IED Sweep

Saudi Security Infiltrate Militant Safe house Saudi security forces stormed a militant hideout in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dammam after three days of street battles left five militants and four police officers dead. According to witnesses, gunshots rang in the hours leading to the raid on the target building. Killed in the fighting was Zaid al-Samari, a 31-year-old Saudi and one of the top 36 most wanted fugitives in Saudi Arabia. Al-Samari was wanted for his part in several attacks in the kingdom since 2003.
SASR Returns to Afghanistan Australia�s Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) troops have returned to Afghanistan after a three-year leave. The exact location of the Special Forces operators was not revealed, though it is speculated they will work along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with other Special Forces from the US and other countries. Australian authorities say a total of 190 members of the SASR are expected to be on the ground in Afghanistan by mid-September.
US Forces Rescue Abducted Contractor A US civilian contractor, who was taken prisoner in Iraq last year, has been rescued from an isolated farmhouse south of Baghdad, according to authorities. US-led forces freed Roy Hallums and an unnamed Iraqi national, both of whom are reported to be in good condition. Hallums, 57, worked for a Saudi food contracting company when he was kidnapped on November 1, 2004, during an assault in Baghdad. The two prisoners were rescued at approximately 1120 local time, 15 miles south of the Iraqi capital.
IED Kills 4 Security Guards in Iraq Four American security guards traveling in a convoy through the southern city of Basra are dead after encountering a roadside bomb. Three of the civilian security guards were killed instantly, and a fourth died later in a military hospital. The contractors were traveling via an SUV on a busy highway when the explosion took place. More than 200 civilian contractors have been killed while working for private defense contractors in Iraq thus far. The identities of the latest victims were not released pending notification of relatives.
16 Die in Storm off Japan 16 people are dead after a severe tropical storm raged through the Sea of Japan. Several towns on Japan�s northern island of Hokkaido were left devastated by landslides and floods that drove 300,000 people from their homes. Nine people are missing in total, and more than 70,000 homes, mainly on the island of Kyushu, are still without electricity. Japan Airlines and its affiliates canceled 47 flights Wednesday morning, while All Nippon Airlines grounded 43 flights, affecting almost 12,000 people. Winds reaching 67 mph, and 10 more inches of rain are expected.
Egyptian Theater Fire Kills 29 At least 29 people are dead after a fire broke out during a theater performance south of Cairo. At least 60 others were injured when a candle overturned on stage, igniting a blaze that sent 1,000 theatergoers into a panic. Authorities report victims were admitted for medical treatment for burn-related injuries and suffocation, and that some people were trampled to death in a stampede to flee the theater�s single exit. This marks the deadliest fire in Egypt since 2002, when a passenger train south of Cairo caught fire, killing 370 people.
Ex-Palestinian Security Chief Murdered Palestinian ex-security Chief Moussa Arafat was dragged from his home at gunpoint and shot dead in Gaza. The cousin of the late leader Yasser Arafat, the victim is thus far the most senior figure to be murdered in the internal violence that plagues the Palestinian territories. A militant group called the Popular Resistance Committees has claimed responsibility for killing Arafat after a 30-minute battle with his bodyguards. The group reportedly encircled Arafat�s villa with 20 cars and fired rocket-propelled grenades into the home before killing Arafat and abducting his son.
Survivors Encouraged to Leave New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin announced plans to pressure thousands of remaining citizens to leave New Orleans in light of growing concerns about gas leaks, fires, and diseases spread by squalid flood waters throughout New Orleans. 900 police officers in the city are struggling to carry out an evacuation order for the city, about 60 percent of which is still under water. As the receding waters uncovered another 20 percent of New Orleans this week, forensic pathologists, medical examiners, coroners and morticians were called upon to help identify thousands of dead bodies.

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