-May-08

Baghdad Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives5 0 An improvised explosive device thattargeted a police patrol inZa'faraniya wounded five people, twoof which are policemen.The MahdiArmy is known to frequently attacksecurity forces in the area. It istherefore most likely that the groupsis also responsible for this attack aswell.

10-May-08

Basra Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives5 2 Two civilians were killed and fiveothers were wounded when animprovised explosive device targeteda police patrol in Basra.Al-MahdiArmy is known to use roadsidebombs to target security forces inBasra.

10-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive device wentoff in Al-Shaab area in northernBaghdad. Two civilians werewounded in the attackResponsibilityfor the attack cannot be determined.

10-May-08


Explosives5 2 A failed attempt to plant animprovised explosive device thatcaused it to detonate prematurelykilled the insurgent who planted it. Acivilian who was in the vicinity of theexplosion was killed and another fivewere wounded.The attempt tookplace in Hakimiya area of Basra. TheMahdi Army and other Iranian specialgroups embedded with it are knownto use explosives and roadsidebombs to attack security forces inthe city.

10-May-08

YagabarwiniSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Unknown0 4 The Mujahideen Youth Movement(MYM) claimed responsibility for theattempted assassination of Somalia'sfinance minister. As his convoypassed through lower Shabelle, itwas ambushed by MYM forces. Theattack left four of his militarybodyguards dead. Attacks ongovernment officials are common inSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

10-May-08

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives4 0 Unidentified gunmen lobbedgrenades at police forces inMogadishu, injuring four people. Twoof those injured were police officers.Following the attack, policeexchanged gunfire with theattackers.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

10-May-08

Assam India UnitedLiberationFront ofAssam(ULFA)

Explosives5 0 A woman in her mid twenties,believed to be part of the UnitedLiberation Front of Assam (ULFA), lefta bomb hidden in a bag of potatochips at a diagnostics center inAssam. Upon leaving, the bombdetonated, wounding five people.There are about 10 militantorganizations operating in Assam.The ULFA, an organization with thedeclared goal of achievingindependence for Assam, wasestablished in 1979.Since 1997, theIndian government’s continuousmilitary and para-military operationshave considerably weakened theULFA, driving its senior leadershipinto exile. However, the wideningnetwork of extortion, criminal andquasi-legal activities in Assam thatthe leadership commands providesfor the continued financing ofmilitant activities. (South AsiaTerrorism Portal)

11-May-08

GhazniProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 1 A Taliban attack on a roadconstruction company convoy in theKoshak area of Khwaja Omari Districtkilled one construction worker andwounded one other. A series ofbattles with police erupted after theattack, wounding an unconfirmednumber of police and Talibanfighters.

11-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 Six civilians were wounded when animprovised explosive devicetargeting the the deputy financeminister went off.The attack tookplace near the Iranian embassyacross the road from the northentrance of the Green Zone.Responsibility for the attack cannotbe determined but it is worth tomention that the area where theattack took place is under heavyguard by the Iraqi security forces.

11-May-08


Explosives2 0 Two people were wounded when animprovised explosive device went offnear Palestine Street in easternBaghdad. The area is known to beunder frequent attacks by the MahdiArmy.

11-May-08

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeting a police patrol in centralKirkuk wounded two civilians. Thediversity of militant groups in the citymakes predicting the perpetratoralmost impossible. Groups like TheMahdi Army, Al-Qaeda, theNaqshabandi Method Army and thevarious Kurdish militias all competingfor power make any prediction verydifficult.

12-May-08

Hernani Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On May 12, 2008 two bombsexploded under a digging machine inthe town of Hernani. The blastcaused no casualties but damagedthe equipment. The equipment wasowned by Amenabar a Spanishcompany working on a high-speedrail project in the Basque Country.ETA claimed responsibility for theattack.

12-May-08

CastledergNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives1 0 On May 12, 2008 an off-duty policeofficer was injured by a booby-trapcar bomb in the Spamount villiagearea of Castlederg. The officer, aCatholic, was not on duty at the timeof the attack.Dissident republicansare believed to be responsible for theattack.

12-May-08

RicaurteMunicipality

Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On May 12, 2008 FARC rebels fromthe Mariscal Sucre blew up anelectricity pylon in RicaurteMunicipality. The damage will takethree days to repair and cost theelectricity company $8.4 million inlost revenue.

12-May-08

Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 5 An improvised explosive device wasplanted on a roadside targeted AbuQutaiba who is a leader of the localSahwa in Fallujah.The commander ofthe Sahwa force was killed along withtwo of his bodyguards, two kidspassing by were also killed in theattack.Al-Qaeda is responsible for theattack.

12-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Colonel Nibras Fadel Abbas, anemployee of the Iraqi Ministry ofDefense was assassinated nearYarmouk hospital in Baghdad.Gunmen opened fire on his vehiclewhen passing on one of the area'smain streets.The group that wasresponsible for the attack isunknown.

12-May-08


Explosives2 0 Two civilians were wounded when animprovised explosive device went offin Al-Bunouk area of Baghdad.Al-Bunouk is a predominantly Shiitearea where Al-Mahdi Army operates.It is likely that the same group is alsoresponsible for this attack as well.

12-May-08

Sharqat Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives0 1 A former member of the Sahwa andcurrent police officer in Sharqat wasassassinated by a bomb planted inhis vehicle.Sharqat is volatile area atwhich Al-Qaeda still operates andintimidates the local population. It islikely that the groups is alsoresponsible for this attack as well.

13-May-08

MaydanshahrAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Four police were killed when theTaliban attacked a securitycheckpoint near Maydanshahr,Wardag Province. The police wereguarding an ongoing constructionproject for a pedagogical building.The Taliban claimed that theycaptured and subsequently executed13 additional police. There was noindependent confirmation of thisclaim.

13-May-08

Cali Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On May 13 three ammonium nitratebombs exploded in front of Banco deBogato in Cali. The blast caused nocasualties and only minor damage tothe bank. Authorities believe theFARC's Manuel Cepeda Vargas UrbanFront is responsible.

13-May-08

MahmudiyahIraq Unknown Explosives3 1 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol nearMahmudiyah, south of Baghdad.Onepoliceman was killed in the incidentand three others were wounded.Responsibility for the attack inunclear.

13-May-08

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 Two children were wounded by animprovised explosive device in thesouth-west of Mosul.The groupresponsible for the attack cannot bepredicted due to the existence ofmore than one that might have beenresponsible for the attack.

13-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Five civilians were wounded by animprovised explosive device.Theattack took place in Karada area ofcentral Baghdad. The nature andopenness of the area makespredicting the perpetrator almostimpossible.

13-May-08

NasiriyahIraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives3 0 Three people were woundedincluding one child in Nasiriyah whena mortar shell fell near where theywere.The Mahdi Army is known tolaunch mortars in the area.

13-May-08

Jaipur India Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami

Explosives150 60 On May 13, 2008, a series of eightbomb blasts took place within a spanof minutes at various locations inJaipur, a popular tourist destination60 people were killed with 150wounded. All the bombs wereplanted on bicycles and targetedmarkets as well as a police station.While no group claimed responsibilityfor the attack, the militant groupHarkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami has beenblamed.

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Explosives0 0 On May 13, 2008, a series of eightbomb blasts took place within a spanof minutes at various locations inJaipur, a popular tourist destination60 people were killed with 150wounded. The eight bomb was foundand defused by police. While nogroup claimed responsibility for theattack, the militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami has been blamed.

14-May-08

Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A rocket was fired at a mastbelonging to the AreebaTelecommunications Company. Themast was damaged, but nocasualties were reported.

14-May-08

Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 A teacher in the archi District ofKabul province was killed beunknown gunmen. The teacher wasknown to have spoken againstassassinations and suicide attacks.No credit was claimed for themurder.

14-May-08

LegutianoSpain ETA Explosives4 1 On May 14, 2008 a car bomb withroughly 100kg of explosivesexploded in front of a police barracksin the Basque town of Legutiano. Theblast killed one police officer andwounded four others. The barrackswhich was destroyed in the attackhouses the officers and their families.The vehicle used in the attack wasstolen in France a month prior to theattack. The cell led by ETA membersJurdan Martitegi and ArkaitzGoikoetxea are believed to be behindthis attack.

14-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 3 An improvised explosive devicetargeting the convoy of AbdulKareem Al-Sammarra'e, a prominentmember of the Islamic Party, killedthree people and wounded anotherseven.The Islamic Army member wasnot harmed in the attack but two ofhis guards were among the wounded.The group responsible for the attackis not known.

14-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 2 Two people were killed and anotherfifteen were wounded when a parkedbomb exploded near the mainentrance of the Islamic Party inYarmouk - Baghdad.The groupresponsible for the attack remainsunknown.

14-May-08

Samarra Iraq SunniInsurgents

Explosives0 4 Four insurgents were engaged andkilled by the police in Samarra duringtheir attempt to plant an improvisedexplosive device.The police reportedthe incident and also reported thatthe attackers were insurgents.

14-May-08

BandaAceh

IndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 An unidentified attacker tossed agrenade at the local office of theNGO Save the Children. No injuries ormotive were reported.

15-May-08

DelaramDistrict,FarahProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives22 18 A burqa-clad suicide bomberdetonated explosive inside acrowded bazaar in the DelaramDistrict of Farah Province. Accountssay at least six police officers and 12civilians were killed and 22 wounded.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack and claimed the target was apolice commander in the area. Apolice spokesman stated that thepolice believed the bomber wasfemale.

15-May-08

JalalabadAfghanistanAbuHamzaGroup

Firearms0 1 An al Qaeda-linked group, callingthemselves the Abu Hamza Groupattacked the house of MP Hazrat Aliin Jalalabad and claimed credit forkilling Ali's father. The groupclaimed that they kidnapped sevenmembers of Ali's family, a claim thatcould not be corroborated. Thegroup claimed the attack was inresponse to Ali's treatment of AQfighters in the Tora Bora area duringthe US invasion of 2001.

15-May-08

Santiago Chile Unknown Explosives0 0 On May 15, 2008 a noise bombexlploded near the PresidentialPalace in Santiago next to the JuanGuzman Monument. The blastcaused no casualties or damage.There were no claims ofresponsibility for the attack but theprofile fits attacks conducted by left-wing extremists or groups affiliatedwith the Mapuche Indians.

15-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 The convoy of the governor ofBaghdad was attacked by animprovised explosive devise in NasrSq. in central Baghdad. One of hissecurity detail was killed in theattack, four were also wounded. Thearea is a predominantly a Shiite andChristian area and Al-Mahdi army isknown to operate in the area.However, the area's openness makesit vulnerable to many other militantgroups a well.

15-May-08

Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms3 0 A number of Gunmen kidnappedthree senior doctors in Tikrit whilethey were on the highway betweenTikrit and Baiji - near Al-Hamravillage. The doctors were Dr. SabbarMahrooz Abdullah, the head of thehead of Tikrit teaching hospital, andtwo other specialists. Al-Qaeda is acontinuous threat to many highlyeducated Iraqi professionals and thearea is one which it can operate.

15-May-08

UnknownMalaysia Unknown Explosives0 0 The opposition Democratic ActionParty Perak state headquarters weretorched in a late-night firebombingattack. Two men on a motorcyclereportedly tossed explosives into theoffice. The DAP had been elected topower in Perak state.

16-May-08

Colombo SriLanka

LTTE Explosives95 9 Seven police personnel and twocivilians were killed, with 95wounded, when a suspected TamilTiger suicide bomber rammed hismotorcycle into a police bus in theheart of Colombo. The attackoccurred close to the Hilton Hotel,opposite a Buddhist temple and alsonot far from the office of PresidentMahinda Rajapaksa. The police buswas carrying anti-riot squad policepersonnel. The military blamed theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) for the attack, which occurredhours before President Rajapaksawas to swear in.

16-May-08

Athens Greece Conscience-LedBand

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On May 16, 2008 the First PolicePrecinct in the Aigaleo area of Athenswas attacked with molotov cocktailsand a gas canister bomb. The attackdestroyed six vehicles belonging tothe Greek police but knowone wasinjured in the attack. Conscience-LedBand claimed credit for the attack.

16-May-08

Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives9 5 Four policemen were killed and nineother people were wounded when asuicide attacker drove a car loadedwith explosives into a policecheckpoint in Fallujah.Al-Qaeda is themain group that performs suicideattacks against Iraqi security forces.Fallujah is one the areas that areaccessible to the group.

16-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 One civilian was killed and threeothers were wounded when animprovised explosive device went offin a bus station in central Baghdad.The group responsible for the attackcannot be identified.

16-May-08

Thenia Algeria Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified gunmen set up a fakeroadblock on the outskirts of Theniaand attempted to abduct a privatecitizen. They set fire to the man'scar but were unsuccessful inabducting the man as heimmediately fled after getting out ofthe car. The assailants did notpursue as there was an armybarracks nearby the scene of theattack.

17-May-08

LogarProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 2 Two police were killed and threewounded when their vehicle hit aroadside mine in the Charkh Districtof Logar Province. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

17-May-08

KandaharProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Armed gunmen set afire two truckscarrying wheat owned by the WorldFood Program in the Khaki Chopanarea of Maywand District on theKabul-Kandahar highway. Localofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack.

17-May-08

KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 One civilian was killed when a bombattached to a bicycle exploded.Officials believe the bomber targeteda police vehicle that was passing byat the time of the explosion. Nopolice were injured in the attack.

17-May-08

LogarProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 2 Two Afghan police were killed andtwo wounded when their vehicle hit aroadside mine in the Charkh Districtof Logar Province. Officials blamedthe Taliban for the attack.

17-May-08

PaktikaProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 The driver of a fuel tanker truck waskilled when a rocket fired by gunmenhit his vehicle in the Garda Serai areaof Paktika Province. The Talibanclaimed credit though stated thatthey destroyed two Afghan Armyvehicles.

17-May-08

Santiago Chile Unknown Explosives0 0 On May 17, 2008 a bomb composedof a black powder inside a fireextinguisher exploded outside thePudahuel Police Station in Santiago.The blast caused no casualties butcaused minor damage to the stationand nearby vehicles. There were noclaims of responsibility for the attackbut the profile fits attacks conductedby left-wing extremists or groupsaffiliated with the Mapuche Indians.Unspecified pamphlets were left atthe scene.

17-May-08


Explosives3 1 A woman died and three childrenwere wounded when a rocketslammed into their house in SadrCity.It is likely a rocket fired by Al-Mahdi Army and had strayed offtarget.

17-May-08

Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives15 1 A female suicide attacker detonatedher explosives at a Sahwa checkpointin Baqubah and wounded fifteenmembers of the unit manning thecheckpoint.Al-Qaeda has beensuccessfully recruiting and deployingfemale suicide bombers at a highrate, especially in Diyala Province.This attack is certainly one of thegroups repeated attempts againstSahwa forces in the area.The suicidebomber also died in the attack.

17-May-08

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 A man died and his wife was severelywounded when their vehicle passednear an improvised explosive devicein Kirkuk.Responsibility for the attackcannot be determined.

17-May-08

Kismayu Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAhmad Bariyow, the head of HornRelief Aid Agency in Kismaayo.Attacks on NGO workers and reliefworkers are common in Somalia.Since routing the Union of IslamicCourts (UIC) in December in 2006,both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

17-May-08

Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives5 1 A bomb planted in a car park near apolice station killed a policeman andfive of his colleagues.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

17-May-08

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives9 0 Nine visitors to a busy local nightmarket were injured in a bombattack.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

18-May-08

HelmandProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives8 4 Four civilians were killed and 8wounded, including five police, whena suicide bomber detonated hisbomb near a police convoy in theMusa Qala area of Helmand District.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

18-May-08

PaktikaProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 1 A convoy carrying the police chiefs ofWaza Khwa and Khoshamanddistricts and other officials wasattacked by Taliban insurgents in theGoshta area of Waza Khwa. Thehead of the power department ofWaza Khwa was wounded and his 17-year old son was killed. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

18-May-08

CotabatoPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 An explosive device was found infront of a town hall in the southernPhilippines. The bomb was madefrom a rifle grenade and included amechanical timing device. It wasfound in Midsayap town in Cotabatoprovince on the island of Mindanao.On the island Mindanao severalmilitant groups, including the MoroIslamic Liberation Front and the NewPeople's Army, are conductingattacks.

18-May-08

Pianotolli-CaldarelloFrance Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On May 18, 2008 a home belongingto a couple from mainland Francewas firebombed in the town ofPianotolli-Caldarello in southernCorisca. There were no casualties butthe house was damaged in theattack.No group claimedresponsibility for the attack butCorsican separatist groups havetargeted homes owned by peoplefrom mainland France in the past.

18-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four civilians were wounded when amortar shell fell on their house inIskan area of Baghdad. There are nomilitary or police targets in the areaand the area is not one of the highviolence regions of the capital.Responsibility for the attack cannotbe predicted.

18-May-08

Baghdad Iraq ShiiteMilitias

Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive device leftinside a minibus exploded woundingtwo civilians. It is unclear whetherthe explosives were meant todetonate or they were simply beingtransported.The area is anexclusively Shiite area and thereforeone of the Shiite militias in the areamust be responsible for the attack.Sunni insurgents cannot operatewithin the area and it is not one of Al-Qaeda type operations either.

18-May-08


Explosives0 0 A hand grenade was tossed at amusic and video games store inBasra causing large damage to thestore. There were no reportedcasualties in the incident.Al-MahdiArmy is known to target variousrecreational businesses in the city. Itis almost certain that the samemilitia is responsible for this attackas well.

18-May-08

Basra Iraq ShiiteMilitias

Explosives0 0 The headquarters of the Iraqicommunist party in Basra wasattacked by a sound grenade. Theattack looks more like a terroristthreat against the party that has anagenda which evidently divergesfrom agendas of Islamic militantgroups.There were no casualties inthe attack but a few windows werebroken in the attack.The attack couldbe committed by any number ofShiite Militias operating in the city.

19-May-08

LaghmanProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms4 0 A police patrol was attacked byTaliban insurgents, wounding fourpolice in the Shamkat region ofLaghman Province. The police wereambushed while on patrol searchingfor insurgents who killed Wolesi Jirgamember Hazrat Ali. Both the Talibanand Hezb -e Eslami claimed credit forthe attack.

19-May-08

Getxo Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On May 19, 2008 a booby-trappedvan with 60kg of explosivesdetonated at the Real Club Maritimo,a yacht club, in the town of Getxo.There were no casualties in theattack but the yacht club wasseverely damaged along with othernearby buildings.ETA claimedresponsibility for the attack whichoccurred prior to high-levels betweenthe Spanish Prime Minister andBasque leaders.

19-May-08

Suq Al-Shyoukh

Iraq al-MahdiArmy

Explosives0 1 A bomb planted under the bed of aSuq Al-Shoukh town's police chiefwas set off when he went to bed. SuqAl-Shyoukh is in Nasiriyah Province,which is an area of high Mahdi Armyactivity. It is likely that the samemilitia is also responsible for thisattack.The police chief was killed inthe incident.

19-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three people were wounded when animprovised explosive deviceexploded in Dora area of Baghdad.The group responsible for the attackis unknown.

19-May-08

Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives6 1 A parked vehicle that was loadedwith explosives killed one person andwounded another six when itexploded in central Tikrit.Al-Qaeda isthe only remaining group that carriesout such attacks in the area.

19-May-08


Firearms0 2 Two policemen were killed when anumber of gunmen opened fire onthem in a drive-by shooting. TheMahdi Army is still the main militiathat attacks security forces in Basra.This is likely to be another attack bythe group.

19-May-08

Ba'aj Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 11 Eleven new police recruits were killedwhen a number of gunmen stoppedand attacked their minibus near Ba'ajin Nineveh province.Al-Qaedaoperates in the area andcontinuously attacks security forces.It is almost certain that the samegroup is responsible for the attack.

19-May-08


Firearms1 1 Lt. Colonel Ahmed Al-Nori wasassassinated and his driver waswounded when gunmen attackedtheir vehicle. The attack took place inSadr city which makes the MahdiArmy responsible for it. Sadr City isthe main Mahdi Army stronghold inthe capital.The Lt. Colonel was thehead of police intelligence in Risafahalf of Baghdad.

19-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 The commander of a police station inAl-Qouds area of the capital waswounded by an improvised explosivedevice. Responsibility for the attackcannot be determined.

19-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms3 0 Three policemen were woundedwhen a number of gunmen attackedtheir vehicle in Baghdad. Missingdetails, especially regarding thelocation of the attack makespredicting the perpetrator almostimpossible.

19-May-08

BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedMaryan Said Ahmed, a member ofthe council of scholars andpoliticians, as he was walking homein Baydhabo. Attacks on politiciansand religious figures are common inSomalia.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

19-May-08

CotabatoCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives2 0 A bus driver and conductor wereinjured in a bomb blast targeting apublic bus. Reports to policesuggested the blast was due tobusiness rivalry. A separate reportsaid three were injured and that theal-Khobar group linked to Abu Sayyafwas blamed by officials. A thirdreport cited officials who said thegroup was linked to JemaahIslamiyah and said five people hadbeen injured in the blast .

20-May-08

KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 The driver of an aid agency's watertanker was killed when his tankercame under attack. Local officialsblamed the Taliban for the attack.

20-May-08

Wardak AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 2 Two civilians were killed when aroadside mine exploded in Wardak.Officials believe the mine targeted anearby police vehicle. Officialsblamed the Taliban for the attack.

20-May-08

Gardez AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 0 Two police and five civilians forwounded by an explosion near apolice station in Gardez, PaktikaProvince. The bomb had been placedin a hand-cart and remote detonated.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

20-May-08

Santiago Chile Unknown Explosives1 0 On May 20, 2008 a small bombexploded in eastern Santiago. Theblast slightly injured a women andcaused damage to nearby vehiclesalong with temporarily knocking outthe neighborhood's power. Therewere no claims of responsibility forthe attack but the profile fits attacksconducted by left-wing extremists orgroups affiliated with the MapucheIndians.

20-May-08

Diyala Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives in Diyala province. Onechild was killed and two othercivilians were also wounded in theattack. The attacker also died as aresult of his action.Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attack as well alarge number of suicide attacks inthe province.

20-May-08

Dhulu'iyahIraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 5 Five members of Sahwa police inDhulu'iyah - Salahuldeen Provincewere killed when a number ofgunmen opened fire on thecheckpoint from speeding vehicles.Al-Qaeda is known to target theseforces that are comprised of formerinsurgents who turned against Al-Qaeda.

20-May-08

Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 4 A suicide attacker's house wassurrounded by the police and theattacker detonated his explosives inhis house killing three othermembers of his family including hiswife and sister instead ofsurrendering to the police.A total offour were killed in the house andanother two were wounded. Theattack took place in Fallujah in AnbarProvince. It is likely that the attackeris a member of Al-Qaeda.

20-May-08

BaladRuz

Iraq Unknown Explosives9 2 A mortar shell targeted a crowdedmarket place in Balad Ruz killing twopeople and wounding another nine.The group responsible for the attackcannot be identified.

20-May-08

Mandili Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 2 Sheikh Abdul Al-Mutallib Al-Nidawithe head of Sahwa forces in Mandiliwas attacked by a female suicidebomber. The Sheikh and two hisguards were wounded in the attack,however, his niece was killed.Theattacker that most probably belongto Al-Qaeda also perished in theattack.

20-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 One person was killed and anotherfour were wounded when animprovised explosive device inside aminibus went off. It is unclearwhether the device was plantedthere or it was simply beingtransported by the minibus. Theattack took place when the minibuswas passing Rustumiya area ofBaghdad.The group responsible forthe attack remains unknown

20-May-08


Explosives2 0 Two people were wounded when animprovised explosive device went offin Zayouna, eastern Baghdad. Theproximity of the area to Sadr Cityand the frequent attacks of MahdiArmy in the area makes almostcertain that the group is responsiblefor the attack.

20-May-08

AddisAbaba

Nigeria OromoLiberationFront(OLF)

Explosives5 6 Militants believed to be with theOromo Liberation Front (OLF)detonated a bomb on a minibus inAddis Ababa. The attack left sixpeople dead and five others injured.One of the fatalities was a U.S.citizen, according to the U.S. StateDepartment. Police believe thebomb was planted on the minibus,which was headed to the foreignministry from the Hilton Hotel. Policeapprehended perpetrators who theybelieved were with the OLF.

20-May-08

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Insurgents shot dead an Islamicscholar while travelling to a religiousschool in Yala Province.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-May-08

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Attackers shot and killed a manpolice said was a governmentinformant while stopping at a gasstation near the Malaysia-Thailandborder.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

21-May-08

KonarProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms4 1 A rocket fired by a Taliban insurgenthit a primary school in KonarProvince, killing one child andwounding four others. Konar officialsblamed the Taliban for the attack.

21-May-08

Rutba Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 5 A female suicide attacker detonatedher explosive belt to the north ofRutba killing four people in additionto herself and wounding three others.The area is extremely close to theSyrian border which Al-Qaeda uses tobring a part of their recruits and it ismost likely that Al-Qaeda isresponsible for the attack.

21-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 Colonel Abdul Kareem Muhsin, thedirector of facility protectionservices, that protectsinfrastructures, facilities and bridgeswas shot dead in Dora area ofBaghdad.The group responsible forthe attack is unknown.

21-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 One civilian was killed and anotherfour wounded by an improvisedexplosive device that went off innorthern Baghdad.The groupresponsible for the attack remainsunknown.

21-May-08

Manila PhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Rebels identifying themselves asmembers of the New People's Armyraided a bus terminal. They seizedthe lone security guard's handgunand set three buses on fire beforefleeing.

22-May-08

WardagProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 The Ghazni police chief was attackedby Taliban insurgents while travelingfrom Ghazni to Kabul. The attacktook place in the Haftsia area ofSaydabad District of WardagProvince. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

22-May-08

NimrozProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 0 An Indian worker for a roadconstruction company was woundedby an explosion in the KhashrodDistrict of Nimroz Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

22-May-08

FarahProvince

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 0 A suicide bomber attempted toattack a police post in Delaram,Farah Province. Police spotted theattacker and opened fire, forcing thebomber to detonate his vehicle shortof the police post. Two police werewounded in the attack. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

22-May-08

Exeter UnitedKingdom

Other Explosives1 0 On May 22, 2008 a suicide bomberdetonated his bomb in the Giraffecafe in Exeter. Only the bomber wasinjured in the attack and there wasno damage to the cafe. Two otherbombs in the possession of thebomber were safely defused.Thebomber, Nicky Reilly, was a 22 yearold convert to Islam. Mr. Reilly isbelieved to be mentally challenged.The bombs were composed ofsodium hydroxide and parraffin andsurrounded by nails. Two otherswere questioned in the attack but notcharged.

22-May-08

Diyala Iraq Unknown Other 0 1 A local newspaper journalist waskidnapped in Diyala province andthen a day later his body was founddumped on the streets. The groupresponsible for the attack cannot beidentified.

23-May-08



3 4 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for a roadside bombattack against African Union (AU)forces, which killed four andwounded three. The AU troops, allUgandans, were traveling in anarmored vehicle on the main road tothe airport in Mogadishu when theirvehicle was attacked.

23-May-08

Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 1 A vehicle that caught the securityforces attention was taken to thepolice central directorate of Fallujahfor investigation. While a technicianwas working on the vehicle itdetonated killing him and woundingtwo standing by policemen. Carbombs are a common tactic used byAl-Qaeda in Fallujah.

23-May-08

al-Huwayjah

Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 An improvised explosive device wentoff in a small village near Huwaijah.One civilian was killed and anotherthree were wounded in the explosion.Responsibility for the attack cannotbe determined.

23-May-08

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 0 Insurgents lobbed four mortars at thepresidential palace in Somalia.However, there were no reports ofany casualties in the attack.Sincerouting the Union of Islamic Courts(UIC) in December in 2006, bothEthiopia and Somalia's transitionalgovernment have been combating afierce insurgency campaign beingwaged by Islamic militants affiliatedwith the UIC.

23-May-08

DhuusaMareeb

Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Two unidentified gunmen armed withpistols shot and killed a driver withthe International Committee of theRed Cross (ICRC). Recently, thecountry has seen a number ofattacks on important NGOs and aidagencies operating within thecountry.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

24-May-08

KonarProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 0 Three police went missing after theTaliban attacked and burned a policestation in the Asmar District of KonarProvince. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

24-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives4 3 Three tribal leaders were killed andfour others were wounded when aadhesive improvised explosivedevice was attached to their vehiclein Mansour upscale neighborhood ofBaghdad. Al-Mansour is still an areawhere Al-Qaeda can perform hit andrun attacks in addition to the factthat tribal leaders are becoming atarget of choice for this organizationmakes their responsibility for theattack almost certain.

24-May-08

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted the convoy of the mayor ofMosul. Mr. Zuhair Huhsin. Two of hissecurity detail were wounded in theattack that took place in easternMosul.Responsibility for the attackcannot be determined.

24-May-08



5 0 Armed insurgents detonated aroadside bomb targeting the convoyof Ugandan peacekeeping forces.The Ugandans were in the countryunder the auspices of the AfricanUnion, which has deployedpeacekeepers to Somalia in order toquell the growing violence in thecountry. Five of the Ugandans wereinjured in the attack. TheMujahideen Youth Movement (MYM)later claimed responsibility for theattack.Since routing the Union ofIslamic Courts (UIC) in December in2006, both Ethiopia and Somalia'stransitional government have beencombating a fierce insurgencycampaign being waged by Islamicmilitants affiliated with the UIC.

25-May-08

CompostelaValley

PhilippinesNPA Explosives0 0 New People's Army fighters carriedout a grenade attack against a policeoutpost in the southern Philippines.The assailants launched severalrounds of M-79 grenades at thebuilding, which was damaged in theattack. However, no one was injured.The attack occurred at 3:30 am inPoblacion village in CompostelaValley province on the island ofMindanao. The police outpost waslocated on the national highway. TheNew People's Army is an armed unitof the Communist Party of thePhilippines and has been waging aninsurgency against the Philippines'government since 1969.

25-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 One civilian was killed and anotherfour were wounded when animprovised explosive device went ofin Sulaikh in northern Baghdad. Thearea is a mixed one and there isn'tmuch information to enablepredicting the perpetrator.

25-May-08

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 Four policemen were wounded whenan improvised explosive device wentoff in Tis'een area of Kirkuk. Thegroup responsible for the attack isunknown.

25-May-08

Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 0 Sheikh Mishhin Mohammad Abbas,the tribal leader of Jumaila tribes andthe head of the Sahwa in the areawas targeted by an improvisedexplosive device. The attack tookplace east of Fallujah in an areacalled Garma. Three of the Sheikhsbody guards were wounded in theattack that was most likelycommitted by Al-Qaeda operatives inthe area.

25-May-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 A police patrol came under smallarms fire in Al-Mafraq near Baqubah.One civilian was killed in theshooting. The group responsible forthe attack is not identified.

25-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 An improvised explosive device wasdetonated in Al-Maghrib street inAdhamiyah, near the TurkishEmbassy. Three civilians werewounded in addition to twopolicemen present at the location.The group responsible for the attackis hard to predict due to the fact thatAl-Maghrib street separates betweenmajority Sunni and majority Shiiteareas of the capital. Each of theseneighborhoods has its own militantgroups and therefore any of thesegroups could be responsible.

25-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives11 0 A parked vehicle that was loadedwith explosives was detonated whenthe governor of Babil provincepassed near Al-Yarmouk Hospital inBaghdad. The area is a central partof the city and any group could havecarried out the attack.Eleven peoplewere wounded in the attack,including seven of the governor'sguards and four standing-by civilians.

26-May-08

DehiwelaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives62 7 A powerful bomb ripped through acrowded train at Dehiwela, on theoutskirts of Colombo, killing sevenpeople and injuring at least 62.According to railway authorities, thetrain had left the Maradana railwaystation at 4:25 pm and wasapproaching the Dehiwela station,when the bomb went off.

26-May-08

Ghaznicity

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 1 One Afghan police was killed andanother wounded during a Talibanattack on a police convoy on thePaktika-Ghazni Road.

26-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 Five people were wounded when animprovised explosive device wasdetonated on Baghdad InternationalAirport highway.Responsibility for theattack cannot be determined.

26-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb was detonated in Shaabnorthern area of Baghdad. Twopeople were wounded in theexplosion. The group responsible forthe attack cannot be identified.

26-May-08

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives8 0 One policeman and seven civilianswere wounded in central Mosul whenan attacker threw a hand grenade atthe police patrol.The attacker wasnot identified in the police report.

26-May-08

Balad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives18 7 At least six members of Al-TarmiyahSahwa forces were killed and another18 were wounded when a suicideattacker detonated his explosivesloaded motorcycle near their patrol.Tarmiyah is a town betweenBaghdad and Balad and it has ahistory of Al-Qaeda presence.Considering the attack tactic isalmost certain that Al-Qeda isresponsible for the attack.

26-May-08

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 An ambulance driver was woundedwhen his vehicle passed near animprovised explosive device in thetown of Taza south of Kirkuk.Responsibility for the attack isundetermined.

26-May-08

KathmanduNepal GPFRanvirSena

Explosives0 0 Two crude bombs went off inKathmandu, hours after members ofa special assembly expected toformally declare Nepal a republicwere sworn in at a ceremony.One ofthe bombs went off at a public park.No one was killed or injured.According to police, a pro-Hindumilitant group, GPF Ranvir Sena, wasbehind the attacks.

26-May-08

KathmanduNepal GPFRanvirSena

Explosives0 0 Two crude bombs went off inKathmandu, hours after members ofa special assembly expected toformally declare Nepal a republicwere sworn in at a ceremony.One ofthe bombs went off near theInternational Convention Center, whohouses the UN mission in Nepal. Noone was killed or injured. Accordingto police, a pro-Hindu militant group,GPF Ranvir Sena, was behind theattacks.

26-May-08

NegeleBorena

Ethiopia Unknown Explosives5 3 Unidentified militants bombed ahotel in Negele Borena in Ethiopia'sOromiya Region. The attack leftthree people dead and wounded fiveothers. Among the casualties wereEthiopian soldiers.

26-May-08

NigerDelta


Firearms0 11 Insurgents with the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked an oil pipelinebelonging to Shell that connected tothe Awoba flow station in the NigerDelta. During the attack, themilitants engaged in an attack withgovernment soldiers guarding theinfrastructure, killing eleven of them.Independent media sourcesconfirmed the attack, and MEND laterclaimed responsibility for it.

26-May-08


2 0 Insurgents detonated a remote-controlled explosive targeting theconvoy of the police commissionerfor all of Lower Shabeelle inMogadishu. The attack left twopeople injured, but the commissionerescaped the attack.Since routing theUnion of Islamic Courts (UIC) inDecember in 2006, both Ethiopia andSomalia's transitional governmenthave been combating a fierceinsurgency campaign being wagedby Islamic militants affiliated with theUIC.

26-May-08

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 An assistant village headman wasgunned down in his home byunknown assailants.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

27-May-08

Farah AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 8 Eight civilians were killed and 2wounded when a roadside bombdestroyed a mini-bus in the DelaramDistrict of Farah Province. No creditwas claimed for the attack

27-May-08

KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 3 Three civilians were killed whenbomb exploded near a police HQ inKandahar.

27-May-08

LogarProvince

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 4 Three police were killed along withone civilian when a roadside bombdestroyed a police vehicle in theCharkh district of Logar Province.Credit for the attack was not claimed.

27-May-08

UribiaMunicipality

Colombia Unknown Explosives0 0 On May 27, 2008 a bomb explodedon a railroad track in UribiaMunicipality. The blast caused thederailment of a freight train carryingcoal from El Cerrejon. Almost 2,000tons of coal were scattered and thetrack was severely damaged.

27-May-08

Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms3 0 A sahwa patrol was attacked inHibhib, a village near Baqubah. twomen were and a child were woundedin the attack. It is likely that Al-Qaeda is responsible for the attack.

27-May-08

Talafar Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives45 5 A parked car loaded with explosiveswas detonated in Tal Afar. The attackkilled five people and woundedanother forty-five. Al-Qaeda usuallytarget the civilian population andgovernment security forces in thetown and this attack is most likelyanother attack by the same group.

27-May-08

Fallujah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives2 0 A policeman and a civilian werewounded when an improvisedexplosive device went off. The devicewas planted at the Fallujah entrycheckpoint for trucks.Al-Qaeda is stillan active force in the area andcontinues to deliver attacks againstall government and coalition alliedpersonnel.

27-May-08

UnknownPhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Unknown attackers downed a powertransmission tower using a remotelyactivated explosive device.

28-May-08

Negele Ethiopia TheIslamistGorilla

Explosives6 3 A group calling itself The IslamistGorilla claimed credit for detonatingtwo bombs against a hotel in thetown of Negele in Ethiopia's Oromiyaregion. The attack killed three andwounded six. It is believed that theincident relates to the ongoingSomali insurgency raging in thecountry's east.

28-May-08

LashkargahAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 2 Two police were killed and twocivilian wounded when a suicideattack was carried out on a policevehicle in Lashkargah, HelmandProvince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

28-May-08

UnknownPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Unknown attackers brought downfive power transmission towers,using explosive devices, causingblackouts in eleven cities.

29-May-08

Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 5 A suicide bomber in Kabul attacked apeacekeeping convoy, killing fivecivilians. The bomber drove a RedSurf Vehicle toward the convoybefore detonating the explosives inthe Qala-e Wazir area of Kabul. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

29-May-08

PaktikaProvince

AfghanistanUnknown Fire orFirebomb

3 1 One driver was killed and threeothers wounded when armedinsurgents set afire a logisticalconvoy of 25 vehicles in the Jarkaniarea of Yosuf Khel district of PaktikaProvince. Credit for the attack wasnot claimed.

29-May-08

BaydhaboSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives10 0 Unidentified assailants tossed agrenade into the home of AbdullahiShaleyste, an MP in the TransitionalFederal Government (TFG). Theattack left ten people wounded. Al-Shabaab, an Islamist insurgency, haspublicly declared war against theTFG.

29-May-08

Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled an assistant village head insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.Four individuals shot at the victim ashe was sitting in his tea shop in Moo6 village in Tambon Puyud in Muangdistrict. The attackers transportedthemselves to and from the tea shopon two motorcycles.This attack ispart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand which began inJanuary 2004.

29-May-08

Sinjar Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives15 17 A suicide attacker who was in armyuniform detonated his load ofexplosives as he entered a policerecruiting facility in Sinjar. Fourteenrecruits and two policemen werekilled and fifteen others were alsowounded in the attack. The woundedwere a mix of policemen and newrecruits.Al-Qaeda is known tooperate in the area also the style ofthe attack suggests that the group isresponsible for the attack.

29-May-08

Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives8 2 Two policemen were killed andanother eight people were wounded,including another two policemen,when a suicide attacker drove apolice car loaded with explosives intoa police checkpint.The attack tookplace in Mosul where Al-Qaeda is stillbeing able to deliver attacks againstvarious targets in the city.

29-May-08

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 An improvised explosive devicetargeted a police patrol in theeastern side of Mosul. Three peoplewere wounded in the attack,including two policemen.The groupresponsible for the attack cannot bedetermined.

29-May-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 An armed man threw a hand grenadeinto a bus in central Baghdadwounding six people in the attack.The motive of the attack, the natureof the civilian target and ultimatelythe identity of the attacker are allunknown.

29-May-08

ZamboangaPhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

18 3 A bomb placed at the entrance toEdwin Andrews Air Force Baseexploded near a crowd of soldiersand their families waiting to enterthe base. A two-story building acrossthe street housed a USAID office. Thebuilding was destroyed and fourengineers working for USAID wereamong the injured. The building alsohoused an office of a military pensionfund and that of a local legislator.Two staff members of the officeswere injured in the blast.

30-May-08

Athens Greece Conspiracyof FireCells ofThessaloniki-Athens

Explosives0 0 On May 30, 2008 a series ofimprovised explosive devices wereplanted in Athens and inThessaloniki. In Athens the targetsincluded a bank, multiple vehiclesincluding one belonging to the SaudiArabian Embassy and the office ofthe New Democracy Party.Conspiracy of Fire Cells ofThessaloniki-Athens claimedresponsibility for the attack.

30-May-08

ThessalonikiGreece Conspiracyof FireCells ofThessaloniki-Athens

Explosives0 0 On May 30, 2008 a series ofimprovised explosive devices wereplanted in Athens and inThessaloniki. In Thessaloniki thetargets included banks and multiplevehicles including one belonging tothe Russian Embassy. Conspiracy ofFire Cells of Thessaloniki-Athensclaimed responsibility for the attack.

30-May-08

Maicao Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On May 30, 2008 FARC rebels blewup an electricity pylon on theCuestecitas- Cuatricentenario line inMaico Municipality.The FARC blew upa total of five pylons on this linewhich located near the PerijaMountain Range that day.

30-May-08

Maicao Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On May 30, 2008 FARC rebels blewup an electricity pylon on theCuestecitas- Cuatricentenario line inMaicao Municipality.The FARC blewup a total of five pylons on this linewhich located near the PerijaMountain Range that day.

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30-May-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 A child was killed and two otherchildren were wounded when one ofthem picked and explosive devicethat went off. The children wereplaying soccer when in Baqubahwhen the incident took place.

30-May-08

Mosul Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives20 0 A car loaded with explosive andparked near a popular market inMosul wounded twenty peopleincluding eleven women. Al-Qaeda isknown to target civilian commercialbusiness centers and it still operatesin Mosul and its surrounding areas. Itis likely that the group is responsiblefor this attack as well.

31-May-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives7 3 An improvised explosive deviceplanted in a market in Baqubah killedthree people and wounded sevenothers. The diversity of militantgroups in the city makes predictingthe attacking group a difficultundertaking.

1-Jun-08 Netivot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 On the morning of June 1, a rocketfrom Gaza landed outside the city ofNetivot. Because the rocket landed inan uninhabited area, no casualtieswere reported.

1-Jun-08 Sederot,NahalOz

Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade-amilitant faction aligned with Fatah-claimed responsibility for firing fiveal-Buraq rockets early in themorning. Two hit the town ofSederot, while three others struck amilitary post in Nahal Oz. Thebrigade's statement noted that thiscame in retaliation for the Israeliescalation in the West Bank andGaza Strip.

1-Jun-08 Sederot Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigadesof the Popular Front for theLiberation of Palestine claimed that ittargeted the town of Sederot with aSumud rocket. No casualties ordamages were reported.

1-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine-Gene

Explosives0 0 The Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine-General Command'sJihad Jibril Brigades claimedresponsibility for firing a Jihad-3rocket at the town of Ashqelon. In thegroup's statement, it noted that theoperation was carried out in theframework of the retaliations for thecontinuous Israeli aggression againstthe Palestinian people.

1-Jun-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 1 A roadside bomb targeting a Afghanarmy bus detonated in the Fazel Bagarea of Kabul, killing one civilian andwounding five others. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

1-Jun-08 HelmandProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 One police was killed when theTaliban dragged him from a USPIvehicle and killed him in theYakalang area of Lashkargah District,Helmand Province. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

1-Jun-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 0 One police was seriously woundedwhen the Taliban attacked a policecheckpoint in Marjah District ofHelmand Province. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

1-Jun-08 Zarautz Spain ETA Explosives3 0 On June 1, 2008 a bomb plantedoutside an Amenadar office inZaruatz a town in the Basque countryexploded. The blast injured threepeople including two police officersand one civilian.Amenadar is thecompany responsible for building thehigh-speed rail tracks in the Basquecountry. This is second attack on thecompany in recent weeks.ETAclaimed responsibility for the attack.

1-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 On the morning of June 1, 2008 a carbomb exploded in a car park used byvisitors to the Iraqi defence ministryin the Green Zone, killing at least twopeople and wounding at least five,including three embassy guards.Theexplosion occurs towards the finaldays of a two-day visit made byFrench Foreign Minister BernardKouchner to Baghdad. The press haswidely reported that the explosionalso occurred near the IranianEmbassy. The parking lot residesacross the street from the IranianEmbassy. It is unclear that thetarget of this attack was the IranianEmbassy despite the fact that thepress has widely reported that theexplosion occurred near the IranianEmbassy. The parking lot used byIraqi defense ministry visitors is alsolocated across the street from theIranian Embassy. Iranian press hasalso noted that two weeks prior anumber of employees of the IranianEmbassy in Baghdad had been killedin a shooting incident by unidentifiedarmed individuals.

