American Passports Found on Bodies of Al Qaeda Fighters in Somalia
January 05, 2007 --
Al Qaeda's No. 2 Gets an Early Start in 2007
Al Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al Zawahri, is starting off the new year with a statement entitled, "Rise Up to Bring Victory to Your Brothers in Somalia," according to an extremist Website. (ABC News)
U.S. Team In Charge Of Iraq Is Reshuffled
President George W. Bush has revamped the team leading U.S. military and diplomatic efforts in Iraq while still mulling over changes in actual policy promised for next week. (BBC)
Iranians 'Up To No Good' In Iraq
Five Iranians arrested by US troops in Baghdad last month were on a covert mission to influence Iraq's government, British officials have told the BBC. (BBC)
News Analysis: Thailand A Country in Commotion
By Seth Mydans
A string of lethal bombs that disrupted New Year's celebrations here has brought into the open a simmering confrontation between the ruling military junta and the opponents it unseated in a coup three months ago. (International herald Tribune)
Good Times or Good Governance
By David Ignatius
Now that the Democrats have taken control of Congress, President Bush has decided it's time for fiscal discipline and a balanced budget. That's shameless, even by local standards. Who does Bush think was in power when the big deficits of the past six years were created? (Washington Post)
America's New Puppet
By Cameron Duodu
If the 20th century taught us anything, it was that powerful armies can be brought to their knees by small groups of fighters who are not afraid to die. Small Vietnam humiliated mighty America, and the "stone-age" mujahideen of Afghanistan sent the Soviet army packing. With all this so apparent, why has the Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi, sent his army into Somalia? (The Guardian)
