Today's Roundup

CLEARING PROCEDURES - U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment instruct Iraqi police room clearing procedures on Forward Operating Base Volunteer in Baghdad, Iraq. Photo By: Spc. Nicholas A. Hernande, US Army

Iraq: Sunni Tribal Militias To Fight Iraqi Insurgents Iraqi Forces Find, Detonate Car Bombs in Sunni Leader's Complex (story #1) Son of Sunni Leader Arrested in Iraq (story #2) Iraqi journalist falsely says 11 relatives had been killed by security forces 4 suspects detained in Rashid Coalition forces target car-bombers, assassins, kidnappers; one killed, 16 detained Concerned Local Citizens, Coalition Forces secure 3 weapons caches Coalition forces capture two targeted suspects; disrupt criminal network Insurgent safe house, house-borne IED blown up (Arab Jabour) An Nasiriyah SWAT captures high-level IED facilitator, four others Coalition forces target foreign terrorist facilitators, car-bombers, propaganda cells Coalition forces find weapons caches with help from local Iraqis; 18 suspects detained Iraqi Army seizes counterfeit money (eastern Baghdad) VBIED discovered near office of COR member; more than 40 detained Tip leads to cache in eastern Baghdad Black Lions arrest alleged extremist leaders (West Rashid) 7 suspects detained in Rashid An Nasiriyah SWAT operation targets extremist IED facilitators ‘Operation Varsity March’ Nets al Qaida Weapons Smuggler Iraqi SWAT Unit Targets Bomb-Making Cells Near Nasiriyah Turkey says inflicts heavy casualties on PKK in Iraq Turkish army arrests 60 PKK fighters

Afghanistan / Pakistan: Pakistani troops arrest 25 militants in Swat Pakistan arrests 11 suspected militants in northwest US to target Al Qaeda hideouts inside Pakistan, says Bush Operation against Swat militants continues Pakistan security arrests brother of militant leader (Maulana Fazalullah) Seven Taliban arrested by villagers in Pakistan Three militants killed in Bajaur, Pakistan Attack kills 30 Taliban militants (Kandahar) Four Taliban killed at Afghan wedding Three Insurgent IED Makers/Planters Killed by Coalition Forces The West: Turkey says Germany has extradited 2 PKK militants Prosecutors seek life sentence for Padilla Jurors to begin deliberations Monday in Sears Tower terror trial Slovakia extradites al-Qaeda terrorist suspect to Algeria Lebanese-American pleads guilty in bid to aid Hezbollah (Detroit) Probable Connection Between Al Qa'ida and Hizb ut Tahrir

The Caucasus: Man detained in Dagestan on suspicion planning attack on polling day Potential guerrilla recruits detained in Chechnya’s Shatoysky district Serviceman, militant killed in Chechnya attack Israel / Levant: Israeli Strike Kills 5 Militants in Gaza Youths with bombs stopped at Hawara Checkpoint IDF arrests two suspected terrorists in Nablus overnight Egyptian police seize explosives, uncover tunnels near Gaza border One killed, three injured by Israeli forces near refugee camp in Gaza India / Pakistan: Lashkar Commander Killed Near Shalimar Police teams arrest 2 in bomb seizure case Saudi Peninsula Prince Naif Asks Islamic Scholars to Fight Deviants Kuwaitis Convicted of Jihad Group Membership Sentenced To Death Africa: Algeria, Mali set up joint border patrols to fight terrorists Southeast Asia: Fresh fighting in southern Philippines, 15 terrorists killed Two suspected militants shot dead in Manipur Troops seize sayyaf, MNLF camp in Sulu, Philippines