1-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 On June 1, 2008 -- the same day acar bomb exploded near the IranianEmbassy in Baghdad -- the pressreported that a bomb stuck to the carof a senior police official exploded ina busy intersection in Baghdad,killing a traffic officer and woundingfour other people. No furtherinformation is provided.

2-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael DemocraticFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 Sa'eed Hajjouj, a subgroup affiliatedwith the National Resistancebrigades of the Democratic Front forthe Liberation of Palestine, claimedthat it launched a homemadeprojectile towards Ashqelon. Thegroup claimed the attack was inresponse to continued Israeliatrocities against Palestinians.

2-Jun-08 GaalkacyoSomalia Unknown Explosives5 1 Unidentified assailants tossed agrenade into a cinema showing anIndian film in Gaalkacyo. The attackkilled one person and wounded atleast five others. It is not clear whowas responsible, though grenadeattacks on cinemas in Somalia arecommon. Insurgents have beentargeting them because they believethat they violate Islamic law.

2-Jun-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a kamnan, a local governmentofficial, in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province. According topolice, the attackers drove theirpickup truck beside the victim's caras he was driving home from amonthly meeting and two passengersfired their weapons at him. He lostcontrol of his car and it crashed intoa tree. The attackers stopped theircar and one of them shot thekamnan at close range.This attack ispart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

2-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified assailants shot a policeofficer as he was driving his pick-upin southern Thailand's Yala province.He sustained serious injuries in theattack, which occurred in BannangSata district.This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

2-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified assailants attackedsecurity forces serving as a teacherescort team in southern Thailand'sYala province. No fatalities or injurieswere reported. The attack occurredin a village in Tambon Taling Chan inBannang Sata district. This attack ispart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

2-Jun-08 Kismayu Somalia Unknown Explosives1 1 Unidentified gunmen attacked BarreAdan Shire, the former defenseminister of Somalia in Kismayu. Theattack left one dead and one otherinjured. Attacks on prominentgovernment officials are common inSomalia.

2-Jun-08 IslamabadPakistan Al Qaeda Explosives27 9 On June 2, 2008, the Danish Embassyin Islamabad was attacked by asuicide car bombing. Eight peoplewere killed and 27 were wounded. Itwas reported that the suspectedsuicide bomber passed through theentrance of the embassy at a highspeed, stopped at the parking lot anddetonated the car. The attack was inresponse to the printing of cartoonsof the Prophet Muhammed in aDanish newspaper as well as thepresence of Danish troops inAfghanistan.Al-Qaeda claimedresponsibility for the attack.

2-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 On June 2, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near a police patrol passingthrough central Baghdad, killing acivilian and wounding fourpolicemen.

2-Jun-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 On the evening of June 2, 2008 abomb planted in the car of ProfessorFaris Younis Abd al-Rahman, DeputyDean for Scientific Affairs in theCollege of Agriculture at theUniversity of Mosul exploded. Asecurity source detailed that anexplosive device was positionedunder the front seat of the privatecar of Professor Faris Younis Abd al-Rahman. It exploded as he drove thecar pass the faculty's gate, whichkilled him instantaneously andcritically injured and later killed oneof the university's securityguardsHigh profile academics andprofessionals have been killed orkidnapped since the U.S. led invasionin 2003.

2-Jun-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On June 2, 2008 unidentified gunmendriving an Opel car opened fire on apolice patrol in the Domiz Quarter ofKirkuk, killing a policeman. Nofurther information is provided.

2-Jun-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives45 12 On June 2, 2008 a suicide car bomberexploded his car after approachingthe checkpoint at the provincialpolice headquarters in Mosul's maincommercial district of the Dawassahneighborhood, killing eleven peopleand wounding forty-five others.

2-Jun-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 Two policemen were injured in aroadside bombing and ambush afterescorting teachers to school. Thebomb was detonated remotely whiletheir patrol unit passed in a pick-uptruck and motorcycle.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

2-Jun-08 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives1 0 A Qassam rocket was launched intowestern Negev, lightly wounding oneperson.

3-Jun-08 KaramAbu-Salim

Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 On June 3, the Martyr Ahmed Abu al-Rish Brigades of Fatah claimed that itfired three Amr-2 rockets towardsKaram Abu-Salim, a location east ofRafah. The group's statement arguedthat the attacks were a response tothe occupation's ongoing crimesagainst the Palestinian people. Nocasualties or damages werereported.

3-Jun-08 Sederot,Ashqelon

Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Martyr Abu-Ali Mustafa Brigades,the military wing of the Popular Frontfor the Liberation of Palestine,claimed it fired upgraded Sumudrockets at Sederot and Ashqelon. Thegroup said the attack was inresponse to the Zionist enemy'songoing threats.

3-Jun-08 SufaCrossing


Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed firing three mortarsat the Sufa crossing, arguing that theattacks were in response to theoccupation's ongoing threats toconduct a wide-scale militaryoperation in Gaza strip. No casualtiesor damages were reported.

3-Jun-08 KibbutzKeffarAzza

Israel PopularResistanceCommittees

Explosives0 0 The al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades ofthe Popular Resistance Committeesclaimed it fired two Nasir rockets atKibbutz Kefar Azza. The groupargued the attack was part of thepromised response to the enemy'scrimes against mujahidin in the WestBank and Gaza Strip.

3-Jun-08 ZabulProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 1 One police was killed and threewounded when the Taliban attackeda coalition supply convoy in the SpiniGhbargi area of the Kabul-KandaharHighway, Zabul Province. Theconvoy was owned by a privateAfghan company transportingsupplies.

3-Jun-08 Eshqol Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians launched a Katiyusharocket from Gaza into an open fieldin Eshqol. It was noted by reportingthat the rocket was smaller than therockets usually fired from Gaza in thepast. No injuries or damages werereported.

3-Jun-08 Sederot Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine-Gene

Explosives0 0 The militant wing of the PopularFront for the Liberation of Palestine,as well as Fatah's militant al-AqsaBrigades claimed joint responsibilityfor the launching of two homemadeprojectiles at Sederot in WesternNegev. The groups argued in a jointstatement that the attacks were inretaliation for Israeli threats tolaunch an offensive in Gaza.

3-Jun-08 Abasan Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 The Martyr Izz al-Din al-QassamBrigades claimed that it fired tworockets at an Israeli transmission sitejust east of Abasan. No casualties ordamages were reported.

3-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives4 1 A bomb attached to a parkedmotorcycle exploded outside theMuang district municipal building insouthern Thailand's Yala province,killing a municipal official andseverely wounding four otherindividuals. The attack occurred 500meters away from the Yala RedCrescent Fair (some media reportsdescribed it as the Red Cross Fair) atabout 9:10 pm. According to Yala'sdeputy governor, the assailants wereunable to plant the bomb in thecenter of the fair, so they detonatedit in the parking lot outside themunicipal building. Authoritiesbelieve that a militant bomb-makingcell which bombed the Red Cross Fairin Narathiwat province (which is alsoin southern Thailand) in May 2008was also responsible for this attack.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

3-Jun-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Intelligence Chief Abdorrahman ofthe Alisher District of Khost Provincewas killed by gunmen in Khost City.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

3-Jun-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives2 0 A roadside bomb exploded inNarathiwat province in southernThailand, critically wounding twopolice officers who were tasked withguarding teachers. The attackoccurred in Tanyong Dalor tambon.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

3-Jun-08 MindanaoPhilippinesNPA Unknown0 1 New People's Army fighters took aprovincial police chief and his aidehostage in the southern Philippines,and then, they killed the police chief.The victims were taken hostage asthey rode on motorcycle to a courthearing on the island of Mindanao. Atthe time of the report authoritiesbelieved that the junior officer wasstill alive and being held by the NPA.The New People's Army is an armedunit of the Communist Party of thePhilippines and has been waging aninsurgency against the Philippines'government since 1969.

3-Jun-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 On the morning of June 3, 2008 anexplosive device exploded near theAl-Ihtifalat (Celebrations Square),injuring six policemen.Variousreports state that the explosionoccurred at a police patrol or nearthe Police Academy's building whichis also reportedly the premises of theArab Bloc in the Kirkuk Governorate.

3-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 On June 3, 2008 the press reportedthat gunmen assassinated Hasan al-Laythi in the Arasat al-Hindiyah areain the southwest of Baghdad, arepresentative for the commission onresolving property/real estateconflicts in Kirkuk. This commissionholds the responsibility ofimplementing Article 140 of theConstitution.

3-Jun-08 Toz City Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 On the early evening of June 3, 2008unknown gunmen attacked amotorcade of leaders of the PatrioticUnion of Kurdistan in Toz City(southwest of Kirkuk), killing twoleaders.

4-Jun-08 NahalOz

Israel Unknown Explosives1 0 A Palestinian worker in Nahal Oz wasseverely injured when a mortar shelllanded on the Palestinian side of thecrossing. No further material orhuman damages were reported.


Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, themilitary wing of the Popular front forthe Liberation of Palestine claimedresponsibility for launching twohomemade projectiles at the town ofSederot. No human or material losseswere reported.

4-Jun-08 Algiers Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives5 1 A bomb detonated near a militarybarracks in the Lido area of Algiers.Authorities believe that the attack,which wounded five and killed one,was perpetrated by Islamistinsurgents. It appears this attackwas linked to a near simultaneousexplosion at a shop in the city thatleft one wounded.NOTE: Attack laterclaimed by Al-Qaeda in the IslamicMaghreb, and it was later reportedthat it was a suicide attack.

4-Jun-08 Algiers Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives1 0 A homemade bomb detonated at ashop in Bordj El Kiffan, a suburb ofAlgiers. The attack, which woundedone person, was believed to belinked to a near simultaneousbombing of a military barracks in aseparate suburb of the city.NOTE:Attack later claimed by Al-Qaeda inthe Islamic Maghreb, and it was laterreported that it was a suicide attack.

4-Jun-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 4 Unidentified gunmen rounded up andshot four former police officers inMogadishu near the country's formerpolice academy. According toreports, the victims were all formermembers of the police forces of theTransitional Federal Government(TFG) of Somalia. Al-Shabaab haspublicly declared war on the TFG.

4-Jun-08 Sederot Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The Fatah's Buraq army, which isaffiliated with the al-Aqsa Brigades,claimed it launched a homemadeprojectile at Sederot on the morningof June 4. No damages or casualtieswere reported.

4-Jun-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 1 One policeman was killed and fourwounded when a police vehicle washit by a roadside bomb in theBakawol area of Ghazni City. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

4-Jun-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives33 0 A suicide attack outside the JajiMaydan District HQ wounded 4 policeand 29 civilians. The Taliban claimedcredit for the attack.

4-Jun-08 SpinBoldak

Algeria Taliban Explosives2 2 Two children were killed and twocivilians wounded when a suicidevehicle exploded in the Spin BoldakDistrict of Kandahar Province. Thebombing had targeted a foreignmilitary convoy in the area. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

4-Jun-08 Colombo SriLanka

LTTE Explosives18 0 At least 18 people were woundedwhen suspected Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels set off abomb alongside a packed commutertrain. Police commanders said thatthe bomb had been laid on a stretchof track parallel to were the train waspassing. The force of the blast splitthe track in half and two railwaycompartments were also damaged.

4-Jun-08 Genova Colombia FARC Explosives5 3 On June 4, 2008 the FARC detonateda roadside bomb on a road outside ofGenova in Quindio Province. Theblast struck a police patrol killingthree officers and wounding fiveother including two seriously.

4-Jun-08 Thane India Unknown Explosives5 0 Five people were injured in a low-intensity bomb blast at an auditoriumin the city of Thane. The bomb waswrapped in a plastic bag and kept ona bicycle. It is unclear who wasbehind the attack.

4-Jun-08 Karrada Iraq Unknown Explosives11 10 On the evening of June 4, 2008 a carbomb parked near the Hassan ice-cream shop targeted a checkpoint inKarada, a neighborhood in Baghdad.The explosion killed ten andwounded eleven people, includingthree policemen.

4-Jun-08 Kohat Pakistan Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb blast destroyed a CD shop inKohat, Pakistan. It completelydestroyed the shop. The attack tookplace amidst a spate of attacks onCD shops and threats of bombings ofCD shops in the region. In fact, thiswas the second such attack thisweek.

5-Jun-08 KibbutzNir-Oz

Israel Hamas Explosives4 1 Hamas launched a 120-mm mortarround at Nirlat paint factory inKibbutz Nir-Oz, which is southwest ofSderot. As a result, AmnonRosenberg, 51, was killed and four ofhis coworkers were injured.

5-Jun-08 NimrozProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives5 1 One Indian engineer was killed, fourIndian guards and one Afghan policewere wounded in a suicide attack inthe Khashrod District of NimrozProvince. The attack targeted a roadworking team of a constructioncompany. No credit was claimed forthe attack, but the Taliban have beenknow to target foreign infrastructurecompanies.

6-Jun-08 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Nine mortar bombs were fired intoNegev in a series of attacks,damaging a building. No furthermaterial or human losses werereported.

6-Jun-08 Erez Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine's Abu Ali MustafaBrigades, as well as Fatah's al-AqsaBrigades claimed responsibility forlaunching five projectiles, targetingAshkelon, Sderot, and TadMordechai. No material or humanlosses were reported.

6-Jun-08 NetivHa'asara

Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 The al-Qassam Brigades of Hamasclaimed responsibility for launchingtwo projectiles at the Israeli town ofNetiv Ha'asara. No material orhuman losses were reported.


Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed responsibility forlaunching a Sumud rocket atSederot. No material or human losseswere reported.

6-Jun-08 MoratuwaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives80 22 In Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo,22 people died and 80 people wereinjured when a roadside bombexploded near a bus. The attack'sprofile is similar to previous attackscarried out by the Liberation Tigersof Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

6-Jun-08 Kandy SriLanka

LTTE Explosives20 2 An explosion occurred inside a buscoming from Wathegama and goingto the town of Kandy. When the busapproached a teachers' training, 12km north of Kandy, the bomb wentoff. Two people were killed, 20injured.

6-Jun-08 Erez Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Brigades, Fatah'smilitary wing, claimed that itlaunched two mortar shells at theErez crossing in retaliation for Israeliaggressions. No human or materiallosses were reported.


Explosives0 0 Both the al-Aqsa Brigades of Fatahand the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades ofthe Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine claimed jointresponsibility for launching twohomemade projectiles at Sederot inwestern Negev. The groups claimedthat the shelling was in response tocontinuous Israeli aggression.

6-Jun-08 LasPinasCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 An object which was suspected to bean improvised explosive device wasfound outside a bank in Las PinasCity near the capital of thePhilippines, Manila. The object, whichwas wrapped in electrical tape, wires,bulbs and batteries, was containedwithin a beverage bottle.

6-Jun-08 Sderot Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 Four rockets were launched at theNegev city of Sderot, one of whichexploded near Sapir college. Therocket damaged a building and sixparked cars, and nobody was injured.According to one source, Hamasclaimed responsibility for the attack.

7-Jun-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen attacked thehome of Middle Shabeelle regionalgovernor Umar Delle at his home inMogadishu's Abdi-Aziz neighborhood.No one was injured in the attack,which was believed to be a failedkidnapping attempt.

7-Jun-08 FarahProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 1 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives when approached bypolice at the Zaranj intersection ofthe Kandahar-Herat Highway in FarahProvince. Police suspected thebomber and intercepted him as heapproached police guarding roadbuilders. There were no casualtiesexcept for the bomber. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

7-Jun-08 GhazniProvince

AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 0 A French businessman was abductedin the Nawa District of Ghazniprovince. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the abduction, but aTaliban spokesman denied anyinvolvement in the kidnapping.

7-Jun-08 al-Bahbahani

Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 On June 7, 2008 a suicide bomberdetonated his vehicle near a policecheckpoint in the al-Bahbahani area(northwest of Hilla, Babel province),wounding two policemen. The attackreportedly occurred a half hour afterthe Babel governor's motorcadepassed through the checkpoint.

8-Jun-08 MiftaheimIsrael IslamicJihad

Explosives0 0 The al-Quds Brigades, the militarywing of Islamic jihad claimed that itlaunched four homemade projectilesat the Israeli settlement ofMiftaheim, which is located east ofKhan Younis in the southern portionof Gaza. The group argued that theattack was in response to ongoingIsraeli aggression.

8-Jun-08 KhostCity

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 0 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosive outside the United Nationsoffice in Khost City. The blastwounded the bomber and one femalecivilian. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

8-Jun-08 ZabulProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 The Taliban damaged atelecommunication mast in ZabulProvince. The mast belonged to theAfghan Wireless CommunicationCompany in the Tajerabad area ofShah Joy District of Zabul Province.

8-Jun-08 LakhdariaAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb


0 12 A double bombing attack in Algeria'seastern city of Lakhdaria left at leasttwelve dead. The first of the twobombings involved a roadside bombtargeting the convoy of the Frenchconstruction company Razal. Thisblast was followed by a secondbombing, which targeted the securityfirm tasked with protecting theFrench engineer and driver woundedin the first blast. As the security firmrushed to aid of the engineer, theywere hit.

8-Jun-08 Negev Israel Fatah al-Islam

Explosives0 0 Fatah al-Islam claimed responsibilityfor launching two Zarqawi rocketsinto the Western Negev. The groupargued that the attack was carriedout in the framework of retaliatingfor the occupation crimes. Nocasualties or material damages werereported.


AfghanistanUnknown Unknown0 1 An Afghan civilian working as ajournalist for the BBC was abductedand murdered by unknown assailantsin Helmand Province. The reporter,Abdol Samad Rohani, was abductedin his home in Marja District and hisbody was found the next day. TheTaliban denied involvement in hiskilling. Reporters Without Bordersstated that Mr. Rohani had receivedphone threats from a local chiefaccusing Mr. Rohani of supportingthe Kabul government.

8-Jun-08 KonduzProvince

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 0 Three civilians were wounded when asuicide-bomber detonated hisexplosives in the Chahar DaraDistrict of Konduz Province. Thetarget of the attack was unknowndue to the bomber being forced todetonate his bomb prematurelybecause he was discovered andchased by police. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

8-Jun-08 KhostProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 5 Mirzajan Nimgari, district chief of theMusa Khel district of Khost Provincewas murdered along with four of hisbodyguards in the Qalander District.Local officials blamed the attack onthe Taliban

8-Jun-08 LakhdariaAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb


0 12 A double bombing attack in Algeria'seastern city of Lakhdaria left at leasttwelve dead. The first of the twobombings involved a roadside bombtargeting the convoy of the Frenchconstruction company Razal. Thisblast was followed by a secondbombing, which targeted the securityfirm tasked with protecting theFrench engineer and driver woundedin the first blast. As the security firmrushed to aid of the engineer, theywere hit.

8-Jun-08 Zamudio Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On June 8, 2008 a bomb exploded atthe office of El Correo newspaper inthe town of Zamudio in Basquecountry. The blast caused nocasualties but damaged the building.The 5kg bomb was inside a knapsackand detonated with a timer. It wasplanted on the exterior wall of thebuilding.ETA is believed to beresponsible for the attack.

8-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives23 4 On the morning of June 8, 2008 anexplosive device planted near themain entrance to a police recruitingcenter in al-Nosoor square (westernBaghdad) exploded, killing fourpolice recruits and wounding twenty-three others.

8-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 On the morning of June 8, 2008 aroadside bomb exploded near apolice patrol vehicle in the al-Qaziriyah neighborhood of centralBaghdad (close to the Turkishembassy in Baghdad), wounding fivepeople, including two policemen.

8-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 On the morning of June 8, 2008 aroadside bomb exploded near apolice patrol in the Baghdad al-Jadida, wounding two policemen andtwo civilians.

8-Jun-08 MindanaoPhilippinesNewPeople'sArmy(NPA)

Explosives0 0 Suspected New People's Armyinsurgents detonated a bomb,bringing down a power pylon andcutting off power to the area ofTacurong. No one was injured in theblast.

8-Jun-08 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Militants in the Gaza strip fired anumber of rockets toward Negev, theshrapnel of which injured a foreignworker. No further damage orcasualties were reported.

9-Jun-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 One person was killed whenunidentified gunmen assaulted thehome of the Speaker of the SomaliParliament. While the perpetratorsare unknown, al-Shabaab, an Islamistinsurgent group, have publiclydeclared war on the country'sTransitional Federal Government(TFG).

9-Jun-08 GhowrProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 2 Two police were killed and onewounded in a Taliban attack on apolice post in the Shahrak District ofGhowr Province. The Taliban claimedcredit for the attack.


AfghanistanUnknown 0 3 A roadside bomb killed AbdulQayuoum, a highway policecommander and two other police.The police were returning to Ghaznifrom the Rashidan District. No creditwas claimed for the attack.


AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 2 Two police were killed and fourwounded in a mine blast thatdestroyed their police vehicle in thePiraka area of Khogiani District ofGhazni. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

9-Jun-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A blast occurred outside the house ofMagomed Khazbiyev, head of theorganizational committee of thenationwide rally, in NazranIngushetia on June 9, 2008. Nobodywas injured in the attack , accordingto preliminary reports. Noperpetrators were identified.Politicians are frequently targeted inthe Southern Caucaus republics ofIngushetia and Dagestan.

9-Jun-08 Groznyy Russia Unknown Explosives12 0 An explosion occurred in a cafe inGroznyy, Chechnya on the evening ofJune 9, 2008. The blast injuredaround a dozen individuals, includingseveral policemen from Chechnya'sspecial-purpose police unit, inaddition to civilian employees of thecafe. No one was killed. There is noinformation on the perpetrator.Reports were unclear about the typeof explosive device. Differingaccounts suggested either a gascanister or domestic gas leak. Thecapital of Chechnya continues to seesporadic clashes between separatistsand local security forces.

9-Jun-08 Bogota Colombia FARC Explosives1 1 On June 9, 2008 a bomb exploded ina textile warehouse in downtownBogota. The blast killed one personand wounded another. The FARC arebelieved to be behind the attack.

9-Jun-08 Karrada Iraq Unknown Explosives10 5 On the morning of June 9, 2008 a carbomb targeting a police checkpointnear a shopping center in Baghdad'sdistrict of Karrada killed five people,including one policeman, and injuredten.

9-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Attackers shot and killed the deputypolice inspector and chief of strategyin the town of Tambon A-Song. Theman was first shot and then burnedalong with his car.Islamic insurgentsin the far south of Thailand continueto target civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

9-Jun-08 SufaCrossing


Explosives0 0 The al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades ofthe Popular Resistance Committees,and the National Resistance Brigadesof the Democratic Front for theLiberation of Palestine claimed jointresponsibility for launching fourmortar rounds at the Sufa crossing.

9-Jun-08 KefarAzza

Israel IslamicJihad

Explosives0 0 The al-Quds brigades of Islamic Jihadclaimed responsibility for targetingthe Israeli town of Kefar Azza withthree mortar shells. The groupclaimed that the attack was inresponse to continued Israeliaggression.

9-Jun-08 KibbutzMegan

Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The Ahmad Abu al-Rish brigades,which is a military faction associatedwith Fatah, claimed the launching oftwo mortar shells on Kibbutz Megan,just east of the Gaza strip. The groupargued that it was in retaliation forcontinued Israeli atrocities.

9-Jun-08 NetivHa'asara


Explosives0 0 The al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades,which is the military wing of thePopular Resistance Committees,launched two Nasir rockets at NetivHa'asara. No material or humanlosses were reported.

10-Jun-08 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Around noon, Palestinian militantslaunched 18 mortar shells into thewestern Negev. The shells landed inan open area, with no resultingcasualties or damages reported.

10-Jun-08 NahalOz


Explosives0 0 The Popular Front for the Liberationof Palestine claimed that it shelledthe Nahal Oz border crossing with 8mortar shells. No casualties ordamages were reported.

10-Jun-08 NahalOz

Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 The al-Qassam Brigades of Hamasclaimed that it fired 18 mortar shellsat the Nahal Oz crossing on June 10.No damages or casualties werereported.

10-Jun-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A villager was shot in a drive-byattack in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province. The victim diedon route to the hospital.This attack isa part of an ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.


AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 0 Armed gunman attacked a logisticsconvoy in the Arzu area of the DeyakDistrict of Ghazni Province. Twosecurity guards were wounded in theattack and two logistics containerswere damaged. The Taliban claimedcredit for the attack.

10-Jun-08 NahalOz

Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 The al-Qassem brigades of Hamasclaimed that it fired 18 mortar shellsat the Nahal Oz crossing. Nocasualties or material damage wasreported.

10-Jun-08 SdotNegev,Ashqelon

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassem Rockets and four mortarshells fired from Gaza struck targetsin Israel. One rocket landed in SdotNegev, with another landing justsouth of Ashqelon. The mortarslanded near the Gaza security fence.No casualties or material damageswere reported.

10-Jun-08 NahalOz


Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed that it launchedeight mortar shells at the Nahal Ozborder crossing at 12:40 pm. Thegroup stated that it would wildlyrespond to the occupation's crimes.No human or material losses werereported.

10-Jun-08 Tehran Iran Other Explosives0 0 Iranian authorities defused a bombnear the Iraqi ambassador'sresidence in Tehran. The bomb wasallegedly disguised as a package andplaced at the entrance to theambassador's house. A groupidentifying itself as the Soldiers ofImam Ali claimed responsibility forthe attack, arguing that it was due tothe ambassador's son receiving ofcommissions by facilitating visits byIranians to holy sites in Iraq.

10-Jun-08 BuenaventuraColombia FARC Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 0 On June 10, 2008 a remote-detonated device exploded on amain road in Buenaventura injuringseven civilians. The FARC arebelieved to be responsible for theattack.

10-Jun-08 Bogota Colombia FARC Explosives13 0 On June 10, 2008 men on amotorcycle fired two rockets into apolice station in Bogota. The rocketsinjured thirteen policemen someseriously and caused extensivedamage to the building and policevehicles.The FARC are believed to bebehind the attack.

10-Jun-08 UnknownIraq Unknown Explosives4 0 On June 10, 2008 a roadside bombplanted on the road leading to al-Hajjam area in southern Souk al-Shoyoukh area (Thi-Qar province)exploded while a motorcade carryingAbdel Ali Rissan, a provincial councilmember, passed through, woundingfour security guards.

10-Jun-08 Nassiriya Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On June 10, 2008 the Dhi QarGovernorate's Police Departmentfound an explosive charge on theroad leading to the Shrine of SayyidKhudayr, south of Al-Nasiriayh City,which is routinely patrolled by theIraqi Police and the MultinationalForce. The explosive chargeoperates on a negative ray and wasmade of a plastic mold that weighs35 kgs. Additionally, it was notedthat the mold holds ray polarizationlenses that can cover a 55 meterdistance; sensors, a small-sizecamera, and the explosive C4substance. The device wasdismantled with great difficulty.

10-Jun-08 Tikrit Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 2 On June 10, 2008 a car bomb thathad been glued to the undercarriageof the car of Sheik Ali al-Nidaexploded as he and one of his guardsdrove through the Wadi Shishainarea of Tikrit, killing them bothinstantaneously. Three other guardswere also wounded in the explosion.Sheik Ali al-Nida was the chief ofIraq's Al-Bu Nasir tribe (the head ofSaddam Hussein's tribal clan). In2007 he had also founded anAwakening Council group in thevillage of Ouja.It remains unclearwhether he was targeted for his tiesto Saddam Hussein, long-standingtribal rivalries, or his involvementwith the Awakening Council group.Authorities and investigators,however, initially suspect al Qaeda tobe behind this attack.

10-Jun-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 A gunman in a pickup truck shot andkilled a man riding a motorcycle andinjured his companion also riding onthe motorcycle. The man killed was aformer soldier.Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

10-Jun-08 Sederot Israel IslamicJihad

Explosives0 0 The al-Quds brigades of Islamic Jihadclaimed that it launched twohomemade projectiles on themorning of June 10 at the Israeli townof Sederot. No human or materiallosses were reported.

10-Jun-08 Rafah Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades,the military wing of Hamas,reportedly launched a rocketpropelled grenade at an Israelibulldozer just east of Rafah.

10-Jun-08 SdotNegev

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets and four mortarshells were fired from Northern Gaza.One rocket landed within Sdot Negevcity limits, whereas the other landedjust south of Ashkelon. The fourmortar shells landed near thesecurity fence. No material or humanlosses were reported.

11-Jun-08 KibbutzNir-Oz

Israel Unknown Explosives1 0 Two mortars fired from Gaza landedin the kibbutz in the morning,prompting an evacuation of nearbyfactory workers. One of the mortarsstarted a fire, and one individual wasinjured from shrapnel.

11-Jun-08 EnHashelosha

Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 The al-Qassam brigades of Hamasreportedly launched two Qassamrockets at En Hashelosha at noon.The group claimed the attack was aresponse to the ongoing Israeliincursions into eastern Gaza Stripand the continued aggression againstour people.

11-Jun-08 Erez Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Martys Brigades, morespecifically the Shura Council ofMartyr Ayman Judah groups affiliatedwith Fatah, claimed that it launchedtwo 80 millimeter mortar shells at anIsraeli intelligence post at the Erezcrossing in Gaza. The attack claimstated that the mortar fire wascarried out to affirm the continuationof resistance against the occupationand in response to the Israeli threatsto invade the Gaza strip.

11-Jun-08 Kissufim Israel PopularResistanceCommittees

Explosives0 0 The Martyr Abu Ali mustafa Brigadesof the Popular Front for theLiberation of Palestine, as well as theal-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades of thePopular Resistance Committeesclaimed joint responsibility forlaunching three mortars at the Sariggate, which is located in Kissufim.The attack claim argued that thebombing was a response to theoccupation's crimes, and to showadherence to resistance.

11-Jun-08 NigerDelta


Firearms2 1 Armed gunmen attacked an oilfacility in the Niger Delta, killing oneand wounding two others. Theattack. The assailants were believedto be part of the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND), who vowed reprisal attacksonly twenty-four hours earlier afterbeing attacked by Nigerianauthorities.

11-Jun-08 Kut Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 On June 11, 2008 two roadsidebombs targeted a police patrolpassing through south of the capitalin Kut, killing two policemen andwounding five others. No furtherinformation is provided.

11-Jun-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 On June 11, 2008 a roadside bombexploded at a police patrol in Sahetal-Tayaran (western Kirkuk),wounding four policemen and apassing civilian. No furtherinformation is provided.

11-Jun-08 NativHa'asara


Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed that it launched aprojectile at the Israeli community ofNativ Ha'asara, which is near theGaza strip. The group argued that itwas in retaliation for ongoing Israeliatrocities. No material or humanlosses were reported.

12-Jun-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for an assassinationattempt against President AbdullahiYusuf. The president, in hismotorcade, survived the attack, andthere were no recorded casualties.The Mujahideen Youth Movement haspublicly declared war on theTransitional Federal Government(TFG).

12-Jun-08 Leego Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda driver for the World FoodProgramme (WFP) in the southerntown of Leego in Somalia. He wasthe third person working for the WFPto be killed this year.

12-Jun-08 LashkargahAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A suicide bomber was killed by policein Kandahar before he coulddetonate his explosives. Thebomber, disguised in a burqa, wasintercepted and killed by police as heran toward a police compound. Nocasualties were reported. Localofficials blamed the attack on theTaliban, but no credit was claimed.

12-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael Hamas Explosives0 0 The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigadesclaimed that it launched 15 rocketsat Ashqelon after Israel shelled areasin the Gaza strip. No material orhuman losses were reported.

12-Jun-08 Sanaa Yemen Huthis Explosives0 0 Yemeni security forces found anddefused three rockets in the al-Hasbah neighborhood of Sanaa,Yemen. Three of the suspects weredetained, while the rest fled. Securitysources suggested that they weremembers of the Huthis, a Zaydi rebelgroup operating in the Northwest ofthe country.

12-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael Hamas Explosives1 0 Around 40 mortars and 13 Qassamrockets landed in the Ashqelon areaof Israel, lightly to moderatelywounding one Israeli woman. AHamas spokesman argued that theattack was a response to anexplosion in Beit Lahiya, noting thePalestinian resistance organizationsknew how to exact the price.Reporting was unclear to whetheranother group other than Hamas wasinvolved in the attack.

12-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed it launched twohomemade projectiles at Ashqelon.No human or material losses werereported.

12-Jun-08 Bogota Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On June 12, 2008 a bomb explodedin the industrial area of Bogota. Theblast caused no casualties and onlyminor damage. The FARC arebelieved to be behind this attack andtwo other attacks earlier in the weekin Bogota.

12-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives9 0 On June 12, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near a police checkpointclose to the Sakhrah Restaurant inPalestine Street in eastern Baghdad,injuring nine policemen.

12-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 On June 12, 2008 a bomb explodedat the motorcade of Major GeneralSameer al-Wa'ili while it passedthrough Beirut Square (northeastBaghdad), leaving six people injured.

12-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives15 3 On June 12, 2008 a car bombexploded at a police patrol in the al-Allawi district of central Baghdad,killing three people and woundingfifteen people.

12-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On the early morning of June 12,2008 a bomb exploded at theheadquarters of the Iraqi IslamicParty in Fallujah. The explosivedevice was reportedly planted byunidentified gunmen inside theheadquarters in the al-Jumhouriyaneighborhood of central Fallujah.

12-Jun-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 2 A remote-detonated mine killed twopolice officers in Zabol. The Talibanclaimed that five were killed. Attackson police forces are common inAfghanistan.

13-Jun-08 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two Qassam rockets and one mortarshell were reported to have landed inwestern Negev. No casualties ordamages were reported.

13-Jun-08 MivtahimIsrael PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed it fired two long-range Sumud rockets at dawn. Thegroup referred to the attack as anatural response to the Israelioccupation. No material damage orhuman loss was reported.

13-Jun-08 Saravan Iran Jundullah Explosives0 2 In the town of Saravan in the Sistan-Baluchistan province, armed banditstook 16 police officers hostage afterraiding a station. The raid wasclaimed by the ethnic BaluchiJundullah group, also known as thePeople's Resistance Movement ofIran, led by Ab ol-Malik Rigi. Afterkilling two of the officers, the groupdemanded that in order to secure theofficers' release, the Iraniangovernment would need to release200 of its members. While the groupmay have freed one of the hostages,a conflicting official Iranian newsreport in December 2008 argued thatall 16 had been killed.

13-Jun-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On June 13, 2008 an explosive devicetargeting a police patrol in al-Zeraaeineighborhood in northern Mosulexploded, injuring three policemen.

14-Jun-08 YuksekovaTurkey KurdishWorkersParty

Explosives0 6 At around 10 PM the lodgingsbelonging to the Yusekova PoliceDepartment was attacked withrockets, killing six persons-five ofthem police officers. The tactic,target, and location all indicate likelyPKK involvement.

14-Jun-08 MitrovicaBosnia-Herzegovina

Other Firearms2 0 On June 14, 2008 an armed manentered a police station in Mitrovica,Kosovo and fired on three policeofficers. One officer was shot andinjured; the attacker was alsoinjured.Prior to attacking the policestation the gunmen hoisted the TsarLazar Guard's flag over the Isa BegMosque in Mitrovica; which causedindignation amongst the local Muslimpopulation. Tsar Lazar Guard is aparamilitary group.

14-Jun-08 Karrada Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 On June 14, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near a police patrol in theal-Nidhal street in Baghdad'sneighborhood of Karradah, woundingfour civilians.

14-Jun-08 QaraTappah

Iraq Al Qaeda Remote-detonatedexplosive

34 0 On June 14, 2008 a woman suicidebomber targeted a crowd of soccerfans celebrating Iraq's win over Chinain a World Cup qualifier near a cafein Qara Tappah (north of Baghdad).The woman, who was covered in atraditional black Islamic robe, wasdropped off by a car shortly beforethe attack and told police that shewas waiting for her husband but blewherself up after an officer spotted thedetonator. The explosion woundedat least 34 civilians.

14-Jun-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives1 1 On June 14, 2008 an AwakeningCouncil member was killed andanother wounded when animprovised explosive deviceexploded near their headquarters inthe village of oussuf Hammadi, BaniSaad district (south of Baqubah). AlQaeda has targeted AwakeningCouncil members for theircooperation with the U.S.

14-Jun-08 Egirmec Turkey KurdishWorkersParty

Explosives3 0 A mine planted on the train tracksbetween Egirmec and Eralan wasdetonated by cargo train number55550, which was traveling fromElazig to Mus. Two security personneland one civil servant were injured,and some of the cargo cars weredamaged. The PKK was likely behindthe event.



1 1 Police commander Tor Jan was killedand district chief Juma Gul waswounded when a remote-detonatedbomb exploded as the two menbegan the Islamic ablution ritual on ariverbank in the Marja district ofHelmand Province. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

15-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On June 15, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near a police patrol inBaghdad's southern neighborhood ofRustemiya, wounding two policemenand a civilian.

15-Jun-08 Tel Keif Iraq Unknown Explosives6 2 On June 15, 2008 a suicide car bombexploded at police headquarters inTel-Keif (north of Mosul), killing apoliceman and wounding six people.The suicide bomber failed toapproach the building andsubsequently blew his car at theouter entrance instead,.

15-Jun-08 Bangkok Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 Two small bombs were detonatedoutside the offices of a key leader ofanti-government protests. Authoritiessaid that, judging from their size, thebombs were not intended to kill orinjure.

15-Jun-08 UnknownIndonesiaUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was detonated at agovernment warehouse causingdamage to the building but noinjuries.

15-Jun-08 Sederot Israel DemocraticFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Martyr Khalid Zuhd Groups of theDemocratic Front for the Liberationof Palestine, and the al-Aqsa Martyr'sBrigdaes (Imad Mughniyah Groups),claimed responsibility for firing tworockets at Sederot. The groupsclaimed the attack was in responseto Israeli assaults. No human loss ormaterial damages were reported.

16-Jun-08 GalgaduudSomalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen abducted an aidworker for CARE International inSomalia's Galgaduud region.According to reports, the man wasthe director of the organization'sefforts for the region and hadreceived phone threats before beingabducted.

16-Jun-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 3 Unidentified assailants detonated aremote-controlled explosive near thevehicle of Hasan MuhammadWasuge, the police commander ofwestern division in Mogadishu. Theattack killed Wasuge along with twomembers from his security detail.

16-Jun-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A roadside bomb killed one child onhis way to school in the YaqoubiDistrict of Khost Province. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

16-Jun-08 Ashqelon,Netivot

Israel Hamas Explosives4 0 The 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigadesfired two qassam rockets at noon,striking targets in Ashqelon andNetivot. Four settlers were wounded.The group claimed in twocommuniques it was carried out dueto the occupation's ongoing crimesagainst the Palestinian people.

16-Jun-08 Ashkelon Israel Hamas Explosives1 0 Hamas launched a grad-type rockettowards Ashkelon, striking acemetery and injuring an Israeli withshrapnel wounds to the neck. Israelaccused Hamas of trying to derail thepeace process in the attack's wake.

16-Jun-08 Saravan Iran Jundullah Firearms0 1 On June 16 insurgents killed the headof the provincial judiciary, EbrahimKarimi, outside his office. Karimi hadbeen notorious for investigating theactivities of Balluchi insurgent groupsin his local district. He was killed bytwo armed insurgents who rode byon a motorcycle. Jundullah, aPakistan-based group claimedresponsibility for the attack on June20.

16-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael IslamicJihad

Explosives1 0 Islamic Jihad launched a rockettowards Ashqelon. The rocket was anenhanced Qassam rocket, with aclaimed range of 18 kilometers. Therocket landed in an open area near akindergarten wounding one Israelicitizen.

16-Jun-08 QiryatShemona

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Palestinians reportedly fired fourrockets at Qiryat Shemona in Israel.The rocket attack caused no humanor material losses. The perpetrator ofthe attack was not reported.

16-Jun-08 VavuniyaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives40 13 A suicide bomb attack occurred inthe town of Vavuniya, north ofColombo when a man riding amotorcycle detonated explosives infront of a police office. Twelve peoplewere killed, many of them policemen,and forty were injured. While no oneclaimed responsibility for the attack,the police say that the LTTE werebehind it. Over the last month, therehas been intense fighting betweenthe Sri Lankan army and the LTTE.

16-Jun-08 VavuniyaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives40 13 A suicide bomb attack occurred inthe town of Vavuniya, north ofColombo when a man riding amotorcycle detonated explosives infront of a police office. Twelve peoplewere killed, many of them policemen,and forty were injured. While no oneclaimed responsibility for the attack,the police say that the LTTE werebehind it. Over the last month, therehas been intense fighting betweenthe Sri Lankan army and the LTTE.

16-Jun-08 DeraIsmailKhan

Pakistan Unknown Explosives5 4 A bomb exploded outside a mosquein Dera Ismail Khan, killing 4 peopleand wounding 5 others. Theexplosion occurred as people wereleaving the mosque after eveningprayers. No one claimedresponsibility for the attack.


Explosives0 0 On the evening of June 16, the abuAli Mustafa Brigades of the PopularFront for the Liberation of Palestineclaimed it launched two projectiles atSederot and Kfar 'Azza, which arelocated near the Gaza strip, Nomaterial or human losses werereported.

17-Jun-08 Marivan Iran Party ofFree LifeofKurdistan

Firearms0 3 Members of the Party of Free Life ofKurdistan reportedly killed threeIranian policemen in an ambush onthe evening of June 17.

17-Jun-08 Negev Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine claimed it launched twoprojectiles at Ashqelon and WesternNegev. The group claimed the attackwas a message to Israel thatPalestinians would resist anyincursion in the Gaza strip. No humanor material losses were reported.

17-Jun-08 Erez Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades ofFatah, the al-Nasir Salah al-DinBrigades of the Popular ResistanceCommittees, and the Abu Ali-MustafaBrigades of the Popular Front for theLiberation of Palestine claimedresponsibility for launching mortarshells into Erez, which is located inthe northern Gaza strip. No human ormaterial losses were reported.

17-Jun-08 Ashdod Israel IslamicJihad

Explosives0 0 The al-Quds Brigades of Islamic jihadclaimed it fired five rockets atAshdod. The group claimed theattack was in response to the Zionistcrimes and Israeli escalation in theGaza Strip. No human or materiallosses were reported.

17-Jun-08 Wasit Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 On the morning of June 17, 2008 aroadside bomb exploded, killing onepoliceman and injuring three othersin Kirkuk's Wasit district.

17-Jun-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives18 0 On June 17, 2008 a car bombexploded at the entrance of a policestation in central Baquba, woundingeighteen people.

17-Jun-08 Silaikh Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives4 2 On the morning of June 17, 2008 asuicide bomber on a motorcyclestruck a Baghdad checkpointmanned by Awakening Councilmembers in Silaikh of northernBaghdad, killing one person andwounding four others. Al Qaeda hastargeted Awakening Councilmembers for their cooperation withthe U.S.

17-Jun-08 Sderot Israel IslamicJihad

Explosives0 0 On the evening of June 17, 2008 theal-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihadlaunched nine projectiles at theIsraeli town of Sderot. No Human ormaterial losses were reported.

18-Jun-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Unknown0 0 First of four attacksA police outpostwas attacked in southern Thailand.The outpost was one of three whichwere attacked during the same night.No fatalities or injuries werereported. Police said that separatistmilitants attacked the outposts inorder to lure police away from apolice station and plant a bomb whilethey were gone. As the police cameback to the station a bomb exploded,killing the local chief investigator anda police sergeant. All the attacksoccurred in southern Thailand'sPattani province.This attack is a partof an ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

18-Jun-08 Pattani Thailand None Explosives5 2 Fourth of four attacksA bombexploded in southern Thailand, killingthe local chief investigator and apolice sergeant, and injuring fivepolicemen. On the same night, threepolice outposts had been attackedprior to the bombing. Police said thatseparatist militants attacked theoutposts in order to lure police awayfrom a police station and plant abomb while they were gone. Thebomb exploded as the police cameback to the station. All the attacksoccurred in southern Thailand'sPattani province.This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.


0 4 A remote-detonated, roadside bombdetonated in Mogadishu, killing fourpolice officers. The attack targeted avehicle donated by the Ugandanpeace keepers who are are operatingin the country under the auspices ofthe African Union.

