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Pakistan
Talibanisation taking roots in Mardan
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Afghanistan
Five Taliban fighters were killed while trying to build a suicide car bomb in Kandahar province. Two Taliban bomb emplacers were killed when their IED detonated in Ghazni province. Ten Taliban fighters were killed while attacking a police station in Helmand province.
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Afghanistan
Ghurka engineers begin Musa Qala rebuilding process
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Pakistan
Britain to help probe Bhutto killing
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Authorities Detain Popular Blogger
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Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb took credit for a suicide bombing attack on a police station the town of Naciria. Over 1,100 pounds of explosives were used in the bombing which killed four and wounded over 20.
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Iraq
US general says 60 percent of attacks in north Iraq
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Al Qaeda
US military says 51 Qaeda leaders killed or captured
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Iraq
Fifty-one al Qaeda leaders have been killed or captured in December. A suicide bomber killed eight and wounded 16 in an attack on the Awakening in Baqubah. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 11 during operations in Miqdadiyah and Samarra, and detained a Special Groups operative in Adhamiyah. Iraqi security forces killed three insurgents and arrested 28 in Baghdad, 15 in Mosul, and eight in Kirkuk. Police arrested an assassination network leader in Diwaniyah.
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Al Qaeda
Iraq Sunni leaders hit back at bin Laden
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Iraq
Syria blames Foreign Forces for Iraq status
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Yemen
The International Federation of Journalists urged Yemen™s President to dismiss “terrorism” charges against journalist Abdulkarim al Khaiwani who received photographs of the war-torn Sa’ada region. Al Khaiwani, a vocal regime critic, was beaten, kidnapped, censored, and threatened for reporting on the war and currently faces the death penalty. Al Wasat newspaper reported Jamal al Badawi was released for a second time by the Yemeni government. Al Badawi, convicted in the USS Cole bombing, escaped twice. He recently surrendered and was reportedly paroled.
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Iraq
Press, political pressure helped ‘lose’ Fallujah, report says
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Mullah Omar confirms firing of Mullah Mansour Dadullah
The leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan issues a statement dismissing southern Afghanistan commander Mullah Mansoor Dadullah. Mansoor denied dismissal as a conspiracy, but Omar released a statement on a Taliban website.
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Yemen’s Intifada
Jane Novak looks at the internal problems in Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. Recent unrest may signal a renewed round of fighting and perhaps civil war.
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Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto ‘ignored security warnings’
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Pakistan
Elections may be delayed for more than a month. The Pakistani government withdrew claims Bhutto was killed by a skull fracture. Four Pakistani paramilitary forces were kidnapped, five Taliban fighters were killed, and 20 captured during clashes in Makeen, South Waziristan. Twenty-seven Taliban were captured in Swat.
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Palestinian Territories
Fighting in Gaza resulted in eight dead and 60 wounded after Hamas attacked members of Fatah during a celebration. Israeli ground and helicopter strikes killed six members of Hamas’ Qassam rockets cells in Gaza.
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Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 30 Iraqis and wounded 38 at a funeral in eastern Baghdad. Iraqi police and soldiers captured a leader of al Qaeda in Diyala. Police arrested the leader of Buhriz’s Concerned Local Citizens and three aides for involvement with al Qaeda. One al Qaeda operative was killed and two wounded near Hillah.
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Iraq
Baghdad Is One Big Party Tonight
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Taliban kidnap Pakistani troops in last known location of Baitullah Mehsud
The fighting occurred in Makeen in South Waziristan, where Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud sheltered after Bhutto assassination.
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Pakistan
Seven Indian security personnel killed in LeT attack
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Iraq
Suicide bomber kills 30 at Iraq funeral
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Sudan
Gunman kills US diplomat, driver in Sudan
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Pakistan
Pakistan Government makes U-turn on cause of Bhutto’s death
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Pakistan
Lockheed to supply 18 F-16s to Pakistan
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Somalia
Mogadishu violence kills 6,500 in past year
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Pakistan
Pakistan election decision due on Tuesday
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Palestinian Territories
Five killed in Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza
