Today's Roundup

SECURITY DUTY - U.S. Army Spc. Rebecca Buck secures the perimeter of an Iraqi police station in Tarmiya Province, Iraq, March 30, 2008. Buck is a medic with 25th Infantry Division's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. William Greer

Iraq: Battles kill 13 in Sadr City, blockade eased Special Forces destroy al-Qaida camp cache Aide to radical Iraqi cleric shot dead Unmanned Drone Kills 6 Iraqi Insurgents MND-C Soldiers aid residents, remove weapons cache (Baghdad) Local cooperation brings in multiple suspects (Jisr Diyala) Coalition Forces capture suspected Special Groups criminal Five wanted individuals, 20 other suspects detained Coalition forces return fire after complex attack in Sadr City Significant caches found North of Habbaniyah Iraqi Border Patrol discovers large mines cache in Diyala Province National Police, MND-C Soldiers, capture key criminal Third cache discovered within seven days UAV destroys mortar position, kills 6 MND-C Soldiers find weapons cache in Janabi Iraqi Army soldiers find weapons caches, detain 2 in separate operations MND-B Soldiers seize weapons cache ISF capture two al-Qaeda in Iraq IED cell members, one insurgent cell leader in separate operations MND-B Air Weapons Teams engage criminals Two AQI terrorists killed, nine detained in central, northern Iraq MND-B Soldiers seize weapons cache MND-B Soldiers kill 13 criminals Iraqi Police, Iraqi Army discover large cache in Husayniyah MND-B Soldiers detain suspected EFP cell leader, seize cache Iraqi Army soldiers uncover weapons caches near Arab Jassim, PB Warrior Keep ISF, SOI discover 11 weapons caches in northern Iraq Six detained in Coalition operations IED weapons making facility destroyed in Diyala UAV kills 2 criminals Iraqi Army soldiers discover hundreds of mortar rounds

Afghanistan / Pakistan: Al-Qaeda leader dead, says US intelligence (Abu Obaidah al-Masri) Rumors of Hekmatyar's Death in Nuristan Fighting Coalition airstrike targeted Hekmatyar loyalists (Earlier story) US commander: 'Significant' reduction in Taliban, al-Qaida operations Pak army swings into action as Taliban re-emerges in Swat 7 Taliban, 1 Afghan Police Killed Afghan clashes claim 24 Taliban Suspected IED facilitators, militant sub-commander detained Weapons cache discovered, destroyed in Helmand The West: UK terror plot: Sabeel Ahmed gets 18-month term Britain monitoring 30 terror plots: Home Secretary Tunisian arrested for terror links in Italy Southeast Asia: (Scared to lead!) Militant Declines Abu Sayyaf Leadership Philippine police raid on JI lair yields bomb-making materials Philippines deports suspected al-Qaeda members (sorry, no GTMO for you) 15 militants surrender in Tripura N. Delhi hands over list of 117 camps of Indian insurgents on Bangladesh 24 suspects detained in Narathiwat sweep (Thailand)

Israel / Levant: Israeli Airstrike Kills 2 in Gaza Tank-armed Israeli troops carry out incursion in central Gaza Two Palestinians on night watch mission in Gaza killed in air strike Syria: President's brother-in-law 'accused of US-backed coup' India / Pakistan: Five Hizbul Mujahideen rebels killed in Kashmir Hizbul Mujahideen commander killed in Doda District Hizbul Militant Arrested Four Militants Killed in Factional Clash (Red on Red) Two Al-Badar Militants Arrested in Kashmir Jihad Loses its Pull in Kashmir Africa: French commandos swoop after pirates free hostages Al-Qaida-linked mastermind of French killings arrested (Mauritania) Two militants arrested by Algerian security AQ in Algeria: Old, Sick, Quitting The Caucasus: Almost 200 militants killed in North Caucasus in 2007 Law enforcers destroy 14 terrorist bases in Chechnya in March