ABC News Exclusive: Suicide Bomb Teams Sent to U.S., Europe

June 18, 2007 -- At Least 7 Afghan Children Killed in U.S. Air Strike
The American-led coalition forces in Afghanistan killed seven children during an air strike on a religious school thought to be an Al Qaeda safe house in the remote east of the country, spokesmen for the coalition said today. (NY Times)

35 Killed In Kabul Suicide Attack
A Taliban suicide bomber blew up a police bus in the Afghan capital Sunday killing around 35 people, police said, in apparently the single deadliest bombing to hit Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. (Reuters)

36 Killed in Southern Iraq
U.S. and Iraqi forces began major military operations Monday to the north and south of Baghdad, while Iraqi officials said 36 people were killed in clashes in southern Iraq. (AP)

Who Killed the Americans in Karbala?
January's attack on U.S. forces at the Iraqi government complex in Karbala has become a kind of epic unsolved mystery among troops at Forward Operating Base Iskan, where soldiers from the unit involved are based. There is no shortage of theories among the roughly 30 troops who were there as to whom was responsible for the attack. (Time)

IED Strike: The Deadly Devices Cause Most U.S. Casualties
For U.S. troops in Iraq, May was the worst month since 2004, with 126 killed. The summer months may be worse, given a new Pentagon assessment concluding the surge is not reducing violence. Now a former Marine officer says the corps has failed to supply its Marines on the front lines with the best protection against the improvised explosive devices that cause most of the carnage. (Newsweek)

Iraq Now Ranked Second Among World's Failed States
Iraq has emerged as the world's second most unstable country, behind Sudan, more than four years after President George W. Bush ordered the U.S. invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, according to a survey released on Monday. (Reuters)

Abbas' New PM Outlaws Hamas
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas swore in a new cabinet on Sunday and immediately outlawed rival Hamas movement's fighters after their bloody seizure of power in Gaza. (Daily Times)

Fatah Kills Suspected Collaborator with Israel in West Bank Hospital
Palestinian militants on Sunday shot and killed a man they suspected of collaborating with Israel, as he lay on the X-ray table at a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses and a militant group said. (AP)