Todays Round-up

Captured Al-Qaeda flag featured at US military museum

A US Marine looks at a captured Al-Qaeda banner on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia. A banner once displayed in front of an abandoned Al-Qaeda safehouse in Iraq has found a new home at a US military museum.

Iraq: US air strikes destroy car bomb factory north of Baghdad Troops detain Iraqi Army battalion commander Soldiers, Iraqis clear out al-Qaeda along Tigris Coalition Forces find caches of terrorist media in Tarmiyah Citizens turn in weapons caches UK troops are sent to Iranian border Counterinsurgency success in Haswa (Bill Roggio's embed report) U.S. seeks pact with Shiite militia (al-Sadr) 3-day operation in eastern Iraq nets 80 al-Qaida suspects Israel / Levant: Murky raid heats up Syria-Israel tension Israeli forces seize two Islamic Jihad leaders Jordan convicts militants India / Pakistan: Delhi High Court upholds death penalty for Mohammed Ashfaq in Red Fort attack case Four Lashkar guerrillas killed in Jammu, Kashmir

Afghanistan / Pakistan / Central Asia: Afghan Citizens Drive Taliban from Village Afghan National Army Soldiers Defeat Taliban in Four Hour Fire Fight Coalition says many Taleban dead in Uruzgan Afghan National Police Thwart Suicide Bomber Afghan Police Find Taliban Bomb in Bus Station 50 more militants killed in Razmak, Pakistan (re-energized Taliban) Two suspected militants wounded in Ghazni operation Suspected militants killed in Sangin district ANA & Coalition forces eliminate insurgents in Oruzgan battle 10 detained in Garmser district IMU Still a Threat in Kyrgistan Despite Arrest of Leader U.S. keeps focus on al Qaeda danger in Pakistan Three Taliban killed in coalition airstrike

The West: How the CIA Broke Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Audio of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Interrogation Calif. terrorism case could expand legal definition of community Canada holds man linked to Austrian al Qaeda case Man Caught in Detroit Park with AK-47 nas a pro-Hezbollah website (video) Mullah Krekar back in court (wants an apology, too!) Southeast Asia: PULF cadre killed, six militants nabbed (NE India) Philippine Government nearing peace pact with insurgent group