TERROR ROUNDUP 01/27

Iraq:

General Says al-Qaida on the Run in Iraq (AQ: 130 KIA, 370EPW including 40 HVT)

Iraq Targets the Mahdi Army (Finally)

Marines launch rescue effort to save Hadithah girl

MND-B Soldiers detain suspected extremist cell leader (Baghdad)

Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain suspected terrorists in separate raids (Balad)

Coalition targets al-Qaeda in Iraq networks; five killed, 16 detained

Coalition disrupts al-Qaeda in Iraq operating in Diyala, 15 terrorists killed (Baqubah)

MND-C Soldiers find 2 caches in 2 days

Coalition forces target al-Qaeda in Iraq networks, 19 suspected terrorists detained

Coalition forces capture Special Groups leader, criminal network facilitator; detain total of four

NPs detain two suspected extremists (West Rashid)

MND-B Forces seize enemy caches (West Rashid)

Soldiers seize two caches, detain two (Doura)

Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Operations Forces detain 5 terror suspects

MND-North Soldiers liberate 2 from al Qaeda prison during Operation Phantom Phoenix (Baquba)

Night air raid drops 19,000 pounds of bombs, destroys 35 targets in Arab Jabour

Phantom Phoenix: More than 10 targets destroyed during ongoing air strikes in Arab Jabour

Iraqi and U.S. Forces target extremist networks in Baghdad, killing extremist commander

Coalition significantly disrupts al-Qaeda networks: two killed; 18 detained

Coalition Forces resume air assault on al-Qaeda targets (Arab Jabour)

Tips lead to detention of 10 AQI during Operation Phantom Phoenix

Coalition disrupts al-Qaeda networks in central Iraq; one killed, 19 detained

Afghanistan / Pakistan:

Troops continue targeting militant hideouts in Waziristan

Pakistani military attacks rebel stronghold

Forty militants killed in Pakistan tribal area: military

General: Taliban Offensive Is Unlikely (No spring offensive)

1 rebel killed, 9 arrested by Afghan army

Afghan police kill 6 Taliban militants

Seven troops, 37 militants killed in Waziristan clashes

Afghan suicide attacker stumbles, explodes (2 work accidents)

Pakistani Army Seizes 35 Pro-Taliban Militants in Swat Valley

Karzai’s Eagles: The Afghan Air Force flies again

Forces seize explosives and arms in Swat

Eight Taliban fighters killed in Helmand (Taliban commander dead)

Would-be suicide attacker killed; two suspects held

The West:

Padilla, cohorts get 12 to 17 years

A Christmas Gift From al Qaeda (Tracking AQ online)

Serbia: Convicted terrorists get 40-year sentence

Bosnia: Mujahadeen leader Abu Hamza to be expelled

Israel / Levant:

Israeli missile strikes kill two Gaza militants

IDF officer wounded, militant killed in W. Bank

Palestinians break through Egyptian border wall (Is that an apartheid wall too?)

Israeli forces arrest Palestinian PM's adviser for Quds affairs

Palestinian activist killed in border armed clash

IDF troops operating in southern Gaza arrest 20 terror suspects

Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood to stop Gaza protests

India / Pakistan:

Four militants killed in J&K

Lashkar-e-Toiba Militant Killed

Former Jaish commander arrested

6 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Pindi, suicide jackets seized

Saudi Peninsula

AQ suspects in Belgians' killing arrested (Yemen)

Africa:

Mauritania Charges 4 After French Deaths

Police search for Al-Qaeda’s lady in Algeria (Suicide bomber?)

Algeria To Leaflet Against Al-Qaeda In Maghreb

Algerian police kills terrorist, searching for another

Southeast Asia:

Extremist involved in Sipadan kidnap arrested (Philippines)

Sub-leader of Abu Sayyaf arrested in Philippines

Indonesia: Jihad may have ended in Poso

Two ULFA militants killed in police shootout in Assam (Eastern India)

Hat Tip Straight Vermonter