A bill that would ease curbs on former Baathists was presented to Iraq’s parliament on Sunday, but a row quickly erupted and forced postponement of debate on a draft law seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation.

Chechen Muhahideen equipped with small arms carried out sabotage operations in the villages of Vedeno, Dishny Vedeno and Shamil Kotar in the Vedeno district on October 8-9, 2006, killing 4 traitors according to a report from the Chechen Military Command. No further details of  the action were mentioned in the …

A sabotage group of Chechen Mijahideen blows up a Russian military reconnaissance patrol near the village of Ersenoi in the Vedeno district of Chechnya on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, killing and wounding several invaders according to a report from the Chechen Military Command. The exact figures of Russian casualties are …

Following are security developments in Iraq at 6 a.m. EST on Sunday.* denotes new or updated items. * MOSUL – A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded six people in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

A mobile group of Mujahideen engaged in a firefight with a Russian army special forces’ unit in a forested area near the village of  Selmentauzen last Sunday, October 8, 2006.

Serbia begins final talks on Kosovo on Monday knowing it has failed to persuade a significant number of European Union member states to oppose independence for the breakaway province.

A whole series of clashes between Chechen Mujahideen and invaders with their puppets took place in the southern Vedeno district of Chechnya during the last few days according to reports from the Chechen Military Command. The enemy suffered losses in local firefights.

Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban rebels when they called in air strikes as the insurgents smuggling weapons across the border from Pakistan, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

Three Islamic preachers, Sigauri, Dimiev and Masaev, were kidnapped by Russian troops on the night between September 28-29, 2006 and are now held in one of the secret prisons in Chechnya according to a report from a Chechen group.