Today's Roundup

HAWIJAH MISSION - U.S. Army Capt. Keith Helms from Military Transition Team 0421, attached to 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, takes a knee behind an Iraqi vehicle after hearing small-arms fire during an Iraqi army cordon and search mission in Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards

Iraq: Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Dead (Abu Osama al-Tunisi) Ba'athist Terror Suspect Arrested in Italy Turkey, Iraq sign deal to combat Turkish Kurd rebels General Dubik: Iraqi forces improving with coalition's help ‘Dragon’ Offensives Destroy al Qaeda Outposts in Dora with Iraqi Assistance 3 Baghdad airport employees detained as terrorism suspects 19,000 insurgents killed in Iraq since '03 (yee-haw!!!) Arrest of nine wanted, nine suspects during security raids in Kirkuk Counterinsurgency in al Qaeda’s last bastion in Baghdad Muslim Ulema slam decision by US senate to divide Iraq (Biden kicks over a hornet's nest) Iraqi oil arrives in Jordan after 4-year hiatus Iraqi Troops, Police Pressure al Qaeda in Northern Iraq

Afghanistan / Pakistan: A Quiet Triumph May be Brewing (AQ Splitting?) Clashes and Airstrikes Kill 165 Taliban Diggers in gunfight with Taliban (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!!) ANP detain six insurgents near Ghazni Double suicide attack averted by ANSF 2 militants killed, 4 detained in Helmand Province Nine wounded, 12 arrest in militant attack on Waziristan checkposts The West: Official Links German Terror Plot to Syrian Arms, Pakistani Operatives Rebel leader killed in Russia shootout Africa: Algerian guerilla chief, Hassan Hattab, surrenders (founder of GSPC) Pentagon transfers Guantanamo detainee to Mauritania

Israel / Levant: Eleven Palestinian militants killed in bloody 24 hours Muslim cleric suspected of smuggling fighters to Iraq shot dead in Syria Israeli Missile Strike Kills 2 Palestinian Militants in Gaza 50,000 gunmen ready to defend Gaza: Hamas (lets get ready to rummmmmmble!) Turkish forces kill four Kurdish rebels India / Pakistan: Woman jailed for terrorist links Two Lashkar guerrillas gunned down in Kashmir Two HM militants arrested Two KLNLF militants surrender Six bombs found near Mumbai train station