Al Qaeda Attack Video Appears to Be Staged

February 16, 2007 -- Al Qaeda Attack Video Appears to Be Staged
An al Qaeda-produced video claiming to show how U.S. and Afghan forces were driven out of a heavily defended base in the last few weeks appears to be a phony. (ABC News)

New Al Qaeda Leader is U.S. Prison Escapee
An al Qaeda figure who escaped from a U.S. military prison 18 months ago has re-emerged as a field commander leading attacks on U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, ABC News has learned. (ABC News)

Taliban Deploy 10,000 Fighters for Attack: Commander
The Taliban have deployed 10,000 fighters for a spring offensive of "bloody attacks" against foreign troops in Afghanistan, a rebel commander said on Friday. (Reuters)

Pakistan Braces for Another Attack
Amid intelligence reports that terrorists were planning a third strike on the Pakistani capital today, anti-terrorist police were posted on street corners, and traffic cops searched vehicles that headed down roads leading to government offices and the heavily-fortified diplomatic enclave. (ABC News)

OBL in Pakistan -- Depends on Who You Talk to
There has been no trace of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province there. (ABC News)

Civilian Deaths in Iraq Drop Overnight
The number of Iraqi civilians killed in Baghdad's sectarian violence fell drastically overnight, an Iraqi military official said Friday, crediting the joint U.S.-Iraqi security operation that began in force just days ago. (AP)

US-Iraqi Forces Meet Little Resistance in Baghdad

U.S. and Iraqi forces are meeting little resistance as they sweep through Baghdad, a U.S. officer said on Friday, a day after Iraq's president said a Shi'ite militia had ordered its leaders to leave the country. (Reuters)

Iranian Border Points Closed in Iraq
Iraqi and British forces in southern Iraq closed border crossings with Iran on Thursday in an attempt to choke off smuggling networks that Washington says are used to supply militant groups. (AP)

Dispute Over Iraqi Cleric, Said to Have Gone to Iran
Questions and accusations continued to swirl about the whereabouts of the militant Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Thursday, and American and Iraqi forces deepened their security push in Baghdad. (NY Times)