Coalition forces arrested al-Qaeda's No. 2 operative in Iraq, Hamed Jumaa al-Saeedi; a remote-controlled bomb targeting a key investigator in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Harirri killed four of his aides in Lebanon; a series of at least 22 bombs exploded almost simultaneously in southern Thailand, killing two and wounding 28.

New York man was arrested for providing access to Hezbollah's al-Manar television station via his satellite company; a series of bombings shook Turkey Sunday and Monday - Kurdish terrorists claimed responsibility for many of the blasts; Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah stated that the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by his group, which touched off the month-long war with Israel, was a mistake.

Britain charged 11 suspects in the recently uncovered plot to bomb a number of flights between the U.S. and the U.K. the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah continued to hold, despite skirmishes between the two sides; a series of weekend battles killed 71 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, one of the bloodiest clashes in five years of fighting.

On Wednesday July 12, 2006, Hezbollah forces launched a cross-border attack from southern Lebanon against Israel, killing eight soldiers and kidnapping two others; Israel immediately declared this an act of war and began an aerial assault on Hezbollah strongholds and Lebanese infrastructure.It has now moved into ground operations. Hezbollah, a group established by Iran in 1982 to promote its Islamic fundamentalist ideology in the region,and listed as a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada among others, offered to trade the captured soldiers for Hezbollah prisoners held in Israeli jails; it also stepped up its campaign of rocket attacks against Israeli cities, using Iranian and Syrian missiles to reach cities previously out of its range, including Haifa. Several nations and observes have called for an immediate ceasefire, while others, including the United States, have argued that Israel must be allowed to continue its campaign against Hezbollah.The UN Security Council has repeatedly called for the disarmament of Hezbollah, and passed resolutions 1559 and 1583 reinforcing the international consensus that Hezbollah be disarmed and that the central Lebanese government must take control of the southern region of the country.

Israel continued to battle Hezbollah and Hamas forces in Lebanon and Gaza; coalition forces announced that more than 600 suspected Taliban militants have been killed since a U.S.-led offensive began last month in southern Afghanistan; at the request of local Sunni Arab leaders, U.S. and Iraqi soldiers launched an operation outside Kirkuk to rout out al-Qaeda terrorists.

After Hezbollah terrorists kidnapped two Israeli soldiers, Israel responded with a military campaign to end Hezbollah's ability to launch attacks from southern Lebanon; Israel continued its operations in Gaza against Hamas terrorists who kidnapped an Israeli soldier two weeks ago; a top Pakistani cleric was killed in suicide bombing.

Terrorists set off a series of coordinated bombings in India, killing more than 200 civilians; Russian Special Forces killed most-wanted terrorist Shamil Basayev, the mastermind behind the Beslan school attack; the Pentagon revised its policy on Guantanamo detainees, declaring for the first time that all prisoners in U.S. military custody are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions.

Tensions continued to build between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Palestinian government over the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by Hamas and other terror groups; at least 62 people were killed in the most deadly attack in Iraq in months; the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the use of military tribunals for prisoners identified as "enemy combatants" by the American government.

Hamas terrorists tunneling from Gaza killed two Israeli soldiers and kidnapped a third; a Muslim sheik allegedly connected to al-Qaeda emerged over the weekend as the new leader of the Islamist militants controlling Somalia; the FBI arrested seven men said to be in the early stages of planning terrorist attacks against American targets.

Operational documents and computer files discovered following the strike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have led to a series of successful anti-terror raids; scores of Taliban fighters were killed as part of "Operation Mountain Thrust" in Afghanistan; a deadly landmine blast blamed on the Tamil Tigers killed 64 people on a crowded bus in Sri Lanka.

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