Today's Roundup

STANDING GUARD - U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Parson, of the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, stands guard outside the al Zuhor Orphanage in the Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad. Photo By: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour

Iraq: Bin Laden disappointed by Iraq insurgents An Iraqi Parade Against al-Qaeda Kurdish militants reportedly open to cease-fire Cutting a Deal with Mahdi Militants Turkish planes bomb Iraq village, no major incursion US raids kill 49 in Baghdad Air weapons team destroys explosives Attack aviation crews engage roadside bombers Coalition Forces attacked Tip from Concerned Iraqi Citizen leads to large EFP, Dragon Talon II: MND-B troops find two caches, detain Coalition operations continue to degrade al-Qaeda in Iraq network Paratroopers detain two Concerned Local Citizens find IEDs Coalition forces disrupt Baghdad car-bombing network; three detained Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda networks; one terrorist killed, 28 detained MND-C Soldiers get help from local residents in locating caches Large cache found during clearing operations Attack aviation crews engage extremists placing roadside bomb Iraqi security volunteers find large cache near Manajid Al Hamad Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda networks; one terrorist killed, 10 detained Concerned Local Citizens turn in three IEDs Tip leads to cache in western Baghdad Bombing targets headquarters of anti-terrorist group in Adhamiyah Iraqi Special Operations Forces detain two suspected terrorist operatives, kill one (Baghdad) Paratroopers detain suspected IED emplacers Cache used to make IEDs destroyed UPDATE: Coalition forces target Special Groups leader, 49 criminals killed Coalition forces capture four wanted terrorists, detain 11 suspects

Afghanistan / Pakistan: Pakistani Tribe raises volunteer force to expel foreigners Militant killed in botched Pakistan bomb blast (oops!) Afghan Battles Kill 20 Taliban More than 50 'Taliban militants' killed Four suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists arrested 12 Taliban killed in Afghanistan 5 ‘militants’ arrested in Zhob Extremists losing Pakistanis' support Pak. sends 4,000 troops to NWFP to counter pro-Taliban cleric Three militants killed, 2 arrested in Dera Bugti Four suspected Qaeda terrorists held in Mardan Several militants killed, two detained by Coalition forces in Wardak Province Several militants, one child killed, four children wounded in Zabul Province Coalition Forces detain five militants in Kandahar Province Two militants killed in fire fight with Coalition forces ANSF, Coalition forces defeat insurgents for second time in 2 days ANSF, Coalition forces disrupt terrorist actions Afghan National Security Forces Capture IED Emplacer The West: 6 arrested in French investigation of alleged Iraq recruitment network Spanish Judge Indicts 22 for Terror Recruiting Eight years' jail for Scottish Muslim Two militants killed in Chechnya's Urus-Martan district Two suspects detained in Ingushetia over Nevsky Express train bombing (Russia) Terror suspect Mohamed Elzahabi is denied new trial Egyptian Student Pleads Not Guilty to Bomb Charge (Goose Creek) Italy: North Africans found guilty of terrorist links

Israel / Levant: Three Palestinian militants killed in IDF operations Three Hamas militants wounded in Gaza (Ran over a roadside bomb) Palestinian fighter dies in "special mission" (pizza run?) Israel plans to cut power to Gaza Egypt seizes 500 kg of explosives in Sinai cave Prominent Palestinian militant killed in Israeli air strike Two Palestinians killed in internal fighting India / Pakistan: Two Hizbul militants arrested with hawala money in J&K 2 Jaish militants killed in encounter in J&K Basha, 30 others get life term in Coimbatore blasts case Saudi Peninsula Trial of Al Qaeda suspects opens in Bahrain Africa: Mauritania Court Charges 3 With Terror Key al-Qaeda leader meeting fails (Algeria) GSPC and al-Qaeda may not have united after all Former Guantanamo detainee convicted at home in Tunisia Southeast Asia: Six suspected insurgents rounded up in Narathiwat (Thailand) Philippine forces capture Abu Sayyaf militant suspected of beheading marines Philippine government, Muslim rebels break impasse in peace talks