AL ZARQAWI KILLED IN AIR RAID
June 8, 2006 -- AL ZARQAWI KILLED
Iraq's Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Air Raid
Abu Musab al Zarqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq who led a bloody insurgency of suicide bombings and kidnappings, was killed in an airstrike north of Baghdad. (ABC News)
Analysis: Iraq: The Implications of Al Zarqawi's Death
U.S. air assets bombed a location in central Iraq on June 7 and killed local jihadist leader and al Qaeda representative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. This event will resonate far and wide. (Stratfor)
Ex-Terror Czar: al-Zarqawi Death Won't Speed End of Iraq War
'Symbol of Terror' in Iraq Controlled Only Small Percentage of Insurgents. (ABC News)
Al Qaeda in Iraq Vows to Continue Holy War
Al Qaeda in Iraq Vows in Web Statement to Continue Holy War After Death of al Zarqawi. (AP)
Analysis: Into a Post-Zarqawi Iraq
The killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a major and rare success for the US military and intelligence services in Iraq. (BBC)
Video of Airstrike on Al Zarqawi (ABC News)
In Pictures: Life of Zarqawi (BBC)
IRAQ NEWS
Bombs Kill 19; Iraqi Ministers Sworn in
Bombs struck a busy outdoor market and a police patrol in a mostly Shiite area of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 40, police said. (AP)
SWITZERLAND
Swiss 'Foiled Hit on Israeli Jet'
Swiss prosecutors say the country's intelligence agents have foiled a plot to attack an Israeli El Al airliner. (BBC)
U.S.
Terror Funds May Be Reduced By House Appropriators
House appropriators are proposing cuts to the administration's request for a foreign police training program that one former State Department official called a "pillar" of U.S. anti-terrorism efforts. (Congressional Quarterly)
SECRET PRISONS
Secret CIA Jail Claims Rejected
Washington has criticised a Council of Europe report on alleged US secret prisons inside Europe, saying it was full of allegations, but thin on facts. (BBC)
IRAN NUCLEAR STANDOFF
Iran Says Threats Will Not Work in Any Nuclear Talks
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday threats would not work in any talks to solve a dispute over the country's nuclear program but said Iran was ready to clear up misunderstandings with the world. (Reuters)
BIRD FLU
Fresh Bird Flu Outbreak In China
A new outbreak of bird flu has been discovered in poultry in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, according to the country's agriculture ministry. (BBC)
AFGHANISTAN
US Troops Killed In Afghan Blast
Two US soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the US military has confirmed. (BBC)
Nato Vows to Boost Afghan Mission Despite Violence
NATO vowed on Thursday to nearly double its peacekeeping force in Afghanistan in spite of growing violence, but urged donors to do more to rebuild the country and the government to stamp out corruption. (Reuters)
ANALYSIS&OPINION
Al Qaeda: The Next Phase of Evolution?
Canadian authorities recently arrested 17 men, accusing them of planning terrorist attacks, after some members of the group bought what they believed to be some 3 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which can be used to make explosives. The men allegedly were planning attacks against symbolic targets in Toronto and Ottawa in a plot that reportedly included bombings, armed assaults and beheadings. (Stratfor)
Bin Laden's Jihadi Spring
Over the past two years, US and other Western commentators have concluded that Osama bin Laden is largely irrelevant as the leader of the worldwide Sunni insurgency. Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria, for example, has said that "by now it is surely clear that al-Qaeda can produce videotapes but not terrorism ... And the bad guys are losing." (Asia Times)
The High Suicide Rate
Last year, 32,552 people in Japan committed suicide. It was the eighth year in a row that the death toll had surpassed the 30,000-mark, emphasizing the grim fact that Japan has the highest self-inflicted death rates in the developed world. (Asahi)
Whatever The PC Word, Iraq Is Now In A Civil War
The images from Iraq are of hell on earth: Last Sunday, 12 Iraqi students traveling to Baqouba to take their final exams were dragged from a bus and killed because they were of the wrong religion. The next day, gunmen dressed in police uniforms kidnapped 56 people near the bus station in central Baghdad and hauled them off in pickup trucks. (The Daily Star)
Human Rights Put Pressure on Relations with U.S.
Almost five years after the US began its "war on terror" in the wake of September 11 2001, human rights concerns are making it more difficult for European countries to provide Washington with all the support it wants. (Financial Times)
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