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Kashmir
Two Indian army officers and nine terrorists were killed in a clash near Tangmarg, a popular tourist resort. The leader of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader warned of an “intifada” due to the failure of discussions between India and Pakistan.
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Palestinian Territories
Three Hamas members killed in Gaza blast
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Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s grip on tribal areas is slipping
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Pakistan
Fourteen civilians were killed in an IED attack on a bus in North Waziristan. Two Taliban and one soldier were killed during a Taliban attack on a checkpoint in North Waziristan. Two police and a paramilitary soldier were killed in a Taliban attack on a checkpoint in Hangu. The Red Mosque has reopened. Musharraf will step down as Army Chief of Staff on November 15.
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Palestinian Territories
Poll shows Gazans fear, distrust Hamas
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Captured Iranian Qods Force officer a regional commander in Iraq
Mahmud Farhadi “was the officer-in-charge of the Zafr Command, one of three units subordinate to the Ramazan Corps of the Qods Force” established inside Iraq.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq operative killed near Syrian border sheds light on foreign influence
Killing of Muthanna, al Qaeda’s emir of the Iraq/Syrian border, highlights the role of foreign fighters in Iraq, and al Qaeda’s operations within Syria.
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Thailand
A raid in Yala uncovered graphic images of the brutal murder of soldiers and locals in the southern province. The videoclips showed throats being slit, attackers holding the severed heads of their victims, and other mutilations. A navy captain was killed in an ambush in Pattani. Two border patrol policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Narathiwat.
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Confidence is key: The evolution of the Fallujah Police Department, Part One
Bill Ardolino looks at the dramatic changes in the Fallujah Police Department from January 2007 to today. This is the first of a two-part series.
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Iraq
British PM in Iraq says 1,000 troops home by Christmas
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Sudan
African Union peacekeepers outnumbered, outgunned in Darfur: commander
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Iraq
Special operations forces raids against al Qaeda in Iraq associates in central and northern Iraq resulted in one operative killed and 10 captured. US soldiers captured five insurgents and destroyed a car bomb during a raid near Salman Pak. A suicide bomber killed six and wounded 14, including 10 policemen, in an attack in Khalis in Diyala province.
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda ‘re-emerging’ in Pakistan sanctuaries: US military
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Pakistan
Pakistan: Punjab police bust gang of terrorists
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda’s Infiltration of Sudan – The Result of Preaching to Jihad by the Sudanese Government
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Pakistan
Increasing Talibanization in Pakistan’s Seven Tribal Agencies
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Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 13 and wounded 10 in an attack on a bus in Kabul. Eight police, a woman, and her baby were killed in the attack, which was the second major suicide bombing in Kabul in four days. The US is offering rewards of $200,000 for mid-level Taliban and al Qaeda leaders, and posting the notices in Afghan villages.
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Pakistan
General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani has been named Vice Chief of Army Staff and is set to assume the job of Chief of Staff if Musharraf resigns after the October 6 election. At least 24 Frontier Constabulary soldiers are missing after a Taliban attack on a check post in Bannu.
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Iraq
Tribal Members Join in Effort To Assist US, Iraqi Forces
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Al Qaeda
Iraqi terror suspect arrested in northern Italy
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi mufti warns against joining jihad abroad
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Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s Bhutto says she might allow US strike on bin Laden
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Iraq
The Iraqi government reported civilian deaths from killings have halved over the past month. Al Qaeda in Iraq confirmed the US killed Abu Usama al Tunisi last week. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured 23 suspected al Qaeda in Iraq operatives. Coalition special forces killed seven al Qaeda operatives and captured 11 during raids in central and northern Iraq.
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Palestinian Territories
Israel frees jailed Palestinians to boost Abbas
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Iraq
Civilian killings in Iraq plunge in September: Iraqi government
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Admits “Martyrdom” of Abu Usama al-Tunisi in Iraq
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Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban in Helmand province. Two Taliban were killed, one wounded, and six captured in Zabul province. Police captured an IED maker in Nangarhar. The Taliban murdered a 15-year-old boy for possessing US money; the Taliban stuffed the bills in his mouth and hung him from a tree.
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Sudan
Over 1,000 rebel troops were responsible for overrunning the African Union peacekeeper Haskanita base. Over 150 AU troops manned the base, 10 were killed, and 20 are still missing as Sudanese troops took up positions to guard the relief effort. Senegal threatened to withdraw its troops from Darfur after the incident.
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Al Qaeda and the Taliban’s Pakistani insurgency
The Taliban’s suicide attack in the settled district of Bannu in the Northwest Frontier Province is the latest in a series of strikes aimed to overthrow the Musharraf regime.
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Algeria
Suicide blast ‘mastermind™ among 11 killed in Algeria
