Today's Roundup

Basra will be the ninth province to revert to Iraqi control. British-led forces already have pulled back from the center of the provincial capital, also known as Basra, to the airport on the edge of the city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad. Large map of Iraqi provinces

Iraq: Iraqi police kill al Qaeda commander of western Iraq (Aide captured) US: al-Qaida Presence in Baghdad Reduced Job No. 1 in Northern Iraq: Keep al Qaeda on Ropes Rock Hammer III disrupts enemy supply network in Baqouba Iraqi Special Operations Forces detain AQI commander, three others Coalition forces capture targeted Special Groups member, eleven others detained Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq, three terrorists killed MND-B Soldiers seize cache in southern Baghdad Concerned Local Citizens lead Coalition Forces to cache location MND-C Soldiers attacked Iraqi Security Forces rescue sheik hostages Four terrorists killed, 17 suspects detained during Coalition operations Coalition Forces free hostage from al Qaeda Iraqi citizens take stand against insurgents; aid National Police to discover cache Iraqi Army, Security Forces detain members of terrorist kidnapping group Iraqi Army discovers cache Local citizens help Iraqi Security Forces seize terrorist weapons cache in Hillah 1-15 Infantry air assault results in six detentions Coalition forces disrupt terrorist operations, 11 detained Task Force Iron Soldiers discover significant caches Coalition Forces discover large weapons caches Dragon Talon II: Troops find cache, detain three Iraqi Police EOD commander disarms large VBIED in Qayyarah Dragon Talon II: Cache, 13 suspected terrorists seized Coalition forces disrupt terrorist networks, six suspects detained 1-15 Infantry detains 6 suspected insurgents Coalition forces disrupt foreign terrorist networks; 15 suspects detained Improvised explosive device cache turned in Paratroopers discover rocket cache Concerned Local Citizens help round up suspected extremists Three Al-Qaeda armed men killed by US forces US military kills 51 militants dissidents from Al-Sadr militia Turkish army confirms 15 Kurdish rebels killed near Iraq border

Afghanistan / Pakistan / Central Asia: Afghans and NATO kill 50 Taliban and surround 200 Dozens of Taliban, four police killed in fighting (Western Afghanistan) U.S.-led coalition forces kill several militants in eastern Afghanistan 60 Islamist militants killed Pakistani gunships kill two rebels after truce collapse Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban (Going to Afghanistan instead of Iraq?) Forces in Afghanistan Kill, Wound 50 Taliban Insurgents Several insurgents killed in raid on al-Qaida 'facilitators' Afghan security agents arrest 3 Taliban trainers from Pakistan Key tribal leader on verge of deserting Taliban (Mullah Abdul Salaam) Uzbek court jails 8 suspected Islamists ANSF, Coalition forces kill several Taliban fighters in Oruzgan Province (Afghanistan) The West: Spain fears al-Qaeda's dream of new Al-Andalus Militants allegedly target U.S. embassy (Azerbaijan) Al-Qaida attack accused sent to crown court Spain: Islamic terrorist cell members sentenced One militant arrested, another turns himself in to police in Chechnya

India / Pakistan: Top Pakistani Militant Killed in Kashmir Gunfight (Zangi Chacha) Kashmir Gunfight Claims Two Hizbul Militants Lashkar-e-Toiba turns smuggler to fund terror (death throes for LeT?) Hizbul Mujahideen militant surrenders in Kashmir Southeast Asia: 14 insurgents surrender in Assam Indonesia considers charging sect leader 14 suspected insurgents rounded up in Narathiwat, Thailand (2 leaders captured) Five suspected insurgents arrested (Thailand) Arab Peninsula: Frozen Assets: US Has Crimped Al Qaeda Funds US aid for Yemen linked to al-Qaeda suspect Israel / Levant: Three Palestinian al Qaeda operatives are intercepted in Sinai on way to suicide bombings in Israel (Debka) Israeli forces continue incursion in Rafah Israeli jets shell southern Gaza police post Israel arrests local Hamas chief in West Bank Africa: Algeria: terror support cell dismantled At least 17 terrorists, one soldier killed in latest clashes in Algeria Nigeria: SSS Arrests Suspected Al'Qaeda Members in Kano Algeria: Millennium Bomb Plot Algerian Suspect Sentenced in Absentia to Life