18-Jun-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 4 A roadside bomb destroyed a policevan in the Alisher District of KhostProvince. Four police were killed andthree wounded in the attack. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack

18-Jun-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Second of four attacksA policeoutpost was attacked in southernThailand. The outpost was one ofthree which were attacked during thesame night. No fatalities or injurieswere reported. Police said thatseparatist militants attacked theoutposts in order to lure police awayfrom a police station and plant abomb while they were gone. As thepolice came back to the station abomb exploded, killing the local chiefinvestigator and a police sergeant.All the attacks occurred in southernThailand's Pattani province.Thisattack is a part of an ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

18-Jun-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 3 A remote-detonated bomb killedthree private security guards andwounded three others of a roadconstruction company in the SpinBoldak District of Kandahar Province.The bomb was triggered as securityguards passed by in their vehicle. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

18-Jun-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 2 Two policemen were killed and fiveother injured by a roadside bombingtargeting their vehicle as theyreturned from a crime scene. Thekilled were a Lt-Col and a sergeantmajor.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.


Explosives0 0 On the morning of June 18, the al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihadclaimed responsibility for thelaunching of four projectiles atSederot and the Negev desert. Nohuman or material losses werereported.

18-Jun-08 Negev Israel PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigadesof the Popular Front for theLiberation of Palestine claimed itfired two Sumud rockets at theNegev in response to the Israelioccupation's crimes. No human ormaterial damages were reported.

18-Jun-08 Sederot,Ashqelon

Israel IslamicJihad

Explosives0 0 On the afternoon of June 18, the al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihadclaimed it launched eight projectilesat Sederot and Ashkelon. The groupclaimed the attack was in responseto ongoing Israeli atrocities. Nohuman or material losses werereported.

18-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael Fatah Explosives0 0 The Consultative Council of theMartyr Ayman Judah Groups of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Fatah,claimed it fired two upgraded Aqsa 3rockets at Ashqelon and the Ziqimmilitary base. The group claimed theattack was to show that resistancewill continue until occupation isdefeated. No material or humanlosses were reported.

18-Jun-08 AshqelonIsrael PopularResistanceCommittees

Explosives0 0 The al-Nasir Salah al-Din Brigades ofthe Popular Resistance Committeesreportedly fired two upgraded Nasir-3 rockets at Ashqelon, and two Nasir-3 rockets at Sederot, while alsolaunching a number of rockets atIsraeli military outposts. No human ormaterial damage was reported.

19-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified assailants killed aMuslim rubber tapper and his three-year-old son in a drive-by shootingbefore dawn. They were on their wayto a rubber plantation where the manworked. According to The BangkokPost the victims were riding amotorcycle at the time of the attack.The attack occurred in Bannang Satadistrict in southern Thailand's Yalaprovince.This attack is part of anongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

19-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On June 19, 2008 a roadside bombtargeted a police patrol in thePalestine Street (eastern Baghdad),damaging several nearby shops andcivilian cars.

19-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 A Muslim man and his 3-year-old sonwere killed in a drive-by shooting.The man had served as agovernment informant. Islamicinsurgents are suspected as drive-byshootings remain a key tactic in theirlow-level insurgency.Islamicinsurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

20-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms4 1 Unidentified assailants attackedpolice in southern Thailand's Yalaprovince, killing a border patrolpolice sergeant and injuring fourother police personnel. The attackoccurred in Bannang Sata districtwhile the police were on patrol in apickup truck.This attack is a part ofan ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

20-Jun-08 NatifTsof

Israel Hamas Firearms3 0 The 'izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades ofHamas claimed responsibility forinjuring three Israeli settlers nearRamallah in a drive-by shooting. Thegroup claimed that the armed attackwas in response to the fact that theZionist occupation forces haveescalated their attacks since the firsthours of the ceasefire deal.

20-Jun-08 ZamboangaSibugay

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives3 0 Unidentified assailants attacked apolice station in the southernPhilippines with a grenade, injuringthree policemen. The attack occurredin the town of Kabansalan inZamboanga Sibugay province (on theisland of Mindanao).On Mindanao,there are several militant groups,including the Moro Islamic LiberationFront and the New People's Army,which carry out attacks.

20-Jun-08 VizzavonaFrance Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On June 20, 2008 a house belongingto a couple from mainland Francewas bombed in Vizzavona, a town incentral Corsica. There were nocasualties in the attack but the housewas damaged.There were no claimsof responsibility for the attack;however, Corsican separatist havetargeted mainland French interest inrecent months.

20-Jun-08 Dalouiya Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On June 20, 2008 an explosive deviceexploded near a police patrol inDalouiya, wounding three policemen.

20-Jun-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 On June 20, 2008 a suicide car bombtargeted a police checkpoint in theal-Wihda neighborhood of southernMosul. According to a source, thesuicide bomber failed to approachthe checkpoint and blew up hisexplosive-laden car near it, injuringfive policemen.

20-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives10 3 On June 20, 2008 a roadside carbomb exploded near the al-Fasoul al-Arabaa restaurant in al-Harithiya inwestern Baghdad, killing threecivilians and injuring ten others. Therestaurant is located near theentrance leading to the Green Zone.

20-Jun-08 ZamboangaPhilippinesUnknown Explosives4 0 Four policemen were wounded whenunknown attackers tossed a grenadeinto a police station in Kabansalan.

21-Jun-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives1 4 Unidentified assailants tossed agrenade into a cinema in Mogadishu.The grenade attack left four deadand one wounded. Grenade attackson cinemas are common inMogadishu.


0 9 A remote-detonated landmineexplosion detonated in Mogadishu'sDharkeenley District. The attack,which targeted a police vehicle, leftnine dead. The injury total wasunknown, though.

21-Jun-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

10 0 Unidentified assailants tossed agrenade into a cinema in Somalia'sBaydhabo as people were watching asoccer game. The attack resulted inat least ten people injured, and theperpetrator was not clear. Attackson cinemas are not uncommon inSomalia's cities.

21-Jun-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Twelve rockets were fired byunidentified attackers at the UnitedNations Assistance Mission inAfghanistan (UNAMA) compound inHerat. No casualties were reportedand no credit were claimed for theattack.

21-Jun-08 ZamboangaCity

PhilippinesUnknown Firearms3 0 An unidentified assailant dischargeda firearm at a public market inZamboanga City in the southernPhilippines, injuring three people.The attack comes amidst atightening of security in the southafter the government went on theoffensive against Abu Sayyafmilitants in Sulu and Basilanprovinces.

21-Jun-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 4 A railway policeman and threerailway workers were killed whengunmen stormed a passenger trainand opened fire. The train wastravelling from Surathani to SungaiKolok.Islamic insurgents in the farsouth of Thailand continue to targetcivilians, educators, police, military,as well as religious and communityleaders in a campaign of drive-byshootings, arson, and bomb attacksaimed at destabilizing society andpressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

22-Jun-08 GreshkDistrict

AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 1 A suicide bomber killed one auxiliarypoliceman in an attempt to kill thecommander of the police compoundof Greshk District of HelmandProvince. Police discovered theattack and shot the bomber, causingthe detonation of the explosives. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

22-Jun-08 IngushetiaRussia Unknown Explosives1 1 A suicide bomber rammed his carinto a vehicle carrying PresidentYunus-Bek Yevkurov to the capital,Magas in the morning. The bomb lefta two-meter crater in the road. Thepresident was badly injured butreturned from the hospital in August,a few days prior to the August 17thpolice station bombing in Ingushetia.The assassination attemptunderscores the growing instability inRussia's northern Caucuses, whichneighbors Chechnya. In a likelyrelated incident, a policeman wasmurdered at 1 am in the morning.Earlier in June, the former vice-president of Ingushetia was killed.

22-Jun-08 QiryatShemona

Israel Hamas Explosives0 0 Israeli intelligence revealed that ituncovered Hamas' plan to drive twoexplosives-laden vehicles through awhole in the separation barrier intoIsrael. Possibly due to amiscalculation, one of the vehiclesexploded in the home of a Hamasmember.

22-Jun-08 MaguindanaoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (First of two attacks) Members of theMoro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)carried out a rocket attack on astate-run power barge in thesouthern Philippines. The barge wasmoored at the port of Lebak in SultanKudarat municipality in Maguindanaoprovince. Maguindanao is located inthe Autonomous Region in MuslimMindanao. The MILF also attacked apower plant in the same area withrockets.The Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate on the southern Philippines’island of Mindanao.

22-Jun-08 MaguindanaoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (Second of two attacks) Members ofthe Moro Islamic Liberation Front(MILF) carried out a rocket attack ona power plant in Sultan Kudaratmunicipality in Maguindanaoprovince. Maguindanao is located inthe Autonomous Region in MuslimMindanao. The MILF also attacked astate-run power barge which wasmoored at the port of Lebak in SultanKudarat. The Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate on the southern Philippines’island of Mindanao.

22-Jun-08 Al-Adhaim

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives24 10 On June 22, 2008 a mortar attack often mortar shells hit the checkpointof Awakening Council members inthe town of al-Adhaim in Diyalaprovince, killing at least ten peopleand injuring twenty-four others. AlQaeda has targeted AwakeningCouncil members for theircooperation with the U.S.

22-Jun-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives42 16 On the afternoon of June 22, 2008 awoman suicide bomber concealingexplosives beneath her black robeblew herself up outside agovernment complex that includes acourthouse and the provincialgovernor's office in Baqubah. Theexplosion killed at least fifteenpeople and wounded forty-two. Thewoman suicide bomber wore a vestpadded with powerful explosives andlaced with small projectiles, whichappeared to be iron ball bearings.Some press reports state that thewoman suicide bomber blew herselfup near police patrol by thegovernment complex, while otherreports claim that the attack wastimed to maximize casualties sincemany people were leaving thecompound because the governmentoffices were to close soon for theday. Among the casualties, sevenIraqi police and eight civilians died.Ten police were among the forty-twowounded.Authorities believe AlQaeda is responsible for this attack.

22-Jun-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives14 0 On June 22, 2008 a suicide carbomber attacked a police checkpointin Mosul, wounding fourteen people,including four policemen. No furtherinformation is provided.

23-Jun-08 NortedeSantander

Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On June 23, 2008 FARC rebelsdetonated a bomb on the Limon-Covenas Oil Pipeline near El Progresoin the Norte de Santanderdepartment. The blast forced theclosing of the pipeline.

23-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Two gunmen shot dead a 37-year-oldMuslim woman. Islamic insurgents inthe far south of Thailand continue totarget civilians, educators, police,military, as well as religious andcommunity leaders in a campaign ofdrive-by shootings, arson, and bombattacks aimed at destabilizing societyand pressing for independence fromThailand. The current insurgency hasbeen underway since January 2004and more than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.

24-Jun-08 Wardag AfghanistanTaliban Firearms6 1 One security guard was killed and sixothers wounded when the Talibanattacked a convoy of the Americancompany USPI on the Kabul-GhazniHighway in Wardag Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

24-Jun-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 2 Two Afghani females were killed andtheir male companions injured whentheir vehicle struck a roadside mine.Local officials blamed the Taliban forthe attack.

24-Jun-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 A policewomen was killed by gunmenon a motorcycle in the BuzaraDistrict of Herat Province. Localofficials stated that this was the firstknown attack on female officers. TheTaliban was blamed for the attack,but no credit was claimed.

24-Jun-08 MaguindanaoPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Explosives, including bombs madefrom 81mm and 60 mm mortars anda rocket-propelled grenade shell,were found on the premises of a damin the southern Philippines. Theywere found at the metal gate andconcrete wall of the dam, which waslocated a few kilometers from a hide-out for armed groups and criminals.The dam was located in a village inSultan Kudarat municipality inMaguindanao province. Maguindanaois located in the Autonomous Regionof Muslim Mindanao. During thedays preceding and following thediscovery of the explosives, SultanKudarat was the site of severalattacks by the Moro IslamicLiberation Front. On July 6, a MILFexplosives expert planning todetonate an explosive device madefrom an 81 mm mortar shell at aSultan Kudarat passenger vanterminal was arrested. The MoroIslamic Liberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

24-Jun-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives70 3 On the evening of June 24, 2008 asuicide bomber drove his explosive-laden car into the al-Khazraj policestation in central Mosul, killing twopeople wounding more than seventyothers. The explosion destroyed anearby coffee shop and damagedsurrounding homes.

24-Jun-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives10 0 Ten people — seven civilians andthree soldiers — were wounded whena bomb placed near a marketexploded in Yala's Muang district.Islamic insurgents in the far south ofThailand continue to target civilians,educators, police, military, as well asreligious and community leaders in acampaign of drive-by shootings,arson, and bomb attacks aimed atdestabilizing society and pressing forindependence from Thailand. Thecurrent insurgency has beenunderway since January 2004 andmore than 2500 people haveperished from the violence.


Explosives0 0 The al-Quds Brigade of Islamic Jihadclaimed responsibility for launchingfour Qassam rockets towards theSederot Israeli settlement. Onerocket struck an empty house, withtwo others landing in the city. Thefourth rocket landed in an emptyarea. After the attack, the groupreferred to it as an exceptionalsignal, further arguing that it wouldremain committed to the truce.

25-Jun-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (Second of two attacks) Suspectedmembers of the Moro IslamicLiberation Front attacked asubstation of an electric cooperativein the southern Philippines. Theassailants attacked the substationwith improvised explosives and B-40rockets. They also attacked anelectricity transmission tower whichbelonged to the NationalTransmission Corp. Both attacksoccurred on the same night inCotabato province on the island ofMindanao. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

25-Jun-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (First of two attacks) Suspectedmembers of the Moro IslamicLiberation Front attacked anelectricity transmission tower in thesouthern Philippines. The assailantsattacked the tower, which belongedto the National Transmission Corp.,with improvised explosives and B-40rockets. They also attacked a sub-station of an electric cooperative.The attacks occurred on the samenight in Cotabato province on theisland of Mindanao. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

25-Jun-08 Ibague Colombia FARC Explosives1 1 On June 25, 2009 a 5kg bombexploded prematurely near a policestation in Ibague. A FARC rebelattempted to plant the bomb at thestation; however, the deviceexploded prematurely killing thebomber and injuring one civilian.

25-Jun-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 On the morning of June 25, 2008unidentified gunmen fired shots atKhalid Mahmoud, the head of citycouncil in Mosul, and his driver asboth left Mahmoud's home in the al-Baladiyat neighborhood for work.Both were reported to have diedinstantaneously from the attack.

26-Jun-08 Dinali Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Firearms0 9 Nine policemen were killed whenforces with the Mujahideen YouthMovement (MYM) attacked a policestation in Dinali Province, just northof Mogadishu. The group laterclaimed credit for the attack.

26-Jun-08 Dinali Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement


0 9 Gunmen with the Mujahideen YouthMovement attacked a police stationin Dinali. The attack resulted in ninepolicemen dead. Attacks on Somalipolice are increasingly common.

26-Jun-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified gunmen attacked theconvoy of Muhammad Nur, theDeputy Police Commander ofBaydhabo. The attack left one deadand one other injured.

26-Jun-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 1 One police was killed and onewounded when their police patrolwas attacked in the Zana KhanDistrictd of Ghazni Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

26-Jun-08 Sederot Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The al-Aqsa brigades of Fatahclaimed the launch of a single rocketat Sederot. The group claimed thatthe attack was due to the fact thatthe ceasefire was not beingimplemented in the West Bank.

26-Jun-08 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A rocket landed near a gas station inthe Sha'ar Hanegev region ofwestern Negev. The attack cameafter Hamas accused Israel ofviolating the truce when it closed theGaza border crossings.

26-Jun-08 Raydan Yemen Unknown Explosives0 0 A cell thought to be affiliated with al-Qa'ida attempted a rocket attack onan oil refinery in the MaribGovernorate. The group facedtechnical difficulties in loading therockets onto the launches, causingone to launch prematurely. As aresult, the perpetrators fled. Theirequipment was located 3 km awayfrom the Raydan oilfield.

26-Jun-08 AhmedabadIndia Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami

Explosives0 0 A series of 16 bombs explodedthrough various locations inAhmedabad, leaving 49 people killedand 145 injured. The blasts wereconsidered to be of low intensity andtargeted the city's bus service. Thebombs, like the Jaipur bombingsearlier in the year, were planted onbicycles. Islamic militant group,Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami claimedresponsibility for the attack.

26-Jun-08 AhmedabadIndia Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami


26-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 On June 26, 2008 Judge Kamil Abdul-Majid al-Shuwili, the president of theRasafa Court of Appeal, wasassassinated by unidentified gunmenwhile on his way home in easternBaghdad. No further information isprovided.

27-Jun-08 KfarAzza

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortar shells were launchedfrom the Gaza strip into Israel. One ofthe mortars landed near Kibbutz KfarAza, while the other landed in anunoccupied area. No material orhuman losses were reported.

27-Jun-08 Cakirbey Turkey Unknown Firearms5 4 Armed assailants attacked apassenger van in the Van province ofEastern Turkey. Four were killed andfive were wounded in the unclaimedattack.

27-Jun-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailant/assailantskilled a village chief in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'sPattani province. The attack occurredin the morning. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.

27-Jun-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 1 An unidentified assailant shot andkilled a Muslim man in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province. Two monthsprior to the shooting the victim hadbeen released from a military baseafter he had been taken there forquestioning, but authorities decidedthat there wasn't a strong caseagainst him. The attack occurred at7:50 am in Rangae district and theattacker was riding on the back of apick-up truck. A stray bullet alsoinjured an 18-year-old student. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

27-Jun-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fightersknocked down a transmission towerusing improvised explosives builtfrom live mortar projectiles in thesouthern Philippines. The towerbelonged to the company TransCoand was located in a town in thesecond district of Cotabato province.A spokesman for the CentralMindanao police said that 20 TansCotowers have been bombed, withmost of the attacks occurring inLanao del Norte province. Threehours after the above attack, a sub-station of the Cotabato ElectricCooperative was attacked withshoulder-fired rockets in the sameprovince. The Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate on the southern Philippines’island of Mindanao.

27-Jun-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 MILF fighters attacked a sub-stationof the Cotabato Electric Cooperativewith shoulder-fired rockets in thesouthern Philippines. The rocketsstruck the perimeter fence of thesub-station, which was located inMatalam municipality in Cotabatoprovince. Although, philstar.com didnot identify the MILF as theperpetrator, given that MILF fightersconducted several attacks on utilitiesinfrastructure in Cotabato andneighboring Sultan Kudarat provincebetween June 22 and June 27, it islikely that the MILF is to blame. Threehours prior, MILF fighters knockeddown a transmission tower usingimprovised explosives built from livemortar projectiles in another part ofthe province. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

27-Jun-08 SaranganiPhilippinesMILF Firearms0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebelsattacked a town in the southernPhilippines. The attack occurred inMaitum town in Sarangani province,which is on the southern part of theisland of Mindanao. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on theisland of Mindanao. Around the timeof this attack, in what is reported tobe an expression of impatience withthe Philippines government over thestalled peace process, MILF fightershad been attacking villages insouthern and central Mindanao.

28-Jun-08 Kapisa AfghanistanTaliban Firearms5 0 The police chief of the Tagab Districtof Kapisa Province was woundedalong with four of his colleagueswhen his convoy was attackedreturning to the district from theprovincial capital. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

28-Jun-08 Greshk AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Haji Abdol Bari, a tribal elder in theGreshk District of Helmand Province,was shot to death by unidentifiedgunmen returning from his homeafter evening prayers. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

28-Jun-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms3 6 Six workers were killed and threewounded when gunmen attacked aprecious stones mine in the SperaDistrict of Khost Province. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

28-Jun-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 1 One police was killed and threewounded when their police vehiclestruck a roadside mine in the SpinBoldak District of Kandahar Province.No credit was claimed for the attack.

28-Jun-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Unknown0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighterstook at least 25 residents of a villagein the southern Philippines hostage.The assailants also looted thevillagers' property and sexuallymolested a number of the femalevillagers.The attack occurred inCotabato province on the island ofMindanao.The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on theisland of Mindanao. Around the timeof this attack, in what is reported tobe an expression of impatience withthe Philippines government over thestalled peace process, MILF fightershad been attacking villages insouthern and central Mindanao.

28-Jun-08 Tripoli Lebanon Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

20 2 An explosive placed in the entranceof a five story residential buildingkilled two and wounded at leasttwenty others at 5:30 am. Theexplosive was connected todetonators and damaged eight shopsand three stories of the building. Noparty claimed the attack.

28-Jun-08 GazaCity

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two homemade explosives weredetonated in the al-Zawiya market ofGaza city on the evening of June 28.No casualties were reported for theunclaimed attack, but Hamas officialssaid that the explosions caused somematerial damages to the market.

29-Jun-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified gunmen attacked thedeputy district commissioner ofMogadishu's Hamar Jajab District.The deputy district commissionerwas injured.

29-Jun-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 The Taliban fired six rockets at Dr.Mohammad Osman Osman, governorof Ghazni Province during a speechto local residents in the Deh PakDistrict. No injuries or fatalities werereported.

29-Jun-08 Sha'arHanegev

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 On Monday, June 30 a Qassam rocketfired from Gaza landed in the Sha'arHanegev regional council in Negev.This rocket was launched despite theEgyptian-brokered truce betweenPalestinian militants and Israel. Noinjuries or damages were reported,nor was the attack immediatelyclaimed.

29-Jun-08 Gagry Georgia Unknown Explosives6 0 A blast occurred near a marketplaceand Gagry, a resort area in Georgia'sbreakaway region of Abkhazia onJune 29, 2008.The blast occurredaround 9 am and wounded 6 people.Abkhaz leaders blamed Georgia forthe attack but it remains unclear whoperpetrated it.

29-Jun-08 Gagry Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 A second blast occurred near amarketplace and Gagry, a resort areain Georgia's breakaway region ofAbkhazia on June 29, 2008.Thesecond bomb exploded at a bank 15minutes after the first explosion, butdid not injure anyone. The first bombat a marketplace wounded 6. Abkhazleaders blamed Georgia for theattack but it remains unclear whoperpetrated it.

29-Jun-08 UnknownIraq Unknown Explosives3 7 On the morning of June 29, 2008 acar bomb exploded at a police patrolin the village of Mis'adah (near thetown of Dhuluiyah, Salahudinprovince), killing seven policemenand wounding three others.

30-Jun-08 Marka Somalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified gunmen kidnapped fourworkers of the Italian NGO Water ForLife. As of mid-July, none of theworkers had been released, andthere was no word of a ransomdemand. In Somalia, it is oftenunclear whether the kidnappers arepart of the Islamists or whether theyare other actors with non-religiousand non-ideological motives.

30-Jun-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms5 2 Two police were killed and fivewounded when armed gunmenattacked a food convoy belonging tothe United Nation's World FoodProgram. Five trucks with 126 tonsof food were burned in the attack.Local officials blamed the Taliban forthe attack.

30-Jun-08 Paktika AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 2 A bomb in Paktika Province killedfour civilians. A bomb was placed ina civilian car in the Zarmat District.

30-Jun-08 Sderot Israel Suqur al-Asifah

Explosives0 0 A group calling itself Suqur al-Asifahclaimed it launched homemadeprojectiles into the Israeli town ofSderot. As a result, Israel closed theGaza Strip's border crossings.Suqural-Asifah is a name that had beenused occasionally by Fatah-linkedmilitants. That said, the Fatah-linkedal-Aqsa brigdaes denied anyconnection with the group.Suqur al-Asifah claimed that the attack was inresponse to Israeli crimes and calledon Hamas to end its coup, and returnGaza to its legitimate rulers. Nodamages, injuries, or fatalities werereported.

30-Jun-08 UnknownPhilippinesNPA Unknown0 0 New People's Army fighters attackeda town hall in the southernPhilippines. No deaths or injurieswere reported. This attack and twoother attacks on police stations bythese assailants set off two days ofgun battles with the police onSiargao island and Surigao del Norteprovince. The New People's Army isan armed unit of the CommunistParty of the Philippines and has beenwaging an insurgency against thePhilippines' government since 1969.

30-Jun-08 Quezon PhilippinesUnknown Firearms1 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a journalist and injured one ofhis daughters in Quezon province.The attacker, who was riding amotorcycle, shot at the victims asthe journalist, Bert Sison, was drivinghome with his two daughters late atnight. The daughter who was injured,Liwayway, also worked for thenewspaper which employed herfather. Bert Sison was also a radiohost. The attack occurred in Sariayamunicipality. Sison was the thirdjournalist to have been killed in thePhilippines in 2008, the 58th since2001. At the time of the aboveincident, the Committee to ProtectJournalists, which is based in NewYork, and Reporters without Borders,which is based in France, ranked thePhilippines as the second mostdangerous country for journalists.Iraq was ranked first.

30-Jun-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Unknown0 0 According to the Philippines military,on June 30, 2008, Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF) fightersharassed farming communities in thesouthern Philippines' Cotabatoprovince (Mindanao island). Theincidents occurred at the boundary ofthe municipalities of Pikit andAleosan. No one claimedresponsibility. The MILF seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

30-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Three days after Judge Kamil Abdul-Majid al-Shuweili was assassinated,four other Iraqi judges were targetedin separate bomb attacks inBaghdad.A bomb exploded in front ofthe house of Judge Ala Hussein Salehin Baghdad without any reportedcasualties.

30-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 0 Three days after Judge Kamil Abdul-Majid al-Shuweili was assassinated,four other Iraqi judges were targetedin separate bomb attacks inBaghdad.A bomb exploded in front ofthe house of Judge Ali al-Alaf inBaghdad without any reportedcasualties.

30-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 Three days after Judge Kamil Abdul-Majid al-Shuweili was assassinated,four other Iraqi judges were targetedin separate bomb attacks inBaghdad.A bomb exploded in thegarden of the home of Judge GhanimAbdallah al-Shemmari in Baghdad,wounding him, his wife and daughter.

30-Jun-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 Three days after Judge Kamil Abdul-Majid al-Shuweili was assassinated,four other Iraqi judges were targetedin separate bomb attacks inBaghdad.A bomb planted in thevehicle of an unidentified fourthjudge exploded in the car park of acourt in the Waziriyah neighborhoodof north Baghdad, wounding him.

30-Jun-08 Sha'arHanegev

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 A Qassam rocket was fired from Gazainto the Sha'ar Hanegev regionalcouncil. The unclaimed attack causedno casualties or material losses.

1-Jul-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for shelling a locationwhere the Somali government wasconducting an independence party.There were no reports of specificnumbers of fatalities or injuries. TheMujahideen Youth Movement oftentargets the government of Somaliawith targeted shelling.

1-Jul-08 Wardag AfghanistanUnknown Other 0 0 A Chinese engineer of a foreign roadconstruction company waskidnapped by unknown assailants inthe Jalrez district of Wardag Province.The engineer was rescued by Afghaniforces the next day, unharmed. Nocredit was taken for the kidnapping.

1-Jul-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 One police was killed when theTaliban attacked a police checkpointin the Daichupan District of ZabolProvince.

1-Jul-08 Paktika AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 3 Three tribal leaders were killed byarmed insurgents in PaktikaProvince. The elders were attackedwhile traveling from Paktika to KhostProvince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

1-Jul-08 Urozgan AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 4 Four police were killed and twoothers wounded when a bombexploded near their vehicle in theKutarkhana area of UrozganProvince. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

1-Jul-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a government worker insouthern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince. The attack occurred in theevening as the victim wasbirdwatching with friends. This attackis part of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand which began inJanuary 2004.

1-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives5 0 An attack injured five soldiers insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.A bomb exploded on a road neareight soldiers and the teachers theywere escorting to school.Unidentified assailants, then, shot atthe soldiers and a gun fight brokeout. The five-minute gun fight endedwith the assailants fleeing. Mediareporting did not specify whichweapons, the bomb or the firearms,caused the injuries. One of thesoldiers sustained serious injuries.The attack occurred in Sai Buridistrict. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.Note: This attack involved twotypes of weapons, explosives andfirearms.

1-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified assailant shot andkilled a bus driver who was driving topick up students in southernThailand's Yala province.Immediately prior to the shooting,several individuals ambushed thebus, causing it to crash. When thedriver emerged one of them shothim. The attack occurred in Yahadistrict. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.

1-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Unknown0 1 An unidentified attacker/attackerskilled a local government official insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

1-Jul-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailant/assailants shotand killed a government worker insouthern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince. The attack occurred in theevening as the victim and his friendsmet for birdwatching. This attack ispart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

1-Jul-08 Rangoon Burma(Myanmar)

Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at an office of theUnion Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation (USDA) in Rangoon. Theattack occurred at 6:30 am anddestroyed some tables but did notinjure anyone. The USDA issupportive of the Burmesegovernment and it is anticipated thatthe organization will become theBurmese military's proxy politicalparty in the 2010 general election.

1-Jul-08 DavaoCity

PhilippinesNPA Unknown0 1 The New People's Army killed aSeventh Day Adventist pastor,Josefino Estaniel, whom it hadkidnapped in May. Estaniel's bodywas found buried on the outskirts ofDavao City in Davao del Sur provincein the southern Philippines. A militaryspokesman said that the NPAapparently killed Estaniel because itsuspected him of providingassistance to the military's anti-insurgency operations. Thespokesman also said that Estanielwas tortured before he was killed.The New People's Army is an armedunit of the Communist Party of thePhilippines and has been waging aninsurgency against the Philippines'government since 1969.

1-Jul-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)fighters bombed an electricity pylonin the southern Philippines' provinceof Cotabato, near the municipality ofPikit. According to the Philippine Star,only one of the two bombs whichwere attached to the pylon exploded,so the assailants were unsuccessfulin knocking down the pylon.However, the attack causedresidents to flee their homes.Cotabato is located on the island ofMindanao, where the MILF hadcarried out over a dozen attackssince June 2008.The Philippinesmilitary claimed that the attackswere intended to pressure thegovernment to resume peace talkswith the MILF. Although a MILFspokesman said that MILF leadershiphad not ordered these attacks, headded that field commanders wereimpatient with the slow pace of thepeace process. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

1-Jul-08 Ninewa Iraq Unknown Explosives25 1 On July 1, 2008 a suicide bomberdrove his truck full of explosives intothe house of Sheikh AbdulrazzakMijbil al-Wagaa (located in the al-Hudvillage), the chief of the Sunni al-Juburi tribe in Nineveh province. al-Wagaa along with his wife andbrother were among the twenty-fivepeople wounded in this attack. al-Wagaa was a Staff Maj. Gen in theIraqi Army under Saddam Hussein,who held great respect amongofficials and other tribal leaders inNineveh province.

1-Jul-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 On July 1, 2008 gunmen targeted acheckpoint in Al-Abbara village(Diyala province) and killed onemember of a local anti-Qaeda group,likely the Awakening Council group,who was manning the checkpoint.The gunmen then, reportedly, carriedhis body to a house and bombed it,killing a neighbor.Later, in an attackon the checkpoint victim's funeralprocession, a roadside bomb killedanother man and wounded eightpeople, including a policeman andthree children. Incident report#43387 accounts for fatalities andinjuries incurred by the attack on thecheckpoint.

1-Jul-08 Diyala Iraq Unknown Explosives8 1 On July 1, 2008 gunmen targeted acheckpoint in Al-Abbara village(Diyala province) and killed onemember of a local anti-Qaeda group,likely the Awakening Council group,who was manning the checkpoint.The gunmen then, reportedly, carriedhis body to a house and bombed it,killing a neighbor.Later, in an attackon the checkpoint victim's funeralprocession, a roadside bomb killedanother man and wounded eightpeople, including a policeman andthree children. Incident report#43389 accounts for fatalities andinjuries incurred by the attack on thecheckpoint.

1-Jul-08 KhanaqinIraq Unknown Explosives18 1 On July 1, 2008 a car bomb explodednear a police checkpoint in thevillage of al-Nadah, Khanaqin district,killing one policeman and woundingeighteen others, including eightpolicemen.

1-Jul-08 TouzKhormato

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On July 1, 2008 a local official in TouzKhormato reported that one of hisbodyguards was killed when a bombplanted in his vehicle exploded neara police station in the district. Nofurther information is provided.

2-Jul-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAbdikarin Shaykh Ibrahim, thechairman of the Committee for theAssistance of Somali Orphans. Theorganization focuses on assistingSomali orphans. It was notimmediately clear who was behindthe attack.

2-Jul-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 2 Two police were killed when aroadside bomb struck their vehicle inLashkar Gar, Helmand Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

2-Jul-08 JerusalemIsrael Free Menof Galilee

Explosives30 2 A Palestinian drove a bulldozer onJaffa Road in Jerusalem, targeting acrowded bus. The man successfullyused the tractor to overturn the bus,while also striking other vehicles andpedestrians. Ultimately, the attackerwas shot dead when Israeli securityforces jumped on the roof of thebulldozer and shot him.A groupcalling itself Free Men of the Galileeclaimed responsibility for the attacksoon after. Between two to fourIsraelis were reported as dead, androughly thirty wounded as the resultof the attack.

2-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A village chief was shot and killed bya group of unidentified assailants insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.The chief of Goram village was shotin Yarang district as he was drivinghome. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.

2-Jul-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified assailant shot andkilled a woman in a drive-by shootingin southern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince. The assailant carried outthe attack while riding pillion on amotorcycle as the victim wasreturning home on a motorcycle aftertaking her children to school.According to a note which theattackers left by the victim's body,the killing was an act of revenge forthe ill treatment of Muslims (AFPreported that the note said that Thaiswould be killed in retaliation for thedeaths of Muslims). The attackoccurred in Rueso district. It is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.

3-Jul-08 Sha'arHaNegev

Israel BadrForces

Explosives0 0 A group referring to itself as the BadrForces claimed it launched a rocketfrom Gaza into the kibbutz Sha'arHaNegev in western Negev. Thegroup argued that it will never acceptor consider a truce with the Zionistoccupation forces. No human ormaterial losses were reported.

3-Jul-08 CompostelaValley

PhilippinesNPA Explosives12 3 Members of the New People's Armykilled three people and injured 12others in a grenade attack in thesouthern Philippines. According tothe Philippine Army, the attack,which occurred in Compostela Valleyprovince, targeted motorcycle taxidrivers whom the NPA suspected asbeing spies for the Philippinesgovernment. An NPA spokesmanasserted that the attack was thework of government intelligenceagents and denied the military'scharges. The New People's Army isan armed unit of the CommunistParty of the Philippines and has beenwaging an insurgency against thePhilippines' government since 1969.


PhilippinesNPA Unknown0 0 About 60 New People's Army fightersattacked homes in a village in thesouthern Philippines. The village waslocated in Compostela Valleyprovince. No deaths or injuries werereported. The New People's Army isan armed unit of the CommunistParty of the Philippines and has beenwaging an insurgency against thePhilippines' government since 1969.

3-Jul-08 DavaoOriental

PhilippinesNPA Unknown0 0 New People's Army fighters attackeda municipal compound in a town inthe southern Philippines. The townwas located in Davao Orientalprovince. No deaths or injuries werereported. The New People's Army isan armed unit of the CommunistParty of the Philippines and has beenwaging an insurgency against thePhilippines' government since 1969.

4-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 2 Two police were killed and fivewounded by a remote-controlledbomb in the Rashidun District ofGhazni Province. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

4-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 3 The Taliban attacked a USPI convoyon the Kandahar-Herat Highway inthe Zheray District of KandaharProvince. The attack killed threesecurity guards. News sources werefrom officials in the convoy. TheAfghan government releases noofficial statements on the attack.This attack appears to be incoordination with a series of similarattacks on USPI assets that tookplace from July 5 to July 15.

4-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 8 Eight police were killed and onewounded when insurgents attacked apolice post in the Panjwayi District ofKandahar Province. No credit wasclaimed for the attack, but localofficials blamed Taliban militants.


PhilippinesNPA Firearms0 1 Assailants believed to be NewPeople's Army fighters shot and killeda village councilman in the southernPhilippines. The attackers, who wereriding on motorcycles, killed thevictim in Nabunturan municipality inCompostela Valley province (locatedon the southern island of Mindanao).The New People's Army is an armedunit of the Communist Party of thePhilippines and has been waging aninsurgency against the Philippines'government since 1969.

4-Jul-08 Alava Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On July 4, 2008 a 4kg bomb explodedat the Urdindain relay station in theElgea mountain range in the BasqueCountry. The blast caused extensivedamage to the station but caused nocasualties.Authorities believe thatETA is responsible for the attack.

5-Jul-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 4 A roadside bomb detonated againstthe convoy of the deputycommissioner,Hassan Elmi Abtidoon,of the Yaqshid district. He was killedalong with three of his bodyguards inwhat was the sixteenth assassinationof senior officials of Mogadishumunicipality.

5-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Haji Habibullah, a member of theAfghan Parliament and noted triballeader of the Zherai District, wasmurdered by unknown gunmen nearhis home. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

5-Jul-08 Sa'da Yemen Huthis Explosives4 1 On July 5, 2008, a suicide bomberthought to be affiliated with theHuthis/Believing Youth Movement,detonated himself in a post office inSa'da city. The attacker allegedlybegan assaulting civilians in the postoffice before detonating theexplosive. The bomber, thought to bea 14 year-old boy, killed one personand injured four others, two of themseriously. These casualty numberscome from official governmentreporting. Other independent sourcesreported casualties as high as seven.The government and the Huthi rebelshad been fighting on and off sinceJune 2004. Reliable information fromthe conflict zone is thus sparse.

5-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms5 3 Two unidentified assailants shot andkilled three civilians and injured fiveothers at a teashop in southernThailand's Yala province. Theassailants attacked the teashop fromthe back of a pick-up truck at 7:15am. The teashop was located inBango Pulah village in TambonNoenngam in Raman district. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

5-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On July 5, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near the car of Khaled al-Ubeidi, head of the Iraqi Islamic Partyin Fallujah, wounding him, his driverand a bystander.

5-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives6 1 On July 5, 2008 a car bomb explodedat a police patrol in the al-Hai al-Ziraie neighborhood of northernMosul, killing one person andwounding six others.

6-Jul-08 BeledweyeneSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda man who sells qat in Beledweyeneand who is believed to friendly toEthiopian troops in the region.Animosity towards the Ethiopianexists throughout Somalia, including(but not exclusive to) the country'sIslamists. These same Islamists areresponsible for imposing a banagainst qat throughout the country.

6-Jul-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedOsman Ali Ahmed, the head of theUN Development Program inMogadishu as he was leaving amosque in the city's Bulohubedistrict. According to reports, AliAhmed was shot at close-range as heleft a mosque. Attacks on aidworkers are not uncommon inSomalia.

6-Jul-08 Nawa AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Two police were killed in the NawaDistrict of Kandahar Province whenTaliban gunmen attacked theiroutpost.

6-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was found and defused insouthern Thailand's Yala province.This occurred after another bombexploded outside a 7-Eleven store,injuring two members of acommunity security team, in thesame area. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

6-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a rubber processing factorytechnician in southern Thailand'sPattani province. The victim washeading home on his motorcyclewhen the attack occurred. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

6-Jul-08 NahalOz

Israel Unknown Firearms0 0 On July 6, Palestinian snipersreportedly fired at farmers at theKibbutz Nahal Oz. No injuries ordamages were reported.

6-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives2 0 A bomb exploded outside a 7-Elevenstore, injuring two members of acommunity security team, insouthern Thailand's Yala province.According to eyewitnesses, the bombexploded as the four-membersecurity team was standing in frontof the store. The bomb, which washidden under a drainage cover, didnot properly detonate, so the victimsonly sustained minor injuries.Another bomb was found in the area,but it was defused before it couldexplode. The attack occurred inMuang district. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

6-Jul-08 Bitlis Turkey People'sCongressofKurdistan

Firearms5 1 On July 2, People's Congress ofKurdistan forces claimed it launchedan armed assault on a police stationin Britlis's Norsin district with heavyweapons. The group further claimedthat it killed one police officer, whilewounding five others.In response tothe attack, an alleged armyoperation was launched in the areawith no results.

6-Jul-08 MaguindanaoPhilippinesMILF Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 Intelligence agents from thePhilippines' military arrested a MoroIslamic Liberation Front (MILF)explosives expert who had plannedto bomb a passenger van terminal inthe southern Philippines. Thebomber, Arman Mano, had built animprovised explosive device from an81mm mortar shell. The bomb wasdesigned to be detonated by cell-phone. Mano admitted to being aMILF explosives expert, but he didnot say whether MILF leaders hadapproved the bombing. A militaryspokesman said Mano had intendedto carry out the attack on July 7(Mano was arrested on July 6). Thetargeted terminal was located in themunicipality of Sultan Kudarat(Maguindanao province) in theAutonomous Region in MuslimMindanao.The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.



Firearms0 1 Members of the National People'sArmy shot and killed a town councilmember in the Philippines' provinceof Compostela Valley. The assailantscarried out the attack onmotorcycles. Noli Lianos, who was onfoot, was en route to the village hall.A military spokesman attributed thekilling to Lianos' involvement in theanti-communist movement in thearea. (quote of media report, notspokesman's words). He was acouncil member of CompostelaValley's Nabunturan town. The NewPeople's Army is the armed unit ofthe Communist Party of thePhilippines and has been waging aninsurgency against the Philippines'government since 1969.

6-Jul-08 IslamabadPakistan Unknown Explosives53 17 On July 6, 2008, 16 people werekilled and 53 injured in a suicidebombing near the Lal Masjid mosquein Islamabad where a rally was takingplace. The rally was held to mark thefirst anniversary of the storming ofthe mosque by Pakistanicommandos. The suicide bombingwas an apparent revenge attack. Noone claimed responsibility for theattack.

6-Jul-08 Nafaqal-Shurta

Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 On July 6, 2008 Iraqi policediscovered a car bomb in Nafaq al-Shurta of western Baghdad. Thebomb exploded while authoritiesattempted to defuse it, wounding fivepolicemen.

6-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives14 6 On July 6, 2008 a car bomb targetinga police patrol exploded near a localmarket in Baghdad's northeasternShiite al-Shab neighborhood, killingat least six people and woundedfourteen, including three policemen.Various press reports note that thiscar bomb exploded near a mosque orin front of a mortuary in city's mainal-Yarmuk hospital.

6-Jul-08 QaraTappa

Iraq Unknown Explosives4 7 On July 6, 2008 a car bomb explodedoutside the house of MohammedRamadan Eisa (Qara Tappa, DiyalaProvince), a local leader of PresidentJalal Talabani's Patriotic Union ofKurdistan (PUK), severely injuringhim and three of his guards whilekilling his wife, mother-in-law, twochildren, brother, and two of hisguards.The victims were reportedlystanding in front of the house, likelygetting ready to depart somewhere,at the time of this attack.

7-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 The police chief of Nawa District,Ghazni Province was killed and oneother police wounded when armedgunmen attacked him during ashopping trip in Amanoddin. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

7-Jul-08 Urozgan AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

7 4 Four police were killed and sevenothers wounded when their vehicleswere destroyed by a roadside bombin the town of Tirin Kot, UrozganProvince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

7-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 3 Three police were killed and fourothers wounded when their vehiclewas hit by a roadside bomb in theZheray District of Kandahar Province.Local officials blamed the Taliban forthe attacks, but no credit wasclaimed.

7-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 A 54-year-old Buddhist man waskilled in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

7-Jul-08 Qarni Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 On July 7, Palestinian militants firedtwo mortar shells at the Qarni Bordercrossing. The attack, which waslaunched despite a cease-fireagreement between Hamas andIsrael, caused no human or materiallosses.

7-Jul-08 Dhaleh Yemen Other Explosives7 0 As police attempted to break up aprotest in the Southern city ofDhaleh, a grenade was thrown byMuhammad Mohsen Muhammad, 22,which injured seven individuals,including a police officer. Theprotesters called for greater state aidto the 60,000 individuals who retiredfrom army and civil service jobs in1994.

7-Jul-08 DavaoOriental

PhilippinesNPA Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a policeman as he was buyingfood at a crowded market in DavaoOriental province in the Philippines.The attack occurred in themunicipality of Cateel. Policeattributed the killing to the NewPeople's Army (NPA). The NPA hadthreatened to target abusivepolicemen and soldiers andgovernment officials who violatehuman rights and oppress the poor(quote from Mindanao Examinerreport). The New People's Army isan armed unit of the CommunistParty of the Philippines and has beenwaging an insurgency against thePhilippines' government since 1969.

7-Jul-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On July 7, 2008 a bomb planted in awoman's clothing store in the Al-Mafraq market in Baquba exploded,killing the woman who stepped onthe bomb. The explosion had earlierbeen reported as resulting from awoman suicide bomber, but U.S.military are claiming otherwise, inaddition to confirming only one deathoccurring. A medic at Baqubahospital, however, claims that twopeople were killed and fourteenwounded in the bombing.

