Debate: Al Qaeda in Secret Ethiopian Prisons
April 5, 2007 --
Ethiopia Denies US Interrogated Terror Suspects on Ethiopian Soil
An Ethiopian official has denied a report that says U.S. officials are interrogating terrorism suspects at secret prisons in Ethiopia. (Voice of America)
Women Terror Suspects Freed
Two women who were seized by Ethiopian forces and locked in a jail near Addis Ababa on suspicion of links with the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) and the Al-Qaeda network in Somalia, have been set free. (Daily Nation)
Iran Takes the Wind Out of US Sails
If the administration of US President George W Bush is paying attention, the drama over the 15 British sailors and marines, whose release by Iran after 12 days of detention was announced in Tehran on Wednesday, was designed to convey two key messages, according to experts in Washington. (Asia Times)
Explosion Strikes Oil Pipeline in Iraq
A bomb struck an oil pipeline Thursday, cutting off supplies and causing a huge fire in southern Iraq near the border with Kuwait, an official said. (AP)
Friendly Fire May Have Killed 2 in Iraq
A week after acknowledging a litany of errors in the friendly fire death of former NFL star Pat Tillman, the Army said Wednesday two soldiers who died in Iraq in February may also have been killed by their own comrades. (AP)
Iraq Hostage Video Tests Germany
A German crisis team is working to win the release of two German hostages held in Iraq, after a second video showing them in distress appeared on a website. (BBC)
