Zawahiri Was Target in Attack on Religious School in Pakistan
October 30, 2006 --
Palestinian Gunmen Kidnap Aid Worker
Palestinian gunmen abducted a Spanish aid worker in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the latest in a wave of kidnappings of foreigners, Palestinian security officials and colleagues of the man said.(AP)
Many Casualties in Baghdad Blast
A bomb explosion in the Sadr City area of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 26 people and injured more than 60, officials say. (BBC)
U.S. Can't Account For Some Weapons For Iraqi Army
The U.S. military does not have a full accounting for hundreds of thousands of weapons purchased to arm some 325,500 Iraqi Security Forces by December 2006, a government report released on Sunday said. (Reuters)
Hey, Let's Play Ball
At a modest office building just outside Boston last July, senior U.S. intelligence officials quietly set in motion an unusual experiment. For four weeks, a handpicked group of 20 outside experts brainstormed, argued, and chewed the fat with 20 top analysts from the CIA and eight other intelligence agencies. Their mission: to understand why people join terrorist organizations and other groups engaged in antisocial activity. (U.S. News & World Report)
Terrorists Strain for a New Audience With an English-Language Study of U.S. Intelligence
The holy warriors' intelligence shop may need a shake-up, by the looks of a new analysis of White House responses to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, circulating among password-protected jihad Web sites. (Congressional Quarterly)
Berlin Confirms Second Incident With Israeli Planes Off Coast Of Lebanon
Germany confirmed on Sunday that its naval forces serving with the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon were involved in a second incident with Israeli warplanes last week, and said its defense minister would visit the region this week. Conflicting reports emerged last week about an incident that apparently took place on Tuesday. German officials said Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers buzzed the Alster, an intelligence-gathering vessel operating in international waters about 50 kilometers off the coast of Lebanon, and even fired several shots over the ship. (Daily Star)
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