32 Militants Killed by Missile Strike in Pakistan

June 19, 2007 --

Taliban Overrun Southern Afghan District
Taliban militants overran a district in southern Afghanistan and are pushing for control of another key area, sparking fierce clashes with NATO and Afghan forces that have left more than 100 people dead over three days, officials said Tuesday. (AP)

Scores Killed in Baghdad Bombing
A car bomb killed at least 75 people and wounded 130 others near a Shi'ite mosque in central Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police said. (Mail & Guardian)

Civilians Die as Police, Gunmen Clash in Iraq
Two days of fierce fighting between gunmen loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi police have killed 35 people and wounded 125 in the southern city of Nassiriya, a hospital doctor said on Tuesday. (Mail & Guardian)

Oiling the Wheels of War
On the banks of the Shatt al-Arab in southern Iraq, a family business is thriving. For the Ashur, a small clan of 50 families, it's worth several million dollars a week. Costs are steep, especially for security. But profits are tidy and business is booming. (Mail & Guardian)

Athletes' Remains Found In Iraq
The decomposed bodies of 13 members of an Iraqi taekwondo team seized a year ago have been found, officials say. (BBC)

S.C. Warehouse Fire Kills 9 Firefighters
Fire swept through a furniture warehouse, collapsing the building's roof and claiming the lives of nine firefighters in a disaster the mayor described Tuesday as "difficult to fathom or quantify." (AP)

Police Find Cop Killer's Body, But No Other Answers
For nine years, the question has echoed across the high desert of southeastern Utah, hard against the corner where four states meet. (AP)

Militant Group Claims Rocket Attack on Israel
A previously unknown militant group claimed responsibility Monday for a rocket attack a day earlier on northern Israel. A group calling itself the "Jihadi Badr Brigade-Lebanon branch" vowed in a statement faxed to the offices of The Associated Press in Beirut to continue attacks on Israel, saying: "We had promised our people jihad. Here, we again strike the Zionists when a group from the Jihadi Badr Brigades struck the Zionists in the occupied Palestinian territory." (Daily Star)

Lebanese Soldier Dies in Refugee Camp Fighting
A Lebanese soldier was killed on Tuesday at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon where fighting between troops and Islamist militants is in its fifth week, security sources said. (Reuters)

Lebanese Army Battles Militants on Two Fronts
Lebanese troops battled militants on two fronts on Monday, hunting gunmen who fired rockets into Israel and tightening the noose on Islamists making a last stand in a refugee camp. (Asharq Alawsat)