Today's Roundup

In a scene all too familiar to US Servicemen past and present, a UH-60 MEDEVAC Helicopter, always call signed Dust-off, evacuates US Army Paratroopers and Afghan Army soldiers who were ambushed near Forward Operating Base Bella in November.

Iraq: Soldiers Find Front Line at Iraq House Iraqi Forces arrest hundreds of Saudi Al Qaeda suspects (includes Saudi most wanted) New group of Sunni leaders is gaining power U.S. bombs Al Qaida safe havens, tracks down cash-starved operatives fleeing North, South Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces Detain Terrorist Cell Leader U.S. says 60 killed in offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq Coalition forces disrupt foreign terrorist facilitation networks, eight detained Large cache, underground bunker system discovered during Operation Phantom Phoenix Iraqi National Police foil kidnapping Operation Phantom Phoenix: Pursuit of al–Qaeda continues CLCs, ‘Strike’ troops locate caches, mortar rounds CF, IA work together to clear out al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces uncover weapons cache Coalition forces disrupt criminal element networks, armed man killed Coalition forces targets foreign terrorists, propaganda and IED cells; 13 detained Tips lead to destruction of booby-trapped houses during Operation Phantom Phoenix Paratroopers discover rockets thanks to tip Local Iraqi discovers explosive formed penetrator at major intersection Coalition forces find prison facility, weapons caches in Diyala; 15 detained Iraqi Soldiers find weapons cache in Saydiyah during Operation Phantom Phoenix Coalition forces targets al-Qaeda networks in Baghdad, Mosul; 15 detained Coalition targets al-Qaeda leadership, media networks; two killed, 11 detained Coalition forces capture Special Groups facilitator, disrupt criminal networks Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces Detain IED Specialists in Hillah and Balad

Afghanistan / Pakistan: 3 Taliban killed in clash with Afghan police 23 Pro-Taliban Militants Killed Near Afghan Border Troops arrest 4 most-wanted militants Massive crackdown in South Waziristan 50 militants killed in two days Top Taliban leader killed in Pakistan (Iranian source) Two Uzbek fighters killed in Waziristan (local tribes fight back) ANA deliver infant saving mother, child The West: Al Qaeda Is Building a White Army of Terror Ex-Leaders of Islamic Charity Are Convicted Spain, France reach accord on fighting terrorism Serbia: Trial begins for 15 Wahabi terrorism suspects Southeast Asia: Indonesia's success: using terrorists to fight terrorism Army to beef-up combatants to slam insurgents (Philippines)

The Caucasus: Three militants killed in special operation in Makhachkala Troops kill four militants in grenade attack Russia puts Beslan activists on trial Russia forces kill 6 rebels in Dagestan Police kill two rebels in Dagestan Israel / Levant: Egyptian cell plotted Israel attack (14 arrested) Syrian-Born Qaida Member Arrested in Beirut Lebanese Army detains Fatah al-Islam member Israeli airstrike kills 3 Gaza militants Police arrest five suspected of planning terrorist attacks India / Pakistan: Two LET militants killed 3 OGWs arrested Fugitive Lashkar suspect arrested Africa: Plot to kill Queen Elizabeth foiled (Uganda) Mauritanians Arrested in Tourist Deaths Al Qaeda suspects extradited to Mauritania