Footage Shows London Bombers Practiced Attacks
INVESTIGATIONS
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U.K.
London Bombers Staged 'Dummy Run'
Newly released CCTV footage shows the 7 July London bombers staged a practice run nine days before the attack. (BBC)
Syria
Hariri Inquiry Moves To Damascus
The head of a UN inquiry into the death of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri has arrived in Syria to question officials. (BBC)
France
France Police Move On Iraq Recruitment Ring
French police probing a ring which allegedly recruited Muslim fighters for the anti-US insurgency in Iraq arrested six men in the Paris area yesterday, an official close to the investigation told AFP. (AFP)
Al Zawahri Video
Al Zawahiri criticizes Afghan elections
Al Qaeda number two Ayman al Zawahiri has dismissed the legitimacy of Afghanistan's parliamentary elections in a new tape broadcast by Aljazeera. (Al Jazeera)
North Korea
North Korea Demands Nuke Reactor from U.S.
North Korea insisted Tuesday it won't dismantle its nuclear weapons program until the U.S. gives it civilian nuclear reactors, casting doubt on a disarmament agreement reached a day earlier during international talks. (AP)
Iran
Iran threatens to quit NPT
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has warned that Tehran could quit the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if it is subjected to the language of force. (Al Jazeera)
Saudi Arabia
Drug Dealing May Be Used to Finance Attacks in Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Large amounts of drugs are being smuggled from Iraq to Saudi Arabia recently, a Saudi security source told Asharq al Awsat. The source said he suspects the money is being used to finance attacks in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The source said Saudi authorities know who finances militants groups in the Kingdom, but refused to reveal any details. (Asharq al Awsat)
Jordan
Defendants in Aqaba Attack Planned to His American Embassy
Syrian national Muhammad Hasan Abdullah al-Sahli, the principal defendant in the case of the al-Aqaba 's terrorist bombings, has admitted that the operation targeted the US Embassy before the plan was changed to attack two US destroyers in the city's port. (Asharq Awsat)
LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
U.S.
U.S. Details Charges against Student Linked to Plot Against Bush
An American student in Saudi Arabia who is charged with plotting to assassinate President Bush told Saudi interrogators that "I came up with the idea on my own" because he wanted to be "the brain, the planner" for a terrorist operation, American prosecutors said in a court filing made public on Monday. (NY Times)
Russia
Trial to Open for Suspects in Uzbekistan Uprising
The first trial of suspects accused in a May uprising in the eastern Uzbekistan city of Andijon was set to begin today amid controversy over how many died in the turmoil and whether the government was responsible for hundreds of deaths. (LA Times)
Tanzania
3 Rwandan Ex-Ministers Go Before U.N. Tribunal
Three former Rwandan Cabinet ministers went on trial before a U.N. tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania, in connection with their country's 1994 genocide. (LA Times)
IRAQ NEWS
Ex-Defense Minister 'Will Be Arrested Over $1bn'
The Iraqi government is expected to issue a warrant for the arrest of Hazem al-Shaalan, the former Defence Minister, in connection with the disappearance of more than $1 billion a senior corruption investigator in Baghdad said yesterday. (The Independent)
Day of Violence in Basra Exposes Myth of Trust Between British And Iraqi Forces
The storming of the Basra prison by British armored vehicles and troops shatters the assumption, promoted by government ministers, that the security situation in British-controlled southern Iraq is getting better. (The Guardian)
Reporter Working for Times Abducted and Slain in Iraq
An Iraqi journalist and photographer working for The New York Times in Basra was found dead early Monday after being abducted from his home by a group of armed men wearing masks and claiming to be police officers, relatives and witnesses said. (NY Times)
Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,904 in Iraq
The U.S. military said Tuesday that four U.S. soldiers died in two roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi and a fifth died in a blast north of Baghdad, pushing the toll of American forces killed in Iraq past 1,900. (AP)
ANALYSIS AND OPINION
Taking Aim at Indonesian Terrorists
The Indonesian government talks a good game when it comes to stamping out terrorism - recent death sentences testify to that. Still, Indonesian authorities have yet to acknowledge the country's best known terrorist group or even recognize it as a terrorist organization. (Asia Times)
They Are All "Drugged"
I felt compelled to respond to news, published on our front page, that a teenager was forced against his will to bomb a Shi'a mosque in Iraq. (Asharq al Awsat)
Yes, Parallel Tracks to North, but Parallel Tracks Don't Meet
After four years of bitter arguments over whether to negotiate with North Korea or try to engineer its collapse, the accord President Bush grudgingly approved Sunday evening provided the bare minimum - an agreement in principle that the North would end a five-decade pursuit of nuclear weapons, the only card the erratic nation has to play to get the world to pay attention to its demands. (NY Times)
Shield This Reporter
Since July 6, New York Times reporter Judith Miller has languished in a federal lockup in Virginia for refusing to tell prosecutors what she knows about White House leaks in the Valerie Plame case. Put simply, she won't squeal on her sources. Her continued incarceration is a disturbing commentary on the state of press freedom in this nation. (SF Chronicle)
Simon Wiesenthal
In keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust and bringing its perpetrators to justice, he became a hero for a cruel century. (The Guardian)
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