65 Bodies Found Across Iraq
September 13, 2006 -- IRAQ NEWS
Police Discover 65 Bodies Across Iraq
Police found the bodies of 65 men who had been tortured, shot and dumped, most around Baghdad, while car bombs, mortar attacks and shootings killed at least 30 people around Iraq and injured dozens more. (AP)
Taliban Adopting Iraq-Style Jihad
Even in near-total darkness, the wounded Taliban fighter insists on masking his identity, his head and face covered by a tightly wound white cloth. Only two bright eyes and a confident voice tell how Afghanistan's Islamist militants are ramping up their fight against US and NATO forces. (Christian Science Monitor)
FOILED U.S. EMBASSY ATTACK IN SYRIA
Fourth U.S. Embassy Attacker Dies
A fourth man who took part in Tuesday's attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus has died of his wounds, Syria's official news agency SANA said on Wednesday. (Reuters)
U.S.
Exclusive: New U.S. Government Videotape Simulates Terrorist Attacks
ABC News has obtained videotapes of dramatic U.S. government field tests of new methods to thwart terrorist attacks against U.S. embassies abroad. (ABC News)
The Great Circus Smuggling Scheme
They could not tame lions or swing on the trapeze, but in the last ten years an estimated 870 people have been able to get into the United States posing as circus performers, federal authorities tell ABC News. (ABC News)
GUANTANAMO
The Battle For Guantánamo
Inside the struggle between prisoners and guards for influence, power and control at the prison. (New York Times)
AFGHANISTAN
173 Dead in Afghan Bombings This Year
Suicide bombings have killed 173 people in Afghanistan this year, NATO announced Wednesday amid a sharp escalation of Taliban violence that saw 16 militants slain in southern clashes and an aid worker gunned down in the west. (AP)
U.S. Military Investigates Leaked Photo
The U.S. military said Wednesday it is looking into the unauthorized release of a photo purportedly taken by an American drone aircraft showing scores of Taliban militants at a funeral in Afghanistan. (AP)
TURKEY
Iraqi Captors of Turk Give 72 Hour Ultimatum
An Iraqi militant group holding a Turkish man hostage said in a statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday it would kill him within 72 hours unless Ankara forces his company to shut down its operations in Iraq. (Reuters)
Turkish Police Raid Houses as Bomb Toll Rises
Police raided houses on Wednesday in a major security crackdown in Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, after a bomb blast killed at least 10 people, five of them children. (Reuters)
U.K.
International Arms Investigation Crosses the Atlantic
A key arrest was made and hundreds of firearms seized today in England in a massive international arms investigation conducted by British and U.S. authorities, officials say. (ABC News)
JORDAN
10 Convicted in Jordan Terrorism Plots
A military court convicted 10 suspected militants Wednesday in two separate terrorism cases that included conspiracies to kill Americans in Jordan. (AP)
GAZA
Military Police to Investigate 8 Cases of Alleged Abuse in West Bank
The Military Police announced Wednesday that it would investigate eight allegations made by Palestinian civilians who claimed that Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Border Policemen abused them after they tried to bypass a West Bank checkpoint. (Haaretz)
SPAIN
Spain Starts Sending Undocumented Migrants Back to Senegal
Spain has started sending home undocumented Senegalese from crowded holding facilities on the Canary Islands, part of its drive to stem a flood of poor Africans who braved a dangerous sea voyage in search of a toehold in Europe, a government minister said Wednesday. (AP)
WORLD HEALTH
Warning Over Tropical Virus Risk
Travellers to the Indian Ocean are being warned about an increased risk of the crippling Chikungunya virus. (BBC)
DARFUR
Situation in Sudan Getting Worse
Sudan's government is bombing civilians in Darfur in an operation reminiscent of the early stages of a conflict that has killed tens of thousands since 2003, the European Union's special envoy said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Taliban Exposes Cracks in Nato
Nato chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's public plea yesterday for up to 2,500 additional soldiers to fight alongside British, Canadian and Dutch forces in southern Afghanistan has highlighted deep internal strains in the alliance caused by unexpectedly fierce Taliban resistance in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. (The Guardian)
Young Anger Foments Jihad
By David Ignatius
During Monday's commemorations of the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, I found myself wondering what the world will look like on the 10th anniversary, or the 20th. Will the catastrophe that began five years ago become a permanent feature of life -- a "long war" that won't end for many decades? Or will it gradually wane with time? (Washington Post)
Tortured Logic
'The United States does not torture," President Bush said last week. It can, however, make use of what he euphemistically called "an alternative set of procedures" for eliciting information from prisoners suspected of being terrorists. (L.A. Times)
Osama's On The Move Again
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
Osama bin Laden is on the move, and Tuesday's terror attack on the US Embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, could be a tangible result of this. (Asia Times)
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