Expected: New Bin Laden Audio Tape on the Death of Zarqawi

June 29, 2006 --

SAS Men Died in Ambush after Snatching Four Taleban Chiefs
The two special forces soldiers killed during an hour-long gunfight in southern Afghanistan were part of a daring raid on a Taleban stronghold in which four key commanders on the "Most Wanted" list were seized. (London Times)

Intelligence Officers Widen the Net in Hunt for Taliban
A crucial intelligence war is going on in southern Afghanistan, where American, British and Canadian troops are trying to glean better information about the Taliban while attempting to persuade Pakistan to close Taliban command centres and camps. (Telegraph)

US, Iraqi Forces Clash With Shi'ite Militia
Iraqi and U.S. troops battled Shi'ite militiamen in a village northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, and witnesses and police said U.S. helicopters bombed orchards to flush out gunmen hiding in the palm groves. (Reuters)

Insurgents Offer to Halt Attacks in Iraq
Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks - including those on American troops - if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. (AP)

Romania PM Orders Iraq Pullout
Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Thursday he had ordered the defense minister to withdraw Romania's 890 troops from Iraq because of security concerns and the cost of the operation. (AP)

FBI Picks Its Seventh Counterterrorism Chief since Sept. 11, 2001

Willie T. Hulon has been tapped to head the FBI's new National Security Branch, making him the seventh official to run the bureau's counterterrorism operations since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (Congressional Quarterly)

Government Using 'Brain' Scans on Terrorists?
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed Freedom of Information Act requests to get details on the possible use of "brain scanning" technology during terrorist interrogations by the U.S. government. (ABC News)