Violence continues in Iraq today with at least 11 killed in a car bomb attack in southern Baghdad [Reuters]. Another 38 people were injured. Meanwhile in Fallujah two US marines were killed by a roadside bomb on Thursday bringing the US death toll to 2,263. An Imam was kidnapped yesterday [CNN] adding to the growing list of hostages held by insurgents. Armed men dressed in Iraqi Army uniforms stormed the home of the imam, Sunni Sheikh Adel Khalil Daoud Hassan Al Azzaawi of the Al Nouaimi Mosque in central Baghdad's Karrade neighbourhood. No demands have yet been issued by the kidnappers.
George W Bush has defended his continuing War on Terror and yesterday outlined how the US had foiled a terror plot which had targeted Los Angeles [CNN]. The plot was allegedly set in motion by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, a month after the airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Bush said. It involved terrorists from al Qaeda's Southeast Asia wing, Jemaah Islamiyah. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is currently in US custody since his arrest by Pakistani authorities in 2003. Jemaah Islamiyah is believed responsible for attacks in Bali in 2005 which killed 129 people from more than 7 nationalities.
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