Philippines: 4 policemen killed by NPA guerrillas "Communist guerrillas killed four highway patrolmen and wounded another in an attack south of the Philippine capital, police reports said today. The patrolmen had flagged down a commuter bus near Lucena City, 100km south of Manila yesterday and were approaching the vehicle when communist guerrillas inside the bus opened fire on them, the police report said. The guerrillas of the communist New People's Army (NPA) then took four pistols, two rifles and a shotgun from their victims."
Nepal rebels meet foreign diplomats "Nepalese Maoist rebel leaders have met senior officials from the European Commission in the capital, Kathmandu. This is the first formal meeting between the rebels and western diplomats, ahead of proposed peace talks to resolve Nepal's long-running insurgency."
ISF arrests ‘terrorist network’ linked to McDonald’s bomb Lebanon" 5 suspects detained in Tripoli and Beirut. The authorities have arrested a “terrorist network” suspected in the bombing at the McDonald’s in Dora and other recent attacks on US-associated targets, Interior Minister Elias Murr announced Wednesday."
Two dead in MILF attacks "MUSLIM separatist rebels have hit three military and government targets in the southern Philippines, killing or wounding 11 people and disrupting the local power supply, the armed forces have said. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) gunmen ambushed an armed patrol by volunteer civilian village self-defence forces near the town of Pikit yesterday. They killed two of the volunteer militia members and wounding two others, a military report said. A second MILF unit shot up an outpost of the self-defence unit near the town of Kauswagan on the same day, leaving seven civilian residents nearby wounded, it added. Meanwhile, the MILF brought down an electric pylon near Tupi town yesterday, cutting off power supply to the town for nearly two hours, the report said."
US troops come under fire in west Baghdad "Bands of non-Iraqi Arab fighters are reported to be putting up heavy resistance to the US military presence in Baghdad with fierce clashes reported in the western half of the Iraqi capital. Reuters correspondent Khaled Yacoub Oweis saw several explosions as US planes swooped over the Mansur district in west Baghdad. He said Arab fighters were in control of streets in Mansur and other districts in the west of the city as well as Aadhamiya and Waziriya in the north. They were manning checkpoints and US troops were nowhere to be seen."
Two Palestinians, two Israelis killed in West Bank "Al-Aqsa Martyrs, Abu Ali Mustafa Martyrs Brigades claim responsibility for joint operation in Jordan Valley. Two Palestinians and two Israelis were killed Thursday morning in an exchange of fire in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, military sources said."
Guerrilla War May Linger Once US Takes Baghdad "US marines have wrapped up fighting in Baghdad’s eastern zone yesterday though Iraqi snipers are still posing problems, a US military official said. “Pretty much everything is wrapped up in the eastern zone,” Lt. Col. Jim Parrington told an AFP correspondent on the ground. “We’re still seeing some snipers around a lot. They are well hidden, well-armed and very good marksmen,” said Parrington, of Regimental Combat Team 1 with the First Marine Expeditionary Force. “There’s going to be a lot of that going on even if this thing wraps up in the short term.” "
Naxalites set 48-hour deadline "ONGOLE APRIL 9. People's War naxalites released the home guard, D. Babu Rao, from their confinement at midnight last night and set a 48-hour deadline to the Andhra Pradesh Government for accepting their demands for the safe release of the remaining three policemen."
US diplomat injured in Jordan shooting "AMMAN: A US official was slightly injured after being shot by unidentified gunmen late on Tuesday in front of a hotel in the Jordanian capital, Western diplomats said on Wednesday."
Bomb attack on Beirut McDonald's "A bomb has exploded in a McDonald's restaurant in Lebanon, wounding at least three people.
Saturday's blast was caused by a small amount of dynamite hidden in the toilet of the restaurant in Dora, a Christian district of Beirut."
Blasts hit Pakistan pipelines "There have been explosions in two of the main pipelines in Pakistan's Punjab province, badly disrupting the supply of natural gas to large parts of the country. The exact cause of the explosions, in the district of Sadiqabad, is still not known. Officials say the manner in which explosions occurred in quick succession in two of Pakistan's most important gas pipelines suggests sabotage."
Iraqi Missile Hits Army Base "An Iraqi rocket exploded in a headquarters of the Army's Third Infantry Division south of Baghdad today, killing at least two soldiers and two journalists and wounding 15 others, one of them gravely, officers here said."
Taliban Reviving, Afghan Gov't Faltering "Security forces swept through remote hills in northwestern Afghanistan on Monday in search of several hundred suspected Taliban fighters blamed for launching a recent wave of attacks."
U.S. plane shot down in Iraq; pilot rescued "AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar - A U.S. A-10 Warthog ground attack fighter was shot down near Baghdad Airport on Tuesday but the pilot was rescued, officials at Central Command war headquarters said."
