A suicide bomber tied to al-Qaeda struck inside the Iraqi Parliament building, killing one civilia. Initial reports indicated a much higher casualty toll; An al-Qaeda linked suicide bombing in Algeria killed 33 people; Israeli security sources reported that Hamas has been arming Islamic Jihad with Qassam rockets, allowing it to continue attacks against Israel while claiming to recognize a cease-fire.

Taliban militants killed the kidnapped interpreter of an Italian journalist who had recently been released in a controversial swap for captured Taliban fighters; Egypt's Supreme Court overruled an order to release one of two leading Islamic militants who has spent more than 20 years behind bars for the assassination of President Anwar Sadat; Israel announced that it had arrested 19 Hamas militants who were planning a "major" bombing in the Tel Aviv area, but had called off the attack at the last minute.

Violence soared in Somalia, leaving nearly 400 people dead in four days of fighting; A series of blasts in Iraq left hundreds of civilians dead or wounded; Bangladesh executed six top Islamic militants accused of killing two judges and masterminding a wave of deadly bombings.

In the first conviction of a Guantánamo detainee before a military commission, David Hicks, an Australian who was trained by al-Qaeda, pleaded guilty to providing material support to a terrorist organization; U.S. forces in Iraq arrested two leaders of a network suspected of killing 900 civilians in a series of high-profile car bomb attacks; Four days of fighting between tribesmen and foreign al-Qaeda fighters in a Pakistani border region left up to 160 people dead.

Separate transcripts released by the Pentagon this week included confessions from two top al-Qaeda members regarding their involvement in major terror cases; In a new tactic, 2 children were used as decoys by terrorists in Iraq, and then left in the backseat of the car rigged with explosives as it went off; Two days after Hamas formed a new Palestinian unity government with Fatah, Hamas claimed responsibility for shooting an Israeli worker and Egypt announced that security forces stopped a would-be Hamas suicide bomber.

Hamas admitted that part of the $100 million in tax revenues transferred by Israel to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas went to pay security services, including members of a Hamas-led force; U.S. military hearings on the "enemy combatant" status of 14 top terror suspects began at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Suspected Muslim insurgents in Thailand launched a series of attacks in the run-up to the anniversary of the founding of a Muslim separatist group there.

A multi-year investigation into the activities of the Arab Bank has documented how millions of Saudi dollars have flowed into the hands of terrorists; Official Iraq casualty figures showed a decrease of 8 percent from a month ago following the new security push; The United States has, for the first time during the War on Terror era, filed charges under new rules for military commissions.

Egypt's state-run Nilesat satellite company stopped transmitting al-Zawraa, an Iraqi-run station glorifying terror attacks, though it continues to carry Hezbollah’s and Hamas’s television stations; Coalition soldiers in Iraq discovered a factory for assembling sophisticated bombs from Iranian-made components; A suicide bomber attacked the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan as Vice President Dick Cheney held meetings inside.

An Iraqi army spokesman reported that attacks and killings in Baghdad have dropped by 80 percent since Iraqi and U.S. forces launched their security plan for Baghdad; According to a United Nations Security Council report, Middle Eastern countries secretly armed and supported suspected al-Qaeda recruits in the failed state of Somalia; Twin bombs sparked a fire that killed 66 people aboard a train that links Pakistan and India, but failed to disrupt peace talks between the two nations.

Hamas and Fatah formed a unity government, but Hamas officials insist that the new government will not recognize Israel; 90 Iraqis were killed on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Golden Mosque in Samarra, one of Shia Islam's holiest sites; After a decade of attempts, Philippine senators approved an anti-terror bill aimed at helping the country better fight al-Qaeda linked militants.

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