Saturday News Roundup

Time for a news cruise. That's where I spend one hour reading the news, and posting the stories that caught my eye.



Lebanese military lays siege to Palestinian refugee camp- For a second day Monday, refugees were caught in crossfire as the Lebanese military surrounding the Nahr el-Bared camp sought to crush a militant group with al-Qaida ties that was holed up inside.



4 Charged in NYC terrorist plot- Federal authorities announced Saturday they had broken up a suspected Muslim terrorist cell planning a "chilling" attack to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighborhoods.




U. S. warship bombards Somali coast- A U.S. warship pounded Somalia's remote coastal northeast, targeting Islamic militants hours after a gunbattle with Somali government forces that left eight insurgents dead, officials said Saturday.




North and South, Iraqi Kurds squeezed- Iraq's Kurdish region felt pressure from two sides Saturday, as saboteurs bombed a vital bridge link to Baghdad, and Turkish troops across the border massed for a possible strike.




G-8 protesters clash with German police- Rostock, Germany


Haditha update- 06/02/07 " New York Times " --- - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., June 1 — The general who was in charge of the Marine division in Iraq when infantrymen in the division killed 24 civilians in Haditha in late 2005, said Friday that all his superiors, including Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the top commander in Iraq, knew of the event within hours.

Iraqi civilizan death toll- Nearly 2,000 in May

American death toll in Iraq- climbing slowly but steadily.

Iraqi insurgents destroy bridge- Major bridge connected Baghdad are with Kirkuk area.

Afghan civilians killed by NATO forces- 15 civilians killed in Helmland province.