Rumsfeld Resigns

November 8, 2006 -- U.S.

GOP Says Rumsfeld Is Stepping Down

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon, Republican officials said Wednesday. (AP)

Resurgent Democrats Win Control of House

Democrats won control of the House early Wednesday after a dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a war, a president and a scandal-scarred Congress. (AP)

PAKISTAN

42 Die in Attack at Pakistan Army Camp

A suicide attack at Pakistan's main army training base killed at least 42 soldiers Wednesday, the military said, and suspicion fell on pro-Taliban militants who had vowed revenge for a deadly helicopter attack on an Islamic school last month. (AP)

Up To 10 Believed Dead In Pakistani Blast

Up to 10 people were believed to have been killed when a bomb went off on a parade ground next to a Pakistani army camp in a northwestern town on Wednesday, security officials said. (Reuters)

IRAQ NEWS

60 Iraqis Are Killed or Found Dead Today

At least 60 Iraqis were killed or found dead on Wednesday, including seven who died from injuries received in the previous day's suicide bombing of a coffee shop in a Shiite district of Baghdad. Today, Iraqi police said a pair of mortar rounds slammed into a soccer field in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, killing at least eight players and bystanders. (AP)

Iraqi Torture Suspects Remain Free, Officials Say
Some of the 55 Interior Ministry employees charged with torturing prisoners at a detention center in eastern Baghdad remain free, even though arrest warrants for them were issued as long as two months ago, officials said. (NY Times)

New Dispute on U.S. Firm's Billing in Iraq
Halliburton charged Iraq as much as $25,575 a month for each of as many as 1,800 fuel trucks that were to deliver fuel to Iraq after the 2003 invasion, but the trucks often spent days or weeks sitting idle on the border, according to an audit commissioned by a UN agency. (NY Times)

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Strikes Back at Pakistan
After a number of recent incidents, it is emerging that for the first time since the fall of the communist regime in Afghanistan 13 years ago, Afghan intelligence, likely with foreign assistance, is active in Pakistan. (Asia Times)

SRI LANKA

Lanka Army 'Kills 45 Civilians'

At least 45 civilians have been killed in eastern Sri Lanka after army shells hit a camp for people displaced by the fighting, Tamil Tiger rebels say. (BBC)

AL QAEDA

'Al Qaeda in Yemen' Makes Internet Debut

A group calling itself 'Al Qaeda in Yemen' vowed to continue attacks on the U.S. and its allies in that country in what appears to be the group's first posting on the Internet. (ABC News)

NORTH KOREA

North Korea's Underground Railroad to Thailand

In mid-October, North Koreans Kim He-shim, Kim Su-ok, Lee He-yong and Lee Chol-yong crossed the Mekong River and landed somewhere near northernmost Thailand's river port of city of Chiang Saen. They were certainly not the first, nor the youngest, nor probably the last North Korean refugees to make the 5,000-kilometer-plus trip from North Korea to Thailand. (Asia Times)

IVORY COAST

Ivory Coast Toxic Waste in France

A ship carrying some 3,000 metric tons of toxic waste has arrived in the French port of Le Havre from the main Ivory Coast city, Abidjan. (BBC)

SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN

Saudi Militant Surrenders After Call by Researcher

A Saudi man who intended to carry out attacks on security headquarters in Riyadh surrendered to the authorities. The man, whose name al Hayat is withholding, said he searched the Internet for information about how to get explosives and with the help of others was able to prepare them for the operation in one week. He explains that maltreatment by security personnel drove him towards that idea, but a call by a researcher aired on television made him change his mind. Saudi security and Islamic legislation researcher Said al Hadawi al Ghamdi said he received over 600 calls from militants and sympathizers after his two-hour debate. (Al Hayat)

Yemen Hands Two Suspects Over to Saudi Arabia

Two suspects wanted for by Saudi security were handed over yesterday by the Yemeni government. The Saudi government said the men were drug dealers. Yemen and Saudi Arabia have exchanged numerous suspects in the past years, including several terror suspects. (Asharq al Awsat)

ON THE WEB

ABC News Extremist Website Monitoring

This is a daily update of some of what can be found on militant Islamist websites that are often used by al Qaeda and its sympathizers, insurgent groups in Iraq and other groups for propaganda, recruiting and communication purposes. (ABC News)

ANALYSIS & OPINION

Rumsfeld Not the Only One to Blame

By Daniel Smith

When the news broke on Saturday that the lead editorial in the Gannet-owned Army Times newspaper group had called for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation, the cable news organizations portrayed the announcement as if it were a blow like no other. (Foreign Policy in Focus)

The Democratic House

There was only one explanation for the crazy-quilt combination of victories around the country that gave the Democrats control of the House of Representatives last night: an angry shout of repudiation of the Bush White House and the abysmal way the Republican majority has run Congress. (NY Times)

Saddam's Cruelty Is Only Half the Story

By Rami G. Khouri
There was an appropriate irony to the fact that the day after Saddam Hussein was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder and torture of many Iraqis, the former American ruler of Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, published a commentary in The Wall Street Journal applauding this show of justice and rule of law in a land once terrorized by Baathist dictatorship. (Daily Star)

Iran: Maneuvers and More Maneuvers

By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

The power struggle over Iran at the United Nations Security Council has reached a critical threshold, with Russia and China throwing their weight against a proposed sanctions resolution and the United States toughening its stance by insisting on identifying Iran's nuclear program as a threat to global peace and security. (Asia Times)

Help Iraq Help Itself

By Frederick D. Barton

In recent days, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq has made public his disagreement with the dictates and tactics of the United States, including its proposed benchmarks for progress and the presence of military checkpoints around Sadr City. (NY Times)

For Hayden, Repair Work At The CIA

By David Ignatius

When Gen. Michael Hayden became CIA director six months ago, his mission was to calm a troubled agency, get it out of the headlines and restore its professionalism. "Back to work, back to basics," is how he sums up his initial goal. (Washington Post)

Beyond Terror

By Yoginder Sikand

Subjected to relentless attack by right-wing Hindu groups and by sections of the media as dens of terror, madrassas in India are discussed only within a narrow framework of security considerations. (The Times of India)

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