Coup in Bangkok
September 19, 2006 -- THAILAND
Thailand's Military Ousts Prime Minister
Thailand's army commander staged a coup Tuesday night and ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra while he was in New York, circling his offices with tanks, declaring martial law and revoking the constitution. (AP)
U.K.
Terror Suspect Refuses To Give Trial Evidence
Britain's biggest post 9/11 terrorism trial – an alleged plot to bomb targets including night clubs and shopping centres – was brought to a dramatic halt yesterday when a key defendant refused to answer questions from his own lawyer. (Reuters)
AFGHANISTAN
Afghans Say They Net Al Qaeda Plotters In Kabul Raid
Afghan police have arrested four al Qaeda-linked militants and seized more than a dozen bombs that were to have been used against the government and foreign forces in Kabul, police said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
CANADA
Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case
Four years after he was deported to Syria, where he was tortured, a Canadian man was exonerated by a government panel of any ties to terrorism. (NY Times)
U.S.
Big Money Being Raised for White Supremacist
The world's largest neo-Nazi/white supremacist organization is trying to raise big money to cover the legal fees of its former leader who is set to go to trial in six weeks. (ABC News)
Inmate Tracking Systems Breed Errors
Disconnect between jail and court that set murder suspect free highlights key flaw in system. (Washington Post)
INDONESIA
After the tsunami, waves of corruption
Many hoped that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's approach to governing would mitigate corruption after the 2004 tsunami. However, the huge scope of the reconstruction effort in Aceh province and the massive amounts of cash involved are reinforcing corrupt ways. (Asia Times)
IRAQ NEWS
Bombing Kills 2; Bodies Found in Baghdad
A car bomb exploded near a gas station in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding another 25, and police recovered the blindfolded bodies of three people from eastern parts of the city. (AP)
Many Dead in Northern Iraq blasts
At least 23 people have been killed and 65 injured in a series of bombings in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. (BBC)
EGYPT
Member of Egyptian Al Jihad Group Arrested
A member of the Egyptian Al Jihad group was arrested upon his arrival at Cairo airport coming from Khartoum where he was residing, Egyptian security sources told Asharq al Awsat. Mokhtar Hussein had trained in "mujaheddin" camps in Afghanistan. He is now being interrogated and is facing charges of joining al Jihad group and taking military training outside of the country, said the sources. (Asharq al Awsat)
SRI LANKA
U.N. Rights Chief Urges Monitors for Sri Lanka
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights called Monday for international monitors for Sri Lanka, where the bodies of 11 Muslim men were found hacked to death in the country's east. Government and ethnic rebels traded blame for the massacre. (NY Times)
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Prisons Seen Ripe For Terror Recruits
U.S. prisons are becoming major breeding grounds for Islamic terrorists, but state and local authorities are too cash-strapped to prevent or track recruiting, a report concludes. (AP)
Et Tu, Pontiff?
Pope Benedict XVI certainly knows a lot about Catholicism, but despite his reputation as a religious scholar, he evidently knows very little about Islam, and even less about establishing good relations between his Church and the ummah. The pope's recent performance in Regensburg did great damage to the work established by his predecessor, John Paul II. (Asia Times)
Take the Lead on Darfur
President Bush could make a difference if he devoted his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to the horrors of Darfur, and committed himself personally to stopping the genocide. (NY Times)
The Last Thing Darfur Needs Is Western Troops
The rebels scuppered the peace deal - the solution has to be an expanded African Union force. (The Guardian)
Crucial Role for Yemen Monitors
In the compound outside the local administration building, the police chief and his men are smoking and idling in the sun, leaning on their battered Kalashnikovs as they chat. (BBC)
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