News From The Front Lines

Ties to Uzbekistan
The Islamic Jihad Union, or IJU, said to have run a training camp in Pakistan attended by the three suspects arrested in Germany this week, is an offshoot of a group formed in Uzbekistan in 2002 with the goal of replacing the Uzbek government with one that follows Islamic law, according to U.S. counter-terrorism and intelligence officials. >>

Intercepts 'key factor' in German case
By Dirk Laabs, Sebastian Rotella and Josh Meyer
A U.S. intelligence tip about messages to and from Pakistan led police to suspects in the alleged car bomb plot, officials say.

14 Iraqis slain in Baghdad raid
By Sam Enriquez
Joint forces came under fire during a raid and called in aerial support, U.S. officials say. Some houses are damaged.

U.S. military reports 7 troops killed in 2 attacks
From The Associated Press
Four U.S. Marines were killed in fighting in Anbar province, and three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, the military said Friday.

World in Brief
AFGHANISTANKey Taliban in kidnapping reported slain Afghan forces said they killed a Taliban commander who played a key role in the kidnapping of 23 aid workers.

Israeli ruling reroutes separation fence
By Richard Boudreaux
Security is the paramount criterion for the barrier, not a Jewish settlement's future housing needs, the high court says.