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Iraq
Bush Plan for Iraq Requests More Troops and More Jobs
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(Sri Lanka) Suspected female suicide bomber kills 11
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Russia denounces US arms sanctions on three Russian firms for exporting weapons to Libya and Iran
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Iraq
Maliki warns critics, says Saddam hanging an Iraqi affair
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Iraq
Iraq conflict has spread terror, says Chirac
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Palestinian Territories
Palestinian gov’t threatens to confront any offense against Executive Force
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Kashmir
Two killed, 45 injured in grenade explosion in Kashmir
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Iraq
Eqypt refuses to pull the plug on al-Zawraa television, an insurgent propaganda outlet which is broadcast via Egypt based NileSat, despite U.S. pressure. See our feature on al-Zawraa, and the response by Mishan al-Jabouri, the owner of al-Zawraa.
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Philippines
The Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines Part 1
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Palestinian Territories
Three Hamas were killed in fighting with Fatah. PA President Abbas has declared Hamas in Gaza an illegal armed group, while Hamas states it plans on doubling its forces. Egypt allowed PM Haniyeh smuggle $20 million into Gaza.
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Iraq
The Iraqi government has initiated an operation to restore order in Baghdad. Both Sunni insurgents and Shia militias are to be targeted. A clash ina Sunni neighbor led to 30 insurgents killed, including 5 Sudanese. Coalition forces captured an al Qaeda cell leader in southern Baghdad who is said to “tied to senior level al Qaeda in Iraq leadership.” The Iraqi Army freed 4 hostages in Baghdad.
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Somalia
Two ICU financiers were captured in Kenya. Seven Oromo Liberation Front Fighters from Ethiopian are being held in Kenya after crossing from Somalia, making the number of foreign fighters captured at 23. Senior ICU leaders are said to be in Yemen for talks. Violent protests in Mogadishu were organized by the ICU.
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Afghanistan
The Taliban burned a school in Kunar province. One NATO soldier was wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar, while 4 more were wounded in a suicide attack in Paktika.
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Afghanistan
Five NATO troops wounded in roadside suicide car bomb attacks in Afghanistan
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Iran and al Qaeda in Iraq
Qods Force logo. Click image to view. Further evidence of Iran’s support of the Shia death squads and Sunni al Qaeda has emerged. At the end of December, two Iranian agents of the Qods force were arrested in a SCIRI compound in Baghdad. The Iraqi government was angry over the arrests, as the Iranians were part of a diplomatic delegation, and the agents were later released and deported. But the Washington Post reported the two Iranian intelligence agents captured in Baghdad possessed “weapons lists, documents pertaining to shipments of weapons into Iraq, organizational charts, telephone records and maps, among other…
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Iraq
Iraq: Shuffling and surging
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Iraq
US and Britain reportedly ‘to target Mahdi Army’
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Al Qaeda
State Department Warns Traveling Americans of Al Qaeda Fighters in East Africa
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Sudan
Renewed U.N.-African push for peace pact in Darfur
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Iraq
2 new generals tapped to lead military in Iraq
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North Korea
US warns N Korea against new nuke test
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Palestinian Territories
US to give Abbas forces $100m boost
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Afghanistan
Dutch aim to beat Taliban by inviting them round to tea
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al Qaeda, Islamic Courts gather the new Somali Jihad
Zawahiri, Islamist Courts lay the groundwork for the insurgency While the Islamic Courts repeatedly denied any connection to al Qaeda, the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. Hassan Dahir Aweys, the ‘spiritual leader’ (and in fact the operational leader) of the Islamic Courts is wanted by the U.S. government for his connections with al Qaeda. Sheikh Hassan Turki bragged about al Qaeda’s involvement in Somalia, and Sheikh Yusuf Indohaadde was caught on tape with ‘foreign fighters’. Adan Hashi Ayro trained with al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The three wanted al Qaeda operatives behind the 1998 Kenya and Tanzania US embassy bombings…
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Palestinian Territories
A cleric is murdered after calling for an end to fighting between Hamas and Fatah. The founder of Palestinian Ansar al-Sunnah was assassinated. Two homes in Sderot were hit by Qassam rockets. The IDF raided the West Bank in search of an Islamic Jihad terrorist.
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Iran
Tehran admits building underground atomic deposits
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Thailand
Thai tourism hit by New Year’s Eve blasts
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Iraq
El Salvador to send more troops to Iraq
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Somalia
Melbourne man killed in Somalia fighting
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Iraq
Sunnis eye reckoning with head Iraq Shia
