The Insider: Daily Terrorism Report

ByABC News
December 17, 2003, 12:58 PM

Dec. 17 -- U.S. military officials have said that a document found on Saddam at the time of his capture has allowed U.S. authorities to acquire key information about as many as 14 insurgent cells in Iraq. This document has led to the U.S.capturing three former Iraqi generals.

And an article on the Turkish bombing investigation Turkish authorities say that bin Laden himself may have given orders for militants to attack a Turkish military base used by the U.S. One of those militants, currently under detention in Turkey, has told authorities that the subsequent bombing of civilian targets with high Muslim populations upset al Qaeda leaders.

THE WAR ON TERROR

The Other TargetNow that Saddam is captured, where's bin Laden? (ABCNEWS)

INVESTIGATIONS/THREATS/ARRESTS

TurkeyBin Laden Approved Attacks in TurkeyAP Exclusive: Bin Laden proposed attacks on base in Turkey, but militants switched targets. (AP)

PakistanPakistan Arrests 10 in Anti-Terror Drive Police arrested 10 people suspected of links to the Taliban and al Qaeda in two nighttime raids near the capital, officials said Tuesday. (AP)

Fugitive Wanted For Harboring Al Qaeda Men ArrestedPolitical administration Tuesday apprehended a tribal fugitive blamed for harboring al Qaeda and Taliban members after several months of hiding. (Pak Tribune)

Device on Limo May Have Saved MusharrafEquipment installed on the Pakistani leader's limousine to jam devices that trigger bombs probably saved him from an assassination attempt over the weekend, intelligence officials said Wednesday. (AP)

U.S. Condemns Bid On Musharraf's LifeThe United States has condemned an apparent assassination bid against Pakistan 's President Pervez Musharraf, and counted its blessings over the escape of a key anti-terror ally. (AFP)

YemenAl Qaeda Official: Saudis, Yemenis Funding Terrorist Attacks Al Qaeda's leader in Yemen, Mohammed Hamdi al Ahdal has revealed under interrogation that unnamed Saudis and Yemenis are involved in funding two terrorist attacks in Yemen, including that on the USS Cole sources close to the investigation told AFP. (AFP)

United StatesDetained U.S. Citizen Helps Terror Fight Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen being held as an enemy combatant in the war on terror, continues to provide valuable intelligence to the government and will not be allowed access to a lawyer until those collection efforts cease, officials said Tuesday. (AP)

U.S. Tight-Lipped About Canadian Terror SuspectCanadian citizen, held as a material witness in an unspecified terrorism-related case, appeared to be headed to New York City after a brief closed hearing yesterday before a U.S. federal judge in Minneapolis. (AP)

South KoreaSouth Korea Says It May Be Terrorist TargetA number of agents connected to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network have visited South Korea to scout potential U.S. targets for attack, officials here said. (LA Times)

MalaysiaTerror Suspects' Children Training Anticipating their own capture or death, Southeast Asian Islamic extremists sent their sons to Pakistan for training in how to attack Western targets so they could take over as the next generation of terrorist leaders, the Associated Press has learned. (AP)