Saharan nations to meet to plan action against insurgents (Taipei Times)
Algeria is to host a meeting of foreign ministers from Saharan states this week to try to hammer out a joint plan of action for tackling the growing threat from al-Qaeda insurgents, officials said.
U.S. transfers prison, 2,900 ex-insurgents to Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. military handed over a $107 million prison and nearly 3,000 inmates to the Iraqi government on Monday as it prepares to leave Iraq seven years after ousting Saddam Hussein.
Kalam for stringent law to counter terrorism (Hindustan Times)
Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Wednesday advocated the need for a stringent law to ensure that perpetrators of terror attacks are punished. He said the law should be able to carry out the judicial process in a time-bound manner.
Somalia Signs Deal With Militia in Fight Against Insurgents (Fox News)
Somalia’s government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned offensive against an Islamist insurgency.
For Members (Heritage Foundation)
In the media, President Hugo Chavez seems to be portrayed more commonly these days as a threat to golf, which he considers bourgeois and is trying to eradicate in Venezuela, than to regional stability.
Guerrilla gardens (BBC News)
How green-fingered urban warriors fought back
U.S. transfers prison, 2,900 ex-insurgents to Iraq (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Last U.S. detention centre to be turned over in July * U.S. detained about 90,000 during Iraq war By Jim Loney BAGHDAD, March 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. military handed over a $107 million …
Bali bombing suspect confirmed dead in police raid (Sify News)
The death of a senior terror suspect in a gunfight with police has been both a trophy for Indonesia and an unsettling reminder ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit that the country’s battle
