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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.
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Iraq
A U.S. helicopter crew destroyed a rocket launcher in Sadr City after observing the rocket fire, and have combat video to prove it. Iraqi sources claim it was fire from a funeral party. The Mahdi Army drug 6 Sunnis from a Baghdad Mosque and burned them alive.
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Somalia
The ICU “openly declared a holy war against Ethiopians.” Ethiopia has sent hundreds more troops to reinforce Baidoa. The ICU has sent in a force of 30 technicals to control Abudwaq, on the Ethiopian border. Over 22,000 Somalia have left for Yemen to escape the ICU.
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France warns on Chad ‘rebel move’
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Cyber soldiers of electronic jihad
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Iraq
Sunni face new conflict in Iraq war
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Palestinian Territories
2 IDF soldiers wounded in Gaza; 3 Palestinians killed by army
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Lebanon
Beirut Throngs Mourn Slain Minister and Revile Syria
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Syria
Syria may not cooperate with Hariri tribunal
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Female Terrorist Suspected in South Ossetian Explosion
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At Least Six Explosives Defused in N. Ireland’s Assembly Building
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Iraq
Some Fighters in Iraq Adopt New Tactics to Battle US
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Thailand
As the Thai government waits for Muslim insurgent groups to accept peace talks , 2 more teachers are killed in the south. One of the teachers was burned alive in his car after surviving the shooting. Five Thais have been killed today.
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Iran
Russia is shipping the Tor-M1 air-defence missile systems to Iran. Iran and Syria are rearming Hezbollah. Iran is shipping weapons to Hezbollah through Syia.
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Al-Qaeda Attacks Sadr City, Tal Afar
Attacks not only aimed at escalating the violence, but are directed at the will of the American public The carnage in Sadr City. Click image to view. On Thanksgiving Day, al Qaeda in Iraq pulled off a well planned, coordinated attack against Muqtada al-Sadr’s base of power. Five car bombs and two mortars stuck markets in Sadr city, while a platoon-sized element raided the Ministry of Health, which is run by Sadr’s political block. Over 200 have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Sadr City. The Mahdi Army hit back with a mortar barrage on the Sunni dominated neighborhood…
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Iraq
Sadr’s political block threatened to withdrawal from the government if Maliki meets Bush. The death toll from the Sadr city bombings is at 202. Up to 20 Sunnis were killed in the retaliatory mortar attacks on Adhamiyah. Twenty-two are killed by suicide bomber in Tal Afar.
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Philippines
(Philippines) A mixed faith group will stage a rally against terrorism
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Pakistan
The Woman’s Protection Bill, which is strongly opposed by the Islamist MMA, has passed the Senate. Pakistani troops are engaged in heavy fighting in Kohlu, Baluchistan against the BLA. FATA’s law secretary claimed there are no links between madrassa and the Taliban.
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Philippines
Philippine security forces killed one Abu Sayyaf terrorist and capture 7 during a raid on a safe house in Mindanao. The armed forces are reorganizing the hunt for Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani on Jolo. The wife of Jemaah Islamiyah bomb expert Dulmatin will be deported in December.
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Afghanistan
Mullah Dadullah said the Taliban attacks have slowed due to the onset of winter, and will intensify next summer. Seven Taliban were killed in Kandahar, and 11 terrorist were detained in Khost. One NATO soldier is killed and another wounded during a rocket attack in Ghazni.
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Iraq
Troops at new outpost hope fight pauses long enough for celebration
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Somalia
The Ethiopian government “is making the necessary preparations for war,” said Prime Minister Meles. TFG President Yusuf is heading to Puntland. A local militia in the town of Abudwaq near the Ethiopian border has retaken a police station form the ICU.
