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India
Airports across India are on high alert after a specific al Qaeda threat against airports in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Two of Dawood Ibrahim’s lieutenants have been arrested in the UAE.
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Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka clash in sea battle
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Lebanon
U.N.: No Evidence of Uranium-based Munitions Used in Lebanon
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Somalia
Puntland arrested 12 supporters of the Islamic Courts in Galkayo, a city just north of recent fighting between the ICU and Puntland forces. An ICU spokesman for central Somalia claims they will take Galkayo and regions north by force. Aways, Indhoaade and Sharif tout the capture of a pirated ship. The ICU has banned all tobacco products, and burned them in the streets.
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Afghanistan
The exit strategy – Victory in Afghanistan means understanding what we can achieve there, then sticking to it
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Afghanistan
NATO kills 15 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan after a patrol is attacked. Canadian forces, Afghan police killed 28 Taliban in the Zari district of Kandahar. The French are seriously considering withdrawing the 200 special forces (our sources say this is due to anger over the Musa Qala agreement.) India will host an international conference on Afghan reconstruction.
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Afghanistan
Canada says has broken S. Afghan Taliban uprising
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France
Muslims workers win back security clearance at Paris airport
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Iraq
Ambassador Khalilzad attempts to reassure Iraqis on the results of the U.S. election. Four al Qaeda were killed and 48 captured during a raid in Ramadi. Ten al Qaeda were killed near Muqdadiyah. U.S. soldiers killed 38 and wounded 9 terrorists after an attack on their base in Baghdad. Seventeen members of a death squad operating in Baghdad were captured.
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas’ military wing has called for Muslims worldwide to attack the U.S.. Senior Hamas officials say ‘We Want [All of] Palestine, from the River to the Sea’; ‘Resistance and Jihad Are Legitimate’. Israel has withdrawn a large portion of its forces from Gaza. The IAF killed the leader of Hamas’s Kassam rocket firing unit, along with three other terrorists.
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Caucasus
Chechen gunmen ambush Russian patrol, kill seven soldiers
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Undercover Video of New York City Led to Life Sentence
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Iraq
Subdued Saddam calls for end to faction fighting
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Yemen
Yemen al Qaeda warns US allies of new attacks
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Israel
Israel Withdraws Most Forces From Gaza Strip
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Palestinian Territories
Palestinians: Israeli strike in Gaza kills 18 – Tank fire killed civilians, officials say; Israeli says military investigating
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United States
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has resigned, and will be replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates. “Gates is a member of the Iraq Study Group…” A shift in the Iraq policy is expected after the Democrats won the house, and potentially the Senate.
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Sudan
Sudan Points Finger In Darfur Slaughter – Accuses ‘Renegade Arab Tribesmen’ Of Killing 33 In Raid Last Month
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Somalia
Somali Islamists free pirate ship
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(Sri Lanka) Rebels claim 45 civilians killed
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Spain
Madrid bombing suspect jailed in Italy
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Suicide Strike Kills 42 Pakistani Soldiers in Dargai
Over 20 wounded in attack on Pakistani Army training base in the Northwest Frontier Province As the Pakistani government continues to press for a peace accord in Bajaur and elsewhere in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, a suicide bomber strikes at an Army base in Dargai in the Northwest Frontier Province. Over 42 Pakistani Army trainees were murdered and 20 wounded in the attack. “The bomber wrapped a chadar (cloak) around his body and came running into the training area and exploded himself where recruits had gathered for training,” a military official said, reports News.com.au.
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Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 42 Pakistani soldiers and wounded 20 at an Army base in Dargai in the NWFP. NWFP Governor Orkazi was the target of a rocket attack in Wana, South Waziristan. The 3 survivors of the Bajaur airstrikes are in a secret location. Musharraf will address “militancy” with both military power and peace talks.
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Afghanistan
Thousands of Afghan Pashtuns protested Pakistan’s interference inside Afghanistan, and claim Pakistan is harboring the Taliban. Schools are being reopened in Helmand province. The Afghan Army will take up to 10 years to develop.
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Thailand
School staff shot dead, rail station bombed in Thai violence
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Morocco
Moroccan-born Dane on trial for promoting terrorism
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Turkey
Islam challenges secularism in Turkey’s east
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Iraq
57 Iraqi Police Charged With Torture
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Iran
Sunni Islamists Websites in Iraq Claim Iranian Top-Secret Document Reveals Iran/al Qaeda Contacts Months Before 9/11
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India
India boosts security along the Bangladeshi border after terror attack in Assam. Indian police killed two Kashmiri terrorists and detain four.
