N. KOREA: SUCESSFUL NUCLEAR TEST
October 9, 2006 --
Pakistan "Deplores" North Korean Nuclear Test, Denies Links
Nuclear-armed Pakistan, the last country to test an atomic weapon, said Monday it deplored North Korea's nuclear bomb test and warned that it would destabilize the region. (AFP)
Analysis: Red Alert: North Korea -- Is There a Military Solution?
The reported detonation of a nuclear device by North Korea on Oct. 9 raises the question of potential military action against North Korea. The rationale for such a strike would be simple. (Stratfor)
Iraq's Tigris River Yields Hundreds of Corpses
A system of iron weirs in the Tigris River 20 miles southeast of Baghdad was designed to prevent lily pads, known here as "Nile flower," from traveling down-river and clogging canals vital to farmers for irrigating Iraq's south. (ABC News)
Iraq Sunni Leader's Brother Shot
Gunmen in police uniforms have killed the brother of Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi in Baghdad. (BBC)
Iraqis Probe Food Poisoning of Cops
Authorities arrested the head of the mess hall where at least 350 Iraqi policemen suffered food poisoning, and a military spokesman said Monday that it was likely the poisonings were intentional. (AP)
Woman: Saddam Guards Buried People Alive
Prison guards under Saddam Hussein used to bury detainees alive and watch women as they bathed, occasionally shooting over their heads, a former female prisoner testified Monday in the genocide trial of the ex-president. (AP)
Analysis: Lebanon's Ambient Clusters Of Death
By Cesar Chelala
The US State Department is investigating whether Israel's use of American-made cluster munitions in Southern Lebanon in July and August violated secret agreements between Israel and the United States. Confirmation of the use of such weapons shows the need for Israel to release information on the sites over which the bombs were dropped, as a step toward avoiding further civilian casualties in those areas. (The Daily Star)
Analysis: A Moscow Murder Story
By Anne Applebaum
She wasn't charismatic, she didn't fill lecture halls and she wasn't much good at talk shows either. Nevertheless, at the time of her murder in Moscow Saturday, Anna Politkovskaya was at the pinnacle of her influence. One of the best-known journalists in Russia and one of the best-known Russian journalists in the world, she was proof -- and more is always needed -- that there is still nothing quite so powerful as the written word. (Washington Post)
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