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Palestinian Territories
Gunmen kill Fatah member in Gaza; Hamas member critically wounded
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Yemen
‘Al Qaeda suspects’ in Yemen found with 600kg of explosives
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United Kingdom
UK Judge approves extradition to US of alleged al Qaeda supporter
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Iraq
CBS: Death Squads In Iraqi Hospitals
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Iraq
Iraq suspends 1200 police for ties to abductions, murders
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Philippines
Military captures Abu Sayyaf man in Sulu
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Somalia
“Islamists threaten Somaliland from within” – via the economy
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United Kingdom
Campus radicals ‘growing problem’ in UK
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Al Qaeda
al Qaeda’s Far-Reaching New Partner – GSPC
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Iran
6 nations to meet, talk action on Iran
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Iraq
How Al Qaeda views a long Iraq war
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Iraq
Iraq political groups warned on militias
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Al Qaeda
Paradigmatic Jihadi Movements (CTC analysis, PDF format)
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Europe
A French police union claims they are “in a state of civil war” with Muslims. “Violent clashes injure an average of 14 officers each day… The number of attacks has risen by a third in two years… nearly 2,500 officers had been wounded this year… We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by radical Islamists… it is an intifada, with stones and Molotov cocktails.”
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The Hunt for Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Iraqi and Coalition forces on the trail of al Qaeda in Iraq’s commander Abu Ayyub al-Masri. The Iraqi government has recently expressed optimism in the hunt for Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and the successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In Major General Bill Caldwell’s most recent briefing, he noted that two of al-Masri’s senior aides have been arrested in the past week. “We’re obviously gleaning some key critical information from those individuals and others that have been picked up and detained that are going through the interrogation process. You know, we feel very comfortable…
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Pakistan
“The Taliban’s spring offensive has fallen short of its primary objective of reviving the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan,” reports Syed Saleem Shahzad. A bombing at a park near Musharraf’s residence in Rawalpindi and rockets found near Parliament in Islamabad have sparked fears of a coup.
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Indonesia
Possible Military Connection to New Indonesia Arrest
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GSPC suffering losses in Mali and Europe
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Thailand
Talks with insurgents in Southern Thailand limited
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Somalia
Somalia: The Calm Before The Storm
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Somalia
Militia Advances Closer to Somalia Base
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Al Qaeda
‘al Qaeda in Palestine’ Posts Web Video
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Philippines
Philippine troops capture wife of Dulmatin on Jolo island
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Pakistan
‘Terror trainer Cheema is LeT intel chief’
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Palestinian Territories
IAF strike targets car in Gaza, killing two Islamic Jihad terrorists
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North Korea
North Korea threatened to conduct a nuclear test. It is believed N. Korea may possess up to 12 nukes. The U.S. has detected “unusual activity” at a suspected test site.
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Somalia
The Islamic Courts takes control of the town of Afmadow in the Lower Jubba region. Members of the Lower Juba Alliance threaten to retake the port city of Kismayo. Kenya is reconsidering its support of the transitional government. An alleged video of an ICU clreic being tortured in Somaliland leads to protests and threats from the ICU.
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Iraq
Abu Ayyaub al-Masri’s aide was captured last week. More that 251 suspected insurgents and terrorists were arrested in Diyala during a major operation last week. An entire Iraqi Police Brigade has been pulled off the line due to involvement with sectarian violence. A bombing near a minister’s convoy kills 21 and wounds over 70.
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Afghan Suicide Bombers Directly Linked to Pakistani Camps
Pakistan’s tribal agencies churn out suicide bombers for the Afghan insurgency and beyond, and western Pakistan continues to devolve into a terror safe haven Taliban military commander Jalaluddin Haqqani. Pakistan’s culpability in the rebirth of the Taliban and al Qaeda, and the rise in violence in Afghanistan, is beginning to become difficult for even the Pakistani government to paper over. With the government’s surrender to the Taliban and al Qaeda in North Waziristan, and the eagerness of the Pakistani government to surrender additional tribal agencies, the evidence will quickly mount that western Pakistan is Taliban and al Qaeda occupied territory.…
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Iraq
Over 250 suspected insurgents and terrorists are arrested by the Iraqi army in Diyala
