Hezbollah alongside with some other groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

Despite a June 2008 certification by the United Nations that Israel had withdrawn from all Lebanese territory, in August, Lebanon's new Cabinet unanimously approved a draft policy statement which secures Hezbollah's existence as an armed organization and guarantees its right to " liberate or recover occupied lands ".

On December 1, 2006, these groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests, a series of protests and sit-ins in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

At the end, rival Lebanese leaders reached consensus over Doha Agreement on May 21, 2008, to end the 18-month political feud that exploded into fighting and nearly drove the country to a new civil war.

2008 saw a new twist to Lebanese politics when the Doha Agreement set a new trend where the opposition is allowed a veto power in the Lebanese Council of Ministers and confirmed religious Confessionalism in the distribution of political power.

A recent Russian promise to supply Lebanon with T-90 tanks has been in discussion since the Lebanese Defense Minister's last visit to Russia on December 16, 2008.

* 1977 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress ( d. 2008 )

** Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer, actress, and murder victim ( d. 2008 )

Lebanese Defence Minister Elias El Murr met with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov in December 2008, when they discussed the possibility of a transfer of military equipment including T-90 tanks.

Then in 2005, Nejmeh released the player, where he sign-up with Al-Mabarrah, In 2008 Houjeij signed for Lebanese Second Division club Al Khayoul, In summer of 2009 Houjeij signed with Shabab Al-Sahel, in August 2011 the nejmeh fans celebrated the return of moussa as a coach and a player and at his first season match against mabarrah he scored a goal.

Lebanese Councillors elected were Cr Elasmar in 1996, Cr Kairouz in 1998, 2002 and 2004 and Cr Asmar in 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2008.

Hezbollah alongside with some other groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

Despite a June 2008 certification by the United Nations that Israel had withdrawn from all Lebanese territory, in August, Lebanon's new Cabinet unanimously approved a draft policy statement which secures Hezbollah's existence as an armed organization and guarantees its right to " liberate or recover occupied lands.

In 2008 his philanthropy was recognised with the award of The National Order of the Cedar by the Lebanese government.

* Suhayl Idris ( 1923 – 2008 ), Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist and translator

On 29 November 2008, President of Lebanon Michel Sleiman discussed with visiting Prime Minister Leterme the Lebanese domestic situation and its foreign relations, particularly its relations with Syria.

The two countries engaged in a brief war in the summer of 2006, although the Lebanese Armed Forces were not a party to the fighting, the Israel Defense Forces action being taken instead against the paramilitary group Hezbollah ; and the conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia occurred in 2008.

The Lebanese Airborne regiment adopted this technique in 2008.

In 2008 Supple started work on a new theatrical adaptation of One Thousand and One Nights with the celebrated Lebanese author Hanan al Shaykh.

Unless and until the myriad religious and political factions can agree on an alternative electoral system, the controversy is unlikely to be resolved ; however, there is a chance that the new formed parliament could turn the system into a House of Lords and House of Parliament, abolishing the Ta ' ef Accord ; however this seems unlikely, as the Western-backed ruling majority do not see the Doha Accord ( an agreement by past Lebanese rivals to end the 2006 – 2008 crisis ) to be essential or positive, as it is beneficial for the opposition in giving them veto power.

* 2008: Chris Clark ( Britain ) and the Lebanese and international staff in the United Nations mine action programme in southern Lebanon.

One month later, security chief and top Lebanese investigator into the International Tribunal for the Hariri assassination was killed in January 2008.

In 2008, Mazen Bsat, Lebanese investor, owner and CEO of Med Airways ( formally Flying Carpet ), bought TMA for $ 1 in exchange of clearing the airlines $ 60 million debt.

Between 1992 and 2008, the 1st, 2nd and 16th Jungle Infantry Brigades, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the 19th Logistics Battalion, and the 22nd Army Police Platoon were transferred by the Army from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul to the Amazon region in accordance with the friendship policy with Argentina.

* The 2008 film Hellboy 2: The Golden Army featured movements of Capoeira in the fighting sequences with Abraham Sapien.

PiPz Dachs AEV of the German Army ( 2008 )

* 2008 – Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.

In January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series based on Evil Dead, written by Mark Verheiden, with art by John Bolton, who provided art for the Dark Horse Army of Darkness comic.

The 2008 film Cloverfield purports to be video footage shot by witnesses of a monster attacking New York City, and recovered by the US Army as evidence.

However, the Daleks return in " Bad Wolf "/" The Parting of the Ways " ( 2005 ), and subsequently in " Army of Ghosts "/" Doomsday " ( 2006 ), " Daleks in Manhattan "/" Evolution of the Daleks " ( 2007 ), " The Stolen Earth "/" Journey's End " ( 2008 ) and " Victory of the Daleks " ( 2010 ), the penultimate of these being the series 4 finale where Davros also returns, and the final of these being the first time the Eleventh Doctor meets the Daleks.

Iraqi Army HMMWVs on display at Camp Echo, Iraq, in December 2008.

On 16 April 2011, it was announced that Prince Harry had been promoted to the Army rank of captain after having held the rank of lieutenant since 2008.

Currently as the President of Nepal Dr. Ram Baran Yadav who was elected president of Nepal on 23 July 2008, is the supreme commander of Nepal Army.

* 1927 – Ed " Too Tall " Freeman, American United States Army officer, helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 2008 )

As of 2008, English-language official Chinese state media no longer uses the term " People's Liberation Army Navy ", instead the term " Chinese Navy " along with the usage of the prefix " CNS " for " Chinese Navy Ship " is now employed.

On 18 December 2008, Chinese authorities deployed People's Liberation Army Navy vessels to escort Chinese shipping in the Gulf of Aden.

A clause to the archival procedures was revised in mid 2008, where if a veteran themselves or ( if deceased ) an immediate member of the family requested the Purple Heart on an Army or Air Force record, the medal would still be granted by the National Archives.

From 1999 to 2008 the guerrilla armies of the FARC and of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional ( National Liberation Army of Colombia ) controlled approximately 30 – 35 per cent of the national territory of Colombia.

The four nurses remained the sole women recipients of the Silver Star until: Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester was awarded the Silver Star in 2005 for gallantry during an insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq, three nurses who had served in World War I were awarded the Silver Star posthumously in 2007, and Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown was awarded the Silver Star in March 2008 for heroism in the War in Afghanistan.

The armed forces of Yemen include the Yemen Army ( includes Republican Guard ), Navy ( includes Marines ), Yemeni Air Force ( Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yamaniya ; includes Air Defense Force ) ( 2008 ).

*: Republic of Korea Army M110 until 2008.

In 2008, the usage of the AGM-114N variant caused controversy in the United Kingdom when it was reported that these thermobaric munitions were added to the British Army arsenal.

In 2008, on the occasion of the ninetieth anniversary of the defence of Reims, a major ceremony was held in remembrance of the Black Army of Reims, attended by Jean-Marie Bockel, Rama Yade and Adeline Hazan.

As part of the U. S. Army's ongoing transformation in Germany, the Darmstadt military community, by then designated U. S. Army Garrison Darmstadt, inactivated on 30 September 2008.

* 2008 – 2012 LTG Carroll F. Pollett, United States Army

After several interventions in the Congo, the UPDF was involved in a further incursion there from December 2008, stretching into February 2009, against the Lord's Resistance Army in the Garamba area.