7-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On July 7, 2008 a roadside bombexploded at a police patrol in al-Boursa region of western Mosul,injuring three policemen.

7-Jul-08 Rawa Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives9 1 On July 7, 2008 a suicide bomberdrove a car into the securitycheckpoint manned by tribalvolunteers of the Awakening Councilgroup in al-Simsimiya, near the townof Rawa. The explosion injured ninepeople. Al Qaeda has targetedAwakening Council group membersfor their cooperation with the U.S.

7-Jul-08 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 On July 7, 2008 the press reportedthat gunmen killed Mohamed AbdulBarry Sharzi, a member of the IraqiIslamic Party, in his home in the al-Homa village of Tal Afar.

7-Jul-08 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 On July 7, 2008 unidentified gunmenopened fire on the car of Abdul BariIbrahim, killing the head of the IraqiIslamic Party, in the Allaw village ofTal Afar.

7-Jul-08 KhaniBeniSaad

Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 1 On July 7, 2008 the press reportedthat a member of a local anti-alQaeda front, likely the AwakeningCouncil group, was killed by a sniperin the town of Khan Beni Saad. Nofurther information is provided.AlQaeda has targeted AwakeningCouncil members for theircooperation with the U.S.

7-Jul-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 1 On July 7, 2008 the press reportedthat a member of a local anti-alQaeda front, likely the AwakeningCouncil group, was killed by a sniperin Baqubah's al-Hashmiyat district.No further information is provided.AlQaeda has targeted AwakeningCouncil group members for theircooperation with the U.S.

8-Jul-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Explosives2 0 Unidentified assailants lobbed agrenade into the residence ofMuhammad Abdirahman, a regionalintelligence officer for Somalia's Bayregion. The attack left Abdirahamwounded, along with his wife.

8-Jul-08 Baidoa Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives5 1 Gunmen with the Mujahideen YouthMovement attacked the presidentialpalace in Baidoa. The attack left onegovernment soldier dead and at leastfive others wounded. TheMujahideen Youth Movement iscurrently embroiled in a fierceinsurgency campaign against thegovernment, has previously shelledthe government palace inMogadishu.

8-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 2 The police chief of Moqor District ofGhazni Province was wounded andtwo police killed by an attack on hisvehicle. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

8-Jul-08 Nimroz AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A bomb was discovered on a bustransporting Indian road constructionworkers in Nimroz Province. Thedriver of the bus was arrested forquestioning but no credit wasclaimed for the attack.

8-Jul-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives130 41 A suicide car-bomb exploded outsideof the Indian Embassy in Kabul,killing at least 41 people andwounding approximately 130. Atleast four Indian citizens and sixAfghani police were among the dead.The attack raised suspicions thatPakistan's ISI Intelligence Servicemay be using Afghan insurgents toattack Indian assets. The Talibandenied responsibility for the attack.

8-Jul-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 2 The Taliban attacked a USPI convoyin the Shah Joy District of ZabolProvince, killing two security guardsand wounding one other. This attackappears to be in coordination with aseries of similar attacks on USPIassets that took place from July 5 toJuly 15.

8-Jul-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 1 One security guard was killed andtwo other wounded when insurgentsattacked a USPI Security convoy inthe Farah Rod District of FarahProvince. Five vehicles were set onfire. This attack appears to be incoordination with a series of similarattacks on USPI assets that tookplace from July 5 to July 15.

8-Jul-08 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 5 A suicide bomber detonated next tothe convoy of Nimroz's Governor,Ghulam Dastagir Azad. The blastkilled three police and two civilians.The Governor was on his way back tothe district capital after a visit to aroad construction project in KhashRoad district. The governor wasunhurt in the attack and no creditwas claimed.

8-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a couple in a drive-by shootingin southern Thailand's Pattaniprovince. The victims were headingto work by motorcycle in the morningwhen they were shot. The attackersdoused the victim's bodies withgasoline and burnt them. This attackis part of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand which began inJanuary 2004.

8-Jul-08 Eshqol Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 On the afternoon of July 8, a mortarshell landed in the Western Negev.No group claimed responsibility forthe attack, and no human or materiallosses were reported.

8-Jul-08 CemisgezekTurkey People'sDefenseForces

Firearms8 2 The People's Defense Forcesannounced that the female guerrillasof the Free Women's Defense Forcesand the Turkish CommunistParty/Marxist Leninist- TurkishWorkers and Peasants LiberationArmy launched a successful attackon a police control facility, districtsecurity directorate, and districtbattalion hill. The People's DefenseForces claimed the attack wasconducted from three sides, with thepolice control facility being struckfirst with rocket launchers at 10:40pm. The clash allegedly lasted forforty-five minutes, killing two officersand wounding eight.

8-Jul-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On July 8, 2008 a roadside bombexploded at Salah al-Din policecommander's personal car as itpassed through al-Arabaeen street incentral Tikrit. One policeman whowas driving the car was killedinstantaneously.

8-Jul-08 Tikrit Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On July 8, 2008 a roadside bombexploded at Salah al-Din policecommander's personal car as itpassed through al-Arabaeen street incentral Tikrit. One policeman whowas driving the car was killedinstantaneously.

8-Jul-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On July 8, 2008 a bomb with a timerexploded in the city centre, close toKirkuk's Court, injuring two people.No further information is provided.

9-Jul-08 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Firearms3 1 One security guard was killed andthree others wounded when gunmenattacked a logistics convoy owned bythe American company, USPI on theroad from Kandahar to Farah in theKanaski area of Bakwa District ofFarah Province. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

9-Jul-08 Istanbul Turkey SelefiGroup

Firearms2 3 On July 9, at 10:30 am a vehicle withfour people in it arrived at the visaentrance to the U.S. consulate in theIstinye neighborhood. Threeassailants jumped out of the vehicleand fired on a police officer guardingthe consulate. The gunmen wereusing guns and shotguns. Onepoliceman was immediately killed,while two others died in the hospital.Two other policemen were injured inthe attack. The assailants, all ofwhom were Turks, were reported tobe affiliated with the Selefi Group,which is thought to have links withal-Qa'ida. One of the assailants,Erkan Kargin, received training inAfghanistan, while the other two,Bulent Cainar and Raif Topcil, hadcriminal records in Turkey.

9-Jul-08 MountArarat

Turkey KurdishWorkersParty

Unknown0 0 On the evening of July 8, PKKmilitants kidnapped three Germanmountain climbers, ages 65, 47, and33, from their base camp on MountArarat in Eastern Turkey. The PKKdemanded that in return for therelease of the hostages, Germanyshould remove the group from theEuropean terror list. The hostageswere released unharmed on July 20.

9-Jul-08 SaranganiPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified assailants detonated agrenade at a police station inSarangani province in the Philippines.The attack occurred in themunicipality of Massim.

9-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On July 9, 2008, the press reportedthat a roadside bomb exploded at anIraqi police 3rd contingent's patrol, atthe tunnel under the 5th bridge, inwestern Mosul. No furtherinformation is provided.

9-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On July 9, 2008 a car bomb--a Toyotarigged with explosives--wasdiscovered and later defused in al-Majmua al-Thakafiya district ofnorthern Mosul. No furtherinformation is provided.

9-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives37 9 On July 9, 2008 a suicide bomberdrove his explosives-filled car againstthe convoy of General Riyadh JalalTauffiq, the head of the securityoperations in Mosul, in the Al-Faisaliya neighborhood of east Mosul.The attack occurred immediatelyafter the General visited theprovincial traffic police headquartersin Faisaliyah neighborhood of easternMosul. According to the General,who survived the attack, the suicidebomber detonated his car afterguards tried to arrest him. And, theU.S. military reports that theexplosion killed eight Iraqi civiliansand wounded thirty-three civiliansand four Iraqi soldiers.

9-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms8 6 On July 9, 2008 an unidentifiedgunman entered a mosque inBaghdad's Abu Ghraib district andopened fire on worshippers, killingsix and wounding eight people. Nofurther information is provided.

9-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 On July 9, 2008 a bomb placed near acourthouse in Falluja exploded,killing one person and injuring three,all of them police officers. Asrescuers reached the wounded,another bomb exploded, killinganother four people. Incident report#43414 accounts for the fatalitiesand injuries incurred by the firstexplosion.

9-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 On July 9, 2008 a bomb placed near acourthouse in Falluja exploded,killing one person and injuring three,all of them police officers. Asrescuers reached the wounded,another bomb exploded, killinganother four people. Incident report#43415 accounts for the fatalitiesand injuries incurred by the secondexplosion.

10-Jul-08 Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 On the afternoon of July 10, twoQassam rockets were launched intothe western Negev. The attack wasnot claimed by any Palestinian group,nor did it lead to any human ormaterial losses.

10-Jul-08 JerusalemIsrael PopularFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 Eight alleged members of thePopular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine were arrested afterthrowing Molotov cocktails at carstraveling near the Hebrew Universityof Jerusalem. No material damagesor human losses were reported.

10-Jul-08 Sederot Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 The Imad Mughniyeh Groups of theal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimedresponsibility for launching tworockets at the Israeli town of Sederot.The group's spokesmen claimed thatthe attack was in response to thekilling of al-Aqsa affiliated militantSalim Jum'a al-Hamidi by IsraeliForces. In response to the attacks,Hamas arrested two Fatah militantssuspected of launching the rockets.The attacks were launched despite athree-week calm agreed to by theIsraeli government and Palestinianmilitants.

10-Jul-08 UnknownIsrael Fatah Explosives0 0 Hamas gunmen dismantled a rocketthat was going to be fired by theFatah-affiliated al-Aqsa Martyrs'Brigades -Martyr Izz al-Din al-ShimaliUnits towards Israeli settlements.Four members of the group werearrested by Hamas gunmen.

10-Jul-08 Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On July 10, 2008 a car belonging tothe Moroccan embassy in Athens wasset on fire. The vehicle wasdestroyed but no one was injured.The attack was coordinated withanother attack on the police inAthens.The device was made up ofgas canisters.Authorities believe theattack was planned by anarchist todemonstrate against the social andeconomic policies of the GreekGovernment.

10-Jul-08 Athens Greece Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On July 10, 2008 cars belonging tothe Greek police force in Athens wereset on fire. The vehicles weredestroyed but no one was injured.The attack was coordinated withanother attack on the Moroccanembassy in Athens.The devices weremade up of gas canisters.Authoritiesbelieve the attack was planned byanarchist to demonstrate against thesocial and economic policies of theGreek Government.

10-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 On July 10, 2008 unidentifiedgunmen opened fire on BrigadierRiyad Jar Allah, the head of the civilstatus department, killing him on thespot. The attack occurred in BabSinjar area of western Mosul.

10-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 3 On July 10, 2008 a suicide bomberblew up a car packed with explosivestargeting a police vehicle patrol inthe Drag neighborhood in al-Mansourregion of western Baghdad. Theexplosion killed two person andinjured four others.

11-Jul-08 LaghmanAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 Taliban insurgents attacked a convoyof fuel tankers in the QarghayiDistrict of Laghman Province. Onetanker was burned in the attack. Noinjuries were reported. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

11-Jul-08 Buttala SriLanka

LTTE Firearms25 4 At least four people were killed, and25 others injured when gunmenattacked a crowded passenger bus inthe southern town of Buttala, south-east of Colombo. The gunmen werehiding by the side of the road andbegan firing at the bus as it passed.The attack was blamed on theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelamrebels (LTTE).

11-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 On July 11, 2008 an improvisedexplosive device placed under avegetable cart exploded at a policevehicle patrol in the al-Jamassaregion of eastern Mosul, injuring sixcivilians.

12-Jul-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedMuhammad Mahmud Khayre and AliBashe, two people working for localNGOs that serve displaced people onthe outskirts of Mogadishu. Thisattack comes just days after gunmenkilled the head of UNDP inMogadishu.

12-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 5 Three police and two civilians werekilled when a police vehicle wasdestroyed in an explosion. Thecivilians were a women and her son.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

12-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 4 Four police were killed and threeothers wounded when their vehiclestruck a roadside mine on theKandahar-Herat Highway in theBabarzo area between Shahr-e Safaand Qalat in Kandahar Province. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

12-Jul-08 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On July 12, 2008 a roadside bombexploded on a road in the al-Aiadhiyaarea of Tal Afar, killing onepoliceman. No further information isprovided.

12-Jul-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On July 12, 2008 a roadside bombexplosion targeted the convoy ofKirkuk's emergency police chief, Col.Ahmed Shamirani, which injured himalong with a lieutenant colonel in hiscompany. The attack occurred in theKhadhraa neighborhood of centralKirkuk.

12-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms1 2 On July 12, 2008 provincial securityofficials reported that a drive-byshooting in the western part of Mosulkilled two policemen and injuredanother. No further information isprovided.

13-Jul-08 BeledweyeneSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Firearms0 2 Gunmen associated with theMujahideen Youth Movement (MYM)shot and killed two men alleged to bespies for Ethiopian forces. Thespokesman Union of Islamic Courts(UIC), an affiliate of the (MYM)claimed that the two men came toBeledweyene to spy for theEthiopians.

13-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 2 Two security guards of an Afghaniroad construction company werekilled when their vehicle hit aroadside mine. The attack occurredin the Gero District of GhazniProvince. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

13-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 The Taliban murdered two womenwhom they accused of working withthe police and also of beingprostitutes. A Taliban spokesmanaccused the women of working forthe crime department of the Ghaznipolice. Government officials deniedthe women had any involvement withthe police or prostitution.

13-Jul-08 Urozgan AfghanistanUnknown Explosives24 24 At least 24 people, including fivepolice, were killed and at least twodozen wounded when a suicidebomber on a motorbike attacked apolice vehicle in a crowded bazaar inthe Dah Rawood area of UrozganProvince. The police vehiclecontained the local police battalioncommander, who was among thedead. No credit was claimed for theattack.

13-Jul-08 KibbutzNahalOz

Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Two mortars were allegedly fired byPalestinian militants from the Gazastrip. The mortars landed near theKibbutz Nahal Oz, which is located onthe Palestinian side of the dividingfence. No damages or fatalities werereported.

13-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives4 4 On July 13, 2008 two coordinatedroadside bomb explosions targetedpolicemen in Fallujah.The firstexplosion occurred in front of thehouse of a police captain while aconvoy of police vehicles arrived totake the officer to his office in thecity. The second explosion occurredshortly after police forces andbystanders gathered at the firstexplosion, wounding four policemenand four civilians.Incident report#43431 accounts for fatalities andinjuries incurred by both explosionsas those of the first explosionremains unclear.

13-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On July 13, 2008 two coordinatedroadside bomb explosions targetedpolicemen in Fallujah.The firstexplosion occurred in front of thehouse of a police captain while aconvoy of police vehicles arrived totake the officer to his office in thecity. The second explosion occurredshortly after police forces andbystanders gathered at the firstexplosion, wounding four policemenand four civilians.Incident report#43431 accounts for fatalities andinjuries incurred by both explosionsas those of the first explosionremains unclear.

13-Jul-08 Duluyiah Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms3 2 Unidentified gunmen fired on asoccer game near Duluyiah, killing apoliceman and a member of the localU.S.-backed Awakening Councilgroup. The attack also woundedthree others, including a nine yearold and a second member of theAwakening Council group. It is morelikely that the Awakening Councilgroup members were the target ofthis attack. Al Qaida has targetedsuch members for their cooperationwith the U.S.

13-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 On July 13, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near a police patrol thatwas passing through Palestine Streetin eastern Baghdad, wounding twopolicemen and four civilians.

13-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 On July 13, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near a police patrol in theal-Maghreb Street in Baghdad'snorthern neighborhood of Adhamiya,injuring two policemen and twocivilians.

14-Jul-08 MogadishuSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives3 0 The Al-Shabaab Movement claimedcredit for a series of mortar attackstargeting Ugandan peacekeepingforces stationed at the Mogadishuairport. The attacks left threeinjured. The Ugandans are thereunder the auspices of the AfricanUnion's Mission for Somalia(AMISOM).

14-Jul-08 Paktika AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 7 A roadside bomb destroyed a civilianpickup truck in Paktika Province,killing seven people. Local officialsblamed the Taliban for the attack,but no credit was claimed.

14-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 5 Five Afghani police were kidnappedand murdered by Taliban insurgents.The police were kidnapped in theGelan District of Ghazni Province ontheir way home to SamanganProvince. The Taliban claimed thatthe police were killed after aninvestigation by the Taliban's SpecialCourt.

14-Jul-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 6 Six security guards working for USPIwere killed and two others woundedwhen their vehicle hit a roadsidemine on the Kandahar-Herat highwayin the Greshk District of HelmandProvince. This attack appears to bein coordination with a series ofsimilar attacks on USPI assets thattook place from July 5 to July 15.

14-Jul-08 Paktika AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 8 Eight civilians were killed in theirvehicle by a roadside bombexplosion. The explosion took placein the Saroza District, PaktikaProvince, on the Orgun-SharanHighway. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack, but no creditwas claimed.

14-Jul-08 SongkhlaThailand Unknown Explosives1 1 A bomb exploded as six defensevolunteers on patrol were passing byin southern Thailand, killing one andinjuring another. The explosionoccurred around 7 am as thevolunteers were carrying out theirteacher escort duty. The assailantshad placed the bomb by anelectricity pole along the road wherethe volunteers were patrolling. Theattack occurred in Songkhla provincein Thepa district. A military officialsaid that it is believed that theattackers were not from the area,which is Thai-speaking, and they hadsuccessfully formed a cell there. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

14-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives14 3 On July 14, 2008 unidentifiedindividuals threw a grenade at agroup of civilians and trafficpolicemen at the Damascus Bridge inthe al-Alawi neighborhood of centralBaghdad, killing three people andwounding fourteen others.

14-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 On July 14, 2008 a suicide bomberopened fire with a gun on a policepatrol in al-Nabi Yniss neighborhoodbefore attempting to blow himselfup. Police authorities were able tocircumvent a suicide bombingexplosion from occurring byresponding to his attack and killinghim instantaneously. Authoritieslater dismantled the attack'sexplosive belt, without causing anyinjuries.

14-Jul-08 UnknownIraq Al Qaeda Explosives3 0 On July 14, 2008 an improvisedexplosive device exploded near thevehicle of three Awakening Councilgroup members who were passingthrough the main road in al-Makhifavillage, Abi Saida District, east ofBaqubah, leaving them wounded. AlQaeda has targeted AwakeningCouncil members for theircooperation with the U.S.

14-Jul-08 Darband-iKhan

Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On July 14, 2008 a bomb explodednear the border guards' position inthe village of Chwardara of Bamoadministrative sub-district inDarband-i Khan, injuring twopolicemen.

15-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 The Suraya Shahid girl's high schoolin the Omari District of GhazniProvince was set afire by unknownassailants. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

15-Jul-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Two Turkish engineers working for aprivate construction company, alongwith their Afghan driver, wereabducted from their compound byunknown assailants. The attack tookplace in the Gozara District of HeratProvince in a construction industrialzone. No credit was claimed for theabduction. The engineers werereleased on July 21. The status ofthe Afghani driver was not reported.

15-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

8 0 (One of seven attacks) On July 16,2008, a bomb exploded at aconstruction site close to a policeparking lot in southern Thailand,injuring eight people, including twopolicemen. According to police, ahomemade bomb was placed in atrash can and was detonated using acellular phone. The attack occurredin Pattani province in Muang district,where Pattani town is located. Noone claimed responsibility. On thefollowing day bombs explodedoutside the main police stations inthe important regional towns ofPattani and Yala and a smallerexplosion occurred almost at thesame time as the Yala police attackin a local transport office in Yalaprovince. Three more bombsexploded in Pattani's province'sMuang district that same day. Theseattacks are part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004. However, it'srelatively rare for attacks to occur inthe downtown areas of key towns inthe far south of Thailand. On July 15the Thai government declaredemergency rule over that region ofthe country.Note: Muang is the namegiven to the district in each provincein Thailand where the province'smain town or city is located.

15-Jul-08 ChandranigahapurNepal TeraiArmy

Explosives15 2 Two people were killed and 15injured after a bomb exploded at abus stop in the town ofChandranigahapur, 150 miles southof Kathmandu. An unknown group,the Terai Army, claimedresponsibility for the attack. Over thepast year, numerous people havedied in violent protests by minoritygroups in southern Nepal. Thesegroups have staged demonstrationscalling for greater rights from thegovernment.

15-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 5 On July 15, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near the convoy of KareemWahid, the Iraqi Minister ofElectricity, as he traveled to workthrough the Zayouna neighborhoodof Baghdad. The attack killed threebodyguards and two bystanders butWahid was uninjured.

15-Jul-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives64 30 On the morning of July 15, 2008 twosuicide bombers wearing explosivevests blew themselves up amongdozens of Iraqi Army recruits at theSaad base in Baqubah. One suicidebomber had reportedly disguisedhimself in a military uniform toinfiltrate himself among the crowds.The explosion killed twenty-eight andinjured at least sixty-four people.Incident report #43449 accounts forfatalities and injuries incurred byboth suicide bombing explosions.

15-Jul-08 Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On the morning of July 15, 2008 twosuicide bombers wearing explosivevests blew themselves up amongdozens of Iraqi Army recruits at theSaad base in Baqubah. One suicidebomber had reportedly disguisedhimself in a military uniform toinfiltrate himself among the crowds.The explosion killed twenty-eight andinjured at least sixty-four people.Incident report #43449 accounts forfatalities and injuries incurred byboth suicide bombing explosions

15-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 4 In the evening of July 15, 2008 awoman suicide bomber blew herselfup at the home of a local city councilmember in northern Baghdad, killingherself and three Iraqi citizens. Theunidentified local city councilmember was reportedly planning toestablish a U.S.-allied Sunni group inthe area.

16-Jul-08 NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Nangarhar Provincial authoritiesseized a Toyota Corolla that wasreadied for a terrorist attack in theMomnad Dara District. The vehiclehad no license plate and was packedwith explosives when police forcesintercepted it and defused theexplosives. Officials offered noevidence of who was responsible.

16-Jul-08 Logar AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Judge Mahbun Elahi, head of theLogar District courts and two otherjudges were kidnapped by unknownassailants. The judges werekidnapped while traveling home inthe district capital of Pol-e Alam. Nocredit was claimed for thekidnapping.

16-Jul-08 Zihar Yemen Huthis Firearms0 4 The secretary general of the localcouncil in the Jawf Governorate,located in northern Yemen, wasassassinated by Huthi rebels on July16. The attacks reportedly were outof revenge for the Yemenigovernment's killing of rebel leader'Abdullah Abu Ras. The governmentofficial was killed along with three ofhis bodyguards.

16-Jul-08 Amman Jordan Other Firearms6 0 On July 16, an Arab Isreali woman,four Lebanese nationals, and aJordanian bus driver were injuredwhen gunman Thaer Wheidi, an 18year old refugee residing in theBaqaa camp, opened fire. Thegunmen soon thereafter turned thegun on himself, eventually dyingfrom the self-inflicted wound. Thetourists were attending a concert puton by the Lebanese Kaslik choir.When his house was raided, theperpetrator of the attack was foundto have salafi books.

16-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (Three of seven attacks) On July 16,2008, a bomb exploded outside themain police station in southernThailand's Yala town, damaging thestation's gate. No one was injuredand no one claimed responsibility.Inwhat appeared to be a coordinatedattack, a smaller explosion occurredalmost at the same time in a localtransport office in Yala province.Noone was injured in these attacks.Also during the morning, there wasanother attack in neighboring Pattaniprovince outside the town ofPattani's main police station. Inaddition to these three attacks, twobombs went off at Yala's Muangdistrict hall and other went off at aregistration room in Muang district.On the previous day, a bombexploded near a police parking lot inMuang district, injuring eight people,including two policemen. Theseattacks are part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004. However, it'srelatively rare for attacks to occur inthe downtown areas of key towns inthe far south of Thailand. On July 15the Thai government declaredemergency rule over that region ofthe country.Note: Muang is the namegiven to the district in each provincein Thailand where the province'smain town or city is located.

16-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (Seven of seven attacks)On July 16,2008, a bomb exploded at aregistration room in Muang districthall in southern Thailand's Yalaprovince. No one was injured and noone claimed responsibility. On thesame day, a time-bomb explodedoutside the district hall's fence andanother bomb exploded in arestroom inside the district hall. Noone was injured in these attacks.Also on July 16, a bomb exploded ata local transport office in Yalaprovince. It appeared to have beencoordinated with a bombing outsidethe main police station in Yala town.During the same morning, a bombalso exploded outside the mainpolice station in Pattani town in theadjacent province, injuring sevenpeople, including three policemen.On the previous day, a bombexploded near a police parking lot inPattani's Muang district, injuringeight people, including twopolicemen. These attacks are part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.However, it's relatively rare forattacks to occur in the downtownareas of key towns in the far south ofThailand. On July 15 the Thaigovernment declared emergencyrule over that region of the country.Note: Muang is the name given tothe district in each province inThailand where the province's maintown or city is located.

16-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives7 0 (Two of seven attacks) On July 16,2008, a bomb exploded outside themain police station in southernThailand's Pattani town, injuringseven people, including threepolicemen. No one claimedresponsibility.On the same morning,there was another attack outside ofneighboring Yala province's mainpolice station. In what appeared tobe a coordinated attack, a smallerexplosion occurred almost at thesame time in a local transport officein Yala province. In addition to thesethree attacks, two bombs went off atYala's Muang district hall and otherwent off at a registration room in thesame district. On the previous day, abomb exploded near a police parkinglot in Pattani's Muang district,injuring eight people, including twopolicemen. These attacks are part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.However, it's relatively rare forattacks to occur in the downtownareas of key towns in the far south ofThailand. On July 15 the Thaigovernment declared emergencyrule over that region of the country.Note: Muang is the name given tothe district in each province inThailand where the province's maintown or city is located.

16-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (Four of seven attacks) On July 16,2008, a bomb exploded at a localtransport office in Yala province insouthern Thailand. No one wasinjured and no one claimedresponsibility. It appeared to havebeen coordinated with a bombingoutside the main police station inYala town, which occurred at almostthe same time. No one was injured inthese attacks. During the samemorning, a bomb also explodedoutside the main police station inPattani town in the adjacentprovince, injuring seven people,including three policemen. On thesame day, two bombs went off atYala's Muang district hall and anotherwent off at a registration roomelsewhere in Yala's Muang district.On the previous day, a bombexploded near a police parking lot inPattani's Muang district, injuringeight people, including twopolicemen. These attacks are part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.However, it's relatively rare forattacks to occur in the downtownareas of key towns in the far south ofThailand. On July 15 the Thaigovernment declared emergencyrule over that region of the country.Note: Muang is the name given tothe district in each province inThailand where the province's maintown or city is located.

16-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (Five of seven attacks) On July 16,2008, a time-bomb exploded outsidethe Muang district hall fence insouthern Thailand's Yala province. Noone was injured and no one claimedresponsibility. On the same day,bombs exploded in a restroom insidethe district hall and a registrationroom in Yala's Muang district. No onewas injured in these attacks. Also onJuly 16 a bomb exploded at a localtransport office in Yala province. Itappeared to have been coordinatedwith a bombing outside the mainpolice station in Yala town, whichoccurred at almost the same time.During the same morning, a bombalso exploded outside the mainpolice station in Pattani a town in theadjacent province, injuring sevenpeople, including three policemen.On the previous day, a bombexploded near a police parking lot inPattani's Muang district, injuringeight people, including twopolicemen. These attacks are part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.However, it's relatively rare forattacks to occur in the downtownareas of key towns in the far south ofThailand. On July 15 the Thaigovernment declared emergencyrule over that region of the country.Note: Muang is the name given tothe district in each province inThailand where the province's maintown or city is located.

16-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 (Six of seven attacks) On July 16,2008, a bomb exploded in a restroomin Muang district hall in southernThailand's Yala province. No one wasinjured and no one claimedresponsibility. On the same day, atime-bomb exploded outside thedistrict hall's fence and anotherbomb exploded at a registrationroom elsewhere in the district. Noone was injured in these attacks.Also, another bomb exploded at alocal transport office in Yalaprovince. It appeared to have beencoordinated with a bombing outsidethe main police station in Yala town,which occurred at almost the sametime. During the same morning, abomb exploded outside the mainpolice station in Pattani town in theadjacent province, injuring sevenpeople, including three policemen.On the previous day, a bombexploded near a police parking lot inPattani's Muang district, injuringeight people, including twopolicemen. These attacks are part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.However, it's relatively rare forattacks to occur in the downtownareas of key towns in the far south ofThailand. On July 15 the Thaigovernment declared emergencyrule over that region of the country.Note: Muang is the name given tothe district in each province wherethe province's main town is located.

16-Jul-08 Tal Afar Iraq Unknown Explosives94 15 On the evening of July 16, 2008 a carbomb exploded in the al-Taleeaneighborhood of downtown Tal Afar,killing fifteen persons and woundingninety-four others.

17-Jul-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killed,Abdullahi Yasin Jama, an official inthe Wadajir Administration inMogadishu's Waaberi District.Assassinations of key Mogadishupolitical figures are common inSomalia.

17-Jul-08 Bouira Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives0 0 Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrebbombed a gas pipeline in the villageof Bouira, which is north of Aomar.The pipeline linkied Hassi R'mel andDellys. According to report, the AQIMcell responsible for this attack hadbeen in hibernation for nearly threeyears.

17-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 3 The bodies of three police werefound in the Malok area of QarabaghDistrict of Ghazni Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for kidnappingand executing the police. The deadpolice worked in Helmand Province,but lived in Nangarhar Province.

17-Jul-08 Nassiriya Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 On July 17, 2008 a bomb planted in abag in front of the Hezbollah buildingin central Nassiriya exploded. Thebuilding's keeper brought the baginside and as he searched it, itexploded and injured him. TheHezbollah Movement in Iraq is anIraqi political party that is part of theUnited Iraqi Coalition. It isunaffiliated with the Lebanese groupHezbollah.

18-Jul-08 Daikondi AfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 0 Two French foreign aid workers wereabducted in Nili, capital of DaikondiProvince. The two workers,employed by the Paris-basedinternational aid organization, ActionAgainst Hunger, were kidnappedwhile sleeping. No credit wasclaimed for the attack and theTaliban specifically deniedinvolvement in the incident.

18-Jul-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Firearms6 0 The Taliban attacked and burned theGarda Serai District Administrationbuilding in Paktika Province. Fourpolice were wounded in the attackand two others were missing. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

19-Jul-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 2 Two civilians were killed when theirmotorbike struck a roadside mine inthe Nadir Shahkot District of KhostProvince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

19-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 1 A suicide bomber killed himself andwounded one police and one child inan attack in the Spin Boldak Districtof Kandahar Province. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

19-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 5 A roadside mine destroyed a policevehicle in the Zheray District ofKandahar Province, killing five policeand wounding one other. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

19-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 (Two of two attacks) Two unidentifiedassailants on motorcycle shot andkilled a villager at a securitycheckpoint in southern Thailand. Thevictim was watching television. Theattack occurred minutes after theassailants shot and killed anotherman as he was walking home fromhaving attended evening prayers at amosque. The killings occurred about100 meters apart in Penare district inPattani province. These attacks arepart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

19-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 (One of two attacks) Two unidentifiedassailants on a motorcycle shot andkilled a man as he was walking homefrom having attended eveningprayers at a mosque in southernThailand. Within minutes of thisattack, the attackers shot and killedanother man at a security checkpoint100 meters away from the site of thefirst killing. The victim was watchingtelevision. The attacks occurred inPenare district in Pattani province.These attacks are part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

19-Jul-08 BonifacioFrance Unknown Firearms0 0 On July 19, 2008 the Bonifacio policestation was machined gunned. Therewere no casualties in the attack butthe station suffered minor damage.There were no claims ofresponsibility for the attack;however, Corsican separatist havecarried out similar attacks in thepast.

20-Jul-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 3 Three children were killed and twochildren and two adults werewounded when their mini-bus strucka roadside mine in the GreshkDistrict of Helmand Province. Localofficials blamed Taliban insurgentsfor the attack.

20-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 An unidentified assailant on amotorcycle shot a man who wasriding home on his motorcycle insouthern Thailand's Yala province.The attack occurred in Ramandistrict. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

20-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Explosives1 0 An unidentified assailant fired agrenade launcher at a military unit ata school in southern Thailand'sPattani province, injuring one soldier.The soldiers were assigned to protectlocal students, teachers andvillagers. The attack occurred inPenare district. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

20-Jul-08 Laredo Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On July 20, 2008 a series of bombsexploded at seaside resorts innorthern Spain. The first attack tookplace at a resort in Laredo. A smallbomb exploded on a walkwaycausing damage but no casualties.ETA alerted the authorities prior toeach of the blasts. ETA launched thiswave of bombings to protest Spain'sConstitutional Court's decision toblock a referendum on self-determination for the region.

20-Jul-08 Noja Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On July 20, 2008 a series of bombsexploded at seaside resorts innorthern Spain. The fourth attacktook place at a golf course in a resortin Noja. A small bomb exploded in asand trap causing little damage andno casualties.ETA alerted theauthorities prior to each of the blasts.ETA launched this wave of bombingsto protest Spain's ConstitutionalCourt's decision to block areferendum on self-determination forthe region.

20-Jul-08 Noja Spain ETA Explosives2 0 On July 20, 2008 a series of bombsexploded at seaside resorts innorthern Spain. The third attack tookplace on a resort golf course in Noja.A small bomb exploded in a sandtrap lightly injuring two women. ETAalerted the authorities prior to eachof the blasts. ETA launched this waveof bombings to protest Spain'sConstitutional Court's decision toblock a referendum on self-determination for the region.

20-Jul-08 Laredo Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On July 20, 2008 a series of bombsexploded at seaside resorts innorthern Spain. The second attacktook place at a resort in Laredo. Asmall bomb exploded in a lifeguardcabin causing damage but nocasualties.ETA alerted the authoritiesprior to each of the blasts. ETAlaunched this wave of bombings toprotest Spain's Constitutional Court'sdecision to block a referendum onself-determination for the region.

20-Jul-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 On July 20, 2008 a roadside bombexploded in the al-Qaziriyah areanear al-Maghreb St. intersection innorthern Baghdad while a policepatrol was passing through thelocation. The explosion woundedfour persons, including twopolicemen and a colonel.

20-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On July 20, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near an Iraqi police patrolin the al-Zanjili area of westernMosul, wounding three civilians.

20-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives0 3 On July 20, 2008 a suicide bomberexploded his car near a convoy ofcommercial vehicles carryingconstruction materials, which wereescorted by civilian vehicles forprotection purposes, in the Karraj al-Shama area of eastern Mosul. Theexplosion killed two men.

20-Jul-08 KirkukCity

Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 On July 20, 2008 an improvisedexplosive device exploded near anemergency police patrol in Kirkukcity, wounding one policeman andcausing damage to a civilian vehiclethat was parked near the location ofthe blast.

20-Jul-08 UnknownIraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On July 20, 2008 a suicide bomberwas killed before he could detonatehis explosive belt near a police patrolin Anbar province. No casualtieswere reported and authorities wereable to successfully dismantle theexplosive belt.

21-Jul-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Firearms0 0 Unknown gunmen attacked the homeof a member of the SomaliParliament, Ibrahim Nur, inBaydhabo. The attackers tossed agrenade at the premises andengaged Nur's guards with smallarms fire. The attack was ultimatelyrepelled and there were no reports ofany casualties.

21-Jul-08 LaghmanAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 6 An attack on a oil tanker lorry enroute to Kabul left six dead, includingtwo drivers of the tanker and fourcivilians in a nearby car on the Kabul-Jalalabad Highway in LaghmanProvince. The Taliban attacked thelorry with a missile, which created ahuge blast destroying the tanker andcar.

21-Jul-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Firearms6 0 Six security guards of a roadconstruction company were woundedwhen insurgents opened fire on theirpositions in the Khala village of QalatCity, Zabol Province. Local officialsblamed the Taliban for the attack.

21-Jul-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives10 0 A bomb exploded in southernThailand's Yala province, injuring 10policemen. A villager had notified thepolice that unidentified individualshad damaged his orchard and 10policemen went to investigate. Asthe policemen were passing a teashop en route to the orchard, ahome-made bomb exploded. Three ofthe victims were critically injured.The attack occurred in Raman districtand one of the injured policemen wasthe Raman deputy policesuperintendent. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.Note: The Thai News Agencyreported that only five policemenwere injured.

21-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 An unidentified assailant riding pillionon a motorcycle shot a village chiefin southern Thailand's Pattaniprovince. The chief was seriouslyinjured. The drive-by shootingoccurred as the victim was on hisway home. The site of the shootingwas Pattani's Kapho district. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailandwhich began in January 2004.

21-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 A group of unidentified assailantsattacked a police barracks withfirearms in southern Thailand'sPattani province. The barracks waslocated in Yarang district, aboutthree kilometers from the policestation. After shooting at thebarracks, the attackers detonated abomb. No deaths or injuries werereported. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.Note: There is discrepancy inthe reporting about these incidents.Xinhua reported that assailants inPattani province attacked localresidences with firearms anddetonated a bomb under a vehicleparked in front of a police station inYarang district.

21-Jul-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified assailant riding pillionon a motorcycle shot and killed avillage chief in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province. The drive-byshooting occurred in Rangae district.Police put the blame on militants forthe attack. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand which began in January2004.

21-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified assailants shot anassistant village chief with anautomatic rifle and a pistol insouthern Thailand's Pattani province.The victim was driving home in hispick-up truck at the time of theattack in Raman district. He wasinjured and his truck was destroyed.The attackers were presumed to beinsurgents. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

21-Jul-08 UnknownIraq Al Qaeda Explosives8 7 On July 21, 2008 the press reportedthat an explosives-filled tractorexploded as a patrol of likelyAwakening Council group memberspassed by on a road in the village ofWais, east of Baquba. The explosionkilled at least seven members andwounded at least eight others,including five members. Al Qaedahas targeted Awakening Councilgroup members for their cooperationwith the U.S.

21-Jul-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 On July 21, 2008 an improvisedexplosive device exploded at themotorcade of Colonel Khabat HammGharieb, Deputy Chief of Al-UroubaPolice Department, in al-KournishStreet in central Kirkuk, killing him onthe spot. Four of his bodyguardswere wounded in the explosion.

21-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 1 On July 21, 2008 a suicide bomberwearing an explosive vestapproached Lt. Col. Essa al-Dulaim,the Deputy Police Chief of Fallujah, infront of his house in central Fallujahbut his bodyguards shot the attackerdead. Authorities later successfullydismantled the explosive vest.

22-Jul-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 4 Militants attacked a house, killingfour brothers, all of them police, andkidnapped their father in Waedivillage of Qarabagh District of GhazniProvince. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack.

22-Jul-08 DavaoCity

PhilippinesJemmahIslamiyah


0 0 Militants affiliated with JemaahIslamiyah (JI) planned to detonate abomb hidden in a motorcycle in thesouthern Philippines, but, accordingto officials, they abandoned theirplan due to a flat tire. Soldiers foundthe motorcycle near a militarycheckpoint. A improvised explosivedevice, which was made fromdynamite, was hidden inside themotorcycle's air filter and was to bedetonated by cell phone. The would-be assailants were on their way toMindanao island's Davao City. Amilitary spokesman said that thebomb was characteristic of bombsused by JI. The spokesman also saidthat the military had receivedintelligence reports that week whichhad indicated that militants mightattack on civilians with motorcyclebombs. Another report claimed thatthe attackers were rogue MoroIslamic Liberation Front fightersconnected to JI. Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)is a militant Southeast Asianorganization with connections to alQaeda. JI is suspected of carrying outthe 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesiawhich targeted nightclubs.The MoroIslamic Liberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao. JI and MILF fighters haddetonated explosives in Davao Cityin the past.

22-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On July 22, 2008 a roadside bombexploded at a police patrol in al-Mithaq neighborhood of southeasternMosul, wounding two policemen.

22-Jul-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 On July 22, 2008 a roadside bombexploded at a police patrol in Garageal-Shemal region of eastern Mosul,injuring seven civilians.

22-Jul-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On July 22, 2008 Judge MohamedFarhan, a judge working for theKirkuk's court, survived anassassination attempt when animprovised explosive device targetedhis car as he traveled through the al-Qaseti neighborhood.

23-Jul-08 LakhdariaAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives13 0 A suicide bomber with Al-Qaeda inthe Islamic Maghreb attacked amilitary truck just outside a militarybarracks on the outskirts ofLakhdaria. The attack left thirteenwounded, one of which was seriouslyhurt. The attacker, believed to be inhis thirties, slammed his motorcycleinto the convoy just as it was leavingthe barracks.

23-Jul-08 NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 1 Abdol Qayum, the security chief ofChaparhar District of NangarharProvince was killed when his vehicleexploded. Two other police werewounded by the blast. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

24-Jul-08 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Explosives8 4 Four civilians were killed and eightwounded when their vehicle hit aroadside bomb in the Gulstan Districtof Farah Province. The civilians weretraveling from Gulstan to Dilaramwhen the bomb exploded. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

24-Jul-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 4 Four border police were killed andtwo others wounded when theirvehicle struck a roadside bomb in theLoy Khwar area of Sayed KaramDistrict of Paktika Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

24-Jul-08 Lice Turkey Unknown Explosives2 2 On July 24, a bomb exploded in theGuldiken village of the Lice town inSoutheastern Turkey. As a result, twochildren were killed and twowounded. Details of the attack werescarce and it was not claimed by anygroup.

24-Jul-08 Baqubah Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives20 9 On July 24, 2008 a woman suicidebomber blew herself up as anAwakening Council group patrolpassed through the central NewBaquba neighborhood in front of theRukn al-Azam restaurant. Theexplosion killed local leader Naim al-Dulaimi and seven others andwounded at least twenty people.

25-Jul-08 Logar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 Taliban insurgents attacked districtbuildings in the Mohammad AghaDistrict of Logar Province. Theinsurgents used heavy arms in theattack, but did not inflict anycasualties.

25-Jul-08 Sayyun Yemen al-Qaedain Yemen

Explosives17 1 On July 25, an individual drove anexplosives-laden KIA car spedtowards the Central Security Camp inthe Sayyun City, Hadr Mawt. Despiteensuing gunfire from a guard, theattacker managed to detonate thedevice, killing a police officer andinjuring seventeen civilians, six ofwhom were women. Two groupsclaimed responsibility for the attack;al-Qaeda in Yemen, as well as theOrganization of Islamic Jihad inYemen. The former claimed theattack was in revenge for other slainmujahidin, while the latter claimed itwas in response to festivals andconcerts that take place in some ofYemen's cities.

25-Jul-08 BangaloreIndia Unknown Explosives20 2 A series of seven bombs exploded invarious locations in Bangalore, killing2 people and injuring 20 others. Theattacks were followed by theAhmedabad bomb blasts on July 26,2008. The first bomb blast occurredat the Madiwala bus depot. It wasreported that gelatin sticks wereused in the bombs. According topolice, timer devices were attachedto all of the bombs and mobilephones were used to trigger thedevices.No one claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

25-Jul-08 BangaloreIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of seven bombs exploded invarious locations in Bangalore, killing2 people and injuring 20 others. Theattacks were followed by theAhmedabad bomb blasts on July 26,2008. The second bomb blastoccurred along Mysore road. It wasreported that gelatin sticks wereused in the bombs. According topolice, timer devices were attachedto all of the bombs and mobilephones were used to trigger thedevices.No one claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

25-Jul-08 BangaloreIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of seven bombs exploded invarious locations in Bangalore, killing2 people and injuring 20 others. Theattacks were followed by theAhmedabad bomb blasts on July 26,2008. The third bomb blast occurredin Adugudi.It was reported thatgelatin sticks were used in thebombs. According to police, timerdevices were attached to all of thebombs and mobile phones were usedto trigger the devices.No one claimedresponsibility for the attack.

25-Jul-08 BangaloreIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of seven bombs exploded invarious locations in Bangalore, killing2 people and injuring 20 others. Theattacks were followed by theAhmedabad bomb blasts on July 26,2008. The fourth bomb blastoccurred at the Korimangla. It wasreported that gelatin sticks wereused in the bombs. According topolice, timer devices were attachedto all of the bombs and mobilephones were used to trigger thedevices.No one claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

25-Jul-08 BangaloreIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of seven bombs exploded invarious locations in Bangalore, killing2 people and injuring 20 others. Theattacks were followed by theAhmedabad bomb blasts on July 26,2008. The fifth bomb blast occurrednear a hospital. It was reported thatgelatin sticks were used in thebombs. According to police, timerdevices were attached to all of thebombs and mobile phones were usedto trigger the devices.No one claimedresponsibility for the attack.

