Today's Roundup

Company E soldiers stand on guard during a patrol in Hadar. They are, left to right: Spc. Baird Kelly, Pvt. Matthew Sanchez and Staff Sgt. Darrell Card. Back, left to right: Spc. Jason Shepherd and Spc. Nicholas McCauley. On Sept. 4, an estimated 50 al-Qaida militants hit their combat outpost with sniper fire, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades for six hours. Seth Robson / S&S

Iraq: Unit battled to take over ‘al-Qaida’s Castle’ US Identifies 3 al-Qaeda Leaders Killed Dragoons catch suspect linked to abductions of US soldiers Talks Are Set on Ending Battle of Iraq Iraqi forces now leading most operations Troops Detain Dozens, Kill Terrorist Suspect Cell Leader Captured in Al Saker Hawr Rajab Concerned Local Citizens turn in explosives cache to new unit EOD team identifies house-borne IED, F-16 destroys it (Maderiyah) Twelve detained as Coalition forces target al-Qaeda terrorist operations Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces disrupt Baghdad terrorist cell Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain terrorist cell leader, two others in separate oper Iraqi Police find massive weapons cache in southern Ninevah Operation Varsity March leads to capture of suspect (Sayafiyah) Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain 13 in separate operations (Balad) Concerned citizen’s tip leads to large cache find in Adhamiyah Ten detained as Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda in Iraq operations (Tigris River Valley) Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain 3, uncover 18 IEDs in separate operations Troops kill al-Qaida militants (Baiji)

Afghanistan / Pakistan: Pakistan army 'retakes key peak' in Swat Militants vacate trenches in several areas of Swat (50 Taliban killed) Pakistani troops regain control of town in Swat Afghan Commandos Detain Several Taliban Extremists Yorkshire soldiers help seize million dollar drugs haul in Afghanistan Taliban weapons smuggling operations disrupted Elite Afghan force continues to neutralize Taliban insurgents Afghan citizens continue to rid their villages of Taliban insurgents ANSF seize ammunition cache The West: Judge sentences Somali immigrant in shopping mall terror plot (Ohio) Testimony Ends in Miami Terrorism Case (Liberty City Seven) Doctor sentenced in NY terrorism case Slovak police seize 'enriched uranium' in raid British man fails to block extradition to US in terror case

Israel / Levant: Jordan sentences al-Qaida militant to 10 years in slaying of US diplomat 2 Hamas militants killed in IDF strike At least 60 hurt in Fatah-Hamas clashes Turkey detains four PKK fundraisers India / Pakistan: Wanted Hizbul militant killed in Kashmir gunfight Two militants shot dead in J&K LeT militants killed in Gandoh, another flees LeT militant killed in Mahore Saudi Peninsula Saudi Arabia Arrests 208 in Antiterrorism Sweep New Generation of al-Qaeda on Trial in Yemen The Caucasus: High-Ranking Terrorist Killed in Chechnya