Today's Roundup

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Mordechai Sorkin, assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, greets a local boy during a cordon and search in Barla, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel

Iraq: Iraqi army says kills 40 militants, arrests 8 Extremist brigade commander detained by Iraqi, U.S. Special Forces US military deaths in Iraq lowest in 14 months US Building Base Near Iraqi-Iranian Border 1st CAV air assets engage, kill Al Qaeda extremists after receiving RPG, small arms fire 16 detained by Iraqi Forces, U.S. Special Operations Forces throughout Iraq MND-B troops detain 14 AQI suspects in Doura Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda network; two killed, 21 detained Iraqi Army engages, kills 7 IED emplacers, discovers cache Coalition forces capture 15 suspected Special Groups members Five terrorists killed, 19 suspects detained during operations targeting al-Qaeda Extremist brigade commander detained by Iraqi, U.S. Special Forces Al Qaeda's Man in Saddam's Iraq 226 applicants attend Iraqi police recruiting drive	Afghanistan / Pakistan / Central Asia: 24-year term for would-be suicide bomber Biggest blitz by paras since WW2 to crush Taliban Two militants killed, four detained in Helmand The West: US airbase bomb plotter on run in UK (Ramstein plot) JFK terror plotters await extradition Africa: Algerian security forces kill four militants, arrest three others Algerian military kills 10 suspected terrorists	India / Pakistan: Maldives arrests 2 in tourist bombing Two Pak-based Hizbul guerrillas killed as seizure of Kashmir mosque ends Police in Hyderabad arrest brother of key suspect in twin blasts Southeast Asia: 10 Abu Sayyaf Bandits Slain In Basilan Clashes Army chief vows no let-up vs Abu Sayyaf Israel / Levant: Fatah al Islam's Defeat sends other Lebanese militants into hiding Two Kurdish rebels killed in clashes south east Turkey Twenty Kurdish rebels killed by Turkish army during past 15 days Israel dismisses new truce call by Hamas