25-Jul-08 BangaloreIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of seven bombs exploded invarious locations in Bangalore, killing2 people and injuring 20 others. Theattacks were followed by theAhmedabad bomb blasts on July 26,2008. The sixth bomb blast occurredalong Langford Road. It was reportedthat gelatin sticks were used in thebombs. According to police, timerdevices were attached to all of thebombs and mobile phones were usedto trigger the devices.No one claimedresponsibility for the attack.

25-Jul-08 BangaloreIndia Unknown Explosives0 0 A series of seven bombs exploded invarious locations in Bangalore, killing2 people and injuring 20 others. Theattacks were followed by theAhmedabad bomb blasts on July 26,2008. The seventh bomb explodedalong Richmond Circle. It wasreported that gelatin sticks wereused in the bombs. According topolice, timer devices were attachedto all of the bombs and mobilephones were used to trigger thedevices.No one claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

25-Jul-08 Karbala Iraq Unknown Explosives9 0 On July 25, 2008 a bomb left in aplastic bag exploded aboard aminibus in Karbala wounded ninecivilians. The attack occurred nearthe Shiite shrine to Imam Al-Abbas inthe city center.

26-Jul-08 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A convoy of the World Food Programwas attacked in the Farahrod Districtof Farah Province by unknowngunmen. Two vehicle were set afireand the attackers stole eight others.There was no reports on the fates ofthe personnel assigned to theconvoy, but local officials did not ruleout their involvement in the attack.No credit was claimed for the attack.

26-Jul-08 AhmedabadIndia Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami





















Explosives0 0 A series of 16 bombs explodedthrough various locations inAhmedabad, leaving 49 people killedand 145 injured. The blasts wereconsidered to be of low intensity andmainly targeted the city's busservice.One of two bombs targeted ahospital where many of the victimswere taken. The bombs, like theJaipur bombings earlier in the year,were planted on bicycles. Islamicmilitant group, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami claimed responsibility for theattack.







27-Jul-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives6 2 One security guard was killed and sixothers wounded when suicidebomber detonated his explosivesinside a security tent of a roadconstruction company in KhostProvince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

27-Jul-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Four police, including two from thecounter-narcotics squad were killedin the Terikh Nawar area of MarjahDistrict, Helmand Province in anattack by insurgents. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

27-Jul-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives6 1 A suicide bomber attacked a roadconstruction company with anexplosive-laden belt in the Khalbisatarea of Sabari District of KhostProvince. One security guard waskilled and six others wounded. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

27-Jul-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)fighters set fire to houses in a villagein the southern Philippines' provinceof Cotabato (Mindanao island). Theyhad initially attacked soldiers, andperhaps militia members, in thevillage. Then, before they retreated,they set several houses on fire.TheMILF claimed that military-supportedgovernment militias attacked themand denied that they had burnedhouses. The village was located inAleosan town. The attack follows thecollapse of peace talks between theMILF and the Philippines governmenton July 25. The MILF claimed that thegovernment reneged on a deal togive Muslims a homeland in thePhilippines. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.


0 0 Around 100 Moro Islamic LiberationFront (MILF) fighters attacked avillage in the southern Philippines.According to GMA News, they set 51houses on fire in Bagolibas village inCotabato province (Mindanao island),causing villagers to evacuate. Theattack occurred late at night on July27. The village is located in Aleosantown. On the same day MILF fightersset houses on fire in a separateattack on Aleosan town. MILF fightersalso set houses on fire in two othervillages in Aleosan town on July 28. Indescribing the attack on Bagolibasvillage and the two attacks on July28, a provincial social welfare officersaid that the houses were razed tothe ground (reported by GMA News).The attack follows the collapse ofpeace talks between the MILF andthe Philippines government on July25. The MILF claimed that thegovernment reneged on a deal togive Muslims a homeland in thePhilippines. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

27-Jul-08 NortedeSantander

Colombia NationalLiberationArmy

Firearms0 0 On July 27, 2008 a Venezuelanbusinessman was kidnapped bymembers of the National LiberationArmy (ELN) in the Norte deSantander Province. The ColumbianArmy freed the man on August 1,2008.

27-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Firearms2 2 On July 27, 2008 a coordinatedattack on Zaki Obaid Fayadh, head ofthe local head of the Iraqi IslamicParty in Fallujah, wounded him andhis son and killed two of hisbodyguards.Unidentified gunmenopened fire on the house of ZakiObaid Fayadh in the Dhubbatneighborhood in central Fallujah.Shortly after, a bomb planted underthe car exploded as the driverstarted the engine and Fayadh andhis son were approaching the car.Incident report #43480 accounts forfatalities and injuries incurred byboth attacks.

27-Jul-08 Fallujah Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On July 27, 2008 a coordinatedattack on Zaki Obaid Fayadh, head ofthe local head of the Iraqi IslamicParty in Fallujah, wounded him andhis son and killed two of hisbodyguards.Unidentified gunmenopened fire on the house of ZakiObaid Fayadh in the Dhubbatneighborhood in central Fallujah.Shortly after, a bomb planted underthe car exploded as the driverstarted the engine and Fayadh andhis son were approaching the car.Incident report #43480 accounts forfatalities and injuries incurred byboth attacks.

27-Jul-08 Madin Iraq Unknown Firearms0 7 On July 27, 2008 unidentifiedgunmen shot dead seven Shiiteworshippers in the town of Madintown, south of Baghdad. They hadbeen marching towards theirpilgrimage to mark the death of an8th century imam Mussa Kadhim.

28-Jul-08 Logar AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 0 Mohammad Yasin Lodin, the chief ofBaraki-Barak District of LogarProvince was attacked by unknowngunmen near the provincial capital,Pol-e Alam. Chief Lodin escapedinjury and one police guard waswounded. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

28-Jul-08 Ghowr AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Mohammad Naib, district attorney ofShahrak District, Ghowr Province,was murdered by unknown gunmenin Tangi Aozo village of the Khan-eUdakha area. Naib's father, Haji Gol,the administrative head of ShahrakDistrict was also assassinated in2007. No credit was claimed for theattack.

28-Jul-08 Orio Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On July 28, 2008 a bomb exploded ata construction camp near the city ofOrio in the Basque Country. Theblast damaged six huts and fourvehicles belonging to a constructionworking on a regional highway.ETAhas targeted transportation projectsin the past in this region..


0 0 (One of two attacks) Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF) fighters setfire to houses in a village in thesouthern Philippines. The assailantsset 26 houses on fire in Dualingvillage in Cotabato province(Mindanao island). Dualing is one ofseveral villages in Aleosan town inwhich MILF fighters set houses on firein attacks on July 27 and 28. Indescribing the attacks, a provincialsocial welfare officer said that thehouses were razed to the ground.The attack follows the collapse ofpeace talks between the MILF andthe Philippines government on July25. The MILF claimed that thegovernment reneged on a deal togive Muslims a homeland in thePhilippines. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.


0 0 (Two of two attacks) Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF) fighters setfire to houses in a village in thesouthern Philippines. The assailantsset seven houses on fire in SanMateo village in Cotabato province(Mindanao island). San Mateo is oneof several villages in Aleosan town inwhich MILF fighters set houses on firein attacks on July 27 and 28. Indescribing these attacks, a provincialsocial welfare officer said that thehouses were razed to the ground.The attack follows the collapse ofpeace talks between the MILF andthe Philippines government on July25. The MILF claimed that thegovernment reneged on a deal togive Muslims a homeland in thePhilippines. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

28-Jul-08 RiversState


Explosives0 0 Militants with the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) sabotaged two oil pipelinesbelonging to Royal Dutch Shell inRivers State in southern Nigeria. Themilitants claimed credit for the attackafter the release of eight hostagesthey had recently kidnapped.

28-Jul-08 Kirkuk Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives80 16 On July 28, 2008 a woman suicidebomber blew herself up among acrowd of Kurds protesting aprovincial elections measure, killingfifteen people and wounding at leasteighty people.After the explosion,which caused chaos amongprotesters, Kurdish protesters werereported to attack the offices of aTurkmen political party.No one hasclaimed responsibility for this attack,although U.S. authorities believe AlQaeda in Iraq is responsible for suchattacks involving women suicidebombers in Iraq.

28-Jul-08 Karrada Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives79 27 On July 28, 2008 three womansuicide bombers blew themselves upwithin five minutes of each other inthe Karrada neighborhood, killing atleast twenty-four people andwounding seventy-nine others. Thefirst woman suicide bomber wore anexplosive vest and blew herself upamong a group of Shiite pilgrimsnear the National Theater in Karrada;the second woman suicide bomberstruck a crowd of Shiite pilgrims nearthe Kahramana Square in Karrada;and, the third woman suicide bomberstruck another group of pilgrims nearthe Musa Bin Nasir fuel station.Noone has claimed responsibility for theattack, although U.S. authoritiesbelieve Al Qaeda in Iraq is behindsuch suicide attacks involvingwomen.Incident report #43486accounts for fatalities and injuriesincurred by all three suicide bombingattacks.



29-Jul-08 Paktika AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 3 A explosion struck a vehicle in theconvoy of member of parliamentLayeq Manzel in the Patan District ofPaktika Province. The explosiondestroyed the vehicle following Mr.Manzel vehicle, killing three andwounding three others. Mr. Manzelwas no hurt in the attack.No creditwas claimed for the attack.

29-Jul-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified assailants attacked avolunteer ranger's office withfirearms in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province. Although theoffice was damaged, no injuries werereported. The attack occurred earlyin the morning in Bacho district.Police suspect that the attackerswere retaliating against recentsecurity operations. This attack ispart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

29-Jul-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A bomb exploded near a road insouthern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince. The 10 kg bomb, which wasplaced in a steel box, was detonatedusing a cell phone. No one wasinjured. Nearby another bomb in ametal box was found. However, ithad not exploded. This attack is partof the ongoing insurgency whichbegan in January 2004.

29-Jul-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A bomb in a metal box was found insouthern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince. The bomb had notexploded, however another bomb ina metal box had exploded near aroad nearby. This attempted attack ispart of the ongoing insurgency whichbegan in January 2004.

29-Jul-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Unknown0 0 Unidentified assailants attacked apolice station in southern Thailand'sPattani province. The attack occurredin Sai Buri district. This attack is partof the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand which began inJanuary 2004.

29-Jul-08 TorremolinosSpain ETA Explosives0 0 On July 29, 2008 a 1kg bombexploded near the Aloha Puerto hotelin the southern resort city ofTorremolinos. The blast causedminimal damage to a walkway andno casualties.Authorities believe thatETA is responsible for the attack.

29-Jul-08 Kula Nigeria Movementfor theEmancipationof theNigerDelta (

Explosives0 0 Militants with the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) attacked two pipelines inKula in Nigeria. Both pipelinesbelonged to Royal Dutch Shell. Theattack took place in the early hoursof the morning.

30-Jul-08 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Firearms1 1 Farah Province Public Works DirectorHaji Abdollah Sherzad was killed byunknown gunmen on a motorcycle inthe Provincial capital of Zaranj.Sherzad's son was wounded in theattack and treated at a local hospital.Local officials blamed the Taliban forthe murder but no credit was claimedfor the attack.

30-Jul-08 NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Five employees of the NGO,Development Alternatives, Inc. werekidnapped by unknown assailants inthe Kuz Sabar area of Pachir Agamdistrict of Nangarhar Province. Thekidnapped included an engineers, hisguards, drive and another companyemployee. No credit was claimed forthe abduction.

31-Jul-08 Herat AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 0 Four people were wounded in aexplosion outside the Pakistaniconsulate in Herat. The woundedincluded one police. Police reportedthat the bomb was attached to abicycle in front of the consulate. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

31-Jul-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 3 The Taliban attacked the houses ofseveral tribal leaders in theArghandab District of KandaharProvince. The Taliban killed onetribal leader, Haji Bacha, along withtwo of his sons, and kidnapped sevenothers.

31-Jul-08 NortedeSantander

Colombia NationalLiberationArmy

Firearms0 0 On July 31, 2008 five oil workerswere kidnapped by members of theNational Liberation Army (ELN) in theNorte de Santander Province. The oilworkers were kidnapped from anarea known as Campo-2 (Field-2).The Columbian Army freed theworkers on August 2, 2008.

31-Jul-08 UnknownIraq Al Qaeda Explosives4 4 On July 31, 2008 a suicide carbomber rammed his explosives-ladenvehicle against the wall of a policestation in the Qayara area, south ofMosul, killing three policemen andwounding four others. The day prior,the Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaidafront group, warned of a campaign ofattacks in the Mosul area inretaliation for the killing of one of itshero brothers.

1-Aug-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 3 Three civilians were killed and fourothers wounded when their vehiclewas destroyed in a roadside bombingin southeastern Khost Province. Thedead included a women, child anddriver. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack.

1-Aug-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 One police and one civilian werekilled when gunmen attacked apolice checkpoint in the Nad AliDistrict of Helmand Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

1-Aug-08 Kunar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Mohammed Ghias Haqmal, thedistrict chief of Marawar District,Kunar Province was kidnapped andkilled by Taliban militants. TheTaliban initially claimed responsibilityfor the abduction, but had notconfirmed the circumstance of hisdeath.

1-Aug-08 Farah AfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 3 Three civilians were killed, includingtwo children, and five others werewounded when a suicide bomberdetonated his explosives in aresidential area of Zaranj, FarahProvince. The bomber had beendetected and chased by securityforces before the explosion. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

1-Aug-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 5 Five police were killed and two othersinjured when their vehicle hit aroadside mine in the Panj WayiDistrict of Kandahar Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

1-Aug-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On the evening of August 1, 2008, anexplosive device struck the convoy ofGen. Jamal Tahir, the Director ofPolice in Kirkuk, in the BaghdadGarage. He escaped unhurt. No onehas claimed responsibility for thisattack, although days later the presshad reported that the TurkomanFront issued a statement calling forthe dismissal of Kirkuk's governorand police chief.

1-Aug-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives187 26 A suicide bomber blew up hisexplosive-belt among a crowd ofKurdish persons demonstrating infront of the government building inKirkuk, killing twenty-five people andwounding one-hundred eighty-sevenothers. In the upcoming days, Iraqiparliament is scheduled to hold aspecial session to attempt to resolvepower-sharing disagreements inKirkuk that have blocked legislationenabling U.S.-backed provincialelections. No one has claimedresponsibility for this attack.

1-Aug-08 Nad Ali AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Gunmen with the Taliban shot andkilled a policeman and a civilian in anassault in Nad Ali. Attacks on policeforces are common in Afghanistan.

1-Aug-08 Zaranj AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 3 A suicide bomber blew himself up inFarah killing two children. The attacktook place in the residential area ofZaranj, the capital of Farah.

1-Aug-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement


0 1 One African Union peacekeeper waskilled and an unknown number ofothers were wounded when theirconvoy was targeted by a roadsidebomb attack in Mogadishu. TheMujahideen Youth Movement, whichhas publicly declared war on the AUforces, claimed credit for the attack.

1-Aug-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives47 20 A bomb, described by some mediareports as a heavy hand grenadedetonated in Mogadishu, killingtwenty and wounding forty-seven.The attack was not claimed.

1-Aug-08 BeledweyeneSomalia Unknown Explosives1 0 A grenade was lobbed at a wealthybusinessman who sells qat. Theattack, which took place in Somalia'sBeledweyene, left the victimseriously injured. Attacks on thosewho sell qat are common in Somalia.

2-Aug-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Four staffers of the AttorneyGeneral's Office in western Herat,including the head of theinvestigation department, werekidnapped by unknown gunmenwhile on a picnic in Seyawshanvillage of Gozara District of HeratProvince. No credit for thekidnapping was claimed and noransom demands were received

2-Aug-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 13 At least 13 people of a weddingparty, including the bride and groomwere killed when their mini-bus wasstruck by a bomb in the Spin BoldakDistrict of Kandahar Province. Localofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack and stated the bomb wasmost likely intended to target localsecurity forces.

2-Aug-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Two guards of the Noori FibreCompany were killed by gunmen inan attack on company personnelwhile laying internet cables on themain Kabul-Kandahar Highway inZabol Province. The Taliban claimedcredit for the attack.

2-Aug-08 SantaCruz

UnitedStates


Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On August 2, 2008, the home of a UCSanta Cruz professor was firebombed. No one was injured in theattack. The professor due to thenature of his research used mice inthe laboratory. His name was one ofthirteen researchers listed on athreatening pamphlet found indowntown coffee shop in Santa Cruz.The Animal Liberation Front laterclaimed credit for the attack.It isbelieved this attack was coordinatedwith another nearby attack on aresearchers vehicle.

2-Aug-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a 40-year-old woman in Yalatown in southern Thailand on thenight of August 2. On the same nighta 29-year-old man was also shot andkilled in Yala town.This attack is partof the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

2-Aug-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled a 29-year-old man in Yala atown in southern Thailand late atnight on August 2. The man workedwith a local village chief. On thesame night a 40-year-old woman wasalso shot and killed in Yala town. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

2-Aug-08 SongkhlaThailand RundaKumpulanKecil

Explosives2 0 (One of seven attacks) A small bombexploded at a 7-Eleven conveniencestore in Songkhla town in southernThailand (Songkhla province, Muangdistrict). The attack was one of sevenbombings which occurred within amatter of hours on the night ofAugust 2 in Songkhla province. Fiveof the attacks occurred in Muangdistrict and two attacks occurred inHat Yai district. Two people wereinjured in the Muang district attacks.Four of the bombings targeted 7-Eleven stores. Two people wereinjured by the attacks. Songkhlaprovince borders the three provincesin the far south of Thailand where aninsurgency is ongoing. These attacksare part of that insurgency whichbegan in January 2004.The RundaKumpulan Kecil (RKK), an armedorganization controlled by theBarisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate(BRN Coordinate), is suspected ofbeing responsible for the attacks.Security agencies suspect that threeIslamic teachers, believed to be themain leaders of the BRN Coordinate,directed RKK militants to carry outterrorist attacks in Songkhlaprovince. Two previous attempts bythe RKK to carry out attacks inSongkhla since April 2008 had beendisrupted.The Songkhla town mayorsaid that he believed the attackswere intended to scare, not kill,people, because they were lesspowerful than bombs used in otherattacks in southern Thailand.


Explosives0 0 (Two of seven attacks) A small bombexploded at a 7-Eleven conveniencestore in Songkhla town in southernThailand (Songkhla province, Muangdistrict). The attack was one of sevenbombings which occurred within amatter of hours on the night ofAugust 2 in Songkhla province. Fiveof the attacks occurred in Muangdistrict and two attacks occurred inHat Yai district. Two people wereinjured in the Muang district attacks.Four of the bombings targeted 7-Eleven stores. Songkhla provinceborders the three provinces in the farsouth of Thailand where aninsurgency is ongoing. These attacksare part of that insurgency whichbegan in January 2004.The RundaKumpulan Kecil (RKK), an armedorganization controlled by theBarisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate(BRN Coordinate), is suspected ofbeing responsible for the attacks.Security agencies suspect that threeIslamic teachers, believed to be themain leaders of the BRN Coordinate,directed RKK militants to carry outterrorist attacks in Songkhlaprovince. Two previous attempts bythe RKK to carry out attacks inSongkhla since April 2008 had beendisrupted.The Songkhla town mayorsaid that he believed the attackswere intended to scare, not kill,people, because they were lesspowerful than bombs used in otherattacks in southern Thailand.


Explosives0 0 (Four of seven attacks) A small bombexploded near a 7-Elevenconvenience store in the Hat Yaidistrict of Songkhla province insouthern Thailand. Hat Yai district isa popular tourist destination insouthern Thailand. The attack wasone of seven bombings whichoccurred within a matter of hours onthe night of August 2 in Songkhlaprovince.Five of the attacks occurredin Muang district and two attacksoccurred in Hat Yai district. Twopeople were injured in the Muangdistrict attacks. Four of the bombingstargeted 7-Eleven stores. Songkhlaprovince borders the three provincesin the far south of Thailand where aninsurgency is ongoing. These attacksare part of that insurgency whichbegan in January 2004.The RundaKumpulan Kecil (RKK), an armedorganization controlled by theBarisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate(BRN Coordinate), is suspected ofbeing responsible for the attacks.Security agencies suspect that threeIslamic teachers, believed to be themain leaders of the BRN Coordinate,directed RKK militants to carry outterrorist attacks in Songkhlaprovince. Two previous attempts bythe RKK to carry out attacks inSongkhla since April 2008 had beendisrupted.The Songkhla town mayorsaid that he believed the attackswere intended to scare, not kill,people, because they were lesspowerful than bombs used in otherattacks in southern Thailand.


Explosives0 0 (Five of seven attacks) A small bombexploded in the parking lot of arestaurant near the beach in theMuang district of Songkhla provincein southern Thailand. The attack wasone of seven bombings whichoccurred within a matter of hours onthe night of August 2 in Songkhlaprovince.Five of the attacks occurredin Muang district and two attacksoccurred in Hat Yai district. Twopeople were injured in the Muangdistrict attacks.Songkhla provinceborders the three provinces in the farsouth of Thailand where aninsurgency is ongoing. These attacksare part of that insurgency whichbegan in January 2004.The RundaKumpulan Kecil (RKK), an armedorganization controlled by theBarisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate(BRN Coordinate), is suspected ofbeing responsible for the attacks.Security agencies suspect that threeIslamic teachers, believed to be themain leaders of the BRN Coordinate,directed RKK militants to carry outterrorist attacks in Songkhlaprovince. Two previous attempts bythe RKK to carry out attacks inSongkhla since April 2008 had beendisrupted.The Songkhla town mayorsaid that he believed the attackswere intended to scare, not kill,people, because they were lesspowerful than bombs used in otherattacks in southern Thailand.


Explosives0 0 (Six of seven attacks) A small bombexploded near a police checkpoint inthe Muang district of Songkhlaprovince in southern Thailand. Theattack was one of seven bombingswhich occurred within a matter ofhours on the night of August 2 inSongkhla province. Five of theattacks occurred in Muang districtand two attacks occurred in Hat Yaidistrict. Two people were injured bythe Muang district attacks. Songkhlaprovince borders the three provincesin the far south of Thailand where aninsurgency is ongoing. These attacksare part of that insurgency whichbegan in January 2004.The RundaKumpulan Kecil (RKK), an armedorganization controlled by theBarisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate(BRN Coordinate), is suspected ofbeing responsible for the attacks.Security agencies suspect that threeIslamic teachers, believed to be themain leaders of the BRN Coordinate,directed RKK militants to carry outterrorist attacks in Songkhlaprovince. Two previous attempts bythe RKK to carry out attacks inSongkhla since April 2008 had beendisrupted. The Songkhla town mayorsaid that he believed the attackswere intended to scare, not kill,people, because they were lesspowerful than bombs used in otherattacks in southern Thailand.


Explosives0 0 (Seven of seven attacks) A smallbomb exploded near a tea house anda Carrefour supercenter in the HatYai district of Songkhla province insouthern Thailand. Hat Yai district isa popular tourist destination insouthern Thailand. The attack wasone of seven bombings whichoccurred within a matter of hours onthe night of August 2 in Songkhlaprovince. Five of the attacksoccurred in Muang district and twoattacks occurred in Hat Yai district.Two people were injured in theMuang district attacks. Four of thebombings targeted 7-Eleven stores.Songkhla province borders the threeprovinces in the far south of Thailandwhere an insurgency is ongoing.These attacks are part of thatinsurgency which began in January2004.The Runda Kumpulan Kecil(RKK), an armed organizationcontrolled by the Barisan RevolusiNasional Coordinate (BRNCoordinate), is suspected of beingresponsible for the attacks. Securityagencies suspect that three Islamicteachers, believed to be the mainleaders of the BRN Coordinate,directed RKK militants to carry outterrorist attacks in Songkhlaprovince. Two previous attempts bythe RKK to carry out attacks inSongkhla since April 2008 had beendisrupted.The Songkhla town mayorsaid that he believed the attackswere intended to scare, not kill,people, because they were lesspowerful than bombs used in otherattacks in southern Thailand.


Explosives0 0 (Three of seven attacks) A smallbomb exploded at a 7-Elevenconvenience store in Songkhla townin southern Thailand (Songkhlaprovince, Muang district). The attackwas one of seven bombings whichoccurred within a matter of hours onthe night of August 2 in Songkhlaprovince. Five of the attacksoccurred in Muang district and twoattacks occurred in Hat Yai district.Two people were injured in theMuang district attacks. Four of thebombings targeted 7-Eleven stores.Songkhla province borders the threeprovinces in the far south of Thailandwhere an insurgency is ongoing.These attacks are part of thatinsurgency which began in January2004.The Runda Kumpulan Kecil(RKK), an armed organizationcontrolled by the Barisan RevolusiNasional Coordinate (BRNCoordinate), is suspected of beingresponsible for the attacks. Securityagencies suspect that three Islamicteachers, believed to be the mainleaders of the BRN Coordinate,directed RKK militants to carry outterrorist attacks in Songkhlaprovince. Two previous attempts bythe RKK to carry out attacks inSongkhla since April 2008 had beendisrupted.The Songkhla town mayorsaid that he believed the attackswere intended to scare, not kill,people, because they were lesspowerful than bombs used in otherattacks in southern Thailand.

3-Aug-08 TiziOuzou

Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives24 1 A suicide bomber with Al-Qaeda inthe Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) targeteda police station in the Berberprovince of Tizi Ouzou, using truckpacked with explosives. Targetingthe back entrance of the station, thebomber never successfully made itinside of the station. The attackultimately left only the bomber dead,but wounded at least twenty-fourother police and civilians. The AQIMlater claimed responsibility for theattack.

3-Aug-08 Groznyy Russia Unknown Explosives1 1 One person died and one waswounded when an unidentifiedexplosive device detonated at arailway station in Groznyy, Chechnyaon August 3, 2008. The explosionoccurred while a local resident's vanwas being unloaded. It is unclear whothe target and perpetrator were.

3-Aug-08 MahaweelIraq Unknown Explosives7 0 On August 3, 3008, a roadside bombexploded near a police patrol vehiclein Mahaweel, wounding fourpolicemen and three civilianbystanders.

3-Aug-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Unidentified gunmen torched amobile tower of a private mobilephone company, Roshan, inQarabagh District. There was noimmediate word on who was behindthe attack.

3-Aug-08 Greshk AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedMr. Abdol Aziz in an assassination inthe town of Greshk. Mr. Aziz washeaded home from his office whenhe was shot and killed. There was noimmediate word on who was behindthe attacks.

3-Aug-08 BeledweyeneSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 2 Two civilians were killed and twoothers were wounded whenunidentified assailants detonated aremote-detonated bomb againstthem in Somalia's Beledweyene city.

4-Aug-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms7 4 Four police, including the policedistrict chief of Zana Khan District,were killed and seven others werewounded in an attack by Talibaninsurgents. The Taliban attacked thepolice in a convoy during a patrol ofGudaly Village.

4-Aug-08 Helmand AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 A judge of the Greshk District,Helmand Province was shot andkilled by unknown gunmen. JudgeAbdol Aziz was murdered as hereturned home from his office inGreshk. No credit was claimed forthe murder.

4-Aug-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 2 A suicide bomber detonated himselfinside a mosque in the Shahkhelvillage or Orgun District, PaktikaProvince, killing himself, themosque's imam and wounding onechild. No credit was claimed for theattack.

4-Aug-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 3 The director of the National SecurityDepartment, Nur Khan, escapedinjury when his vehicle was attackedby insurgents. Mr. Khan was unhurt,but his son, cousin and driver werekilled in the attack. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

4-Aug-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 Guerrillas killed Dost Mohammad,district attorney of Zormat, PaktikaProvince. Mohammad's body wasfound in the Tatank area on theoutskirts of the district HQ. Localofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack.

4-Aug-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 0 A bomb exploded in southernThailand, injuring two soldiers in asix-person teacher escort unit. Theexplosion occurred as the unit waspatrolling a road on motorcycles tomake sure teachers traveling toschool would be safe. The assailantshad placed the bomb by the road andthey detonated it using a remotecontrol. The attack occurred inPattani province's Panare district.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

4-Aug-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a food shop neara security coordination station insouthern Thailand. No one wasinjured in the blast. The purpose ofsuch stations is to involve localpeople in countering the insurgencyin the far south of Thailand. Thisattack, which occurred in Narathiwatprovince's Muang district, is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.The attack occurred at night,however, there were still staff onhand at the time.

4-Aug-08 Kashgar China,People'sRepublicof

Other Explosives16 16 Two Uyghur men drove a truck intoparamilitary police and then attackedthem with bombs and knives in theXinjiang region of western China,killing 16 and injuring 16. Accordingto Agence France Presse, 70members of the People's ArmedPolice (PAP) were jogging in the cityof Kashgar when they were attacked.Witnesses claimed that theassailants were wearing clotheswhich resembled police or PAPuniforms. China's state news agencyXinhua reported that the assailantswere immediately arrested. TheUyghurs are a Turkic ethnic groupliving primarily in Xinjiang andCentral Asia.There were twoindependent republics whichsuccessively ruled Xinjiang, thencalled East Tukestan, in the late1930's and 1940's. Today, someUyghurs still call Xinjiang EastTurkestan. Although, it has notclaimed responsibility for the attacks,a group called the Turkestan IslamicParty had previously threatened toattack the Beijing Summer Olympics.

4-Aug-08 OndoState


Firearms0 0 Gunmen with the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) kidnapped nine chieftainswho were part of the People'sDemocratic Party (PDP) in OndoState. The MEND kidnappers did notdidn't issue any ransom demandsother than insisting that the localgovernment hand over its arms andammunition, which MEND claimedthat they had no constitutional rightto carry.

4-Aug-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On August 4, 2008 a roadside bombexploded at a police patrol inBaghdad's southern district of Doura,damaging a police vehicle andwounding two policemen.

4-Aug-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Gunmen with the Taliban shot andkilled four policemen in Ghazni. Thegroup claimed responsibility for theassault. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Afghanistan.

4-Aug-08 Paktika AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 2 A suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives vest in a mosque inPaktika, killing the suicide bomber,the mosque's imam, and wounding asmall boy. There was no immediateword on who was behind the attacks.

4-Aug-08 Paktia AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Gunmen with the Taliban shot andkilled the son, cousin, and driver ofthe director of the National SecurityDepartment, Mr. Nur Khan. Therewere no reports of Mr. Khan beingharmed in the assassination attempt,though the Taliban claimed that theykilled him. In addition, a fourth manwas killed. Attacks on governmentofficials are common in Afghanistan.

5-Aug-08 Refahiye Turkey People'sDefenseForces

Explosives0 0 On August 5, 2008, the People'sDefense Forces (HPG) simultaneouslycaused three explosions on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. As aresult, a fire ensued, causing Turkishfirefighters to arrive at the scene,closing valves 29 and 31. A PKKmilitary leader argued in the wake ofthe attack that as long as the Turkishstate insists on war we shall rightfullycontinue to carry out such attacks.

5-Aug-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 An unidentified assailant riding pillionon a motorcycle shot and seriouslyinjured a school director in a drive-byshooting in southern Thailand. Theshooting occurred during theafternoon, as the school director waswalking home with his wife. His wifewas uninjured. The attack occurred inYala province in Muang district. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

6-Aug-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Four guards of USPI were killed wheninsurgents attacked a USPI convoy inthe Shiwan area of Balabolok Districtof Farah Province. The convoy wasen route to the Farahrud District inthe center of Farah Province when itwas attacked. Local officials blamedthe Taliban for the attack.

6-Aug-08 MalazgirtTurkey KurdishWorkersParty

Explosives3 1 PKK separatists reportedly firedrockets at a police station in the townof Malazgirt, which is located inEastern Turkey. One police officerwas killed and three were woundedin the attack, although the groupclaimed it killed three and woundedfive.

6-Aug-08 Santiago Chile Unknown Explosives0 0 On May 20, 2008 a homemade bombexploded outside the BrazilianEmbassy in Santiago. The blastcaused no casualties or damage.There were no claims ofresponsibility for the attack but theprofile fits attacks conducted by left-wing extremists or groups affiliatedwith the Mapuche Indians.

7-Aug-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTalbian Firearms2 0 Abdol Rahim Desiwal, district chief ofAndar District, Ghazni Province waswounded along with one of hisguards when suspected Talibaninsurgents attacked his vehicle whiledriving back to his district HQ fromthe provincial capital.

7-Aug-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 A chief judge of Khost Province, SherGol, was shot and killed by Talibaninsurgents in the Latak area of KhostProvince. The Taliban claimed themurder was for imposing death andjail sentences on imprisonedguerrillas.

7-Aug-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedAbdulkadir Yusf Kariye, the head of aMogadishu-based boys orphanage.Kariye was shot to death outside ofhis home. Attacks on members ofMogadishu's civil society arecommonplace.

7-Aug-08 BaydhaboSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives0 0 Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility forshelling the presidential palace inBaydhabo. There was no word onthe specific number of casualties,though the group claimed that theywounded a number of governmentforces. Attacks on the presidentialpalace are common in Somalia.

7-Aug-08 Doblai Somalia Unknown Explosives5 2 Unidentified assailants tossed a handgrenade at a mosque in Doblai inLower Jubba Region. The attack lefttwo dead and five others wounded.

7-Aug-08 Sochi Russia Unknown Explosives4 2 Two people were killed and fourpeople were injured when a packageexploded on a beach in Sochi, nearAbkhazia, on August 7, 2008. It isunclear who is responsible for theattack.Sochi will host the 2014Winter Olympics and is one ofRussia's most popular beach resorts.It is located closed to the disputedbreakaway region of Abkhazia,Georgia.

7-Aug-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Firearms0 2 On August 7, 2008 Mahmoud Younis,a leader in the Iraqi Islamic Party inMosul, and one of his bodyguardswere killed as they departed for workfrom Younis' house in the al-Mashahda neighborhood of westernMosul.Younis was also a preacher atthe Imam Basher mosque and thedirector of Islamic secondaryeducation at the Sunni Endowmentdepartment.

7-Aug-08 Andar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 0 Gunmen suspected to be with theTaliban ambushed the convoy ofAndar District chief in an attack inAfghanistan's restive Ghazniprovince. Both Abdol Rahim Desiwaland his bodyguard were wounded inthe attack. The attack marked thethird assault on the headadministrative official in the Andar inthe past two months.

7-Aug-08 LashkargahAfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 7 Gunmen suspected to be with theTaliban shot and killed sevenpolicemen and wounded one other inan assault in Lashkargah. Attacks onpolice forces are common inAfghanistan.

8-Aug-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 5 Five police were killed when theirvehicle struck a roadside bomb in tehSaroza District of Paktika Province.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

8-Aug-08 al-Mukla Yemen al-Qa'idaof JihadOrganizationin Yemen(Jund al-

Explosives0 0 On August 8, 2008, the Jund al-Yemen Brigades of al-Qa'ida inYemen threw a grenade at a policecar guarding a bridge in al-Mukallacity in the Hadr Mawt governorate.The attack did not inflict anycasualties or damages. In the attackclaim, the group argued that theoperation was conducted as supportfor our captured brothers in thetyrant's prison.

8-Aug-08 Ondres France Irrintzi Explosives0 0 On August 8, 2008 a series of bombswere planted in southern France. Allthe bombs were safely diffusedwithout incident after the authoritieswere warned of their presence.Oneof the rudimentary bombs was foundon the high-speed rail line betweenOndres and Boucau.The bombscomponents and the targeting oftourist infrastructure bears theresemblance of the French Basquegroup Irrintzi.

8-Aug-08 ArcanguesFrance Irrintzi Explosives0 0 On August 8, 2008 a series of bombswere planted in southern France. Allthe bombs were safely diffusedwithout incident after the authoritieswere warned of their presence.Oneof the rudimentary bombs was foundin the village of Pierre et Vacances inArcangues.The bombs componentsand the targeting of touristinfrastructure bears the resemblanceof the French Basque group Irrintzi.

8-Aug-08 ArcanguesFrance Irrintzi Explosives0 0 On August 8, 2008 a series of bombswere planted in southern France. Allthe bombs were safely diffusedwithout incident after the authoritieswere warned of their presence.Oneof the rudimentary bombs was foundin front of the entrance to theArcangues tourist office.The bombscomponents and the targeting oftourist infrastructure bears theresemblance of the French Basquegroup Irrintzi.

8-Aug-08 Tal Afar Iraq Other Explosives72 26 On August 8, 2008 a suicide carbomber drove his car into a marketin Tal Afar, killing twenty five personsand injuring at least seventy-twoothers. Authorities believe that theexplosion was executed by a SunniTurkoman suicide bomber from TalAfar, whose identity was establishedafter forensic tests on his remains.He had been released from detentionfour months ago under an amnestypassed by parliament earlier thisyear. Authorities also believe thatthe suicide bomber may haveavoided detection at a checkpointleading to the market by having aman ride with him in the passengerseat, overcoming a ban that Tal Afarhas established on males drivingalone. The passenger is believed tohave gotten out of the car soon afterit passed the checkpoint.

9-Aug-08 ZemmouriAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives19 8 A suicide car bomber with Al-Qaedain the Islamic Maghreb targeted amilitary post in Zemmouri. Theattacker, driving a Toyota Hilux,targeted a police post responsible forprotecting citizens and directingtraffic. The attack left eight deadand nineteen injured. However,according to reports, civilians werethe primary victims of the attack.

9-Aug-08 MogadishuSomalia al-shabaab


0 1 Al-shabaab claimed credit for anattack on the police force. Theexplosion killed a police commanderwho had recently trained in Ethiopia.The attackers used a remote-detonated, roadside bomb, accordingto reports. The victim was a seniorcommander.

9-Aug-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 On August 9, 2008 a roadside bombexploded near an Iraqi police patrolin the Bab al-Mu'adhamneighborhood in central Baghdad,injuring four person. One of thepatrol's vehicles was destroyed.

9-Aug-08 Faizabad AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 0 The Taliban fired five rockets at aradio station (Radio Voice ofFreedom) in Faizabad. One rocket hitthe station and wounded a localguard. The Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack.

10-Aug-08

Tighzirt Algeria Unknown Explosives3 1 A suicide bomber attacked a group ofthree police officers near a policestation in the beach town of Tighzirt,east of Algiers. The attack left threeofficers wounded.

10-Aug-08

MogadishuSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives4 4 Unidentified assailants targetedUgandan forces part of the AUpeacekeeping mission (AMISOM)present in the country. According towitnesses, explosion was describedas heavy. There was no immediateword on the specific number ofcasualties.NOTE: Al-Shabaabsubsequently claimed credit for theattack on 12 August 2008.

10-Aug-08

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 In what police called an act of arson,two buildings at a primary school insouthern Thailand were destroyed byfire. Police said that the fire startedin the school's storage room, whereat least two or three people fromoutside the school poured gasolineon teaching tools and set them onfire. The attack occurred inNarathiwat province in Bacho district.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

10-Aug-08

Kucha China,People'sRepublicof

Other Explosives5 4 (Three of Four attacks) Assailantsattacked a county public securitybureau in western China, killing acivilian and a security guard. Theattack also injured a security guard,two police officers and one civilian.The attack occurred in Kucha citybetween 3:20 am and 4 am assecurity personnel and police officerswere on their way to deal with otherattacks. The assailants drove a motortricycle through the gate anddetonated the tricycle's gas tank.The explosion killed two of theattackers. Xinhua reported that all ofthe identified attackers wereUyghurs. It also destroyed two policecars. Xinhua reported that theexplosives used on August 10 werebuilt from bent pipe, gas canistersand liquid gas tanks. These attacksfollowed an attack on paramilitarypolice in Xinjiang's Kasghar city onAugust 4. The Uyghurs are a Turkicethnic group, primarily living inXinjiang and Central Asia. Before thePeople's Republic of China tookcontrol of Xinjiang, there were twoindependent Uyghur republics whichsuccessively ruled Xinjiang, thencalled East Tukestan, in the late1930's and 1940's. Today, someUyghurs still call Xinjiang EastTurkestan. Although, it has notclaimed responsibility for the attacks,a group called the Turkestan IslamicParty had previously threatened toattack the Beijing Summer Olympics.

10-Aug-08


Other Explosives1 0 (One of Four attacks) Assailantsthrew homemade bombs at agovernment building in westernChina. The attack occurred in Kuchacity at the Office of Industry andCommerce, between 3:20 am and 4am. Xinhua reported that theattackers traveled by taxi and one ofthem was injured while throwing theexplosives out of the car window.Then, as public security personneland police officers left the Kuchacounty public security bureau to dealwith this and other attacks, otherassailants attacked the publicsecurity bureau. Xinhua reportedthat all the attackers who had beenidentified were Uyghurs and that theexplosives were built from bent pipe,gas canisters and liquid gas tanks.These incidents follow an attack onparamilitary police in Xinjiang'sKasghar city on August 4. Note:Radio Free Asia reported that morethan one government building hadbeen attacked. The Uyghurs are aTurkic ethnic group, primarily livingin Xinjiang and Central Asia. Beforethe People's Republic of China tookcontrol of Xinjiang, there were twoindependent Uyghur republics whichsuccessively ruled Xinjiang, thencalled East Tukestan, in the late1930's and 1940's. Today, someUyghurs still call Xinjiang EastTurkestan. Although, it has notclaimed responsibility for the attacks,a group called the Turkestan IslamicParty had previously threatened toattack the Beijing Summer Olympics.

10-Aug-08


Unknown Explosives0 0 (Two of Four attacks) Unidentifiedassailants attacked one or morebusinesses in western China withexplosives. The attack(s) occurred inKucha city between 3:20 am and 4am. No injuries were reported, butreports varied regarding the target.Xinhua reported that supermarketsand hotels were bombed. Radio FreeAsia (RFA) reported that HanChinese-owned stores were attacked.RFA also reported that the EastTurkestan Information Center issueda statement saying that bazaarmanagement and a brothel amongother establishments were attacked.During that time period, agovernment office and a countrypublic security bureau were alsoattacked. Xinhua reported that all theattackers who had been identifiedwere Uyghurs, they traveled by taxiand the explosives were built frombent pipe, gas canisters and liquidgas tanks. These incidents follow anattack on paramilitary police inXinjiang's Kasghar city on August 4.The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnicgroup, primarily living in Xinjiang andCentral Asia. Before the People'sRepublic of China took control ofXinjiang, there were two independentUyghur republics which successivelyruled Xinjiang, then called EastTukestan, in the late 1930's and1940's. Today, some Uyghurs stillcall Xinjiang East Turkestan.Although, it has not claimedresponsibility for the attacks, a groupcalled the Turkestan Islamic Partyhad previously threatened to attackthe Beijing Summer Olympics.

10-Aug-08


Other Explosives0 2 (Four of Four Attacks) Two assailantsdetonated suicide bombs in a marketin western China. They did so afterpolice found them hiding in themarket in Kucha city. Radio Free Asiareported that the police shot andkilled the three other attackers whowere with them. Xinhua reported thatwhen the police discovered theassailants, the assailants first threwhomemade explosives at them.These attacks followed multiplebombings which occurred in the citybetween 3:20 am and 4 am. Xinhuareported that all of the identifiedattackers were Uyghurs and that theexplosives were built from bent pipe,gas canisters and liquid gas tanks.The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnicgroup, primarily living in Xinjiang andCentral Asia. Before the People'sRepublic of China took control ofXinjiang, there were two independentUyghur republics which successivelyruled Xinjiang, then called EastTukestan, in the late 1930's and1940's. Today, some Uyghurs stillcall Xinjiang East Turkestan.Although, it has not claimedresponsibility for the attacks, a groupcalled the Turkestan Islamic Partyhad previously threatened to attackthe Beijing Summer Olympics.

10-Aug-08

Khilani Iraq Unknown Explosives9 3 On August 10, 2008 a car bombexploded as a patrol escorting afinance ministry convoy passed by,killing an Iraqi soldier and twocivilians. At least nine people wereinjured in the attack, among themfour soldiers.

