Saudi Arabia Issues New Suspect List
June 28, 2005 --
Saudi Arabia Issues New List Of Wanted Militants
Saudi Arabia issued a new list on Tuesday of 36 wanted militants suspected of links to attacks in the world's biggest oil exporter. (Reuters)
Bogus Analysis Led To Terror Alert In Dec. 2003
CIA experts saw a secret code on Al Jazeera that wasn't there. (NBC)
From Memos, Insights Into Ally's Doubts On Iraq War
British Advisers Foresaw Variety of Risks, Problems. (Washington Post)
Ex-Detainees Allege Koran Was Abused
Pakistanis freed from jail here after being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alleged Monday that they saw American interrogators throw, tear and stand on copies of the Koran, and one former detainee said naked women sat on prisoners' chests during questioning. (AP)
Judge Hems Terror Evidence in Calif. Case
A federal judge on Monday sharply limited evidence that must be turned over to a father and son being held on terrorism-related charges, ruling they must be given only what pertains directly to the charges that they lied to investigators. (AP)
Suicide Car Bomb Kills Iraqi MP
A senior member of the Iraqi parliament has been killed by a suicide bomber. (BBC)
Insurgent Talks Said to Yield Little
Discussions Aimed at Sunni Political Involvement, General Says. (Washington Post)
Iraq Reports Corruption Epidemic
There is massive corruption in most Iraqi government ministries as a legacy of Saddam Hussein's era, the Iraqi anti-corruption commission has said. (BBC)
Iraqi PM Plans For Security In Two Years
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said security in his country could be established within two years, a task which U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld believes may take up to 12 years. (The Daily Star)
Clan Chief Caught Between U.S., Insurgents
For weeks, Sheik Adnan Fahd had been avoiding meeting U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ross A. Brown. Going to see the officer at his base would be extremely dangerous, given the intelligence network of Iraqi insurgents. To invite him to his home would be courting death. (Washington Post)
Iran Steps Back to the Future
"As I was saying, isn't democracy wonderful?' joyfully exclaims a caricature resembling Condi Rice in yesterday's Guardian. On the left of Martin's Rowson's version of the US secretary of state is an explosion labeled "Iraq", while on the right stands Iran's new leader holding a nuclear missile above his head. (Arab News)
Rethinking Iran
Iranians once again have voted for change in their authoritarian and corrupt Islamic regime. (Washington Post)
Iran: The Living Fossils' Vengeance
Rural Persia voted with one voice to hold the world at bay by electing Mahmud Ahmadinejad as Iran's next president. Poverty is not the issue; the poor voted to remain in poverty. But by clinging to traditional society, the humblest Iranian farmer retains the pride of a conqueror in his heart, and he may soon have nuclear weapons to be proud of too. (Asia Times)
US Polls Show Support For Conflict Waning
Bush addresses nation as doubts grow that insurgency is weakening. (The Guardian)
Dialogue Will Go Further Than Brute Strength In Tackling Iraq's Insurgency
No amount of self-aggrandizement will bring peace and success to Iraq. (The Daily Star)
Pakistan Stands Between U.S. And Bin Laden
The first published interview with new CIA director Porter Goss, which appeared this past week in Time magazine, contained a bombshell that exploded with barely any notice. (Miami Herald)
