'Suicide Bomber' Theory Challenged
March 22, 2005 --
Syria Feels Heat As Evidence In Lebanon PM's Murder Points To Bomb Under Road
Even now, there is a daily trickle of sightseers who come to gaze at the scene of devastation. Behind metal barriers, guarded by security forces, lines of cars that happened to be parked at the time of the explosion remain in place, some battered, some unscathed, some covered in plastic sheeting, others covered in grime. (Guardian)
Iran Gave IAEA List of Pakistani Scientists' Names
Earlier this year, Iran gave the IAEA a list of names of 20 Pakistani scientists who provided it with nuclear technology information and designs, al Hayat reports today. Pakistan has opened an internal investigation. Al Hayat comments that this list could affect the course of the nuclear crisis between the U.S. and Iran. (Al Hayat)
More of F.B.I. Memo Criticizing Guantánamo Methods Is Released
The Justice Department on Monday released an F.B.I. memorandum dated May 10, 2004, in which departmental lawyers dismissed intelligence obtained by coercive methods used by the military at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as "suspect at best." (NY Times)
Malaysians Condemn 'State Spying'
Campaigning groups in Malaysia are asking their government to put a stop to what they are calling "state snooping" into people's private lives. (BBC)
Annan Report Suggests 'Common' Definition for Terror
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan released a report, which contains the most comprehensive set of reforms in the UN's structure, since its establishment. (Anadolu News Agency)
Yemen Jails Six al Qaeda Suspects
A Yemeni court sentenced six Yemeni al Qaeda suspects to two years in jail yesterday for forging travel documents to try to join militants fighting US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Arab News)
High Court Won't Hear Moussaoui Appeal
The Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear the appeal of terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, rejecting a challenge to the Bush administration's power to bar potentially key witnesses from the only US defendant charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP)