10-Aug-08

KhanaqinIraq Unknown Explosives26 4 On August 10, 2008 a suicide carbomber drove his explosive-laden carinto a checkpoint located outside theKhanaqin mayoralty building, killingthree people and wounding twenty-six others. According to Hassan JihadAmin, an official of Iraqi PresidentJalal Talabani's Patriotic Union ofKurdistan (PUK)'s branch, the directorof the Asayesh (Kurdish security)department in Khanaqin was alsokilled in this suicide car bombingexplosion.

11-Aug-08

Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms3 1 One police officer was killed andthree others wounded when unknowngunmen attacked a police checkpointin the Bagh-e Rayis area of theSurobi District. No credit was claimedfor the attack.

11-Aug-08

Sderot Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Despite the tacit calm agreement, aQassam rocket landed in an openarea in the Israeli town of Sderot onthe afternoon of August 11, 2008. NoPalestinian militant group claimedresponsibility for the attack, with aHamas official going so far as tocondemn it. The attack caused nohuman losses or material damages.

11-Aug-08

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified assailant(s) shot a policeofficer in southern Thailand'sNarathiwat province. The officer isthe head of a suppression unit at thepolice station in Tak Bai district,where the attack occurred. At around5:30 am, he was walking to amosque to attend morning prayerswhen we was shot and severelyinjured. Despite being shot in thehead, he was able to fire back. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

11-Aug-08

Santiago Chile Day oftheYoungCombatant

Explosives0 0 On August 11, 2008 a noise bombexploded under an Electricity pylonin the Lo Barnechea district ofSantiago. The blast caused nocasualties but cause minor damageto the pylon.The attack was claimedby the anarchist group, Day of theYoung Combatant who stated thatthe intent of the attack was to'sabotage the recreational sector ofthe rich.'

11-Aug-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives17 2 On August 11, 2008 a woman suicidebomber wearing an explosive-beltblew herself up at the al-Sharqipolice station in Baqubah, killing apoliceman and wounding seventeenpeople.

11-Aug-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives17 2 On August 11, 2008 a woman suicidebomber killed an Iraqi police officerand injured seventeen other people--twelve policemen and five civilians--when she blew herself up at a marketin Baqubah, Diyala Province.Thewoman was dressed in a traditionalIslamic black robe and detonated theexplosives at a checkpoint mannedby Iraqi police inside the marketwhen a police officer wanted tosearch her.

12-Aug-08

Wardag AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 0 The convoy of Ghazni's GovernorMohammad Osman Osmani wasattacked in the Sayedabad District ofWardag Province as it drove to Kabul.The Governor escaped unharmed,but two of his bodyguards werewounded. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

12-Aug-08

Parwan AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 1 One child was killed and four policewounded when the vehicle the policewere riding in struck a roadside minein the Pul-e Rangaab area of ParwanProvince. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

12-Aug-08


1 0 Unidentified assailants detonated abomb near the UNDP premises inMogadishu. Witnesses gaveconflicting reports as to whether AUforces performing de-miningactivities were the target of theattack or if the attack targeted theUNDP itself. Attacks against the AU'smission in Somalia (AMISOM) arecommon. There was no immediateword on the specific number ofcasualties, though witnessesreported seeing an injured civilian.

12-Aug-08

Kasghar China,People'sRepublicof

Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 3 An unidentified assailant jumpedfrom a vehicle at a securitycheckpoint in western China andstabbed three security officials todeath and injured another. Thecheckpoint was located in the townof Yamanya near the city of Kasgharin the Xinjiang Uyghur AutonomousRegion. This was the fourth attack tooccur in Xinjiang in August. It was thesecond attack to occur in or nearKashgar. Ta Kung Pao newspaperidentified those were killed as twomilitia men and a local cadre and itidentified the injured individual as adeputy secretary of the CommunistParty branch of a local village.Xinjiang is home to the Uyghurs, aTurkic ethnic group. There were twoindependent republics whichsuccessively ruled Xinjiang, thencalled East Tukestan, in the late1930's and 1940's. Today, someUyghurs still call Xinjiang EastTurkestan. Although, it has notclaimed responsibility for the attacks,a group called the Turkestan IslamicParty had previously threatened toattack the Beijing Summer Olympics.

12-Aug-08

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms2 2 Unidentified assailants attacked afamily of four in a drive-by shootingin southern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince. Both the attackers and thevictims were driving pick-up trucks atthe time of the attack. After takingfire from the assailants, the driver inthe family's truck lost control of thevehicle. The truck crashed into anelectricity pole and turned over. Thefather and his daughter were killed,while the mother and her son werecritically injured. The attack occurredin the morning in Rangae district.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

12-Aug-08

ZamboangaCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 An MK2 grenade exploded at thecentral police headquarters inZamboanga City in the southernPhilippines. No deaths or injurieswere reported. Zamboanga City islocated on the island of Mindanao,which is home to several militantgroups including the Moro IslamicLiberation Front and the NewPeople's Army. Between August 12and August 25 there were fourgrenade attacks in Zamboanga City.

12-Aug-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives7 3 On August 12, 2008 a suicidebomber dressed as a womanattempted to approach the convoy ofDiyala governor Raad Rashed/Ra'adal-Mulla Jawad. As he approached it,soldiers identified him as a threatand opened fire on him, causing hisexplosives to detonate. Theexplosion killed two people andinjured seven others.

13-Aug-08

Logar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Three female foreign aid workers ofthe International Rescue Committeeand their Afghan driver were killedby gunmen while driving in a twovehicle convoy near the town of Pul-i-Alam, approximately 50 miles southof Kabul. The female workers were ofCanadian, British and Americannationalities. The attack wasperceived to signal an increase ofattacks against foreign aid workers inAfghanistan in an effort to furtherdestabilize the region. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack butclaimed the vehicles containedmilitary personnel.

13-Aug-08

Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 5 Five police were killed and fourothers wounded when their vehiclehit an improvised explosive device(IED) while on patrol in the MarjaDistrict of Helmand Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

13-Aug-08

Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 A car-bomb detonated outside aProvincial Reconstruction Team basein Ghazni Province. The car-bombwas parked outside of the base usedby Polish and US forces by a driverwho then fled on a motorbike beforedetonation. No casualties werereported and no credit was claimedfor the attack.

13-Aug-08

KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 2 Two police were killed and fourothers wounded when their vehiclewas destroyed by a remote-controlled bomb in the ZherayDistrict of Kandahar Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

13-Aug-08

ChaabetElAmeur


1 1 Unidentified assailants detonated abomb near the Ouled Ali barracks inAlgeria in the community of ChaabetEl Ameur. The attack on thebarracks left one soldier dead andanother injured and comes amidst aspate of attacks on governmentforces.

13-Aug-08

TiziOujaboub

Algeria Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 Unknown assailants killed a forty-twoyear old man who had recentlyjoined the municipal guard. He wasfound with his throat slit north ofBouira, in Tizi Oujaboub.

13-Aug-08

Tripoli Lebanon Unknown Explosives40 19 On the morning of August 13, 2008,a bomb concealed in a briefcaseexploded five meters from a smallMitsubishi bus carrying civilians andmembers of the Lebanese armedforces. The attack killed nineteenpeople, and wounded approximatelyforty others. No group claimedresponsibility for the attack, althoughit is suspected to be in revenge forthe Lebanese Armed Force's crushingof Fatah al-Islam in the Nahr al-Baridrefugee camp.

13-Aug-08

CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (One of two attacks) A bombexploded in the southern Philippinesprovince of Cotabato, damaging apower transmission pylon. The attackoccurred late on August 13. Officialssuspect that Moro Islamic LiberationFront fighters are to blame. The MoroIslamic Liberation Front seeks aMuslim homeland on the southernPhilippines’ island of Mindanao,where Cotabato province is located.Note: This report was found oncbsnews.com.

13-Aug-08

CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (Two of two attacks) A bombexploded in the southern Philippinesprovince of Cotabato, damaging apower transmission pylon. The attackoccurred late on August 13. Officialssuspect that Moro Islamic LiberationFront fighters are to blame. The MoroIslamic Liberation Front seeks aMuslim homeland on the southernPhilippines’ island of Mindanao,where Cotabato province is located.Note: This report was found oncbsnews.com

13-Aug-08

Mosul Iraq Explosives6 2 On August 13, 2008 a car parked ona street by a popular marketplace inthe al-Qayara district of Mosulexploded, killing two people andwounding six others.

13-Aug-08

Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 On August 13, 2008 a suicide truckbomber--driving a 1982 pickuptruck--targeted the convoy of Abdul-Karim Ali Nsaif (aka Abu Saif), themayor of Multaqa. The explosionwounded Abu Saif and three of hisguards.

13-Aug-08

Logar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms4 4 Gunmen with the Taliban shot andkilled four employees of theInternational Rescue Committee(IRC), three of whom were women inLogar. The employees wheretraveling to Kabul from Paktia whenthe incident took place. In addition,four people were wounded in theincident. The two vehicles carryingthe employees were also destroyedin the attack.

13-Aug-08

Zheray AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 0 A remote-detonated roadside bombwounded two policemen and fourcivilians. Attacks on police forces arecommon in Afghanistan.

14-Aug-08

Farah AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A bridge on the Kandahar-HeratHighway was destroyed byexplosives in the Delaram District ofFarah Province. Local officialsblamed the Taliban for the bombing.

14-Aug-08


4 1 One police was killed and four othersinjured when their vehicle wasdestroyed by a remote-controlledbomb in the Dasht-e Saqawa area ofKabul. No credit was claimed for theattack.

14-Aug-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 On August 14, 2008 as Shiite pilgrimsheaded to Karbala for a majorreligious festival, a roadside bombexploded at a police patrol in theZaafaraniya neighborhood ofsoutheastern Baghdad, killing apoliceman and wounding five people.

14-Aug-08

Buhruz Iraq Unknown Explosives4 2 On August 14, 2008 a roadside bombstruck a police patrol in the town ofBuhruz, near Baqubah, killing twopolicemen and wounding four others.

14-Aug-08

IskandariyahIraq Unknown Explosives73 23 On August 14, 2008 as severalbombings have occurred killing Shiiteworshippers heading to Karbala tocelebrate a religious holiday, awoman suicide bomber blew herselfup among a crowd of Shiites pilgrimswho were resting on the side of theroad in Iskandariya, where womenwere cooking dinner, men werepraying, and children were playingnearby. The explosion killed twenty-two people and wounded at leastseventy-three. There have beenconflicting reports as to the numberof women suicide bombers involvedin this attack. U.S. authorities,however, believed only one womanwas behind this attack.

15-Aug-08

Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Explosives5 4 Four police were killed and fiveothers injured when their vehicle hita landmine in the Greshk District ofHelmand Province. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

15-Aug-08


2 0 Two remote-detonated, roadsidebombs detonated targeting theconvoy of President Abdullahi Yusuf.The attack, which took place on themain road that connects theinternational airport and thepresidential palace, did not result inany deaths. However, immediatelyafter the place, Ethiopian forcesopened fire, killing two civilians. Itwas not immediately clear whobehind the attack.

15-Aug-08

Dinsor Somalia Unknown Firearms0 2 Unidentified gunmen shot and killeda World Food Program (WFP)employee along with his driver in thetown of Dinsor, which is west ofMogadishu. Attacks on NGOs arecommon in Somalia. The driver wasthe fifth WFP driver to be killed thisyear.

15-Aug-08

AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 On August 15, a rocket was fired intoan area just south of Ashqelon. Theattack was unclaimed and did notcause any human or material losses.

15-Aug-08

AshqelonIsrael Unknown Explosives0 0 On 15 August, Palestiniansreportedly launched a rocket into anarea just South of Ashqelon, despitean alleged truce between Palestinianmilitants and Israel. The attack wasnot claimed, and did not lead to anyhuman or material losses.

15-Aug-08

YuksekovaTurkey Unknown Explosives2 0 On 15 August a bomb exploded inthe stairwell of an AKP party buildingin the Yuksekova district, Hakkariprovince at 10 in the evening. Thebomb wounded two civilians,including one child and alsodamaged the building itself. Theattack was not immediately claimed.

15-Aug-08

CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 In what was likely the work of MoroIslamic Liberation Front fighters, abomb was placed near a school inthe southern Philippines. The bombwas discovered before it couldexplode in M'Lang town in Cotabatoprovince. The MILF and thePhilippines military have beenengaged in intense combat sincepeace talks between the MILF andPhilippines government broke downon July 25. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

15-Aug-08

Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A bomb exploded at a motorcycleshop in southern Thailand's Yalaprovince. The attack occurred inYaha district in the morning. Nofatalities or injuries were reported.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

15-Aug-08

KidapawanPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (One of at least two planned attacks)Two homemade bombs werediscovered before they could explodein the southern Philippines' provinceof Cotabato (Mindanao island) . Thebombs were found in Kidapawan Cityand Mlang town. Cotabato hadrecently been the site of fightingbetween Moro Islamic LiberationFront fighters and the Philippinesmilitary. The Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate on Mindanao island. Although,the individuals who planted thesebombs have yet to be identified, itappears likely that MILF fighters areto blame.

15-Aug-08

CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (Two of at least two planned attacks)Two homemade bombs werediscovered before they could explodein the southern Philippines' provinceof Cotabato (Mindanao island). Thebombs were found in Kidapawan Cityand Mlang town. Cotabato hadrecently been the site of fightingbetween Moro Islamic LiberationFront fighters and the Philippinesmilitary. The Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate on Mindanao island.Although,the individuals who planted thesebombs have yet to be identified, itappears likely that MILF fighters areto blame.

15-Aug-08

ZamboangaCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 An unidentified assailant threw agrenade inside a movie theater in amall in Zamboanga City in thesouthern Philippines, but the grenadedid not explode. Zamboanga City islocated on the island of Mindanao.Most previous bombings inZamboanga City have been blamedon the militant groups the MoroIslamic Liberation Front or AbuSayyaf. This was one of four grenadeattacks which occurred betweenAugust 12 and August 25 inZamboanga City.

15-Aug-08

Ituango Colombia FARC Remote-detonatedexplosive

51 7 On August 15, 2008 a mediumintensity bomb exploded in Ituangoduring the city's anniversary party.The blast killed seven peopleincluding the mayor's cousin andwounded another 51 people, many ofthem seriously.The bomber, amember of the FARC, wasapprehended soon after thedetonation. Police spotted him priorto the detonation but were unable tostop him before he detonated thedevice by a cell phone.

15-Aug-08

Balad Iraq Unknown Explosives40 9 On the evening of August 15, 2008 acar bomb--a minibus parked near abus terminal in Balad--exploded at abusy parking lot and a marketplacein the Shiite town of Balad, north ofBaghdad. The attack apparentlytargeted Shiite pilgrims whogathered in the town's parking lot totravel to Karbala for a religiousholiday. The explosion killed at leastnine people and wounded fortyothers. Authorities stated that theShiite pilgrims were spending thenight in the garage so they couldtravel to Karbala in the morning.

15-Aug-08

Ghowrak AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 3 Gunmen with the Taliban assaulted agroup of policemen in GhowrakDistrict in Afghanistan's restiveKandahar province. The attack leftthree policemen dead and two otherswounded. Attacks on police forcesare common in Afghanistan.

15-Aug-08

Greshk AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 4 A remote-detonated roadside bombkilled four policemen and woundedfive others in Afghanistan's restiveHelmand province. The policemenwere traveling through Greshkdistrict at the time of the attack. TheTaliban claimed responsibility.

16-Aug-08

Herat AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Two Iranian road workers werekidnapped by unidentified gunmenwhile working on the Herat-IslamQala Highway. The workers wereidentified as Raza Azimian andHassan Farsi. The two workers weretraveling without security guards andwent missing while heading towardIslam Qala in the Kohsan District. Nocredit was claimed for thekidnapping.

16-Aug-08

Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 0 A bomb exploded near the convoy ofAfghan Education Minister MohamadHanif. The convoy was on theoutskirts of Kabul when the blastoccurred. One person was injured inthe attack and the Minister wasunharmed. Local officials were notsure if the bomb was recentlyplanted. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

16-Aug-08

KandaharProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 10 Ten police were killed when theirvehicle struck a roadside bomb in theKhawajamal area between Shah WaliKot and Arghandab Districts ofKandahar Province. No credit wasclaimed for the attack, but localofficials blamed the Taliban.

16-Aug-08

CotabatoPhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified assailant(s) placed ahomemade bomb near a mayor'shouse in the southern Philippines.Authorities found the bomb before itexploded. The bomb was constructedusing a mortar shell and a blastingcap. The target was the mayor ofMlang town in Cotabato province(Mindanao island). The mayor and hisbrother, the vice governor ofCotabato, were opposed to a peaceaccord between the Philippinesgovernment and the Moro IslamicLiberation Front, which seeks aMuslim homeland on Mindanao.

16-Aug-08

FermanaghNorthernIreland

Other Explosives3 0 On August 16, 2008 a rocketpropelled grenade was fired at policeon patrol in Fermanagh County,Northern Ireland. The three officerson patrol were were lightly injured inthe attack; however the device failedto detonate.Authorities believe ex-members of the North Armaghrepublican brigade are responsiblefor this attack.

17-Aug-08

MakhachkalaRussia Unknown Explosives119 21 A suicide bomber rammed a truckinto a police station in Ingushetia,killing 21 police and wounding over119. According to the Moscow news,the bomber drove a GAZel minivanloaded with TNT. Russian policesources said the blast measured 400kg in TNT equivalent (BBC saysestimated 20g or 44 lbs of TNT). Allthe men killed were police officers;additional injuries were civilians.Theattack occurred days after IngushPresident Yunus-bek Yevkurov wasreleased from a hospital nearMoscow. Yevkurov was in thehospital after surviving a suicidebombing in June. The bombingsignals increased tensions inIngushetia, which borders Chechnyaand has a similar ethnic make-up.

17-Aug-08

Konduz AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 A bomb explosion destroyed a bridgein the Gol-Tepa area of Konduz city.The bridge was the only link betweenseveral villages in the area and themain provincial city. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

17-Aug-08

Logar AfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 2 Two people were killed, includingtribal leader Murtaza, by a remote-controlled bomb in the Agha Districtof Logar Province. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

17-Aug-08

MogadishuSomalia al-shabaab

Firearms0 3 Members of al-shabaab shot andkilled a businessman who was part ofan anti-terrorism alliance in thecountry. Ise Usman Ali was one ofthe eleven founders of the alliance,which formed in 2006. He was killedin Mogadishu along with hisbodyguard and a nearby civilian. Al-Shabaab later claimed credit for theattack.

17-Aug-08

Eshqol Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 On 17 August a Qassam rocketlanded in the Eshqol regional council,in the western Negev. It had beenfired from the northern Gaza Strip.The attack, which was not claimed,came despite a ceasefire betweenPalestinian militants and Israel. Theattack did not lead to any human ormaterial losses.

17-Aug-08

Iligan PhilippinesMILF Explosives3 0 (One of two attacks) Moro IslamicLiberation Front fighters detonated ahomemade bomb at a budget hotelin the southern Philippines, injuringthree people. The bomb had beenplanted in a guest room. The attackoccurred in Iligan City in Lanao delNorte province (Mindanao island). Itwas followed minutes later by abombing outside another budgethotel in Iligan City. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state onMindanao. Officials in Iligan wereopposed to the terms of a peaceaccord being discussed between thePhilippines government and the MILF.

17-Aug-08

Iligan PhilippinesMILF Explosives1 0 (Two of two attacks) Moro IslamicLiberation Front fighters detonated ahomemade bomb outside a budgethotel in the southern Philippines,injuring one person. The attackoccurred in Iligan City in Lanao delNorte province (Mindanao island). Itwas preceded minutes earlier by abombing at another budget hotel inIligan City. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state onMindanao. Officials in Iligan wereopposed to the terms of a peaceaccord being discussed between thePhilippines government and the MILF.Note: The Associated Press reportedthat exploded in a room inside thehotel.

17-Aug-08

Malaga Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On August 17, 2008 a series ofbombs exploded in Malaga on theCosta del Sol. The attacks caused noinjuries or damage.Two bombsexploded simultaneously atGuadalmar Beach in Malaga. Nocausalities or damage was caused bythe small explosion.ETA claimedcredit for the attack. The attacks aresimilar to a series of bombingsconducted by ETA in northern Spainin July 2008.

17-Aug-08

Baku AzerbaijanForestBrothers

Explosives13 3 Two grenades were thrown into theAbu-Bakr mosque in Baku on theevening of August 17 while about500 people were inside praying.Three people were killed thirteenwere injured. The National SecurityMinistry (NSM) later blamed theattack on an armed grouporchestrated by Azeri nationals IlgarMollachiyev and Samil Mekhtiyev,who had set up an Islamist groupcalled the Forest Brothers, (distinctfrom a Georgian group of the samename) The Forest Brothers groupwas previously caught in 2007 forplanning both criminal and terroristacts.The Abu-Bakr mosque is said tobe a Wahhabi institution comprisedof two main groups who were said todisagree.

17-Aug-08

Malaga Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On August 17, 2008 a series ofbombs exploded in Malaga on theCosta del Sol. The attacks caused noinjuries or damage.One bombexploded at the Benalmadena SportsPort in Malaga. No causalities ordamage was caused by the smallexplosion.ETA claimed credit for theattack. The attacks are similar to aseries of bombings conducted by ETAin northern Spain in July 2008.

17-Aug-08

Malaga Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On August 17, 2008 a series ofbombs exploded in Malaga on theCosta del Sol. The attacks caused noinjuries or damage.One bomb wasdiffused without incident by thepolice in a field near the mouth ofthe Guadalhorce River. ETA claimedcredit for the attack. The attacks aresimilar to a series of bombingsconducted by ETA in northern Spainin July 2008.

17-Aug-08

KathmanduNepal Unknown Explosives1 0 A small bomb exploded outside thehome of Nepal's vice president,Paramananda Jha, injuring oneperson. Jha was unhurt in the blast.No one claimed responsibility for theattack.

17-Aug-08

Baghdad Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives5 16 On August 17, 2008 a suicidebomber riding a bicycle--disputed toeither be a woman or a man dressedas a woman--detonated anexplosives vest at a checkpoint nearthe Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque inBaghdad's Adhamiya district. Thecheckpoint had been manned bylocal Awakening Council groupmembers. Those killed by theexplosion included Faruq al-Obeidi,the local leader of the AwakeningCouncil group, six of his bodyguards,and eight civilians. The woundedincluded five women.Al Qaida hasregularly carried out attacks againstthe Awakening Council, a groupknown to support the U.S. military tofight extremists.

18-Aug-08

Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives6 0 Six police, including the securitycommander were injured when aroadside mine hit a security patrol inthe Gorbaz District of Khost Province.Only two of the wounded policerequired hospitalization. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

18-Aug-08

Wardag AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 2 Two militants were killed by acoalition air strike as they attemptedto blow up a bridge on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway in MaydanDistrict, Wardag Province. Localofficials stated the militants wereTaliban.

18-Aug-08

NangarharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives6 2 Two police were killed and six otherswounded when their vehicle hit aroadside mine in the Park area ofFarm Hada, Nangarhar Province. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

18-Aug-08

Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Firearms8 5 Five guards were killed and eightothers wounded when the Talibanattacked a private security companyin the Kharjoy area of Shah JoyDistrict of Zabol Province. Localofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack.

18-Aug-08

LanaodelNorte

PhilippinesMILF Firearms0 3 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fightersshot and killed three people in thesouthern Philippines' province ofLanao del Norte (Mindanao Island).The attack occurred in Kolambugantown, where MILF fighters shot dead14 bus passengers around the sametime. The Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate on Mindanao. A senior MILFleader said that the fighters whocarried out the attack on the busmight be upset about the break downin peace talks between thePhilippines government and the MILF.He called for a stop to the fighting.

18-Aug-08

SaranganiPhilippinesMILF Firearms0 2 Before dawn, Moro Islamic LiberationFront (MILF) fighters indiscriminatelydischarged firearms in the town ofMaasim in Sarangani province in thesouthern Philippines. They shot andkilled two civilians at a karaoke bar.It is thought that the fighters areupset about the break-down in peacetalks between the Philippinesgovernment and the MILF. However,a senior MILF leader said that MILFleadership did not authorize theattacks. Sarangani province islocated on the island of Mindanao,where the Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate.

18-Aug-08

SultanKudarat

PhilippinesMILF Unknown0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)fighters attacked civilians in SultanKudarat province in the southernPhilippines. An unknown number ofcivilians were killed or injured. It isthought that the fighters are upsetabout the break-down in peace talksbetween the Philippines governmentand the MILF. Sultan Kudaratprovince is located on the island ofMindanao. The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state onMindanao.

18-Aug-08

LanaodelNorte

PhilippinesMILF Firearms0 14 At around 4:30 am, Moro IslamicLiberation Front fighters stopped apassenger bus and shot fourteen ofthe riders to death in the southernPhilippines. Some of the victims weretold to line up and then wereexecuted. The attack occurred inKolambugan town in Lanao del Norteprovince (Mindanao Island). The MoroIslamic Liberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao. A senior MILF leader saidthat the fighters who carried out theattack might be upset about thebreak down in peace talks betweenthe Philippines government and theMILF. He called for a stop to thefighting.

18-Aug-08

LanaodelNorte

PhilippinesMILF Knives& sharpobjects

0 9 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighterskilled nine civilians in the southernPhilippines' province of Lanao delNorte (Mindanao island). Theassailants had cut many of thevictims' bodies with machetes. Theattack occurred in Lapayan village inKauswagan town. It is suspected thatMILF fighters were upset about thebreak-down in peace talks betweenthe Philippines government and theMILF. The Moro Islamic LiberationFront seeks an independent Muslimstate on Mindanao.

18-Aug-08

LanaodelNorte

PhilippinesMILF Knives& sharpobjects

5 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighterskilled five civilians in the southernPhilippines' province of Lanao delNorte (Mindanao island). Theassailants had cut many of thevictims' bodies with machetes. It issuspected that MILF fighters wereupset about the break-down in peacetalks between the Philippinesgovernment and the MILF. The MoroIslamic Liberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state onMindanao.

18-Aug-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms2 1 On August 18, 2008 unidentifiedgunmen opened fire on the vehicle ofSheikh Faris Jabir Dhahir inBaghdad's southeasternneighborhood of al Zaafaraniya,killing him and severely wounding hiswife and daughter. The cleric hadbeen working for the Shiite Shahid al-Mihrab Foundation, which is headedby the son of Abdelaziz al-Hakim, thechief of the Supreme Islamic IraqiCouncil and also the head of theShiite Unified Iraqi Council (UIC).

18-Aug-08

Abu al-Khasib

Iraq Unknown Firearms0 3 On August 18, 2008, gunmen openedfire on a bus carrying electionworkers as their car passed it in theAbu al-Khasibarea south of Basra,killing three election employees. Thedead included the head of a localgovernment committee preparing forprovincial elections, Matth Wahab,and his depty, Jassim Mohammed.No group claimed responsibility andno arrests have been made. Localofficials have stated that Wahab wasknown to resist interference in theelectoral process by Shiite religiousextremists.

18-Aug-08

Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives10 8 On August 18, 2008 a suicide carbomber targeted a police checkpointin the Tamim area near downtownRamadi, killing seven policemen andinjuring ten people--six policemenand four civilians.

18-Aug-08

Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 On August 18, 2008 a roadside bombexploded in Mosul as a convoycarrying the city's mayor drove by.The mayor escaped injury but abodyguard was wounded.

19-Aug-08

Issers Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives38 43 A suicide bomber driving a carpacked with explosives targeted apolice school in the town of Issers.The attacker drove into a crowd ofpeople that were assembled outsideof the building waiting for an entryexam, the bomber ultimately killedforty-three people and woundedanother thirty-eight. Both civiliansand police forces were among thevictims.

19-Aug-08

Mersin Turkey KurdistanFreedomFalcons

Explosives14 0 On 19 August a vehicle under Turkishpolice surveillance was stopped bypolice on the way to the Mersin citycenter after getting off at the Gozneintersection. When the driver did notexit the vehicle, he was fired upon,which caused him to detonate the 30kilograms of C-4 explosives he hadloaded in the car. As a result,thirteen police officers werewounded, and only the bomber waswounded. It is thought that thebomber was heading for the newMersin Security directorate to launchan attack. In the wake of theattack, two groups claimedresponsibility; the Kurdistan FreedomFalcons, and the Kurdish Workers'Party. Whether or not the two groupsare directly affiliated is unclear.

19-Aug-08

Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 0 A device exploded near the house ofa government official, ZelimkhanKhautiyev, in Nazran, Ingushetia onAugust 19, 2008. No one was injuredin the explosion. It is unclear who isresponsible for the bombing. Attackstargeting the homes of governmentofficials in Ingushetia and Dagestanare common in Russia.

19-Aug-08

DeraIsmailKhan

Pakistan Unknown Explosives30 24 23 people were killed and 30wounded in a suicide bombing at ahospital in Dera Ismail Khan. Fourpolicemen were among the injured.The explosion happened in theemergency ward of the hospital.Nogroup claimed responsibility for theattack.

20-Aug-08


Explosives44 12 A suicide bomber driving a car drovefull of explosives rammed into a busfull of a group of Algerian workers,ultimately killing twelve people andinjuring forty-four. The bus waswaiting for a group of Canadiansworking at a water purification plant.

20-Aug-08


Explosives0 3 A suicide car bomber drove his carinto a group of soldiers outside of abarracks in Bouira, Algeria. Theattack ultimately left two soldiersdead. This was the second suicidecar bombing of the day.

20-Aug-08


Explosives0 7 Members of the Mujahideen YouthMovement (MYM) killed sevenUgandan peacekeepers part of theAU's mission in Somalia (AMISOM).The attack took place inside of theformer Egyptian embassy near theMogadishu airport. The group laterclaimed credit for the attack.

20-Aug-08


Explosives0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for shelling thepresidential palace in Mogadishu.Shelling the presidential palace isquite common in Somalia. No deathsor injuries were reported.

20-Aug-08

BeniBechir

Algeria Unknown Knives& sharpobjects

0 2 Two citizen were found with theirthroats slit in Beni Bechir, part ofSkikda in Algeria. This incident fits apattern of recent attacks against offduty policemen and soldiers, in whichthe victims were found with theirthroats slit.

20-Aug-08

BardhereSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 An unidentified gunman shot a WorldHealth Organization (WHO) employeein the head, killing him, in Bardhere.NGO workers are increasingly underassault in the country.

20-Aug-08

YuksekovaTurkey KurdishWorkersParty

Firearms2 0 On 20 August alleged PKK militantsfired on four vehicles in Yuksekova ofthe Hakkari province in southeasternTurkey. Two people were injured onthe attack, which was attributed byTurkish authorities to the PKK.

20-Aug-08

VentanasColombia FARC Explosives8 0 On August 20, 2008 a bombexploded in the rural town ofVentanas injuring eight peopleincluding four policemen. The policeare believed to have been targetedas they were called to the area todeal with FARC extortionist prior tothe blast.The FARC are believed tobe responsible for the attack.

21-Aug-08

Paktika AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 Twelve employees of the AfghanNational De-mining Commission wereabducted by unknown gunmen in theMilan area east of Gardez city,Paktika Province. The employeeswere apparently traveling withoutsecurity guards. The Taliban denyinvolvement with kidnapping andsome local officials blamed armedrobbers.

21-Aug-08

Izmir Turkey KurdistanFreedomFalcons


16 0 On the morning of 21 August, a carexploded on Yesillik Avenue, in thecity of Izmir. The explosion, whichoccurred near a bus carrying fortypolice officers, injured sevenpolicemen, three soldiers and sixcivilians. Nearly one hundredbuildings were also damaged. Theattack was claimed by both theKurdistan Freedom Falcons, as wellas the Kurdish Workers Party. Theexplosives are thought to have beendetonated by remote control. Fivesuspects were arrested days afterthe attack.

21-Aug-08

NarathiwatThailand RundaKumpulanKecil

Explosives0 0 (One of two attacks) A bombexploded in front of a restaurant insouthern Thailand's Narathiwatprovince around 9:30 pm. The bomb,which was hidden in a parkedmotorcycle, caused no fatalities orinjuries. It only damaged motorcyclesparked in the area. However, afterpolice, at least one rescue workerand reporters had arrived, anotherbomb exploded. The secondexplosion killed two people andinjured 35 others. The restaurant waslocated in Sungai Kolok district, neara police station. These attacks arepart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004. An intelligence sourceblamed the Runda Kumpalan Kecilfor the bombings.The RundaKumpulan Kecil (RKK) is an armedorganization controlled by theBarisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate(BRN Coordinate).

21-Aug-08

NarathiwatThailand RundaKumpulanKecil


35 2 (Two of two attacks) A 90 lb (40 kg)bomb exploded in southernThailand's Narathiwat province,killing two people and injuring 35others. The explosion occurred about20 minutes after an explosion in frontof a nearby restaurant. A televisionjournalist and a rescue worker whohad responded to the first explosionwere killed. Another televisionjournalist and the superintendent ofthe district police station wereamong the injured. Police andsoldiers were cordoning off the areaaround the first explosion, when thesecond bomb exploded. Therestaurant was located in SungaiKolok district, near a police station.The second bomb was placed in a carand was remotely detonated. Theseattacks are part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004. Anintelligence source blamed theRunda Kumpalan Kecil (RKK) for thebombings.The RKK is an armedorganization controlled by theBarisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate(BRN Coordinate).

21-Aug-08

Wah Pakistan Tehrik-e-Taliban

Explosives67 72 On August 21, 2008, a double suicideattack on the Pakistan OrdnanceFactory, an arms factory killed atleast 70 people, wounding 67. Theincident occurred in the town of Wah.The attack is the deadliest on amilitary site in Pakistan's history. ThePakistan Ordnance Factory is thecenter of Pakistan's defense industry.Both bombers detonated themselvesat the gates of the factory as workerswere changing shifts. The firstexplosion occurred at the main gate.Tehrik-e-Taliban claimedresponsibility for the attack, saying itwas response to the army's violenceagainst militants in the NWFP.

21-Aug-08

Wah Pakistan Tehrik-e-Taliban

Explosives0 0 On August 21, 2008, a double suicideattack on the Pakistan OrdnanceFactory, an arms factory killed atleast 70 people, wounding 67. Theincident occurred in the town of Wah.The attack is the deadliest on amilitary site in Pakistan's history. ThePakistan Ordnance Factory is thecenter of Pakistan's defense industry.Both bombers detonated themselvesat the gates of the factory as workerswere changing shifts. The secondexplosion occurred at one of thegates near a market. Tehrik-e-Taliban claimed responsibility for theattack, saying it was response to thearmy's violence against militants inthe NWFP.

22-Aug-08

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedthe former police commander inMogadishu's Balcad District. Theattack took place as Umar AhmadOsoble, the former policecommander, was leaving Fridayprayers. There was no word on whowas behind the attack.

22-Aug-08

Baku AzerbaijanUnknown Explosives2 2 An explosion occurred at a powersubstation in Xatai district of Baku,Azerbaijian on the morning of August22, 2008, killing two and woundingtwo. The explosion occurred whenworkers entered the station. Theattack was not claimed.

22-Aug-08

Baku AzerbaijanForestBrothers

Explosives0 2 An explosion occurred at anelectricity substation in Baku,Azerbaijan on August 22, 2008.There were two deaths.The IslamistForest Brothers group, responsiblefor a bombing at a mosque in Bakuon August 17, 2008, was eventuallyfound guilty of the attack. The grouphad been caught previously in 2007for both criminal and terrorist acts.

22-Aug-08

SanRafael

Colombia FARC Explosives12 1 On August 22, 2008 a bomb wasthrown into a bar across from apolice station in San Rafaelmunicipality in Columbia. The blastkilled one person and injured twelveothers. The FARC are believed to beresponsible for the attack.

23-Aug-08

KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 2 Abdollah Mojaddedi, a judge on theKandahar Court of Appeals wasmurdered along with his son byunknown gunman in Kandahar.

23-Aug-08

Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives7 4 Four civilians were killed and sevenwounded when their vehicle struck aroadside bomb in the Tanai District ofKhost Province. The victims weredriving a Corolla type vehicle andreturning from a wedding ceremony.Local officials blamed the Taliban forthe attack.

23-Aug-08

MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedMuhammad Isa Diriye, a Wadajirdistrict judge, in Mogadishu. ShakyhHasan, the judge, was shot rightafter he left the court for his house.Attacks on Somalia's civil service arecommon in the country.

23-Aug-08

ZamboangaCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 A MK2 fragmentation grenadeexploded at the port of ZamboangaCity in the southern Philippines. Nodeaths or injuries were reported.Zamboanga City is located on theisland of Mindanao. Most previousbombings in Zamboanga City havebeen blamed on the militant groupsthe Moro Islamic Liberation Front orAbu Sayyaf. This was the fourthgrenade attack in Zamboanga City intwo weeks.

23-Aug-08

Kirkuk Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives9 6 A suicide bomber blew himself up ata car dealership in Kirkuk, killing atleast five people and wounding nine.Authorities believe that the attacktargeted a leader of the AwakeningCouncil group in the town of Khalis.Abdel, Karim Ahed Mindil was insidethe showroom and was killed int heblast. Al Qaeda has speciallytargeted Awakening Council groupmembers for their cooperation withthe U.S. military.

24-Aug-08

Badghis AfghanistanTaliban Explosives6 10 Ten civilians were killed and sixothers were wounded when a suicidebomber detonated explosives in acrowded bazaar in Ghormach Districtof Badghis Province. The bomb wasattached to his motorbike. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

24-Aug-08

KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 10 Ten civilians were killed and fourothers wounded when their minibushit a roadside mine on the Kandahar-Uruzgan Highway, north of KandaharCity. The dead included twochildren. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack.

24-Aug-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 1 On August 24, 2008 two coordinatedroadside bomb explosions indowntown Baghdad killed apoliceman and wounded two others.The first explosion occurred near apolice patrol in the Nahdha area,killing a policeman and wounding twoothers. Minutes later, anotherexplosion occurred at the scenewhen Iraqi security forces andcivilians gathered to examine thefirst explosion, killing three civiliansand wounding thirteen others.Incident report #43362 accounts forfatalities and injuries incurred by thefirst explosion.

24-Aug-08

Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 3 On August 24, 2008 two coordinatedroadside bomb explosions indowntown Baghdad killed apoliceman and wounded two others.The first explosion occurred near apolice patrol in the Nahdha area,killing a policeman and wounding twoothers. Minutes later, anotherexplosion occurred at the scenewhen Iraqi security forces andcivilians gathered to examine thefirst explosion, killing three civiliansand wounding thirteen others.Incident report #43363 accounts forfatalities and injuries incurred by thesecond explosion.

24-Aug-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms6 2 On August 24, 2008 unidentifiedgunmen attacked a police patrol inBaquba, killing two policemen andwounding six others.

24-Aug-08

AbuGhraib

Iraq Al Qaeda Explosives32 22 On August 24, 2008 a suicidebomber blew up his explosive-ladenvest as police and members of theAwakening Council group sat down todinner in the Abu Ghraib district,killing at least twenty-one people andwounding thirty-two others. AzizMoklif Ghatha al-Zubai, one of thelocal chiefs of the Awakening Councilgroup who organized the dinner inthe district's Al-Zaidan village, waskilled in the attack. Al-Zaidan villageis known to be a former Al-Qaedastronghold. Al Qaeda has frequentlywarned Awakening Council membersthat they will be specially targetedbecause of their cooperation with theU.S. military.

24-Aug-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives8 3 On August 24, 2008 two coordinatedroadside bombs targeted a policepatrol in Baquba. The first bombexplosion targeted the police patrolon a through-road leading to Iraq'sinterior ministry, killing three peopleand wounding eight, including fivepoliceman.As police ran to assist tohelp in the first explosion, a secondbomb exploded, wounding anotherfive police officers. Incident report#43365 accounts for fatalities andinjuries incurred by the first bombexplosion.

24-Aug-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 On August 24, 2008 two coordinatedroadside bombs targeted a policepatrol in Baquba. The first bombexplosion targeted the police patrolon a through-road leading to Iraq'sinterior ministry, killing three peopleand wounding eight, including fivepoliceman.As police ran to assist tohelp in the first explosion, a secondbomb exploded, wounding anotherfive police officers. Incident report#43366 accounts for fatalities andinjuries incurred by the second bombexplosion.

24-Aug-08

Baqubah Iraq Unknown Firearms1 3 On August 24, 2008 gunmen drivingan ambulance opened fire on a footpatrol in Baqubah, killing threepolicemen and wounding abystander.

24-Aug-08

Basra Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 On August 24, 2008 unidentifiedgunmen fired gunshots from a car onthe van of cleric Haider al-Saymari, afollower of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and a well known critic ofextremists and armed groups inBasra, as he traveled back to Iranthrough downtown Basra. Al-Saymari was rushed to a nearbyhospital where he was pronounceddead. His wife, mother, and sisterwere left unharmed.

25-Aug-08

Negev Israel Unknown Explosives0 0 Despite a reported ceasefire betweenIsrael and Palestinian militants, aQassam rocket landed in anuninhabited field in the westernNegev. The rocket had beenlaunched from the Northern Gazastrip, and did not cause any humanor material losses.

25-Aug-08

NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

6 0 Unidentified assailants detonated abomb inside a school compound insouthern Thailand, slightly injuringsix soldiers who were assigned toescort teachers to school. The attackoccurred at 9:30 am, when thesoldiers were resting. The bomb,which was detonated using a cellphone, had been buried near wherethey were sitting. The school waslocated in Narathiwat province's TakBai district. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

26-Aug-08

NangarharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 A Japanese citizen Kazuya Ito, 31,was kidnapped as he visited adevelopment project in the KhewaDistrict of Nangarhar Province. Itoworked as an agricultural specialistfor the Japanese NGO, Peshawar-Kai,an organization established in 1983to support the activities of Dr. TetsuNakamura in providing medicalsupport to clinics in Pakistan andAfghanistan. The Taliban claimedcredit for the kidnapping after aninitial denial. This case was markedby false reports, including initialreports that two Japanese citizenshad been kidnapped and that Ito hadbeen released on August 27th. OnAugust 27th, the body of a Japaneseman was discovered in the vicinityand it was confirmed on the 28th tobe the body of Ito. Local officialsstated that suspects in thekidnapping had stated that they hadvisited Ito the previous day,apparently to survey their target.

26-Aug-08

Jalawlaa Iraq Unknown Explosives42 29 On August 26, 2008 a suicidebomber blew himself up among acrowd of police recruits lining upoutside a police station in Jalawlaa inDiyala province. The suicide bomberis said to have arrived at the site inhis car and stopped by the police.Then, jumped from his car and raninto the crowd to blow himself up.

26-Aug-08

TikritCity

Iraq Unknown Explosives0 2 On August 26, 2008 a car bombexploded at the gate of the provincialHealth office in Tikrit, killing twopolicemen guarding the office. Theattacks apparently targeted HassanZen al-Abdeen, the director of thehealth office, who was not present atthe time of the attack. He is also amember of the Supreme Iraqi IslamicCouncil (SIIC), headed by Shiite clericAbdul Aziz al-Hakim, who is also headof the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA).

27-Aug-08

Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms3 1 One police was killed and threeothers wounded when the Talibanattacked a district center in theKhak-e Safaid District of FarahProvince.

28-Aug-08

LaghmanAfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 1 One civilian was killed and two policewere wounded when a police vehiclehit a mine in the Alisheng District ofLaghman Province. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

28-Aug-08

La Paz Bolivia Unknown Explosives0 0 On August 28, 2008 a small bombwas thrown at the National DefenseSupreme Council of the ArmedForces in La Paz. The device causedno causalities and only minimaldamage. Authorities are not surewho is behind the attack; however,the relationship between the centralgovernment and the easternprovinces leadership has been tense.

29-Aug-08

Nuristan AfghanistanUnknown Firearms5 0 Four engineers and a worker of aroad construction company werekidnapped in the Wama District ofNuristan Province. The abducteesworked for the CC ConstructionCompany. No credit was claimed forthe kidnapping.

29-Aug-08

Diyala Iraq Al Qaeda Firearms0 4 On August 29, 2008 unidentifiedgunmen shot dead an AwakeningCouncil group member and his familyin the al-Wathba village of Diyalaprovince.Salah al-Zeidi, his wife, andtwo sons were killed late on Fridaywhen gunmen stormed into theirhome in the al-Wathba village AlQaeda has specially targetedAwakening Council group membersfor their cooperation with the U.S.

