Iraqis Condemn New Al-Zarqawi Video
April 27, 2006 -- U.S./IRAQ WAR VETERANS
Wounded Soldiers Fight Off Bill Collectors at Home
Congressman Calls It 'Financial Friendly Fire'; Military Blames Payroll Errors (ABC News)
EGYPT
Egypt's Al-Jazeera Chief Arrested
The Cairo bureau chief of TV channel al-Jazeera has been arrested by Egyptian police for allegedly spreading false information on the Sinai bombs. (BBC)
Egypt Minister: Recent Attacks Linked
The bombings in Sinai are linked to the deadly attacks in the peninsula's resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh last year and Taba in 2004, the Egyptian interior minister has said. (Al Jazeera)
Searching For Clues In Egypt's Resort Blasts
Dozens of suspects in Monday's blasts have been detained. Militants struck again near Gaza Wednesday. (Christian Science Monitor)
SRI LANKA
Race To Save Sri Lanka Ceasefire
Truce monitors have travelled to Trincomalee in north-east Sri Lanka to try to ease tension after two days of government air strikes on Tamil rebels. (BBC)
Sri Lanka Rebels Allege Genocide, Call for International Help
Sri Lankan rebels appealed to the international community to pressure the government against taking further military action in Tamil areas, saying the raids in response to a suicide bombing amounted to genocide. (Bloomberg)
C.I.A. RENDITION
Probe of Detainee Transfers Finds Many CIA Flights
European Parliament investigators said Wednesday they had uncovered evidence that the CIA has organized more than 1,000 flights through European airspace since 2001 as part of a secret program to transfer and detain terrorism suspects. (Washington Post)
U.K./ NUCLEAR WASTE SECURITY
Britain's Nuclear Waste 'Vulnerable To Terrorist Attack'
Security experts have given a warning that Britain's nuclear waste is vulnerable to terrorist attack and the Government is failing to address the issue with sufficient urgency. (Daily Telegraph)
IRAN
Iranian Leader Warns U.S. Of Reprisal
Khamenei Is Defiant Ahead of U.N. Report (Washington Post)
Iran Gets First North Korean-Made Missiles
Israel Says Iran Has Received First Shipment of North Korean-Made Missiles That Can Reach Europe (ABC News)
IRAQ NEWS
Top Iraq Official's Sister Killed
The sister of newly appointed Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the capital Baghdad. (BBC)
U.S.: Iraq 'Moving Away' From Civil War Threat
'Great decline in violent activities' predicted as new government forms (Reuters)
Iraqis Condemn New Al-Zarqawi Video
Citizens, politicians take terror chief's threat of more violence seriously (AP)
Wrong Body Sent to Family After Iraq Death
Family of Australian Soldier Killed in Iraq 'Distressed' After Wrong Body Sent Home (ABC News)
DARFUR
Sudan's Bashir Rebuffs U.N. on Peacekeepers
U.S. Backed Plan to Replace African Force (Washington Post)
U.S. Options on Darfur Are Running Out
As the violence in the Darfur region of Sudan grows ever more deadly, Bush administration officials now acknowledge that they have few if any promising policy options for containing the carnage. (NY Times)
C.I.A. INVESTIGATIONS
Rove Testifies 5th Time On Leak
Bush Aide Is Said To Be Unsure if He Will Be Indicted (Washington Post)
Some Archives Files Wrongly Kept Secret
The CIA and other agencies wrongly kept secret about a third of the records they pulled from public shelves at the National Archives during reclassification efforts that were far more extensive than previously disclosed, according to an audit released yesterday. (Washington Post)
HARIRI INVESTIGATION
US Blocks Hariri Suspects' Assets
US President George W Bush has ordered a freeze on the assets of anyone linked to the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri. (BBC)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
A New Phase of Terrorism
Washington has stressed that the war on terror continues to achieve substantial victories, even though this is contradicted by the war in Iraq, where the Americans have hopes that they will win. (Al Hayat)
Combat Season and the Human Intelligence Front
There has been an upsurge of activity -- both by coalition military forces and jihadists -- along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan in recent days. (StratFor)
The Insider Daily Investigative Report (DIR) is a summary of major news articles and broadcasts relating to investigative news, including international terrorism and developments in Iraq. The DIR is edited daily from foreign and U.S. sources by Chris Isham, Hoda Osman and Ellen Gustafson of the ABC News Investigative Unit. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ABCNEWS.