Investigative Plus: The Daily Investigative Report

ByABC News
May 26, 2006, 2:08 PM

May 26, 2006 -- Probe Finds Marines Killed Unarmed Iraqi Civilians
Marines from Camp Pendleton wantonly killed unarmed Iraqi civilians, including women and children, and then tried to cover up the slayings in the insurgent stronghold of Haditha, military investigations have found. (LA Times)

Marine Corps to Probe Iraq Civilian Deaths
Top Marine Cautions Troops in Iraq Against Becoming 'Indifferent to the Loss of Human Life.' (AP)

Nine Die in Baghdad Market Bombs
Two bomb attacks on outdoor markets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed nine people and injured 50 others. (BBC)

Iraqi Suburb Is More Secure, but Hemmed In
A U.S. cordon has kept insurgents out of the Sunni Arab town of Tarmiya. But residents are also cut off from the capital by Shiite militias. (LA Times)

Shi'ite Faction Menaces Iraq's Basra Oil Exports
Iraq's new government risks being held to ransom by a dissident Shi'ite faction using its local clout in Basra to hobble vital oil exports, Iraqi officials and senior political sources said on Friday. (Boston Globe)

Beslan Militant Gets Life Sentence
The sole surviving attacker of the Beslan school siege of September 2004 was found guilty today of murder, hostage taking and terrorism but was spared the death penalty because of Russia's current moratorium on executions. (The Guardian)

Analysis: Beslan's Role as Russian Catalyst
The Beslan school siege was the single worst civilian tragedy of the long-running Chechen conflict, an event which had resonance the world over. (BBC)

In Darfur, Teens With Machine Guns See No End to Violence
In Rare Meeting, Young Darfur Rebels Reject Peace Plan. (ABC News)

1,000 Al Qaeda Suspects Arrested From Pakistan
Pakistani security agencies have arrested more than 1,000 al-Qaeda suspects between January 2002 and May 2006, according to a comprehensive study by the Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS). (Pak Tribune)

Mystery of Pakistan's Cloistered Scientist

AQ Khan is allowed few visitors these days. (BBC)