Report: Terrorists Killed in U.S. Strike on Pakistan

January 18, 2006 --

Pakistan: Terrorists Killed in U.S. Strike
Pakistani Authorities say four or five foreign terrorists were killed in purported U.S. airstrike. (AP)

The Rape of Darfur
Now that most of the black African villages in Darfur have been destroyed, sexual violence against women and children is being used to break the will of the population that remains. (The Guardian)

2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim
A high-level intelligence assessment by the Bush administration concluded in early 2002 that the sale of uranium from Niger to Iraq was "unlikely" because of a host of economic, diplomatic and logistical obstacles, according to a secret memo that was recently declassified by the State Department. (NY Times)

Paper: Police Probing Alleged Kidnap Plot
Newspaper: Police Investigating Alleged Plan to Briefly Abduct Blair's Young Son. (AP)

Doctors Aid 3,000 Deaths
UK doctors responsible for deaths through euthanasia of nearly 3,000. (The Guardian)

Britain Denies Memo Cited Bush Threat
The British government denied Tuesday that a leaked memorandum at the heart of a contentious trial contained a threat by President Bush to bomb Al Jazeera, the Arabic television station. (NY Times)

E.U.'s Patchwork of Policies Leaves It Vulnerable to 9/11-Style Attack
Patchwork of contradictory rules could hinder multinational response to terrorist threat. (Washington Post)

Saudi Police Arrest 5 Suspected Terrorists in Capital
Saudi police arrested five suspected terrorists on Monday in raids in several neighborhoods in the capital and seized large quantities of explosives and money, security officials said. (AP)

Al Qaeda Threatened Sweden over Afghanistan Troops
Sweden's security service warned in December that al Qaeda had threatened the country over its peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan but said on Wednesday the alert was over. (Reuters)

Al Arabiya Airs New Video of Bagram Escapee
The Saudi Mohammed al Qahtani, one of four Arab militants who escaped Bagram prison last July vowed in a new video tape aired on al Arabiya on January 16th to kill soldiers of the U.S.-backed Afghani army. (Asharq al Awsat)