30-Aug-08

KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 0 Two civilians were wounded when abomb in a bicycle exploded next to apolice convoy near the Kabul-SpinBolk fork in the Kandahar Road. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

30-Aug-08

Marka Somalia Unknown Firearms1 0 Unidentified gunmen shot andwounded a World Food Program(WFP) official. The attack left AliNasir injured, as he sustained bulletwounds in his shoulder and neck.Attacks on NGOs are increasinglycommon in Somalia.

30-Aug-08

BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Explosives2 0 Unidentified assailants injured twopolice officers as they tossed agrenade at them in Baydhabo'slivestock market. It was not clearwho was behind the attack.

31-Aug-08

Konar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives4 0 Four police were wounded when theirvehicle hit a mine in the Seorak areaof Asmar District in Konar Province.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

1-Sep-08 Bangkok Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A small bomb exploded in a policebooth at a street intersection inBangkok, the capital of Thailand. Thebomb exploded at 1:15 am. Thebooth was empty at the time and noone was injured. It was located inPhra Nakhion district.

1-Sep-08 Cali Colombia FARC Explosives26 4 On September 1, 2008 a car bombexploded in front of the Palace ofJustice in downtown Cali. The blastkilled four people and woundedtwenty-six others; the blast causedextensive damage to the Palace ofJustice and damaged the nearbyAttorney General's Office and theAristi Hotel.Columbian Policeintercepted communications thatindicate the FARC are responsible forthe attack.

2-Sep-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 2 Two police were killed and fourothers wounded when a bomb placedinside a roadside tree destroyed theirvehicle. The attack occurred in theAwrogha area of Khost province. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

2-Sep-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives3 1 One civilian was killed and threepolice were wounded when aroadside bomb exploded near a localroad construction company in theSpin Boldak district of Kandaharprovince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

2-Sep-08 CompostelaValley

PhilippinesNPA Unknown0 0 Assailants believed to be NewPeople's Army fighters kidnappedthree police officers in CompostelaValley province in the southernPhilippines. The assailants had set upa check-point in Monkayo town andwere inspecting people passing by.They let everyone pass expect thepolicemen. The kidnapping occurredaround 8:30 am. The New People'sArmy is an armed unit of theCommunist Party of the Philippinesand has been waging an insurgencyagainst the Philippines' governmentsince 1969.

2-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 2 On the morning of September 2,2008 two roadside bombs detonatednear an Iraqi police patrol close tothe Kendi Hospital in the Nahdhaarea of central Baghdad. Apoliceman and civilian were killed;two policemen and three civilianswere wounded. Two police vehicleswere also damaged.

2-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 On September 2, 2008 anotherroadside bomb detonated near anIraqi police patrol in an intersectionin Baghdad's western neighborhoodof Harhiyah, causing injuries to apoliceman.

2-Sep-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives7 7 A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into an Iraqi armycheckpoint in the al-Qudsneighborhood of southeastern Mosul,killing seven people and injuringseven others.

3-Sep-08 MogadishuSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives5 2 Militants with al-shabaab shelled thepresidential palace in Mogadishu.The attack ultimately left at least twodead and five others injured. Thegroup, which frequently shells thepalace, also managed to damage thenearby Yemeni embassy, whichclosed following the attack.

3-Sep-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 A roadside bomb exploded near amilitary team assigned to escortteachers in southern Thailand's Yalaprovince. The bomb slightlydamaged two patrolling pickuptrucks, but none of the soldiers wereinjured. The soldiers were patrollingthe road before teachers went towork. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

3-Sep-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 Unidentified assailants attackedsoldiers assigned to escort teachersin southern Thailand's Yala province.The attackers hid in a rubberplantation on the side of the roadand, then, fired assault weapons atthe soldiers as they passed by. Thesoldiers were on patrol on theirnormal route in Raman district. Noone was injured in the attack. Thisincident is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

3-Sep-08 AddisAbaba

Ethiopia Unknown Explosives26 6 Unidentified militants detonated abomb in an Ethiopian bar near theMerkato market in Addis Ababa. Theattack left six people dead andtwenty-six others wounded. Therewas no word on who was behind theattack.

5-Sep-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Unknown1 0 Unidentified assailants attacked aheadmaster of a police-run school insouthern Thailand while he wasdriving home from school. Theheadmaster was injured in the attackin Yala province's Than To district.This attack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

5-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives17 6 In the late evening of September 5,2006, the convoy of former DeputyPrime Minster Ahmed al-Chalabi wasthe target of a suicide bombingexplosion. A suicide bomber drovehis explosive-laden car into Chalabi'sconvoy, which Chalabi wasreportedly not in during the attack.Four of Chalabi's bodyguard wereamong the six people killed;seventeen others were injured by thesuicide bombing.

6-Sep-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Two highway police were killed at theShahbaz post in Ghanzi city duringan attack by the Taliban. The policewere on patrol on motorbikes whenthey were attacked. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

6-Sep-08 NimrozProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 7 A suicide bomber disguised as abeggar detonated his explosivesinside the government building inZaranj, killing six governmentofficials. The dead includedprovincial attorney Anwar Shah Khan,his son, his deputy and threecivilians. The bomber shot and killeda security guard to gain entranceinto the building. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

6-Sep-08 Nimroz AfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 2 Two police were killed and one otherwounded when the Taliban attackedtheir security post in the Band-eKamal area, on the outskirts of theprovincial capital of Zaranj of NimrozProvince. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

6-Sep-08 BaydhaboSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives0 0 Militants with al-shabaab shelled thehome of the Speaker of theParliament, Adan Madobe, along withthe airport in a mortar attack in thecity of Baydhabo. There was noreport of the death of the Mr.Madobe. Mortar attacks on officialstate houses are common in Somalia.

6-Sep-08 BaytFurik

Israel Fatah Explosives0 0 On 6 September, the al-Aqsa MartyrsBrigades- Struggle to ReturnBattalions claimed it detonated aroadside bomb near the Bayt Furiksettlement. The bomb specificallytargeted the settlement's guardingcompounds.IDF forces, on the otherhand, claimed they located a pipebomb near Bayt Furik, and destroyedit in a controlled manner.

6-Sep-08 Talafar Iraq Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

32 6 On September 6, 2008 a suicidebomber drove his explosive-laden carinto a market in the town of Tal Afar,killing six people and injuring up to32 others. The press is reportingthat the suicide bomber lured morecivilians into the attack by firsthitting a car in the market, and thendetonating the car as crowds ofpeople swirled to examine heincident.

7-Sep-08 ShariffKabunsuan

PhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fightersfired a M203 grenade launcher atthree civilians in Palawan province inthe southern Philippines. The civilianswere herding cattle when the attackoccurred. No injuries or fatalitieswere reported. The site of the attackwas Dinganen village in Budon town(Shariff Kabunsuan province). TheMoro Islamic Liberation Front seeksan Muslim homeland in the southernPhilippines. A peace accord whichwould have created such a homelandwas blocked by the Philippines'supreme court at the beginning ofAugust. The MILF want the town ofBataraza to be included in thehomeland.

7-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On September 7, 2008 there werefour unrelated roadside bombexplosions occurring in differentlocations of Baghdad that the presshad reported. The first of fourroadside bomb attacks targeted anIraqi police patrol in the BeirutSquare in eastern Baghdad,wounding three policemen.

7-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On September 7, 2008 there werefour unrelated roadside bombexplosions occurring in differentlocations of Baghdad that the presshad reported. The second of fourroadside bomb attacks targeted anIraqi police patrol that was passingnear an intersection in Baghdad'sesatern neighborhood of Zaiyounah,wounding two policemen.

7-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On September 7, 2008 there werefour unrelated roadside bombexplosions occurring in differentlocations of Baghdad that the presshad reported. The third of fourroadside bomb attacks targeted anIraqi police patrol near the al-ShaabStadium in central Baghdad,wounding three policemen.

7-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Explosives5 0 On September 7, 2008 there werefour unrelated roadside bombexplosions occurring in differentlocations of Baghdad that the presshad reported. The last of fourroadside bomb attacks explodednear the building of the Turkmensocial club in Palestine Street ineastern Baghdad, wounding fivepeople.

8-Sep-08 Zabol AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 The Taliban destroyed a bridge onthe Kabul-Kandahar Highway in theGhashi area of Shar-e safa District,Zabol Province during fighting withgovernment forces.

8-Sep-08 Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 5 Five people, including two civilianswere killed and one wounded, whenthe armed insurgents attacked aconvoy of the Storm Company in theWazi Zadran district of PaktiaProvince. One worker of the firm waskilled and one wounded. Noinformation identified the origins ofthe company. No credit was claimed,but local officials blamed the Taliban.

8-Sep-08 Zabol AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 6 Six civilians were killed and twoothers wounded when their vehiclehit a roadside mine in the NawbaharDistrict of Zabol Province. No creditwas claimed for the attack, but localofficials blamed the Taliban.

8-Sep-08 ShalaanboodSomalia Unknown Explosives0 2 A bomb placed inside a tailoring shopin Lower Shabeelle detonated, killingtwo the owner of the shop and achild. There was no immediate wordon who was behind the attack, whichtook place in the town ofShalaanbood.

8-Sep-08 SultanKudarat

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 An improvised explosive deviceexploded near the entrance to amarket in the southern Philippines.The explosion caused minimaldamage and no fatalities or injurieswere reported. A garbage collectorfound the bomb and notifiedauthorities, however, it explodedbefore security personnel arrived.The bomb exploded at 4:30 am in thetown of Isulan in Sultan Kudaratprovince. A military spokesman saidthat the attackers had probablyintended for the bomb to detonate ahour later, because the market didn'topen until 5 am.


PhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (One of two planned attacks) In whatappeared to be a plan mastermindedby Moro Islamic Liberation Frontfighters, an improvised explosivedevice (IED) was placed outside abakery in the southern Philippines.The bomb was found before it couldexplode in Tacurong town in SultanKudarat province. It was made fromtwo 81 mm mortar rounds, it had twoblasting caps and it was connected toa Nokia cellular phone. A militaryspokesman said that the MILF hadused similar bombs before and thatthey were probably responsible forthis plot. In July 2009, a MILF bombexpert planning to bomb a vanterminal with an IED made from an81 mm mortar shell was arrested. HisIED was also intended to bedetonated using a Nokia cell phone.The military was investigatingwhether MILF fighters were behindthe plot. Another bomb was found ina box at the corner of a highway anda street in Tacurong. A militaryspokesman said that theperpetrators intended tosimultaneously detonate the bombsduring rush hour to maximize deathand damage.The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.


PhilippinesMILF Explosives0 0 (Two of two planned attacks) In whatappeared to be a plan mastermindedby Moro Islamic Liberation Frontfighters, an improvised explosivedevice (IED) was placed at the cornerof a highway and a street in thesouthern Philippines. The bomb wasfound before it could explode inTacurong town in Sultan Kudaratprovince. The military wasinvestigating whether MILF fighterswere behind the plot. Another bombwas found in front of a bakery inTacurong. The second bomb wasmade from two 81 mm mortarrounds, it had two blasting caps andit was connected to a Nokia cellularphone. A military spokesman saidthat the MILF had used similar bombsbefore and that they were probablyresponsible for this plot. In July 2009,a MILF bomb expert planning tobomb a van terminal with an IEDmade from an 81 mm mortar shellwas arrested. His IED was alsointended to be detonated using aNokia cell phone. A militaryspokesman said that theperpetrators intended tosimultaneously detonate the bombsduring rush hour to maximize deathand damage.The Moro IslamicLiberation Front seeks anindependent Muslim state on thesouthern Philippines’ island ofMindanao.

8-Sep-08 Mosul Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 Before midday on September 8,2008, a booby-trapped car parkednear a police checkpoint and apopular market in the Bab Sinjarneighborhood exploded, killing anIraqi policeman and injuring fourcivilians. The explosion alsodamaged several nearby civilian carsand shops.

9-Sep-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 0 Two rockets, fired from anunspecified direction, struck theShaskarak area of Kabul. Nocasualties were reported and nocredit was claimed for the attack.


Unknown0 1 Assailants with al-shabaab killedUthman Muhammad Maye, a keylegislator within the TransitionalFederal Government (TFG). In themedia report, there were no detailsabout the means of assassination.The attack took place in theBaydhabo, a city in south-centralSomalia. Maye was a staunchsupporter of President AbdullahiYusuf and the Ethiopian invasions.

9-Sep-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified assailants shot andkilled an assistant village councilchief in southern Thailand's Pattaniprovince. The attack occurred whilethe victim was driving a pick-up truckin front of a school in Bannang Satadistrict in the morning. The attackersdragged his dead body from thetruck and decapitated it, taking hishead with them as they rode awayon motorcycles. This attack was partof the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand which began inJanuary 2004. The Bangkok Postreported that this was the 41stbeheading at the hands of theinsurgents.

9-Sep-08 Palawan PhilippinesMILF Unknown0 0 Moro Islamic Liberation Front fightersattacked a village in Palawanprovince in the southern Philippines.The assailants initially stayed inBaliluyan village (Bataraza town), butthey fled before the Philippinesmilitary could arrive. The MoroIslamic Liberation Front seeks anMuslim homeland in the southernPhilippines. A peace accord whichwould have created such a homelandwas blocked by the Philippines'supreme court at the beginning ofAugust. The MILF want the town ofBataraza to be included in thehomeland.

9-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosive charge planted in thecar to transport Jawad al-Hattab, thedirector of al-Arabiyah Bureau inBaghdad, was discovered. Althoughthe driver informed the police of thebomb, it exploded before they coulddefuse it.

10-Sep-08 Logar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 The Taliban attacked a policecheckpoint in the Niazai area ofLogar province, but no policecasualties were reported in the 4-hour clash. The Taliban claimedcredit for the attack.

10-Sep-08 Lisburn NorthernIreland

Other Explosives0 0 On September 10, 2008 a bomb wasdiscovered under a woman's car inLisburn, Northern Ireland. The bombwas discovered after it fell off of thewoman's vehicle. The bomb did notdetonate and it was disposed offwithout incident.Police suspect thatthe bomber's intended target was apolice officer who lives nearby.Authorities suspect dissidentRepublican elements wereresponsible for the attack.

10-Sep-08 Santiago Chile Other Explosives0 0 On September 10, 2008 a smallbomb exploded in front of a Banco deCredito e Inversiones branch inSantiago. The bomb causedmoderate damage to the bank and anearby car dealership but nocasualties resulted. The bomb wascomprised of a fire extinguisherpacked with gunpowder. Anarchistgroups are believed to be behind theattack which mirrors previous attackscommitted by these groups.

10-Sep-08 Banaivillage

Pakistan Taliban Fire orFirebomb

50 25 On September 10, 2008, militantslaunched a grenade-and-gun attackin a mosque in Banai village in theNWFP. The attack left 25 people deadand injured 50. According to police,three grenades were thrown into themosque.It is believed that theTaliban were behind the attack.

11-Sep-08 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Explosives7 0 A roadside bomb destroyed a policevehicle in Ghazni City, GhanziProvince. Seven civilians werewounded in the explosion. Therewere no police casualties. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

11-Sep-08 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 0 Two police and three civilians werewounded when an explosiondestroyed a police vehicle on theKabul-Kandahar Highway in centralGhanzi. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

11-Sep-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Firearms6 2 A suicide car bomb targeting aconvoy of the US-owned Luis Bergercompany killed two civilians andwounded six others in Kandahar City.The Luis Berger Company did notsuffer any casualties. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

11-Sep-08 Nimroz AfghanistanUnknown Explosives7 2 One police and one civilian werekilled and seven civilians woundedwhen a suicide bomber detonated hisexplosives outside a mosque in theKhash Rod district of Nimrozprovince. The bomber targeted apolice vehicle. No credit was claimedfor the attack.

11-Sep-08 ZamboangaCity

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 Unidentified assailant(s) planted ahomemade bomb near the citycouncil building in Zamboanga City inthe southern Philippines. Twochildren found the bomb shortlybefore 6 am before it could explode.It was inside a backpack. Theexplosive device was made fromammonium nitrate and placed insidea container. The container wasattached to a wire and a clock. Thesouthern Philippines is home toseveral militant groups including theNew People's Army and the MoroIslamic Liberation Front.

11-Sep-08 MalgobekRussia Unknown Explosives4 0 A bomb exploded, wounding theimam of a local mosque and threepassers-by, outside a mosque inMalgobek, Ingushetia on September11, 2008. It is unclear who isresponsible for the bombing. Thebomb was likely hidden under theimam's vehicle, which he wasentering at the time of the explosion.No further information is available onthe incident.

11-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 1 On September 11, 2008, a booby-trapped truck detonated in theafternoon near the al-Rasheedmarketplace in Baghdad's southerndistrict of Doura, killing a civilian andinjuring three others.

11-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On September 11, 2008, a bombdescribed as a magnetic bomb andplanted in the car of two civiliansexploded, wounding both civilians.

12-Sep-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms4 5 Five security guards were killed andfour others wounded when theTaliban attacked a food convoy ofthe US-owned United StatesProtection and InvestigationsCompany (USPI) in the Delaramdistrict of Farah Province. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen with al-shabaab shot andkilled Muhammad Hajji Abdiqadir, thehighest ranking judge in the BayRegion's court of appeals. Theattack was carried out in Baydhabo,a city in south central Somalia.Attacks on members of theTransitional Federal Government(TFG) are common in Somalia.

12-Sep-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Explosives5 1 On September 12, 2008, unidentifiedassailants detonated a 5 kg bomb insouthern Thailand’s Narathiwatprovince, killing one of theassailants, and injuring fourpolicemen and another assailant. Thepolicemen were escorting teachershome when the attack occurred. Noone claimed responsibility for theattack. This attack is part of theongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

12-Sep-08 Sinjar Iraq Unknown Explosives15 2 On the afternoon of September 12,2008, a suicide bomber wearing anexplosive vest blew himself upamong a crowd of Muslimworshippers outside the mosqueafter they finished Friday noonprayer in the town of Sinjar, Ninevehprovince. The explosion killed 2 andwounded 15 others.

13-Sep-08 NewDelhi

India IndianMujahideen

Explosives90 30 This is first of five bomb blasts thatoccurred within a span of minutes inNew Delhi. A series of fivesynchronized bomb blasts occurredin Delhi on September 13, 2008. Thefirst bomb blast took place at 6:10 atGhaffar Market at Karol Bagh whereat least 20 people were injured.People said that the blast was aresult of a CNG (Compressed NaturalGas) cylinder explosion which waskept near a car. The IndianMujahideen, a relatively unknowngroup, claimed responsibility for theattack. Earlier that year, they haveclaimed responsibility for a series ofbomb attacks in Jaipur and inAhmedabad.

13-Sep-08 NewDelhi

India IndianMujahideen

Explosives0 0 This is the second of five bomb blaststhat occurred within a span ofminutes in New DelhiA series of fivesynchronized bomb blasts occurredin Delhi on September 13, 2008. Thesecond bomb blast hit ConnaughtPlace, a popular shopping and diningarea in the center of the city,frequented by tourists and locals.The bomb blast occurred onBarakhamba Road, near NirmalTower and Gopal Das Bhavan at 6:34. It was reported by eyewitnessesthat the bomb was placed in a trashbin.The Indian Mujahideen, arelatively unknown group, claimedresponsibility for that attack. Earlierthat year, they have claimedresponsibility for a series of bombattacks in Jaipur and in Ahmedabad.

13-Sep-08 NewDelhi

India TheIndianMujahideen

Explosives0 0 This is the third of five bomb blaststhat occurred within a span ofminutes in New Delhi.A series of fivesynchronized bomb blasts occurredin Delhi on September 13, 2008. Attotal of 30 people died and over 90people were injured. The third bombblast hit Connaught Place, a popularshopping and dining area in thecenter of the city, frequented bytourists and locals. The bombexploded a minute after the secondone in the newly constructed CentralPark in the center of ConnaughtPlace. It was reported byeyewitnesses that the bombs wereplaced in trash bins. The IndianMujahideen, a relatively unknowngroup, claimed responsibility for thatattack. Earlier that year, they haveclaimed responsibility for a series ofbomb attacks in Jaipur and inAhmedabad.

13-Sep-08 NewDelhi


Explosives0 0 This is fourth of five bombs thatexploded in New Delhi. A series offive synchronized bomb blastsoccurred in Delhi on September 13,2008. At total of 30 people died andover 90 people were injured. Thefourth explosion happened in M Blockmarket in Greater Kailash-I at 6:37,near the popular Prince Paan Corner.Eyewitnesses claim the explosiveswere loaded on a bicycle near PrincePaan Corner - the bomb was of lowintensity and ball bearings were usedto maximize the impact. The IndianMujahideen, a relatively unknowngroup, claimed responsibility for thatattack. Earlier that year, they haveclaimed responsibility for a series ofbomb attacks in Jaipur and inAhmedabad.

13-Sep-08 NewDelhi


Explosives0 0 This is fifth of five bombs thatexploded in New Delhi. A series offive synchronized bomb blastsoccurred in Delhi on September 13,2008. At total of 30 people died andover 90 people were injured. The fifthexplosion happened in M Blockmarket in Greater Kailash-I at 6:37,in a trash bin near McDonalds. Theexplosion damaged 10 shops. Thebombs were of low intensity and ballbearings were used to maximize theimpact. The Indian Mujahideen, arelatively unknown group, claimedresponsibility for that attack. Earlierthat year, they have claimedresponsibility for a series of bombattacks in Jaipur and in Ahmedabad.

13-Sep-08 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 4 Abdullah Wardak, governor of LogarProvince, was killed when his vehiclewas destroyed by a remote-detonated bomb as he returnedhome from a Senate session in Kabul.Three bodyguards were also killed inthe attack. The Taliban claimedcredit for the attack.

13-Sep-08 Nabulus Israel Free Menof Galilee

Knives& sharpobjects

0 1 On 13 September, the Freemen ofGaililee Brigades claimed it stabbeda settler and burned down a housebelonging to a Rabbi in Yitzhar,Nabulus. The group dedicated theattack to the parents who lost theirchild at the Huwarah roadblock on 12September.

13-Sep-08 Nabulus Israel Free Menof Galilee

Fire orFirebomb

1 0 On 13 September, the Freemen ofGaililee Brigades claimed it stabbeda settler and burned down a housebelonging to a Rabbi in Yitzhar,Nabulus. The group dedicated theattack to the parents who lost theirchild at the Huwarah roadblock on 12September.

13-Sep-08 ThessalonikiGreece Conspiracyof FireCells ofThessaloniki-Athens

Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On September 13, 2008 a policestation in Thessaloniki was attackedwith various incendiary devicesincluding Molotov cocktails andrucksacks filled with explosives. Theattack caused no casualties butnineteen police motorcycles, threebicycles and three vehicles weredestroyed in the attack.The anarchistgroup the Conspiracy of Fire Cells ofThessaloniki-Athens claimed creditfor the attack. This anarchist groupshas launched a series of attacksagainst the police for the last year.

13-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 On the evening of September 13,2008, Fouad Ali, head of theAwakening Council in the al-Furatneighborhood was killed by aroadside bomb explosion in front ofhis house. Four of his bodyguardswere also injured by the blast.

14-Sep-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Unknown0 7 The acting police chief of the ZanaKhan district of Ghazni province waskilled in an attack by the Taliban inDoodali area. Six bodyguards werealso killed in the attack. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack. Theprevious police chief of Zana Khanwas killed in a similar attack onAugust 4th.

14-Sep-08 KandaharProvince

AfghanistanTaliban Explosives15 2 Two doctors working for the WorldHealth Organization were killed and15 others wounded when a suicidecar bomber attacked their convoy inthe Spin Boldak district of KandaharProvince. The doctors werereportedly on a mission to distributevaccines to children in the area. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

14-Sep-08 Zabol AfghanistanUnknown Knives& sharpobjects

1 0 Suspected insurgents cut off the earsof a primary school teacher in theBaho area of the Seyora district ofZabol Province. No credit wasclaimed, but local officials blamedthe Taliban for the attack.

14-Sep-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

2 1 Unidentified insurgents detonated aremote-detonated bomb targetingUgandan forces part of the AfricanUnion (AU) peacekeeping contingentresponsible for supporting theTransitional Federal Government(TFG). The attack, which took placenear the Mogadishu airport, resultedin the death of one peacekeeper andwounded two others. Attacks onpeacekeepers are common, and al-shabaab has publicly declared war onthe contingent.

14-Sep-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 A remote-detonated bomb targetingpolice officers at a khat marketexploded on Sunday, wounding threeof the officers. The attack took placein south-central city of Baydhabo.Attacks against government officials,police, and Ethiopian forces haverecently been on the upswing inBaydhabo.

14-Sep-08 MogadishuSomalia al-shabaab


2 7 A remote-detonated roadside bombrocked a convoy of Ugandanpeacekeepers part of the AfricanUnion (AU) peacekeeping contingenttasked with supporting theTransitional Federal Government(TFG). The attack, which took placeon the road linking the airport to therest of Mogadishu, left sevenUgandans dead and wounded atleast two others, making it one of themore deadly attacks against the AUforces in the country. Al-Shabaabhas publicly declared war on the AUforces.

14-Sep-08 MogadishuSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement


4 3 The Mujahideen Youth Movementclaimed credit for a remote-detonated land mine explosion thattargeted the convoy of theintelligence chief of Baidoa. Therewas no immediate word as towhether the assassination attemptwas successful. However, the attackresulted in the deaths of three of hisbodyguards and the wounding of atleast four others.

14-Sep-08 Sederot Israel PalestinianIslamicJihad

Explosives0 0 On 14 September, a rocket explodedinside the Sederot city limits. Theattack claimed by the al-Qudsbrigades, an offshoot of PalestinianIslamic Jihad. It did not lead to anyhuman or material losses.

14-Sep-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 On September 14, 2008, anunidentified assailant riding on amotorcycle shot and killed a Muslimman in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand’s Pattani province.The victim was riding home from amosque when the attack occurred.No one claimed responsibility. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

14-Sep-08 Soku Nigeria Movementfor theEmancipationof theNigerDelta (

Firearms0 0 Militants with the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) claimed credit for an attackon two separate oil installations. Themilitants destroyed parts of RoyalDutch Shell's Soku gas plant in oneof the attacks and also claimed tohave killed at least twenty-twosoldiers guarding the plant. RoyalDutch Shell refuted the claim thatany soldiers were killed.This attackcame alongside another attacktargeting Chevron Corporation's Kulaoil station.

14-Sep-08 Kula Nigeria Movementfor theEmancipationof theNigerDelta (

Firearms0 0 Militants with the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) claimed credit for twoattacks on oil installations in theNiger Delta. The militants destroyedChevron Corporation's Kula oilpumping station in an attack in Kula.The group also claimed credit forkilling twenty-two soldiers, an attackunconfirmed in media reports.

14-Sep-08 Al-Saadiya

Iraq Unknown Explosives5 4 Two roadside bombs detonated at apolice convoy in al-Saadiya(Khanaqin Administrative District),killing four police members andinjuring five others.

14-Sep-08 Al-Saadiya

Iraq Unknown Explosives5 5 On September 14, 2008,simultaneous roadside bombexplosions targeting Iraqi policepatrol traveling in the town of al-Saadiya killed five Iraqi policemenand injured five others. The incidentoccurs as U.S. troops and Iraqisecurity forces are conducting majoroffensive operations againstextremist Sunni and Shiite militia inDiyala.

15-Sep-08 Herat AfghanistanTaliban Explosives7 3 The district chief of Shindand inHerat province was the target of asuicide car bomb which killed threeand wounded seven. The districtchief survived the attack with minorinjuries, but his son was among thedead when a pedicab filled withexplosives detonated outside thedistrict government compound. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

15-Sep-08 Konar AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Armed gunman broke into the houseof a police officer in the Konar-e KhasDistrict of Konar Province andmurdered the officer, his two sons,and wife before escaping. Localofficials blamed the Taliban for themurder.

15-Sep-08 Armagh NorthernIreland

Other Explosives0 0 On September 15, 2008 a 100kgbomb was discovered in a hedge inArmagh, Northern Ireland. The bombdid not detonate and it was disposedoff without incident.Police suspectthat the bomber's intended targetwas the police. Authorities suspectdissident Republican elements wereresponsible for the attack.

15-Sep-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Firearms0 1 On September 15, 2008, anunidentified assailant riding pillion ona motorcycle shot and killed aMuslim man in a drive-by shooting insouthern Thailand’s Narathiwatprovince. The victim was riding hismotorcycle when the attackoccurred. No one claimedresponsibility. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

16-Sep-08 Bilbao Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On September 10, 2008 a bomb wasdiscovered under policeman car inBilbao. The 1kg cloratita bomb wasdiscovered by the officer after hearrived at the police station. Thebomb did not detonate and it wasdisposed off without incident.Authorities suspect ETA wasresponsible for the attack becausethey have used this tactic andexplosive in the past.

16-Sep-08 CochabambaBolivia Unknown Explosives0 0 On September 16, 2008 a smallbomb exploded at the Uno NetworkTV station in Cochabamba. The bombcomprised of dynamite blew a hole inthe building but caused nocausalities.The perpetrator isunknown; however, authoritiesbelieve the intent was to silence thestation transmission.

16-Sep-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms3 0 On September 16, 2008, unidentifiedassailants shot at paramilitary forcesin southern Thailand’s Yalaprovince, injuring three personnel.The paramilitary team was travelingto the site where soldiers had beenattacked in an earlier ambush. Noone claimed responsibility. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

16-Sep-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms0 0 On September 16, 2008, unidentifiedassailants shot at a police station insouthern Thailand’s Yala province.No one was injured. No one claimedresponsibility. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

16-Sep-08 Taji Iraq Unknown Explosives13 2 Two roadside bombs exploded at acrowded popular market in Taji,killing two people and injuring 13others. The explosion also causedextensive damage to several shopsand stalls in the marketplace. Theincident occurred as U.S. DefenseSecretary Robert Gates is visitingIraq to preside at the change-of-command ceremony from GeneralPetraeus to Lieutenant General RayOdierno.

17-Sep-08 Sanaa Yemen al-Qaedain Yemen

Explosives3 10 At 9:15 am on 17 September,gunmen dressed in camouflageuniforms initiated an armed assaulton a checkpoint outside the USEmbassy in Sanaa, Yemen. Theassailants used both rifles androcket-propelled grenades. Duringthe ensuing armed clash betweenthe attackers and embassy guards,two explosive-laden vehicles weredriven through the checkpoint anddetonated near the concrete barrierslining the embassy. The attack wasoriginally claimed by a groupreferring to itself as Islamic Jihad, butlater was claimed by al-Qaeda inYemen. The attack left ten dead,including six guards and fourcivilians. Three other guards werealso wounded. The six assailantswere killed during the attack.

17-Sep-08 Santiago Chile Other Explosives0 0 On September 17, 2008 a small 1kgbomb exploded outside Santiago's3rd district police station whichallegedly also houses the NationalPolice Intelligence Directorate(Diplocar). The bomb caused nocausalities and minor damage.Aanarchist group called JhonnyCariqueo claimed responsibility forthe attack. They claim that a mannamed Jhonny Cariqueo was killed byDiplocar and this attack was inretaliation for him and other allegedvictims of Diplocar.

17-Sep-08 Bogota Colombia FARC Explosives2 0 On September 17, 2008 two smallbombs planted in a trash canexploded in downtown Bogota. Theblast injured two people anddamaged a nearby shop.Fourmembers of the FARC who arebelieved to be behind the attackwere arrested soon after.

17-Sep-08 Ipiales Colombia FARC Explosives0 0 On September 17, 2008 a bombexploded outside the office of the ahealth service company in Ipiales.The blast caused moderate damageto the building but no casualties.TheFARC are believed to be responsiblefor the attack.

17-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 1 On September 17, 2008 a roadsidebomb struck a police patrol inBaghdad's eastern neighborhood ofZayouna, killing one policeman andleaving three policemen and twocivilians injured.

17-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On September 17, 2008 a roadsidebomb exploded near a traffic policepatrol while it passed near the al-Masbah intersection in Baghdad'scentral disrict of Karrada. Theexplosion wounded a trafficpoliceman and two civilians.

17-Sep-08 Ramadi Iraq Unknown Explosives1 1 On September 17, 2008 Muhannadal-Ubeidi, the head of the AwakeningCouncil group in the Ta'mimneighborhood of western Ramadi,was killed in a bomb explosion. Abomb described as a magnetic bombwas planted in his car while heraveled with his brother in theneighborhood. Ubedi's brother wasseverely wounded and transported toa nearby hospital for treatment.

17-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 On September 17, 2008 a roadsidebomb explosion near the convoy ofEsam al-Timimi, the local mayor ofBaghdad's al-Jadida district, wasreported. No further information isprovided.

17-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 8 On September 17, 2008, two carbombs parked near the busy Kendiintersection in the Harthiyaneighborhood exploded in quicksuccession, killing eight people andwounding twenty-five others.

18-Sep-08 Uruzgan AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 3 Three police were killed and GulabKhan, head of the Uruzgan policecriminal department was woundedwhen their vehicle struck a roadsidebomb in Uruzgan Province. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

18-Sep-08 Quetta Pakistan Unknown Explosives8 5 A bomb exploded at a madrassah inQuetta, killing five people andwounding at least eight. Themadrassah was run by the JamiatUlema-e-Islam, a hardline Islamicparty that is part of Pakistan's rulingcoalition government. No oneclaimed credit for the attack.

18-Sep-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On September 18, 2008, unidentifiedassailants set a school building onfire in southern Thailand’s Yalaprovince. The fire destroyed threeclassrooms, a teacher's room, and acomputer room. No one claimedresponsibility. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

18-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 On September 18, 2008 a roadsidebomb wounded seven securitymembers when it exploded near theirconvoy as they were escortingBaghdad municipality employees inPalestine Street in eastern Baghdad.The explosion caused damages toseveral nearby shops and civiliancars.

18-Sep-08 Suleikh Iraq Unknown Explosives2 0 On September 18, 2008 a car bombexplosion wounded two AwakeningCouncil group members in theneighborhood of Suleikh in northernBaghdad. The magnetic bomb hadbeen planted in his car.

19-Sep-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

5 0 A remote-detonated bomb targetinga police patrol detonated inBaydhabo, wounding threepolicemen and two other civilians.There was no immediate claim ofresponsibility for the attack, whichcomes amidst a wave of attacks inthe city against police forces,government authorities, andEthiopian troops.

19-Sep-08 Sari-Solenzara

France Unknown Explosives0 0 On September 19, 2008 a housebelonging to a couple from mainlandFrance was bombed in Sari-Solenzara, a town in Corsica. Therewere no casualties in the attack butthe house was damaged.There wereno claims of responsibility for theattack; however, Corsican separatisthave targeted mainland Frenchinterest in recent months.


Firearms6 2 Al-Shabaab claimed credit for anarmed attack against a police patrolin Baydhabo which resulted in thedeaths of two policemen and thewounding of at least six others. Theattack comes amidst a wave ofattacks in the city against policeforces, government authorities, andEthiopian troops.

20-Sep-08 Yitzhar Israel DemocraticFront fortheLiberationofPalestine

Explosives0 0 On 20 September, Israeli forces killeda fourteen year old Palestinian whoattempted to infiltrate the West BankSettlement of Yitzhar with a Molotovcocktail and knife. No additionalhuman or material losses werereported. The attack was claimed bythe National Resistance Brigades ofthe Democratic Front for theLiberation of Palestine. The grouppledged to continue its operationsagainst Israel as Israel continues itscrimes against the Palestinianpeople.

20-Sep-08 Vitoria Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On September 20, 2008 a car bombexploded in front of the headquartersof Caja Vital savings bank. The early-morning blast caused no casualtiesbut caused considerable damage tothe bank.The authorities believe thatETA is responsible for the attack. Thiswas the first of three car bombattacks that occurred this week inSpain.

20-Sep-08 IslamabadPakistan Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami

Explosives266 54 On September 20, 2008, a truck filledwith explosives detonated in front ofthe Marriott Hotel in the capital ofIslamabad. The attack killed 54people, injuring 266 people. TwoAmerican military personnel wentmissing and were presumed to bedead. The suicide bombing happenedjust hours after President Zardarimade his first speech to theparliament. The Marriott Hotel wasextremely prestigious and a popularsite for both foreigners and thePakistani elite. Pakistan's topleaders were scheduled to meet inthe hotel before the attack tookplace, but changed the venue at thelast minute. The blast caused anatural gas leak which set the topfloor of the hotel on fire. More thanhalf of the building was destroyed bythe fire. It is unclear who was behindthe attack. The Taliban deniedresponsibility while many blame themilitant group, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, for the attacks.

21-Sep-08 Herat AfghanistanOther Firearms1 11 Eleven police were killed and onewounded when armed insurgentsattacked a convoy from a police postin the Chesht District of HeratProvince. The police were guardingthe Salma Electricity Dam in theRobatak area. Chesht Districtgovernor, Sayed Gul Cheshtyasserted that the attack was led byMullah Mustafa, a former commanderdissatisfied with the the government.

21-Sep-08 DogantasTurkey KurdistanWorkersParty

Unknown0 0 On 21 September, a group ofmilitants stopped two vehicles,kidnapping their drivers. Thekidnapped individuals provided foodsupplies for military outposts. Theindividuals were released on 3October. No group claimedresponsibility for the incident,although the PKK was suspected.

21-Sep-08 OndarroaSpain ETA Explosives11 0 On September 21, 2008 a 100kg carbomb exploded in front of a policestation in Ondarroa in northernSpain. The bombers threw Molotovcocktails at the station to draw theofficers outside before the car bombdetonated. The blast lightly injured11 people including three policeofficers and caused significantdamage to the station.Theauthorities believe that ETA isresponsible for the attack. This wasthe second of three car bomb attacksthat occurred this week in Spain.

21-Sep-08 MaguindanaoPhilippinesMILF Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On September 21, 2008, MoroIslamic Liberation Front (MILF)militants set fire to 16 houses andthree government buildings,including health care facilities, in avillage in the southern Philippines'province of Maguindanao (Mindanaoisland). No injuries or fatalities werereported. The MILF did not claimresponsibility for the attack.However, the MILF has been settingfire to houses in villages on Mindanaosince the beginning of August, whenthe Philippines' supreme courtblocked a peace accord between theMILF and the Philippines government.The accord would have created aMuslim homeland in the southernPhilippines. Note: A militaryspokesman identified the leaders ofthe attack as MILF leaders. However,the AFP reported that the MILF hasdisowned them.

21-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms0 1 On September 21, 2008 unknowngunmen shot Brigadier Adel Abbas, asenior officer in the Iraqi InteriorMinistry in western Baghdad.Brigadier Adel Abbas was shot withhis driver while leaving his house inthe Adil neighborhood.

21-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Firearms1 0 On September 21, 2008 MajorAmmar, a ministry officer in the IraqiInterior Ministry, was severelywounded when gunmen fired bulletsat his car in Baghda'd al-Jadidadistrict.

21-Sep-08 Kirkuk Iraq Unknown Explosives24 2 On September 21, 2008, a car bombexplosion near a checkpoint by theKirkuk Police Academy killed two andwounded up to 24 persons, including23 policemen and one civilian.

21-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives1 0 On September 21, 2008 GhassanRedha, Director General in theFinance Ministry, was wounded whena magnetic bomb planted in his carexploded while driving in theHarthiya neighborhood.

21-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 On September 21, 2008 a roadsidebomb exploded near a police patrolin the Karradah district in centralBaghdad, wounding three policemenand four civilians.

21-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives6 0 On September 21, 2008 a roadsidebomb exploded near a police patrolin the southeastern neighborhood ofZaafaraniyah, wounding threepolicemen and three civilians.

21-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives5 0 On September 21, 2008 a roadsidebomb exploded near a police patrolin the al-Maghrib thoroughfare in theSunni district of Adhamiya, injuring apoliceman and four civilians.

21-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives40 3 On September 21, 2008 a suicidebomber drove an explosive-ladentruck into the entrance of a policecommando base in southwesternMosul. The explosion killed at leasttwo policemen and wounded fortycivilians.

22-Sep-08 Urozgan AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 6 Six civilians, including one child,were killed and four more woundedwhen their vehicle struck a roadsidebomb in the Tarin Kot, capital ofUrozgan. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

22-Sep-08 Farah AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 0 Taliban insurgents kidnappedapproximately 156 constructionworkers in Farah Province as theywere traveling by bus. The worker'scompany reportedly does workbuilding facilities for the AfghanNational Army (ANA). Local officialswere working through tribal elders toobtain the release of the workers.Over the next four days all of theworkers were eventually releasedunharmed with the last captivesbeing released on 9/27.

22-Sep-08 JerusalemIsrael Eagles ofGalileeBrigadesin the1948lands

Other 19 0 At around 11 pm on the evening of22 September, an East Jerusalemresident drove his car into IDF troopswho were heading to the WesternWall for the upcoming Jewish NewYear. The attack took place at theTzahal intersection, near the Old Cityand left nineteen wounded. TheEagles of Galilee Brigades in the1948 lands claimed responsibility forthe attack.

22-Sep-08 Santona Spain ETA Explosives6 1 On September 21, 2008 a 100kg carbomb exploded in front of the Virgendel Puerto Military Trust in the townof Santona in the Cantabria region ofnorthern Spain. The blast killed oneofficer and injured 6 others includingone seriously. The blast also causedsignificant damage to the militaryschool.ETA claimed responsibility forthe attack. This was the third of threecar bomb attacks that occurred thisweek in Spain.

23-Sep-08 Paktia AfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 5 Five workers of a private roadconstruction company were killedand two others wounded when aroadside mine exploded at their worksite in the Mashkhail area, YusofkhailDistrict of Paktia Province. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

23-Sep-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 2 A roadside bomb killed AmirMohammad, district chief of Registanand police chief Assadullah as theyreturned to their homes in the SpinBoldak District of Kandahar Province.Four bodyguards were wounded. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

23-Sep-08 Wardag AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 1 The head of Wardag Province's tribaland border affairs department, HajiTorgul, was killed by Talibangunman. Local officials stated thatTorgul was a target for assassinationbecause he was a former Jihadileader who was now working for thegovernment. The Taliban claimedcredit for the killing.

23-Sep-08 ZaafaraniyaIraq Unknown Explosives1 0 On September 23, 2008 a roadsidebomb exploded in the predominatelyShiite neighborhood of Zaafarnaiya,leaving a civilian injured.

24-Sep-08 Kabul AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 3 Three police were killed when aroadside bomb exploded near apolice checkpoint in Kabul. Twoadditional police were killed andGeneral Ali shah Paktaiwal, chief ofthe criminal investigationdepartment, was wounded by asecond roadside bomb as theyresponded to the first attack. Afghanofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack.Coordinated with incident #43543

24-Sep-08 Baidoa Somalia Unknown Explosives14 0 A grenade attack against a policepatrol in Baidoa left two civiliansdead and at least fourteen people, intotal, wounded. Amongst thewounded were two police officers.Attacks against police forces arecommon in Somalia.

24-Sep-08 MogadishuSomalia RasKamboniForces

Firearms20 15 Assailants with Ras Kamboni Forces,a new Islamist group, claimed creditfor an attack on Ugandanpeacekeepers part of the AfricanUnion (AU) peacekeeping forcestasked with supporting theTransitional Federal Government(TFG). The attack, which involvedgunfire and mortars and lasted muchof the night, left at least fifteen deadand twenty others injured. Most ofthe dead and injured were civilians inMogadishu. Following the attack,Ras Kamboni Force, under thecommand of Sheikh Hasan AbdullahiHirsi claimed credit for the attackalongside the Union of the IslamicCourts (UIC). The former groupclaimed to have broken off from thelatter. In response to hearing RasKamboni Force's claim, the UICclaimed credit for eighty percent ofthe assault.

24-Sep-08 JerusalemIsrael Unknown Explosives1 0 On 24 September a pipe bombexploded outside the home of left-wing Israeli activist professor ZeevSternhell. He was injured lightly dueto the attack. No group claimedimmediate responsibility, althoughright-wing Israeli militants weresuspected.

24-Sep-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Explosives1 2 Three police were killed when aroadside bomb exploded near apolice checkpoint in Kabul. Twoadditional police were killed andGeneral Ali shah Paktaiwal, chief ofthe criminal investigationdepartment, was wounded by asecond roadside bomb as theyresponded to the first attack. Afghanofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack.Coordinated with incident #41110

25-Sep-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 4 Four police were abducted and killedin the Andar District of GhazniProvince on the night of 9/25/08.Their bodies were found the nextday. These abductions appeared tobe coordinated with an attack on apolice checkpoint in the QarabaghDistrict of Ghazni the same night.The Taliban claimed credit for theattacks.

