Bombings in Algeria Claimed by Al Qaeda

April 11, 2007 -- ALGERIA

Al Qaeda Claims Deadly Algiers Bombings

Bombs killed 30 people in Algeria's capital on Wednesday, attacks claimed by al Qaeda that raised fears the north African oil exporter was slipping back into the intense political violence of the 1990s. (Reuters)

Bombings in Algeria Suggest Growing Regional Threat

Two bombings in Algeria, one targeting the prime minister's office in the country's capital, killed at least 17 people today, marking a sharp escalation in the Qaeda-linked violence that has been spreading across North Africa in recent months. (International Herald Tribune)

MOROCCO

4 Terrorism Suspects Are Killed in Morocco

Three men suspected in the bombing of an Internet cafe blew themselves up on Tuesday as the police closed in. A fourth man was fatally shot as he tried to detonate a bomb, the authorities said. (AP)

Morocco 'Bomber Brother' Killed

One of the three suspected militants who blew themselves up during a police raid in Morocco is the brother of an internet cafe bomber, officials say. (BBC)

IRAQ NEWS

Raging Battle in Baghdad Leaves 24 Dead

Bodies lay scattered across two central Baghdad neighborhoods Wednesday after a raging battle that left 20 suspected insurgents and four Iraqi soldiers dead, and 16 U.S. soldiers wounded, witnesses and officials said. (AP)

Red Cross: Iraq Is 'Ever-Worsening'

The situation for civilians in Iraq is "ever-worsening," even though security in some places has improved as a result of stepped-up efforts by U.S.-led multinational forces, the international Red Cross said Wednesday. (AP)

Iraq Policy 'Spawned New Terror'

The British and US policy towards Iraq has "spawned new terror in the region", a think tank report has said. (BBC)

IRAN

Iranian Envoy Wounds 'Confirmed'

The head of the International Red Cross in Tehran says he saw wounds on an Iranian diplomat who has alleged that US forces in Iraq tortured him. (BBC)

AFGHANIASTAN

Taliban Release Body of Journalist Seized in Afghanistan

Last Month the body of an Afghan journalist abducted and slain by Taliban insurgents after they freed his Italian colleague in a prisoner trade was delivered Tuesday to Kandahar's hospital. The physician on duty confirmed the identification and said the cause of death was a slit throat. (NY Times)

SAUDI ARABIA

U.S.-Saudi Rift? Saudi Actions Say Yes, Saudi Prince Says No

One of the most powerful countries in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has been a longtime ally of the United States. (ABC News)

CHAD

Hundreds Killed in Attacks in Eastern Chad

Sudanese Janjaweed militiamen killed as many as 400 people in the volatile eastern border region near Sudan, leaving an "apocalyptic" scene of mass graves and destruction, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. (AP)

U.S.

Duke Lacrosse Case Charges to Be Dropped

The office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will announce that he is dismissing all charges against three Duke Lacrosse players, ABC News has learned from sources close to the case. (ABC News)

CBS News Fires Producer for Plagiarism

A CBS News producer was fired and the network apologized after a Katie Couric video essay on libraries was found to be plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal. (AP)

NORTH KOREA

$25 Million Going Back to Kim Jong-Il's North Korea

The United States has approved a bank's release of $25 million to the North Korean government it believes was a part of a broader criminal effort by that country that included counterfeiting U.S. currency and other illicit activities. (ABC News)

EGYPT

Egypt Torture Centre, Report Says

Human rights group Amnesty International has released a highly critical report on Egypt's record on torture and illegal detention. (BBC)

ANALYSIS & OPINION

Packing for the Ineffable

By Valerie Seiling

What do you give a soldier bound for Iraq? (NY Times)

A Ghost of the Cold War

By David Ignatius

A former CIA officer suggests that the man who claimed to know about Lee Harvey Oswald was a phony, sent by the KGB to deceive a gullible CIA. (Washington Post)

Pakistan: Trouble in the Mosque

By Syed Saleem Shahzad

Pakistan's military and political movers and shakers have traditionally frequented the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad's city center. Now, a standoff over the mosque, which has become a potent symbol of the power of Pakistan's radical Islamists, threatens the very core of the country's ruling establishment. (Asia Times)

Forget Pelosi. What about Syria?

By Robert Malley

U.S. isolation of Damascus rests in a misunderstanding of Syria's position in the Mideast. (LA Times)

Baghdad: What's Next?

By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed

What does the future hold for Baghdad after all it has been through in the last four years? (Asharq Alawsat)

Islamist Diversity Could Well Lead to Al-Qaeda's Decline

By Abdel Monem Said Aly

Almost six years after the great terrorist attack of 9/11, Al-Qaeda remains an active terrorist organization. With its Taliban allies, it dominates regions along the Afghan-Pakistani border. It is making the life of NATO forces and the Afghan government very difficult in the rest of Afghanistan, and has compelled American forces in Iraq. (Daily Star)

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