News and Analysis (3/2/07)

Alliance of militant groups claims responsibility as vengeance for alleged sectarian rape:

·       Fears for Missing Iraqi Policemen (BBC)

Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper claims authorities’ first capture of a senior leader since Taliban’s deposition from power:

·        Pakistan Arrests One of Top Three Taliban: Sources (Reuters)

End of next week promised as new deadline:

·        Palestinian Factions Delay Submitting Cabinet List (Reuters)

“A 5-day-old Israeli military raid ended … after soldiers scoured the crowded Old City for militants and confined tens of thousands of residents to their homes with a curfew:”

·        Israel Ends Military Raid in West Bank Town (LA Times)

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