6 June 2009

U.S. contractors held in Green Zone killing, sources say.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Five American security contractors were detained in connection with the killing of another American contractor last month inside Baghdad's Green Zone, sources with knowledge of the investigation told CNN on Saturday.

Iraqi and U.S. personnel took the five into custody in an operation inside the Green Zone before dawn Friday, according to an Iraqi official involved in the investigation into the killing of James Kitterman. The five, who have not yet been charged, were being held by Iraqi security forces Saturday at a jail inside the heavily protected zone, he said.

The troops also confiscated weapons during the raid, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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28 May 2007
 

Malaysia to keep terror suspect

27 May 2007
BBC

A top Singaporean terrorism suspect recaptured in Malaysia last month will not be extradited for at least two years, Malaysia's prime minister says.

Mas Selamat Kastari is being held for two years under Malaysia's Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention without trial.

He is the suspected Singapore leader of Jemaah Islamiah, blamed for attacks including the 2002 Bali bombings.

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28 May 2009

Troops kill 10 rebels in southern Philippines

Reuters
27 May 2009

MANILA, May 27 (Reuters) - Philippine troops killed 10 rogue Muslim rebels in a massive sea-air-land assault on a remote island in the south on Wednesday, a navy admiral said.

The military launched the offensive, backed by navy boats and helicopter gunships, a day after renegade Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas freed three teachers they held for over four months on Basilan island, said Rear Admiral Alexander Pama, navy commander in the south.

"We lost one lieutenant in the assault operations, but we got 10 of them," Pama told Reuters.

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