Seeking Bali Bombers' Names

October 3, 2005 --

Police Seek Bali Bombers' Names
Indonesian police have released photos of the severed heads of the suspected Bali suicide attackers as they seek the gang behind the bombings. (BBC)

The Campaign that Began 50 Years Before Bin Laden
Jemaah Islamiyah claims that al Qaeda copied its terror network, not the other way around. (The Times)

French Arrest 'Senior Eta Leader'
French police have arrested a man suspected to be the second most senior leader of the Basque separatist group Eta, said Spain's interior minister. (BBC)

Four Men in France Eyed in Terror Probe
Four alleged members of a suspected Islamic terror cell dismantled in France were placed under investigation Friday for terrorism financing and other charges, judicial officials said. (AP)

Behind Barbed Wire in Guantanamo
By the third week of the hunger strike, the fasting inmate wrote, the cellblocks echoed with groans. Emaciated prisoners were vomiting blood or dropping unconscious to the floor. The military hospital overflowed with strikers being force-fed through their noses. (Newsday)

Pentagon Releases Egyptian Detainee from Guantanamo Prison
The Pentagon said it had released a detainee at the US military camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for transfer to Egypt. The Egyptian detainee was "found no longer to be an enemy combatant" by a military tribunal, the US Department of Defense said in a statement. (AFP)

In New Book Ex-Chaplain at Guantánamo Tells of Abuses
James J. Yee, a former Muslim chaplain at the Guantánamo Bay detention center, says in a new book that military authorities knowingly created an atmosphere in which guards would feel free to abuse prisoners. (NY Times)

Israel Issues Sinai Travel Warning
Israel warned its citizens not to travel to Egypt's Sinai desert during the upcoming month of Jewish holidays, saying Sunday it has information that Arab militants planning attacks against Israelis are already located in the resort area. (AP)

Three Bangladesh Courts Hit By Bombs
Two people have been killed and nine wounded after bombs exploded at three court buildings in Bangladesh. (Reuters)

Credibility of Claim That Two Marines Were Killed Questionable
Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed in an Internet statement today that it killed two U.S. Marines it claimed to have captured yesterday. The US military says no Marines were seized in Iraq. In the past, the group often put videos of people it kidnapped or killed on the Internet, but there was no video with today's statement. The statement however was posted by the same user who usually posts all of the group's statements and audio recordings by its leader Abu Musaab al Zarqawi. (ABC News Investigative Unit)

Al Qaeda Website Openly Hiring New Recruits
In a move mirroring the recruitment process at the Central Intelligence Agency, a website affiliated with al Qaeda has announced it was recruiting for a number of vacant posts, including compiling reports by militant groups in Iraq, written and audiovisual, assembling information from satellite television channel on extremist Islamic groups and their activities in Palestine, Iraq and Chechnya. (Asharq al Awsat)

Swiss to Send Russian Suspect to US
Switzerland is to extradite imprisoned former Russian nuclear minister Yevgeny Adamov to the United States, rejecting a competing extradition request from Russia. (Al Jazeera)

U.S.: 28 Militants Die As Iraq Fight Grows
U.S. Military Says Troops Kill 28 Insurgents in New Fighting Near Syrian Border With Iraq. (AP)

Iraq Oil Minister Survives Attack
A roadside bomb strikes the convoy of Iraq's oil minister, killing two guards but missing his vehicle. (BBC)

A Hasty Hanging of Saddam Hussein Does Not Expiate Iraq's Guilt
As Iraq prepares to put Saddam Hussein on trial it is important to ask two questions. (Al Ahram Weekly)

Selling an Image
The US is selling its policy as one might a commercial product. It's the form that matters, not the function. (Al Ahram)

Some Complaints Against the Opponent Judge
The complaints addressed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas towards several issues in Cairo on Wednesday call for a debate on these complaints. (Dar Al Hayet)

Nicaragua's Creeping Coup
As happens so often in Latin America, Bush administration intervention is arriving late. Nicaragua's rescue will depend on people power, inside or outside the voting booths. (Washington Post)

Game of Global Jihad That's Too Simplistic
For the Bush administration a seamless link exists between the Bali bombings and a host of similar post-September 11 atrocities in places as far apart as Iraq, Afghanistan, north Africa, Madrid and London. (The Guardian)