25-Sep-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 3 Three police were killed when theTaliban attacked a police checkpointin the Qarabagh District of GhanziProvince. This attack appeared to becoordinated with the abductions offour other police in the Andar Districtof Ghazni the same night. TheTaliban claimed credit for the attack.

25-Sep-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Explosives2 1 One civilian was killed and onecivilian and one police were woundedwhen a roadside bomb destroyed abus carrying police trainers on theCommando Road in Kandahar City.No credit was claimed for the attack.

25-Sep-08 KandaharAfghanistanUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 2 A remote-controlled bomb destroyeda police vehicle, killing two police inthe Spin Boldak District of KandaharProvince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

25-Sep-08 NarathiwatThailand Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 0 On September 25, 2008, unidentifiedassailants detonated a bomb insouthern Thailand’s Narathiwatprovince, injuring three soldiers andone student. The assailants hid thebomb in front of a school anddetonated it with a cell phone whenthe student was talking to thesoldiers. No one claimedresponsibility for the attack. It iscommon for soldiers to be assignedto guard schools and escort teachersin southern Thailand. This attack ispart of the ongoing insurgency insouthern Thailand that began inJanuary 2004.

25-Sep-08 Yala Thailand Unknown Firearms1 0 On September 25, 2008, anunidentified assailant shot andinjured a man in a drive-by shootingin southern Thailand’s Yala province.The victim was going to a rubberplantation when the attack occurred.No one claimed responsibility. Thisattack is part of the ongoinginsurgency in southern Thailand thatbegan in January 2004.

26-Sep-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Explosives5 3 Two civilians and one NationalDirectorate of Security worker werekilled and five civilians woundedwhen a suicide bomber detonated hisexplosive the the Jaji Maydan districtbazaar of Khost Province. No creditwas claimed for the attack.

26-Sep-08 Cologne FederalRepublicofGermany

Other Unknown0 0 On September 26, 2008 two Islamistterrorist were arrested on a KLMplane bound for Amsterdam at theCologne-Bonn Airport. The two menare of Somali descent and both menleft suicide notes stating their desireto die as martyrs in a Jihad (holy war)at their apartment.The Germanpolice had both men undersurveillance for months andaccording to authorities their waslittle threat of the plot beingsuccessfully executed.

26-Sep-08 Athens Greece Other Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On September 26, 2008 anarchistcarried out a series fire bombings inAthens and in Thessaloniki. In theAthens attack cars belonging to theItalian and Czech embassies inAthens were set on fire and fourFrench-made vehicles were set onfire. The vehicles where destroyedbut no one was injured.Authoritiesbelieve the attack was planned byanarchist to demonstrate against thesocial and economic policies of theGreek Government.

26-Sep-08 ThessalonikiGreece Other Fire orFirebomb

0 0 On September 26, 2008 anarchistcarried out a series fire bombings inAthens and in Thessaloniki. In theThessaloniki attack cash machinesbelonging to Citibank, Eurobank andMarfin along with two Greeceinsurance office were destroyed withfirebombs.Authorities believe theattack was planned by anarchist todemonstrate against the social andeconomic policies of the GreekGovernment.

26-Sep-08 BahawalpurPakistan Unknown Explosives15 3 A bomb attack on a train inBahawalpur left three people deadand 15 other wounded. The bombwas left on the railway track,exploded and derailed the passengertrain.No one claimed responsibilityfor the attack.

26-Sep-08 LamitanCity

PhilippinesUnknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

1 0 On September 26, 2008, Philippinessoldiers averted an attack bydetonating a homemade bomb in thesouthern Philippines' Lamitan City.The bomb, which was made fromdynamite and a cellular phone (asan initiator), was left near a grocerystore in the downtown area. Theexplosion damaged the steel shutterof the store, made a crater morethan a meter wide on the road andinjured one person, who was hit byshrapnel. No one claimedresponsibility for planting the bomb,but the Abu Sayyaf and Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF) militantgroups are active in Basilan province,where Lamitan City is located.Lamitan was celebrating tourismweek when the bomb was found.Noteabout IED: According to theMindanao Examiner, the cellularphone sends the power to a blastingcap instead of ringing.

27-Sep-08 NewDelhi

India Unknown Explosives23 3 A crude bomb exploded in a crowdedflower market at Mehrauli, close tothe historic Qutab Minar, killing threeand injuring around 23 people. Ayoung boy picked up a blackpolythene bomb which contained atiffin box bomb - he was killed on thespot as it exploded in his face.According to eyewitnesses, tworiders on a motorbike dropped thebag in the middle of the road, in frontof a shop. It is unclear who wasresponsible for the attack.

27-Sep-08 DamascusSyria Unknown Explosives14 17 At 8:45 am on 27 September, a carcontaining roughly four hundred andforty pounds of explosives was blownup across the street from a policestation. A holy Shiite shrine was alsofive miles from the attack location.The attack left seventeen civiliansdead, and fourteen wounded. Nogroup claimed responsibility.

27-Sep-08 QalqilyahIsrael Fatah Firearms1 0 At 3am on 27 September Palestinianmilitants shot at two Israeli vehiclesnear Qalqilyah, in the West Bank.The attack led to both vehicles beingdamaged, and one driver receivinglight wounds. A group referring toitself as the rural based al-AqsaBrigades, which is aligned withFatah, claimed responsibility for theattack. The group claimed theshooting was in retaliation forongoing Israeli arrest campaigns.

27-Sep-08 Jijiga Ethiopia Al-Ittihadal-Islamiya

Explosives20 4 Unidentified militants, possiblyassociated with Al-Ittihad al-Islamiyadetonated a bomb outside a hotel inEthiopia's Somali region. The Somalirebel group native to the region, theOgaden National Liberation Front(ONLF) denied taking part in theattack. The explosion ultimately leftfour people dead and twenty otherswounded.

27-Sep-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 0 On September 27, 2008 a magneticbomb planted in the private car of apolice officer exploded while hedrove near an intersection in theMansour district of western Baghdad.The explosion wounded the policeofficer and two civilians.

28-Sep-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms1 1 A leading police woman and head ofthe Kandahar department for crimesagainst women, Malalai Kakar, wasmurdered by Taliban gunman as herson prepared to drive her to work inthe Choni District of KandaharProvince. Kakar was an iconic figureto local Afghans for her work oncrimes against women and was thefirst women to return to the policeforce after the fall of the Taliban.

28-Sep-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives17 6 Three police and three civilians werekilled and five police and 12 civilianswere wounded when a suicidebomber on a motorbike explodedhimself near a police vehicle in theSpin Boldak District of KandaharProvince. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

28-Sep-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 0 An explosion targeted African Union(AU) forces tasked withpeacekeeping duties in support ofthe Transitional Federal Government(TFG) in Mogadishu. The attack,which took place on the road to theairport, resulted in an unknownnumber of casualties. Attacksagainst the AU are common as al-shabaab has publicly declared waragainst the peacekeepers.

28-Sep-08 Dellys Algeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

Explosives0 3 A suicide car bomber rammed hisvehicle into a military barracks inTaguedempt just outside of Dellys.The attack resulted in the deaths ofat least three soldiers. Suicideattacks against military barracks areincreasingly common in Algeria.

28-Sep-08 Khash Iran Unknown Firearms1 0 On 28 September armed assailantsfired at the car of the publicprosecutor of Khash, which is locatedin the Sistan-Baluchistan province.The persecutor, Fazlollah Shahbazi,was slightly wounded in the attackon his vehicle. No other injuries werereported, and the attack was notclaimed. Baluchi insurgents weresuspected, however.

28-Sep-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms0 1 On September 28, 2008, unidentifiedassailants shot and killed a villagechief in southern Thailand’s Pattaniprovince. The victim was walkinghome from a meeting with a militarypeace-keeping unit. No one claimedresponsibility. This attack is part ofthe ongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in January 2004.

29-Sep-08 MalegaonIndia Unknown Explosives30 7 Two crude bombs exploded inMalegoan in Marashtra, killing sevenand injuring around 30 people. Theblasts occurred in the Bhikku Chowkarea of Malegoan around 9:30 pmwhen a Ramzan special prayer wasbeing offered at all mosques acrossthe town. According to police, theexplosives were attached to amotorcycle. Officials say the blastswere similar to the Delhi bombings inSeptember 2008.

29-Sep-08 Modasa India Unknown Explosives0 1 In the town of Modasa in Gujarat, alow-intensity bomb attached to amotorcycle went off near a mosquein the Muslim-dominate SukkaBazaar, killing one person. While it isunclear who was behind the attack,police blamed Hindu nationalistgroups for the bomb blast.

29-Sep-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 5 Five police were killed during amilitant attack in the Shaki area,Qarabagh District, of GhazniProvince. Reports indicate that theTaliban insurgents lured the policeofficers into the area to discusssecurity on the highway and werethen killed. The Taliban claimedcredit for the killings, but stated thepolice were surrendering and werekilled by comrades.

30-Sep-08 Baidoa Somalia Unknown Remote-detonatedexplosive

4 1 A remote-detonated bomb targetinga pick-up truck with a policemeninside. All three policemen survivedthe attack, but the explosion killed achild. The attack left the policemenwounded along with another civilian.It was not immediately clear who wasbehind the attack.

30-Sep-08 Ajaccio France Other Fire orFirebomb

2 0 On September 30, 2008 a couplefrom mainland France was abductedand their house was firebombed inthe town of Ajaccio in Corsica. Fourmasked men abducted the couplefrom their home, tied them up andabandoned them in a nearby forest.The couple's home was then severelydamaged by multiple nitrate-fuel oilbombs. The couple did survive theattack. There were no claims ofresponsibility for the attack;however, Corsican separatist havetargeted mainland French interest inrecent months.

30-Sep-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives5 1 A male bomber attempted to drivean explosive-laden car into the theconvoy of Interior Minister MusaMedov on September 30, 2008. Thecar exploded before it hit theminister's armored vehicle, injuringfive bystanders. According to theprosecutor, the car was loaded with35-40 kg TNT. The body of thesuicide bomber could not beidentified.Attacks on governmentministers in the republics ofIngushetia and Dagestan arefrequent. The attack may have beenrelated to a previous car explosion(date unspecified) at the IngushInterior Ministry'a car park wheretwo people were killed and five wereinjured. There is no furtherinformation on the latter incident.

1-Oct-08 BaydhaboSomalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedan unnamed member of the localgovernment as he was leaving amosque after evening prayers inBaydhabo. There was no immediateword on who was behind the attack.Attacks on members of the localgovernment are common in Somalia.

1-Oct-08 SultanKudarat

PhilippinesUnknown Explosives0 0 On Oct 1st 2008, a sidewalk vendorin Sultan Kudarat Province alertedpolice of a suspicious lookingpackage. Police then found thepackage to contain an improvisedexplosive device fashioned out of a60mm mortar shell with a mobilephone triggering device, anddisposed it. Southern Philippines hasbeen the site of many bombings overin recent years. The local militarypresence suspects that the bombwas intended to spread fearthroughout the island of Mindanao.

2-Oct-08 Helmand AfghanistanOther Explosives0 1 Police in Lashkargah District,Helmand Province killed a would-besuicide bomber as he attempted todetonate his explosives during aprayer session of Id al-Fitr. Policehad the bomber under surveillance,first hitting him with a vehicle, thenkilling his with gunfire. Police statedthe bomber was approximately 18years old, but did not comment onhis group affiliation.

2-Oct-08 SaranganiPhilippinesMILF Explosives2 0 On Oct 2 2008, two villagers wereinjured by a rocket attack inSarangani province, located on thesouthern Philippines island ofMindanao. Police blame the attack onMILF, a separatist group operating insouthern Philippines.

2-Oct-08 Agartala India IndianMujahideen

Explosives100 5 A series of five bombs exploded inAgartala, the capital of Tripura innortheastern India. The attacks alloccurred within 45 minutes. In total,5 people were killed and 100 wereinjured. The bomb blasts were oflow-intensity. The first bomb blastoccurred at a bus station. While it isunclear who was behind the attacks,the police blamed the IndianMujahideen.


Explosives0 0 A series of five bombs exploded inAgartala, the capital of Tripura innortheastern India. The attacks alloccurred within 45 minutes. In total,5 people were killed and 100 wereinjured. The bomb blasts were oflow-intensity. One of the bombsexploded in the main shoppingbazaar of Maharaja Ganju Bazar.While it is unclear who was behindthe attacks, the police blamed theIndian Mujahideen


Explosives0 0 A series of five bombs exploded inAgartala, the capital of Tripura innortheastern India. The attacks alloccurred within 45 minutes. In total,5 people were killed and 100 wereinjured. The bomb blasts were oflow-intensity. A third bomb explodedin a market of Gobind Ballah PantMarket. While it is unclear who wasbehind the attacks, the policeblamed the Indian Mujahideen


Explosives0 0 A series of five bombs exploded inAgartala, the capital of Tripura innortheastern India. The attacks alloccurred within 45 minutes. In total,5 people were killed and 100 wereinjured. The bomb blasts were oflow-intensity. A fourth bombexploded in a market of AgartalaMotorstand. While it is unclear whowas behind the attacks, the policeblamed the Indian Mujahideen


Explosives0 0 A series of five bombs exploded inAgartala, the capital of Tripura innortheastern India. The attacks alloccurred within 45 minutes. In total,5 people were killed and 100 wereinjured. The bomb blasts were oflow-intensity. A fifth bomb explodedin near a market in Abhay Nagar.While it is unclear who was behindthe attacks, the police blamed theIndian Mujahideen.

2-Oct-08 CharsaddaPakistan Unknown Explosives20 5 On October 2, 2008, five people werekilled and 20 wounded in anapparent assassination attempttargeting one of Pakistan's leadingPasthun politicians, Asfandyar WaliKhan. Khan, the chief of the secularAwami National Party, survived theattack.The Awami National Party is afierce opponent of the Taliban. Nogroup claimed responsibility for theattack.

2-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives25 12 On October 2, 2008 two suicidebomb attacks occurred in twodifferent Shiite mosques in Baghdad.The first of two reported suicidebomb attacks occurred when asuicide bomber wearing an explosivevest blew himself up outside the al-Rasoul Shiite mosque in Baghdad'sal-Jadida district, killing 12worshippers and injuring 25 others.

2-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives8 2 On October 2, 2008 two suicidebomb attacks occurred at twodifferent Shiite mosques in Baghdad.The second attack involved a suicidebomber who drove his explosive-laden car into a crowd of Shiiteworshipers who were leaving a Shiitemosque in the al-Zaafaraniyahneighborhood. The explosion killedtwo Iraqi soldiers and injured eightworshipers.

3-Oct-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms6 2 Insurgents attacked a group ofBurundian peacekeepers who arepart of the African Union (AU)contingent in Mogadishu. Theassailants used firearms and RPGs.There were no casualties amongstthe AU peacekeepers, but twocivilians were killed and six otherswere wounded.

3-Oct-08 SurigaodeNorte

PhilippinesMILF Explosives9 0 On Oct 3, 2008 an unidentifiedassailant hurled a grenade into apublic area injuring nine bystandersin Claver, a town in the southernPhilippines province of Surigao deNorte.The attack is suspected to be apart of an ongoing insurgency insouthern Philippines carried out byMILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front).

3-Oct-08 TskhinvaliGeorgia Unknown Explosives4 6 An explosion occurred on thepremises of the peacekeepers'headquarters in the separatist SouthOssetian capital of Tskhinvali onOctober 3, 2008. Six people werekilled and four people were wounded.The Russian Defense Ministry hasclaimed that the attack was aimed atthe peacekeepers. It is unclear whowas responsible for the bombing andhow many of the casualties werepeacekeepers.

3-Oct-08 TskhinvaliGeorgia Unknown Explosives8 11 Eleven people were killed by a bombexplosion at the headquarters of theRussian peacekeeeping forces inTskhinvali South Ossetia (abreakaway province in Georgia) onOctober 3, 2009. An additional eightwere wounded. Both peacekeepersand civilians were killed. The bomb inwas hidden in a car and had anestimated power of 20 kg of TNT. It isunclear who the target of the attackwas, as two vehicles in question (oneof which exploded) had been seizedfrom a village in Georgia and werebrought to the headquarters forexamination. It is also unclear whowas responsible for the bombing,although both sides (Georgia andRussia) claimed that the attackswere state-sponsored.

4-Oct-08 Helmand AfghanistanUnknown Explosives4 0 Four civilians were wounded whentheir Corolla vehicle struck aroadside mine in the near the GreshkDistrict market in Helmand Province.No credit was claimed for the attack.

4-Oct-08 BaydhaboSomalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Firearms0 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedIbrahim Shaykh, the head of thesecurity service in Bayhabo.According to witnesses, Shaykh wasshot at the market in the center ofthe city by three armed men,wearing masks, with a pistol whosubsequently fled the scene. NOTE:The Mujahideen Youth Movementlater claimed credit for the attack ina claim posted on October 5, 2008.Moreover, the attackers claimed thatIbrahim Shaykh was targetedbecause he was the intelligence headfor the country.

4-Oct-08 Tolosa Spain ETA Explosives0 0 On October 4, 2008 a 5kg bombexploded outside a courthouse in thetown of Tolosa in the BasqueCountry. The blast caused damage tothe courthouse but no casualties.ETAwarned the authorities of the attackprior to the blast.

4-Oct-08 NewtownbutlerNorthernIreland

Unknown Explosives0 0 On October 4, 2008 a bomb wasfound and diffused by police atWattlebridge near the town ofNewtownbutler. Authorities believethat the bomb was intended for thepolice.Two bomb threats were calledinto the police. Authorities believethat dissident Republicans areresponsible for the attack.

4-Oct-08 SouthernThailand

Thailand Unknown Firearms0 2 On Oct 4, 2008 suspected militantsattacked soldiers who had justfinished their shift guarding a schoolin the southern Thailand. Twosoldiers were killed while two othersescaped after exchanging gunfirewith their assailants. The on-goinginsurgency in southern Thailandoften targets educational institutions.

5-Oct-08 Herat AfghanistanOther Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 A remote-controlled bomb destroyeda small bridge in front of the HeratProvince Governor's residence. Nocasualties were reported and thepolice stated that two people, anIranian and a Pakistani had beenarrested in connection with theexplosion.

5-Oct-08 Herat AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 3 The southwest police commander,General Ekra-Modin Yawar, wasattacked by a suicide bomber in onthe Kochi Masjed Street of GozraDistrict, Herat Province. The Generalescaped the attack unharmed, buteyewitness reports stated threecivilians were killed and an unknownnumber were wounded. An AfghanNational Army vehicle was damaged.No credit was claimed for the attack.

5-Oct-08 Helmand AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 4 Four security guards of the US-ownedUnited States Protection andInvestigation (USPI) company werekilled when their vehicle wasdestroyed by a remote-controlledbomb in the Nahru-saraj area ofGreshk District of Helmand Province.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

5-Oct-08 Wardak AfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 5 Five security guards of a privateAfghan company were killed whenthe Taliban attacked their Corollavehicle in the Tangi area of theSayed Abad District, WardakProvince. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack.

5-Oct-08 Baidoa Somalia MujahideenYouthMovement

Explosives0 0 The Mujahideen Youth Movement(MYM) claimed credit for an attack onthe Speaker of the Parliament'shome in Baidoa. They shelled theSpeaker's house, claiming a numberof casualties. However, none werereported on behalf of the speaker.Attacks on members of governmentare common in Somalia.

5-Oct-08 PakhulaniGeorgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Five blasts occurred in the Pakhulanivillage in a district adjacent toAbkhazia and South Ossetia inGeorgia on the night of October 5through the morning of October 6.Three of the blasts exploded nearlocal schools. No casualties werereported.The first explosion occurred10 pm GMT on October 5.The policeclaimed they believe mortars werefired from Abkhazia but it is unclearwho perpetrated the attack. Regionsin Georgia bordering the restiveseparative provinces of Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia have witnessedincreased attacks in 2008. Russiaand Georgia fought a war whichcommenced in South Ossetia inAugust, 2008.

6-Oct-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 0 Four rockets were fired at the Khostairport. No casualties were reported.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

6-Oct-08 MogadishuSomalia al-shabaab

Explosives0 0 Al-shabaab fired a series of mortarsat the Presidential Palace inMogadishu. There were nocasualties, and as is often the case,the palace retaliated with a slew ofmortar rounds fired back at theassailants. Mortar attacks on thepalace are common in Somalia.

6-Oct-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Explosives0 1 An unknown group of assailantstargeted the home of Muhammad IseDiriye, an official with theInternational Committee of the RedCross (ICRC). The attack, carried outwith hand grenades, left one ofDiriye's bodyguards dead. The ICRCofficial survived the attack as he wasin Nairobi.

6-Oct-08 AnuradhapuraSriLanka

LTTE Explosives80 28 A suicide bombing occurred near abus stand in the town ofAnuradhapura, killing 27 people andinjuring 80. Among the dead wasJanaka Perera, a former Chief of Staffof the Sri Lankan Army, his wife anda number of provincial politicians.Perera was the apparent target ofthe suicide bombing, as he had led anumber of successful campaignsagainst the LTTE. According to police,the bomb blast occurred around 8:45am during an event inaugurating thenew building of the United NationalParty (UNP).

6-Oct-08 PakhulaniGeorgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Five blasts occurred in the Pakhulanivillage in a district adjacent toAbkhazia and South Ossetia inGeorgia on the night of October 5through the morning of October 6.Three of the blasts exploded nearlocal schools. No casualties werereported.It is unclear when thesecond explosion occurred.The policeclaimed they believe mortars werefired from Abkhazia but it is unclearwho perpetrated the attack. Regionsin Georgia bordering the restiveseparative provinces of Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia have witnessedincreased attacks in 2008. Russiaand Georgia fought a war whichcommenced in South Ossetia inAugust, 2008.

6-Oct-08 PakhulaniGeorgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Five blasts occurred in the Pakhulanivillage in a district adjacent toAbkhazia and South Ossetia inGeorgia on the night of October 5through the morning of October 6.Three of the blasts exploded nearlocal schools. No casualties werereported.It is unclear when the thirdexplosion occurred.The policeclaimed they believe mortars werefired from Abkhazia but it is unclearwho perpetrated the attack. Regionsin Georgia bordering the restiveseparative provinces of Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia have witnessedincreased attacks in 2008. Russiaand Georgia fought a war whichcommenced in South Ossetia inAugust, 2008.

6-Oct-08 PakhulaniGeorgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Five blasts occurred in the Pakhulanivillage in a district adjacent toAbkhazia and South Ossetia inGeorgia on the night of October 5through the morning of October 6.Three of the blasts exploded nearlocal schools. No casualties werereported.It is unclear when the fourthexplosion occurred.The policeclaimed they believe mortars werefired from Abkhazia but it is unclearwho perpetrated the attack. Regionsin Georgia bordering the restiveseparative provinces of Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia have witnessedincreased attacks in 2008. Russiaand Georgia fought a war whichcommenced in South Ossetia inAugust, 2008.

6-Oct-08 PakhulaniGeorgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Five blasts occurred in the Pakhulanivillage in a district adjacent toAbkhazia and South Ossetia inGeorgia on the night of October 5through the morning of October 6.Three of the blasts exploded nearlocal schools. No casualties werereported.The fifth and final explosionoccurred at 4:00 GMT in the morning.The police claimed they believemortars were fired from Abkhazia butit is unclear who perpetrated theattack. Regions in Georgia borderingthe restive separative provinces ofAbkhazia and South Ossetia havewitnessed increased attacks in 2008.Russia and Georgia fought a warwhich commenced in South Ossetiain August, 2008.

6-Oct-08 Bhakkar Pakistan Taliban Explosives60 16 On October 6, 2008, a suicidebomber blew himself up in a crowd ofpeople at the house of Rashid AkbarNiwami in the town of Bhakkar,southeast of Islamabad. Niwami wasa member of the National Assemblybelonging to the political party, thePakistan Muslim League. The attackleft 15 people dead and 60 wounded,including Niwami. The blast was thelatest in a string of bombings againstthe government, military andWestern targets in Pakistan.


1 1 An Italian aid worker serving as headof the United Nations Office forProject Services (UNOPS) was killedas his vehicle hit a remote-detonated, roadside bomb. Theattack killed the driver of the vehicleand left the Italian worker, SaverioBertollino, with an injury to his righteye. The vehicle was completelydamaged.

7-Oct-08 Bangkok Thailand Unknown Explosives0 2 Amid large-scale anti-governmentprotests in Bangkok, a car bombexploded outside the Chart Thaiparty office, killing the driver andfatally wounding a bystander. Thevictim was later identified as aformer police officer and protestorganizer.Thai officials have notidentified the perpetrator of thatattack.

7-Oct-08 Bangkok Thailand Unknown Explosives0 2 On Oct 7 2008, amid large-scaleprotests in Bangkok, a car bombexploded outside the Chart Thaiparty office, killing a nearby driverand fatally injuring a bystander. Thedriver and the target of the attackwas later identified as a formerpolice officer and anti-governmentorganizer.

7-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Shortly before U.S. Deputy Secretaryof State John Negroponte was toreport on security progress in Iraqtwo car bombs exploded outside theGreen Zone, the area that houses theIraqi government offices and foreignembassies.The first of two car bombswas a magnetic bomb attached to acivilian car at a park opposite to thebuilding of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry,which is located adjacent to a mainentrance of Baghdad's Green Zone.

7-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives0 0 Shortly before U.S. Deputy Secretaryof State John Negroponte was toreport on security progress in Iraqtwo car bombs exploded outside theGreen Zone, the area that houses theIraqi government offices and foreignembassies.The second car bomb wasa magnetic bomb attached to anearby Iraqi Army vehicle, which wasknown to have been guarding aresidence of Adanan al-Mossawi, anadvisor in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office.


Explosives0 2 Al-Shabaab launched another mortarattack against the presidential palacein Mogadishu. Unlike many of theirattacks, this attack resulted in thedeaths of two individuals -- Gar'ade,the personal secretary of PresidentAbdullahi Yusuf Ahmad, and HasanKafi, an officer of the presidentialguard. Their deaths came as three ofthe mortar rounds landed inside thepalace. Mortar attacks on thepresidential palace are relativelycommon in Somalia.


Firearms0 1 Gunmen with al-shabaab shot andkilled Col. Tobanle, a man accused ofbeing an intelligence chief workingfor Somalia's Transitional FederalGovernment (TFG). The claim thegroup posted states that Tobanlewas receiving funds from Americanintelligence agencies. He was shotand killed close to the TerabiyaanoBuilding in Mogadishu.


5 0 Two Burundi peacekeepers and threeSomali civilians were wounded aftera roadside bomb rocked theirconvoy. They were attacked on theroad that connects the airport to theheart of Mogadishu, where mostattacks against African Union (AU)peacekeepers have occurred. Al-Shabaab has publicly declared wasagainst the AU forces.



5 0 Two Burundi peacekeepers and threeSomali civilians were wounded aftera roadside bomb rocked theirconvoy. They were attacked on theroad that connects the airport to theheart of Mogadishu, where mostattacks against African Union (AU)peacekeepers have occurred. Al-Shabaab has publicly declared wasagainst the AU forces.

8-Oct-08 Azizye Turkey FreedomHawks ofKurdistan

Firearms18 5 On 8 October, Kurdish forces attack abus carrying police officers. Fiveofficers were killed and nineteenwere wounded during the attack.Theofficers worked at the Ali GaffarOkkan Police Career Academy. Theshuttle bus was moving through theAzizye neighborhood, Diyarbakirprovince during the attack. Theassailants reportedly used firearmsand firebombs. The Freedom Hawksof Kurdistan claimed its Martyr OzgurRoni Vengeance Brigade wasresponsible for the attack. Further,the Kurdish Workers Party alsoclaimed responsibility.

8-Oct-08 Bago Burma(Myanmar)

Unknown Explosives1 0 On Oct 8th 2008, a villager fromShwegyin Township of Bago Divisionwas injured in the foot by a mine thatauthorities suspected to have beenplanted by insurgents.

8-Oct-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Firearms0 1 On Oct 8th, 2008 fifteen MILF (MoroIslamic Liberation Front) fightersattacked and strafed houses in NedVillage, Lake Sebu and SouthCotabato. Soldiers responded andone civilian and two MILF fighterswere killed in the firefight.MILF hasbeen fighting an ongoing insurgencyagainst the Filipino government forautonomy of the Moros people insouthern Philippines.

8-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives18 6 On October 8, 2008 a woman suicidebomber wearing an explosive-beltblew herself up outside a court inBaquba, killing six people andwounding eighteen others.

9-Oct-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 1 Taliban insurgents destroyed twotankers carrying oil for military forcesand killed the driver on the Kabul-Gardez Highway. The attack sparkedseveral hours of fighting along thehighway between insurgent andAfghan forces. The Taliban claimedcredit for the attack.

9-Oct-08 Vitez Bosnia-Herzegovina

Other Explosives5 1 On October 9, 2008 a bomb explodedin one of the country's largestshopping centers in the Bosnian townof Vitez. The blast killed one securityguard and injured five civiliansincluding a baby.Three people werearrested after the incident. While ithas not been officially confirmed, thethree suspects are believed to havebeen Islamic fundamentalist.

9-Oct-08 BoralesgamuwaSriLanka

LTTE Explosives5 2 One person was killed and five wereinjured in a suicide bombing in thetown of Boralesganuwa, six mileseast of Colombo. According to policeofficials, the attack targeted theMinister of Agriculture, MaithripalaSirisena who escaped unhurt. Thedeputy Agriculture Minister wasamong the injured.

9-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives3 3 On October 9, 2008 a motorcyclebomb attack struck the convoy ofSaleh al-Ugaily, a lawmaker from theSadr political movement. Themotorcycle had been parked on amain road in the Habibiyahneighborhood when Ugaily's convoypassed by. The explosion killed twoof Ugaily's bodyguards and woundedUgaily and three other guards.It waslater reported that Ugaily died ofwounds incurred by the blast. It isnot clear who is responsible for thisassassination. Sadr lawmaker Bahaaal-Araji, however, is holding the IraqiSecurity Forces responsible since theattack occurred near theircheckpoint.

9-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 On October 9, 2008 a roadside bombexplosion struck a traffic police patrolnear the Mudhaffar Square in theShiite neighborhood of Sadr City(eastern Baghdad), killing a civilianand wounding two policemen andtwo bystanders.

10-Oct-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 2 Two government workers were killedand two others and one civilian werewounded when a suicide bomberattacked the Bak district intelligencechief, Sharaf Nur. Nur escaped theattack and local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack. No credit wasclaimed.

10-Oct-08 HuancavelicaPeru ShiningPath

Firearms0 14 On October 10, 2008 Shining Pathmembers attacked a convoy of publictransportation vehicles inHuancavelica. The attacked killfourteen people including childrenand soldiers and an unspecifiednumber of people were injured.ThePeruvian Army is currently launchingand offensive against the ShiningPath.

10-Oct-08 OrakzaiAgency

Pakistan Taliban Explosives200 86 On October 10, 2008, a suicidebomber detonated a car filled withexplosives during a meeting of tribalelders in Orakzai Agency. The attackkilled 85 people and wounded 200.The elders in the area were planningdetails on how to eliminate theTaliban presence in the area. Themeeting brought together over 1,000tribesmen when the attack tookplace. It was suspected that theTaliban was behind the attack.

11-Oct-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

3 0 Three police were wounded by aroadside bomb in the Chardiwal area,Andar District of Ghazni Province.Local officials blamed the Taliban forthe attack. No credit was claimed.

11-Oct-08 Sisli Turkey KurdishWorkersParty

Explosives0 0 On 11 October Turkish police officersarrested a woman who had feignedpregnancy, carrying explosives in herstomach area. The police uncovered8.8 kilograms of explosive, fifteendetonating caps, and a push-detonator. The woman, who was inher forties, was described as amember of the Kurdish WorkersParty.

12-Oct-08 Ghazni AfghanistanTaliban Firearms2 0 Gunmen ambushed Raaz MuhammadWaziri, head of the Zanakhan Districtof Ghazni Province, wounding himand one Afghan National Armysoldier. Local officials blamed theTaliban and claimed five Talibanfighters were killed in the attack. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

12-Oct-08 Kabul AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 0 A Canadian journalist, later identifiedas Melissa Fung, working forCanadian Television, EDC, waskidnapped from a village on theoutskirts of Kabul by unknowngunmen. The journalist waskidnapped with one Afghan citizens.Authorities arrested five suspectsincluding the journalist's interpreter.The Taliban denied any involvementin the incident. Ms. Fung wasreleased on November 8th with thehelp of local tribal leaders whonegotiated with her abductors on herbehalf.

12-Oct-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 7 Seven workers of the Afghancompany, Gange, were killed whentheir vehicle struck a roadside minein the Spera District of KhostProvince. The company deals withthe protection of chromite stones toprevent smuggling. The Talibanclaimed credit for the attack.

12-Oct-08 Zabol AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 5 Three civilians were killed when theirvehicle struck a roadside mine andtwo others were killed when theexplosion destroyed two nearbytractors in the Shinkay District ofZabol Province. No credit wasclaimed for the attack.

12-Oct-08 ZemoNikozi

Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Two blasts occurred in the village ofZemo Nikozi, close to South Ossetia.The first blast did not injure anyone.It is unclear who perpetrated theattack, however the Georgianssuggested Russian soldiers wereresponsible.South Ossetia is aseparatist region of Georgia that hasseen an increase in terrorist incidentssurrounding the August 2008Georgia-Russia war. Likewise, theGeorgian-controlled side of theregion has seen a similar rise in suchincidents, most of which are blamedon Russians, though it is difficult toprove either side's culpability.

12-Oct-08 ZemoNikozi

Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 Two blasts occurred in the village ofZemo Nikozi, close to South Ossetia.The second blast did not injureanyone. It is unclear who perpetratedthe attack, however the Georgianssuggested Russian soldiers wereresponsible.South Ossetia is aseparatist region of Georgia that hasseen an increase in terrorist incidentssurrounding the August 2008Georgia-Russia war. Likewise, theGeorgian-controlled side of theregion has seen a similar rise in suchincidents, most of which are blamedon Russians, though it is difficult toprove either side's culpability.

12-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives7 0 On October 12, 2008 a roadsidebomb struck a police patrol in thePalestine Street in eastern Baghdad,wounding five policemen and twobystanders. The police vehicle wasseverely damaged by the blast,which also caused damages toseveral nearby shops and civiliancars.

12-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 0 On October 12, 2008 a roadsidebomb exploded near a police patrolnear an intersection in Baghdad'snorthern neighborhood of Waziriya,wounding three policemen and acivilian. The patrol's vehicle was alsodamaged.

12-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Fire orFirebomb

0 2 On October 12, 2008, unidentifiedarmed men killed two members of anAwakening Council group in theSunni-dominated district of Doura insouthern Baghdad.

12-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives13 9 On October 12, 2008, a car bombparked in a popular marketplace inthe mainly Shiite neighborhood ofBayaa in southwestern Baghdadexploded, killing up to nine peopleand wounding thirteen others.

13-Oct-08 Ghazni AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 5 Five civilians were killed when theirvehicle struck a roadside mine whilereturning from a wedding ceremonyin the Zanakhan District of GhazniProvince. No credit was claimed forthe attack.

13-Oct-08 MogadishuSomalia Unknown Firearms6 1 Unidentified gunmen shot and killedone African Union (AU) peacekeeperand wounded at least six others in anattack in Mogadishu. Attacks on AUpeacekeepers -- comprised ofUgandans and Burundians -- arecommon in Somalia. Al-Shabaab, anIslamist insurgent group, has publiclydeclared war on the peacekeepers.

13-Oct-08 BoumerdesAlgeria Al-Qaedain theIslamicMaghreb

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0 1 Unidentified terrorists abducted andbeheaded a civilian along a road justoutside of Boumerdes. The civilianwas kidnapped at a roadblock onOctober 13, 2008 and his head wasfound four days later on October 17,2008. It was not immediately clearwho was behind the attack, thoughthe country's Islamist insurgents -- AlQaeda in the Land of the IslamicMaghreb -- are strongly suspected.

14-Oct-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Explosives0 9 Nine civilians were killed, includingtwo children, when their bus struck aroadside bomb in Kandahar Province.Local officials blamed the Taliban forthe attack.

14-Oct-08 Uruzgan AfghanistanTaliban Explosives6 9 Nine civilians were killed and sixwere wounded when their mini-bushit a roadside bomb in the DihrawudDistrict of Uruzgan Province. Localofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack.

14-Oct-08 CotabatoPhilippinesMILF Firearms0 1 On Oct 14 2008, MILF commanderUmbra Kato led an attack on aCivilian Volunteer Organizationoutpost in North Cotabato. Localpolice and soldiers mobilized anddrove off attackers, but not beforeone volunteer was slain.MILF is aIslamic separatist group that hasbeen fighting the Philippinesgovernment for control of southernPhilippines.

14-Oct-08 ChandranigahapurNepal Unknown Explosives4 3 Three people were killed and fourwounded when a bomb exploded in amarket place in the town ofChandranigahapur in southeastNepal. It is unclear who wasresponsible for the attack.Nepal'ssouth has been the scene of periodicviolence with ethnic activistsdemanding greater autonomy.

15-Oct-08 Logar AfghanistanTaliban Explosives3 0 Three police were wounded whentheir vehicle struck a roadside minein the Taqi Kala area of Baraki BarakDistrict, Logar Province. The vehiclewas destroyed as the police werereturning from patrol in a localvillage. The Taliban claimed creditfor the attack.

15-Oct-08 Logar AfghanistanTaliban Fire orFirebomb

0 0 Taliban insurgents attacked thedistrict headquarters of Charkhdistrict, Logar Province, with lightarms. Police and NATO helicoptersrepelled the attack with nocasualties.

15-Oct-08 Bangkok Thailand Unknown Explosives0 0 On Oct 15, 2008 a small explosive,likely intended as a threat ratherthan to cause injury, occurred at theoffice of a PPP (People's Power Party)member of parliament in Bangkok,Thailand.The MP suspects that theattack was made by members of therival PAD (People's Alliance forDemocracy) party.The explosioncaused no injuries.

16-Oct-08 Zabol AfghanistanUnknown Explosives0 3 Three police were killed in theKharjoe area of Zabol Province whentheir vehicle hit a roadside bomb. Nocredit was claimed for the attack.

16-Oct-08 Khost AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 0 Two police were wounded when asuicide bomber attempted toassassinate the police chief of the AliShir District of Khost Province. ChiefShirin Khan, escaped the blastunharmed. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack, but no creditwas claimed.

16-Oct-08 Santiago Chile Unknown Explosives0 0 On October 16, 2008 a bomb wasdiffused outside a police station inSantiago without incident. A guarddiscovered the bomb, a pipe packedwith explosives and a timer attached,in the parking lot of the station.Similar attacks have beenperpetrated by anarchist groups inthe past year in Santiago; there wasno claim of attack.

17-Oct-08 Marka Somalia Unknown Firearms0 1 Two unidentified gunmen shot andkilled a senior official working withthe United Nations World FoodProgram. The attack, which resultedin the death of Abdenasir Aden Muse,took place in Somalia's southerntown of Marka as Mr. Muse wasleaving a mosque following eveningprayers. His assailants, who werearmed with pistols, shot him multipletimes and subsequently fled thescene. Mr. Muse was the head of theWFP's aid monitors in Marka.

17-Oct-08 Baghdad Iraq Unknown Explosives4 1 On October 17, 2008, an explosivedevice hidden outside the building ofHusseiniyat Sayyd Haider in theShaab district detonated asworshippers were leaving the Fridayprayer ceremony, killing at least onecivilian and injuring more than fourothers.

18-Oct-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives1 3 Three civilians were killed and onewounded when their vehicle was hitby a bomb in the Kherkot District ofPaktika Province while traveling fromJanikhel to Ghazni Province. Localofficials blamed the Taliban for theattack.

18-Oct-08 Paktika AfghanistanTaliban Explosives2 3 Three civilians were killed and twowounded when their vehicle wasstruck by a roadside bomb on theSharan-Kherkot Highway in PaktikaProvince. Local officials blamed theTaliban for the attack.

18-Oct-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 2 Ali Ahmad Khan, leader of theBarakzai tribe of Kandahar and aformer bodyguard to AfghanPresident Hamid Karzai, and his sonwere killed by gunmen on motorbikesas they walked home from morningprayers. Afghan officials blamed theTaliban for the murders, but no creditwas claimed for the attack.

18-Oct-08 Pattani Thailand Unknown Firearms1 1 On Oct 18, 2008 suspected rebelsopened fire at a man in front of hishome in Pattani Province. The targetwas injured by gunfire while hisinfant son was killed.Thai policesuspect that this attack is part of anongoing insurgency in southernThailand that began in 2004.

18-Oct-08 Basilan PhilippinesAbuSayyaf

Firearms4 0 On Oct 18 2008, Abu Sayyaf gunmenambushed a Catholic priest and hisescorts on the island of Basilan. Thepriest was en route to attendreligious services. The escortssuccessfully drove off ambushers butsuffered four injuries.Abu Sayyaf isan Islamic terrorist organization withties to Al-Qaeda.

18-Oct-08 Yangon Burma(Myanmar)

Unknown Explosives0 0 On the evening of Oct 18, 2008 abomb exploded on a football field innortheast Yangon (Rangoon). Theblast caused no injuries. TheBurmese junta typically blame pro-democracy activists and armedethnics groups for bomb blasts.

18-Oct-08 Artsevi Georgia Unknown Explosives0 0 A bridge connecting Georgian andOssetian villages in the village ofArtsevi was blown up early in themorning on October 18, 2008. Therewere no casualties. The noise of theblast was heard up to 12 km away,but there is no other information onthe magnitude of the explosive used.It is unclear who perpetrated theattack, the report blames separatists.South Ossetia is a separatist regionof Georgia that has seen an increasein terrorist incidents starting in thelate summer of 2008. The region'sgovernment was backed by Russia ina war against Georgia in August,2008.

18-Oct-08 Nazran Russia Unknown Explosives0 1 A car exploded in Nazran, Ingushetiaon October 18, 2008 outside of aschool, damaging several nearbybuildings. The person inside the carwas killed -- it is suspected that hewas a suicide bomber. Nobody wasinjured.Ingushetia's chief prosecutorclaimed that the explosive contained10 kg of TNT. He also theorized thatthe driver may have been headingfor a more populous location in whichto carry out a larger attack. Nofurther information was available onthe incident.

18-Oct-08 Yangon Burma(Myanmar)

Unknown Explosives0 0 On Oct 18, 2008, after an explosionin northeast Yangon football field,police sweeps revealed anotherbomb nearby, which was diffusedwithout incident.The Burmese juntatypically blame pro-democracy andarmed ethnic groups for bomb blasts.

19-Oct-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms0 1 Unknown gunmen murdered ateacher in the Harunkhel area of AliShir District, Khost Province. Nocredit was claimed for the attack,

19-Oct-08 Khost AfghanistanUnknown Firearms2 1 Unknown gunmen murdered oneteacher and wounded two studentsin the Bak District of Khost Province.No credit was claimed for the attack.

19-Oct-08 Konduz AfghanistanTaliban Remote-detonatedexplosive

0 0 The security commander of ChardaraDistrict of Konduz Province escapedan assassination attempt when hisvehicle was attacked with a remote-control bomb in the Konduz town.The Taliban claimed credit for theattack.

19-Oct-08 KandaharAfghanistanTaliban Firearms0 31 At least 31 civilians, including onechild, were killed when Talibaninsurgents hijacked a civilian bus inthe Maiwand District of KandaharProvince. Afghan officials stated thatsix of the dead were beheaded bythe Taliban. The Taliban claimedthat the dead were Afghan NationalArmy personnel being transported toreinforce government forces inHelmand Province, a claim denied bythe government. Other reports statethat the Taliban released at least tenpeople before executing the rest.

19-Oct-08 Istanbul Turkey Unknown Explosives0 0 On 19 October at 9pm a bombexploded inside the car of mayorMehmet Yasar Turan's car. Turan isthe mayor of the Cukurca District inHakkari, and affiliated with theTurkish Justice and DevelopmentParty. No injuries were reported inthe attack, although several nearbyhouses and business places weredamaged.

A Collection of Terrorist Attacks, Oct-2007 to Oct-2008 by CPACT

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