U.S. military intelligence reported that a member of the Iraqi parliament is the same man sentenced to death in Kuwait for the 1983 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies; A brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden, alleged to have helped finance Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf, was shot to death in his home in Madagascar; Scores more Palestinians were killed in fighting between Hamas and Fatah gunmen.

The first suicide bombing to hit Israel in nine months, jointly claimed by Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade, was said by the groups to be an attempt to get rival gunmen from Hamas and Fatah to turn their guns away from each other and back towards Israel; U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 300 insurgents believed to be tied to an apocalyptic cult planning to attack Shiite leaders and pilgrims; Turkey arrested 48 suspected terrorists, including the alleged leader of al-Qaeda in Turkey.

In a possible sign of a serious crackdown on Shiite forces loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, the U.S. announced the capture of 600 Mahdi Army militants; The Abu Sayyaf group suffered another setback as a top leader was killed by Philippine troops. This comes on the heels of news of the death of the head of the al-Qaeda linked group; Ongoing protests in Lebanon were stepped up by Hezbollah, leaving 3 dead and 133 hurt.

An especially deadly series of bombings and shootings in Baghdad killed 107 people and wounded more than 285; The trial of six men accused of attempting a second London transit bombing began; Terrorists set off bombs in two Philippine cities days before a summit meeting of leaders from 16 Asian nations was to get underway.

The U.S. launched two strikes against suspected al-Qaeda bases in Somalia, the first American military action in the country in over a decade; U.S. and Iraqi troops launched a major push against insurgents in Baghdad; Two separate bus bombings in Sri Lanka, blamed on the Tamil Tigers, killed more than twenty civilians.

Supporters of Hezbollah took to the streets of Lebanon in a massive show of force against the elected government; U.S. officials have found Iranian weapons produced this year in the hands of Iraqi insurgents, "smoking gun" evidence of Iranian support of terrorists in Iraq; Three Islamist suicide bombers, including at least one woman, targeted the weak western-backed Somali government.

Ethiopian and Somali government troops retook control of Somalia from Islamists who had captured much of the country in recent months; A series of terrorist bombings in Bangkok killed three and wounded dozens on New Year’s Eve; A body believed to be that of Khaddafy Janjalani, chief of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, was found decomposing on the remote southern island of Jolo in the Philippines.

Infighting between Hamas and Fatah intensified this week, leading to violent skirmishes in the streets of Gaza; Israel's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Israel's policy of targeted killings of terrorists is lawful under both Israeli and international law; A senior Hezbollah official admitted this week that 250 Hezbollah militants were killed during the summer war with Israel.This is the largest number that any Hezbollah official has claimed thus far.

Demonstrating the close ties between the Iranian government and terrorists, Iran has offered $250 million to prop up the cash-strapped Hamas government; The U.S. Treasury Department twice this week announced new designations against individuals and entities tied to terrorist fundraising activities; Turkish police seized ten al-Qaeda members, including a lawyer who identified himself as the group’s leader in Turkey.

A federal judge in California ruled that President Bush does not have the constitutional authority to designate groups as terrorists; Israel and the Palestinians agreed upon a cease-fire in Gaza, but ; Six car bombs killed 160 people in Sadr City in the bloodiest attack in Baghdad since the U.S. invasion.

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