Today's Round-up

Homecoming

Nothing can be finer than to be in Carolina - Capt. Benjamin Caricofe and his girlfriend, Julia Hughes, are reunited as he returned to Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. More than 117 Airmen from the 16th Airlift Squadron returned to Charleston AFB after being deployed for more than four months to Southwest Asia. Captain Caricofe is a 16th AS C-17 pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch)

Iraq: US troops launch assault in Kirkuk Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain three extremists in night raids Lightning Hammer II uncovers VBIEDs, IED cache in Mosul Five suspects detained during operations against al-Qaeda ISF, CF sweep through Kirkuk Hunter UAV kills two enemy fighters (First army UAV kills) Rashid Clearing: Iraqi Army, Dragon Troops Find Weapons Caches Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain 2 al Qaeda in Iraq cell leaders, one terrorist Iraqi Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain six Shi’a extremists in Baghdad Coalition forces kill one militant while detaining four suspects in search for weapons facilitator Three terrorists killed, 18 suspects detained in Coalition raids Six terrorists killed, 25 suspects detained, al-Qaeda network disrupted Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces battle Shi’a extremists Concerned citizen leads IA to caches in Diyala’s River Valley Iraqi official arrested over Askari Shrines' bombing of last year Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's top aide killed in Najaf (Red on Red) Sunni sheikhs turn their sights from US forces to Al-Qaeda Iraqi air force makes strides toward transition Israel / Levant: Lebanese Army kills fugitive Fatah al-Islam militant Israel Kills Terrorists in Gaza IDF kills 10 Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip, foils attack on IDF post

Afghanistan / Pakistan: Al-Qaeda-linked Kabul suicide network busted Over 40 militants killed in southern Afghanistan 'Taliban commander' killed in battle Canadian troops push Taliban from Zhari -- again Pak Gunship Kills 6 Terrorist in Mir Ali Taking On The Taleban The long struggle for one valley ("Once people realized we were not going away, we began to get tips from them") Canadian Brig-Gen. Laroche says Taliban fighting strength sapped The West: German Police Hunt for More Terror Suspects After Bomb Plot (UK) Islamist party 'is targeting university students' (ex-leader says HuT "warp the Koran's true message") Hizb-ut-Tahrir's Activities in the United States Bulk of intel on al Qaeda coming from captured insurgents, not U.S. spy recruits U.S. intercept key in German terror plot (wiretaps) Russia launches military clampdown in Caucasus (Hunting for Magomed Albakov)

India / Pakistan: Hizbul Mujahideen commander killed in Kashmir Hyderabad Police Follow the Money First female HuM arms carrier– a law student - among 2 arrested Hizb militant shot dead in Doda JMB bomber held in Comilla, India Indian Army foils infiltration attempt from Pakistan Africa: Training programmes signal deepening US ties with West Africa Algeria: 7 Militants Killed While Hiding in a Cave Southeast Asia: Bali bomber's date with death closer 4 Sayyaf men fall in Philippines 13 suspected insurgents rounded up in Narathiwat, Thailand Tentative peace talks for Thai south Bali Bomb Maker Dulmatin Slips Back into Sulawesi, Indonesia Dulmatin Ally Arrested in Philippines