Thursday, December 11, 2008

Daily Update

Post coverage of India's inquisition into possible indigenous logistical support for Mumbai attackers here.

Pakistan has closed the offices of Jamaat-ud-Daawa, a controversial Islamic charity tied to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group alleged to have masterminded the Mumbai attacks. Jamaat-ud-Daawa has been the subject of suspicion for some time for providing funds to Islamist terror groups.

India's Home Minister has detailed plans for a dramatic restructuring of India's counterterror organizations in the wake of the attacks.

British troops will soon begin drawing down from Iraq. Currently at a strength of about 4,100, the domestically unpopular British mission is expected to be reduced to a force of only 400 trainers between March and June. US forces will move into currently British-controlled bases in and around Basra, the primary British area of operations.

Shakir al-Abssi, the leader of Syrian Sunni insurgent group Fatah al-Islam, was reported killed or captured by Syrian security agents after an hourlong firefight.

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