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Afghanistan
Shura member Mullah Ami claims Mullah Omar is leading the Taliban from Afghanistan and that the Taliban control “80 percent areas of over seven Afghan provinces.” A look at the Taliban operating from Baluchistan and Mujahideen Shura. The Taliban said it released two Pakistani reporters. Two NATO soldiers were killed in a suicide strike in Kandahar.
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Iraq
News reports that 4 mosques were burned and 6 Sunnis were dragged from a mosque and burned are either unconfirmed or false. The Iraqi Police Captain quoted is not authorized to speak to the media, and is being tracked by the Coalition (more). Reports of civilian deaths and the leveling of a neighborhood block are suspect.
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Iran
38 killed in Iranian military plane crash
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Indonesia
Abu Sayyaf field commander captured in Zamboanga Peninsula
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Palestinian Territories
Mashaal backed off of a threat to initiate the third intifada. PM Olmert may present a diplomatic initiative to the Palestinian government (Hamas). The IDF killed 2 two ‘armed Palestinians’ and arrested 15 in the West Bank.
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Iraq
Why Moqtada al-Sadr may end up deciding America’s fate in Iraq
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Iran
Military plane carrying IRGC members crashes in Tehran
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Iraq
Iraq Study Group Weighs Overture to Iran and Syria
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Iraq
Baghdad Fearful – Some signs of cohesiveness as Shiites provide shelter to Sunnis
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Afghanistan
Nato urges end of right to opt out of Afghanistan combat
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Afghanistan
Suicide bomber hits NATO troops in Afghan south
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Afghanistan
Rift Over Afghan Mission Looms for NATO
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Thailand
Four Thais, including two soldiers, were murdered by by Muslim insurgents on motorbikes. The Thai government will lift martial law in all provinces but seven, including the three Muslim provinces on the Malaysian border.
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Somalia
The Islamic Courts has “dispatched thousands of troops Sunday to within 15 kilometers” of the Ethiopian border. The ICU rallied in the border town of Abudwaq, and has banned weapons. Over 3,000 TFG cadet graduates have been deployed in Baidoa.
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Iraq
Jonathan Chait: Bring back Saddam Hussein
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Navy has larger mission in mind in Africa
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Iraq
(Iraq) Joint Operation Detains 10, seizes cache near Euphrates
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Anbar: The Abu Soda Tribe vs. al Qaeda
The Albu Soda tribe fought al Qaeda in Iraq in Ramadi, Coalition forces assist Iraq. Click map to view. The 25 tribes of the Anbar Salvation Council and Al-Qaeda in Iraq have been battling it out since the tribes have committed to work with the Iraqi government and U.S. military in western Iraq. Over the weekend, the Abu Soda tribe, one of the members of the Anbar Salvation Council, fought alongside U.S. force against al Qaeda in Iraq in the Sofia neighborhood of Ramadi. On November 25, al Qaeda attacked the Abu Soda tribe in the provincial capital. According to…
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Chechen al Qaeda Emir Abu Hafs Killed
Russian security services killed the Chechen al Qaeda leader in neighboring Dagestan Abu Hafs al-Urduni Click image to view. The Russian government has made significant progress against the Chechen branch of al Qaeda over the past year. Today, Russian’s Federal Security Services killed Abu Hafs, al Qaeda in Chechnya’s commander, during a raid on a safe house in the neighboring state of Dagestan, along with four associates. Abu Haf’s death follows that of Shamil Basayev, the leader of the Chechen jihad, along with much of his senior staff. Since his death, almost 350 Chechen terrorist have surrendered and accepted reconcilliation.…
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Pakistan
The Taliban are holding two well known Pakistani journalists: Syed Saleem Shahzad and Qamar Yousafzai. The government is monitoring Afghan ‘prayer leaders’ in the NWFP. This is part of Pakistan’s attempt to shift the blame for the Taliban on Afghanistan.
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Iraq
Army Expands Training for Advisers Who Will Try to Improve Iraq™s Security Forces
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Iraq
The Abu Soda tribe fought al Qaeda in Anbar province, and was backed by Coalition support. The tribe claims it killed 55 al Qaeda and arrested 25. Mahdi Army devotees stoned PM Maliki’s car as he toured Sadr City.
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Palestinian Territories
Palestinian terrorists violated the truce just hours after its inception. The PA deployed 13,000 security forces in Gaza to halt the Qassam attacks. Islamic Jihad claims it has hundreds of suicide bombers trained and ready to attack.
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Afghanistan
Fifty-seven Taliban and one NATO soldier were killed during fighting in southern Afghanistan. A suicide bomber kills 15 in an attack in Paktika. French and German troops may be used as a reserve force in southern Afghanistan.
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Iraq
[UPDATE 2] Sunni terrorists killed 21 Shiites in their homes in the town of in Imam Mansour. Coalition forces killed 10 insurgents when raiding a bomb factory in Taji, and 12 more north of Baghdad. Fifty-eight insurgents are said to have killed in fighting overall north of Baghdad.
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Pakistan
NWFP Governor Orakzai claims the U.S. and NATO are facing a “snowballing war in Afghanistan and will suffer a military disaster unless they back peaceful means to end the conflict.” The joint Pakistani-Afghan tribal jirga is being discussed. Pakistan claims an Afghan soldier carrying explosives was arrested in Quetta.
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Is the L.A. Times Repeating Enemy Propaganda? Or Is There Another Reason The Paper Is Getting Basic Facts Wrong and Failing to Report the Military™s Side?
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal threatened a third intifada if talks on the establishment of the Palestinian state fail. Israel has rejected a Palestinian offer of a cease fire. Israeli troops find toys rigged for explosives in a lab in the West Bank town of Nablus.
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Caucasus
Doku Umarov Not Dead
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Morocco
Morocco has broken up a Ansar al-Mahdi Jihadi terror cell. The town of Tetouan is believed to be “one of the world’s most fertile recruiting ground for jihadists.” Twenty-six Tetouanis have participated in attacks in Iraq and Madrid, Spain.
