Investigation Infiltrates International Child Porn Ring
March 16, 2006 -- CHILD PORN STING
Child-Porn Sting Nets International Group
27 People Face Charges in U.S. and Abroad in Porn Sting. (ABC News)
IRAQI DOCUMENTS RELEASED
First Declassified Iraq Documents Released
Bush Administration Releases First Declassified Documents From Prewar Iraq. (AP)
IRAN - U.S.
Iran Wants to Discuss Iraq With U.S.
Iran Says Wants to Discuss Iraq With U.S.; Washington Repeatedly Has Accused Tehran of Meddling. (AP)
MOUSSAOUI TRIAL
Judge in Moussaoui Case Imposes Sanctions
Judge in Moussaoui Case Imposes Sanctions, Prosecutors Consider Appeal. (AP)
Embattled Lawyer Had Limited Role in 9/11 Trial
Carla J. Martin was a legal go-between in federal proceedings against Moussaoui, prosecutors say. (Washington Post)
ABU GHRAIB ABUSES
Officer Says He Wrongly Approved Use of Dogs
Top military intelligence official at Abu Ghraib says he wrongly endorsed using dogs in interrogations. (Washington Post)
Online Magazine Publishes Army's Abu Ghraib Investigation
Online magazine Salon.com has published what it's calling a full dossier of the U.S. Army's examination of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, including 279 photos and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation. The Web site also has published a timeline about the events to help give context to the abuse that occurred there. Michael Scherer, Washington correspondent for Salon.com, talks to Michele Norris about his reporting on the investigation. (Listen to NPR Report)
HALLIBURTON
Firm Failed to Protect U.S. Troops' Water
AP Exclusive: Halliburton Memo Says Company Failed to Protect Soldiers' Water in Iraq. (AP)
GUANTANAMO TRANSCRIPTS
Gitmo Transcripts Paint Shadowy Portraits
Guantanamo Transcripts Paint Portraits of Detainees, but Much About Them Remains Cloudy. (AP)
YEMEN: SUSPECT RELEASED
Suspect Released, Yemen-KSA Al Qaeda Link Disclosed
The Specialized State Security Penal Court acquitted Karama Khamis Monday, March 13. Khamis was freed from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but Prosecution appealed his release, charging him with drug trafficking. (Yemen Times)
TALIBAN TARGETS SCHOOLS
Fears of a Lost Generation of Afghan Pupils As Taliban Targets Schools
Arson attacks and death threats turn playgrounds into battlegrounds. (The Guardian)
WAR CRIMES
Two Bosnian Muslim Commanders Convicted of War Crimes
Two Bosnian Muslim army commanders were convicted of war crimes Wednesday for failing to rein in foreign Muslim volunteers who murdered and tortured Bosnian Croats and Serbs in the 1990s. (AP)
DARFUR
Sudan Govt Closes Rights Group Offices in Darfur
The Sudanese human rights organization SUDO said yesterday the West Darfur authorities had closed down three of its offices because it did not like its work overcoming divisions in the troubled region. SUDO, one of the few rights groups based in the country, is often targeted by the government. (Reuters)
BIRD FLU
Four Nations Confirm Bird Flu
Four Asian nations confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu on Thursday while China said it faced a long struggle to contain the disease before the arrival of flu-carrying migratory birds in spring. (Reuters)
INTERNET ATTACKS
Computer Researchers Warn of Net Attacks
Computer Researchers Warn of Powerful New Internet Attacks That Can Overwhelm Web Sites. (AP)
ON THE WEB
Slain Saudi Qaeda Militant Warned Of More Attacks-Web
A slain al Qaeda leader in Saudi Arabia, in a video recorded before his killing, warned Americans and the U.S.-allied Saudi monarchy to leave the kingdom or face more bloodshed and bombings. (Reuters)
IRAQ NEWS
Iraqi Police Find 25 Bodies in Baghdad
Iraqi police found 25 bodies discarded in various parts of Baghdad overnight, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, part of a wave of apparent sectarian killing. (AP)
Iraqi PM 'Prepared To Step Down'
Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari says he will not lead the new government if Iraqis do not want him to. (BBC)
Analysis: Iraq's Tortuous Search For Unity
Three months after the elections, Iraq's political parties are repeating the tortuous wrangling that epitomised negotiations over the transitional government and the draft constitution. (BBC)
Analysis: Journalism Under Siege in Baghdad, Part 2
Remote reporting and the Green Zone. (Asia Times)
Comment: Steps Toward Unity in Iraq
For a change, pessimism isn't necessarily the right bet for Iraq. Its leaders are taking the first tentative steps toward reversing the country's downward slide. (Washington Post)
Comment: What Every Iraqi Should See
The trial of Saddam Hussein should be a showcase for a better Iraq, but thus far it has fallen disappointingly short. (NY Times)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Every Tyrant Should Hear Banquo's Ghost Hissing: 'Remember The Hague'
Milosevic's death must mark the end of bloody ethnic separation and the start of international accountability. (The Guardian)
How Do You Say 'Ominous' in Belgian?
Serge Brammertz's first report on the ongoing investigation of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's murder initially reads as something dryly procedural. However, the document is much more than that. It again confirms that the inquisitorial machinery is in high gear, and that the suspects have fewer means to affect, or even delay, the outcome of the investigation. (The Daily Star)
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