New Information Revealed on bin Laden and 9/11
March 9, 2006 -- Testimony and new interviews and investigations reveal new information on Osama bin Laden, 9/11 hijackers, Moussaoui and fault lines within al Qaeda.
Witness Ties Moussaoui To 'Dream' Terror Plot
Taped Session Recalls Meeting in Malaysia. (Washington Post)
Germany Says Sept. 11 Hijackers Called Syria, Saudi Arabia
The Sept. 11 hijackers made dozens of telephone calls to Saudi Arabia and Syria in the months before the attacks, according to a classified report from the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Chicago Tribune)
Osama Bin Laden Will Never Surrender, Says Ex-Jihadi
A Saudi Muslim scholar who spent years with Arab jihadis in Afghanistan said he knows Osama bin Laden well and that the Al Qaeda leader would never surrender, according to a report published Wednesday. (AFP)
Egyptian Al Jihad Group May Have Been behind Azzam's Assassination
Musa al-Qorni, the Saudi who was sometimes referred to as the "mufti" of the Arab Afghans, also told al Hayat newspaper that the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group may have been behind the 1989 assassination of Abdullah Azzam. In the interview, he talks about his time in Pakistan and discusses conflicts between the Arab fighters and Ahmed Shah Massoud, who had the support of Azzam but was hated by most Arab fighters who felt closer to Hekmatyar. Al Qorni says a trial was held for Massoud in absentia and Osama bin Laden participated in it. (Al Hayat)
US Says to Close Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison
The U.S. military will close Abu Ghraib prison, probably within three months, and transfer some 4,500 prisoners to other jails in Iraq, a military spokesman said on Thursday. (Reuters)
Bomb Kills Nine As Dust Storm Hits Baghdad
Car Bombs Kills at Least Nine People, Wounds Six in Baghdad As Dust Storm Envelops Iraqi Capital. (AP)
Confusion over Iraqi Guards' Fate
There is confusion about the fate of 50 security firm employees in Baghdad who were reported to have been seized by people wearing police uniforms. (BBC)
Iraqi Police Are Tied to Abuses and Deaths, U.S. Review Finds
Iraqi police units, often infiltrated and even dominated by members of sectarian militias, continue to be linked to arbitrary arrests and to the torture, rape and sometimes death of detainees, the State Department reported Wednesday. (NY Times)
Official Says Shiite Party Suppressed Body Count
After bombing of shrine, Iraq's Health Ministry ordered to stop tabulating execution-style killings. (Washington Post)
From the Blogs: Iraq's Fog of War
The release of the State Department's annual human rights report yesterday included some scathing takes on the Interior Ministry and police. (ABC News)
