Today's Roundup

LIVE FIRE TRAINING IN KUWAIT - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Carroll fires an AT-4 during live-fire training, at the Udairi Range Complex in Kuwait. Marines of Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, from Camp Pendleton, Calif., are training as part of their current deployment to the Pacific and Arabian Gulf. U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Bryson K. Jones

Iraq: U.S. to Expand Outposts Across Baghdad by 30% Iraqi, US Troops to Join Forces in Fighting Insurgents in Mosul Aide of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric shot dead in Najaf Iraqi and U.S. Special Operations Forces Detain Terrorist Leader Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces Detain Terrorist Facilitator Iraqi forces detain Ansar al-Sunnah militants Iraqi, US troops detain 24 suspected terrorists Mosul to be "cleansed" of al Qaeda Soldiers arrest eight alleged Sunni extremists (Baghdad) Coalition Forces capture high-value individual (Baghdad) Coalition disrupts al-Qaeda networks; four terrorists killed, 18 detained TF-Rogue troops capture AQI cell member as part of Phantom Phoenix Coalition forces detain four suspected criminals (Baghdad) Coalition Forces detain one extremist following a rocket attack (Baghdad) VBIED discovered, two detained (Arab Jabour) CLCs contribute to finding enemy weapons (Arab Jabour) Operation Iron Boston targets al-Qaeda hideout (Sa'id Abdullah) CLC turns in weapons cache (Baghdad) Iraqi, U.S. Security Forces detain an extremist leader & a terrorist financier in separate operations Scouts recover weapons cache in Narwhan RCT-1 takes command in Al Anbar Coalition forces target al-Qaeda in Iraq networks, 18 suspects detained Soldiers find two caches in Doura Coalition forces target al-Qaeda in central Iraq; 18 suspects detained Anti-Coalition forces operative captured; criminal networks disrupted (Baghdad) Sixteen IEDs, cache turned in by CLCs CLCs contribute to finding enemy weapons MND Soldiers, Iraqi Police conduct combined operation with CLCs in support of Operation Phantom Phoenix Iraqi civilians lead troops to explosives cache (Ramadi) Abu Ajeel’s Iraqi Police come back strong (Tikrit) MND-North Soldiers uncover large caches west of Bayji Three terrorists killed, two detained during operations targeting al-Qaeda (Tigris River Valley) CLC provides tip to cache, roadside bomb (Baghdad) Iraqi citizens’ tips lead Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces to 2 weapons caches (al Kut) Extremist sniper walks into Coalition hands (Baghdad) Mystery of the WMDs (Laurie Mylroie ) Turkish warplanes 'resume airstrikes' (against PKK) The Caucasus / Central Asia: Kyrgyz authorities arrest alleged member of al-Qaida linked regional Islamic group (related to IMU chief Qari Yuldashev?) Russia launches anti-terrorist operation in Ingushetia Kyrgyzstan Probing Radioactive Cargo Bound for Iran

Afghanistan / Pakistan: 12 militants killed in North Waziristan missile strike (Arab speakers) 7 Arabs among missile victims (+5 central Asians) CIA kills top al Qaeda terrorist in Pakistan (al-Libi) Arab, Asian al Qaeda operatives reported killed in North Waziristan raid (al-Masri also killed?) Afghanistan's 12 Most Wanted (al-Libi is on the list) Qaeda-linked militant killed in fresh Pakistan violence (Qasim Toori ) Key militant captured, not killed in Pakistan: minister (Update on Toori) Poll terror plot is foiled (Toori is talking) Mullah Omar sacks Baitullah for fighting against Pak Army (more Taliban infighting) Afghani Villagers Help Forces Rid Areas of Insurgent Weapons 'Explosion in Pak. kills 3 suspected suicide bombers' (work accident) Pakistani forces recapture tunnel Troops resume targeting militant positions in South Waziristan Afghans eye taking combat lead against Taliban 8 Taliban killed in clash with police in southern Afghanistan Australian soldiers take out Taliban targets How Al Qaeda Lost Pakistan (nice breakdown of the Pak situation) Taliban 'resurgence' sign of desperation not increased capability (Read this one!) Wazir tribesmen wary of Uzbek militants’ return (more Taliban infighting) 18 Orakzai tribes form Lashkar (Army) against Taliban (nice!) U.S. aims to turn hostile Pakistani tribes friendly US intelligence agents 'uncover Bin Laden letters' Five ‘Taliban’ arrested in Zhob The West: Tampa Firm Removes Jihadi Web Site (Good job) Madrid train bombs suspect held British man charged with two terrorism offenses (Canada) Algerian-born terror suspect arrested in shower (boo-hoo) Al Qaida 'data at plot man's house' (Britain) 9/11 accused loses final bid for freedom (Britain)

Israel / Levant: Lebanese army prevailed against al Qaeda (Must read story!) 6 more detained in Turkey’s Qaeda crackdown Two militants killed in northern Gaza Israeli soldiers kill armed man in Gaza Palestinians with explosive belts arrested in Taba (border with Israel) Egypt arrests militants from Gaza India / Pakistan: Supreme commander of Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islamia is killed Four militants killed in Kashmir Woman detained for links with LeT Militant hideouts busted in Jammu and Kashmir Saudi Peninsula New Saudi prison system aims to rehabilitate Al Qaida inmates Soft jihadi approach in Yemen scrutinized Africa: Racing against Al Qaida in Mauritania Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb's dilemma (More terrorist infighting) Algeria: security forces distribute 29 suicide bombers’ photos Al-Zawahiri Was a Sudanese Agent Algerian security forces kill five terrorists Algeria: Group behind UN bomb dismantled AFRICOM staff to grow to 1,300 as it takes over military activities Southeast Asia: JI forces weaken: military chief (Philippines) Marines sent to secure Tawi-Tawi island town (Philippines) Abu Sayyaf officer linked to Father Roda murder slain in clash Bali bomb suspect gives Philippine army the slip again Seven militants jailed for life over bomb campaign (Bangladesh) Indian Army officer, 2 militants killed in Assam Village sweep kills two southern militants (Thailand) 8 suspected insurgents arrested in Narathiwat (Thailand) 12 suspected insurgents rounded up in Narathiwat (Thailand) FBI chief lauds Cambodia for its role in 'war on terror'