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03 MAY 2012

AFG-PAK-CAS
7 Dead, 17 Injured in Kabul Suicide Attack: Pajhwok Seven people were killed and 17 others wounded after four burqa clad suicide attackers tried to enter an international military base at the 9th police district of Kabul. A suicide bomber crashed his explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of the Green Village, an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) military base in Qabil Bai. (Source: Kabul, Afghanistan; Independent; Neutral) Taliban Announce 'Spring Offensive' across Afghanistan: Naharnet Taliban militia announced their "spring offensive", named al-Farouq, would begin across Afghanistan on Thursday. Primary targets would be "foreign invaders, their advisors, their contractors, all who help them militarily and in intelligence."(Source: Beirut, Lebanon; English Edition of An Nahar; Liberal; Daily) Sindh Cities Rocked by More than 16 Blasts: Pak Tribune Several people including a policeman were injured when more than sixteen blasts rocked various cities of Sindh including Karachi. Most of the blasts occurred outside National Bank branches. Several injuries, but no deaths, were reported. (Source: Pakistan, Independent, neutral) 5 Die in Quetta Attack on FC Convoy: The Nation Five people were killed while 15 others (5 among them personnel of Frontier Corps (FC)) sustained injuries in a remote-controlled bomb blast which occurred at Sariab Road of Quetta. The FC convoy, escorting officers and their families to Quetta from Sibi, was the target of attackers who planted explosives in an abandoned parked car. (Source: Islamabad, Conservative, Part of
the Nawa-i-Waqt publishing group)

(U Suicide car near gate of Green Village (Pajhwok, 02 May 2012)

OTHER TOPICS
16 AQ Arrested Iraq, Kuwait to Repair Border Markers Media Exaggerate Unrest in Bahrain Saudi Warns Iran over Gulf islands Yemen to Ask for $10 Billion in Aid At Least 20 Dead in Latest Cairo Riots SCAF Denies Responsibility for Violence Over 20 Members of Security Forces Killed UN Meets with Rebels

IRAN
Iran to Build More Small Oil Refineries: Ettelaat An Iranian oil official announced the launch of a project to build small refineries which will produce light oil products like gasoline, gas oil, and kerosene as 85 percent of their output. Hassan Khosrojerdi, head of the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters Union, said that a refinery with a tenthousand-barrel capacity requires around USD100 million in investments.
(Source: Tehran, Iran; Daily)

Terrorists Assassinate Party Leaders Son New Govt Sworn In Turks Meet on Syria

Iran Runoff Parliament Election to be Held on Friday: ILNA The countdown to a tough campaign for parliament runoff elections continues in Iran with 130 candidates vying for the remaining 65 seats of the 290-seat legislative body. The competition is tight between the two main Principlist
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(U)Syrian security forces (Al Arabiya, 03 May 2012)

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groups, the United Principlist Front (UPF) and the Perseverance Front, with the Principlists already securing a majority in the Majlis by wining at least 180 of the 290 seats. (Source: Tehran, Iran;
Independent; Supervised by the Labor Higher Education Institute; Sympathetic to the Reform Movement; Daily)

IRAQ-ARABIAN PENINSULA
16 Qaeda Members Arrested in Baghdad: Al Sumaria TV 16 Al Qaeda members were arrested in a security operation carried out in different southern regions of Baghdad. A 17th division military force carried out a search and raid operation in different southern regions of Baghdad which led to the detention of 16 members of Al Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq, 17th division Commander Major General Nasser Al Ghanam said. (Source: Iraq; Independent; Strive for Unified
Iraq; Neutral)

Iraq, Kuwait Ask U.N. to Repair Border Markers: Daily Star Kuwait and Iraq have jointly asked the United Nations to start repairing border markers, delayed for years due to Iraqi objections. The work will be carried out on the basis of Security Council Resolution 833, adopted in 1993, to demarcate the borders, three years after Iraq's late Saddam Hussein invaded the emirate. (Source: Beirut, Lebanon; Independent; Daily, Except Sunday; Neutral) King Says Foreign Media Exaggerate Unrest in Bahrain: Daily Star King Hamad accused foreign media of exaggerating unrest and inciting violence after the Gulf Arab state hosted a Formula One race that turned into a public relations headache. "It is quite clear that Bahrain has been targeted by purposeful, willful campaigns in some foreign media that sought to distort true facts, instigate violence, sabotage, hatred and hostility among citizens in our united nation."
(Source: Beirut, Lebanon; Independent; Daily, Except Sunday; Neutral)

Saudi Arabia Warns Iran over Gulf islands, Bahrain: Jordan Times Saudi Arabia repeated it would not tolerate threats to the Gulf Arab states' sovereignty, the latest warning to Iran after President Ahmadinejad's visit to an island claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates. "Any harm that comes across any of our countries is harm that touches us all," Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef said at a meeting of GCC interior ministers in Riyadh. (Source: Amman,
Jordan; Independent; Neutral)

Yemen to Ask Donors for $10 Billion in Urgent Aid: Al Arabiya Yemen will ask donors for about $10 billion in urgent aid at a Friends of Yemen meeting to be held in the Saudi capital later this month, the countrys Planning Minister, Mohammed Said al-Saadi said. We are talking about $10 billion that we will need for economic recovery, to stabilize the economy and the currency. (Source: Dubai, UAE; Independent; Claim Neutrality)

PAN-AOR
Egypt: At Least 20 Dead in Latest Cairo Riots: Bikya Masr The death count climbs in riots outside the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in Abbassiya. Estimates average 20 dead, with many more injured and several people missing. The unrest has been simmering since ultra-conservative Salafists staged a sit-in to protest the disqualification of their presidential candidate, Abu Ismail. (Source: Egypt, Independent outlet, Undetermined)
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SCAF Denies Responsibility for Violence, Will Hold Press Conference Thursday: Egypt Independent Egypts ruling military council is to hold a press conference on Thursday to give its views on the recent clashes in Abbasseya. The army said it is not responsible for the killing of protesters, adding that it didnt intend to break up the sit-in violently. Attempts were made to convince the protesters to transfer their sit-in to Tahrir Square, but the protesters refused. (Source: Cairo, Egypt; Independent; Undetermined) Syria: Over 20 Members of Security Forces Killed in Attacks, Clashes: Al Bawaba At least 21 members of the Syrian security forces were killed in the region of Aleppo in northern Syria and Harasta. Fifteen security forces members were killed at dawn in an ambush on the road to the town of al-Raii, and two army deserters were killed overnight in clashes with soldiers. Six soldiers were killed in clashes in Harasta between the army and defected soldiers. (Source: Amman, Jordan; Popular
Arab media; Daily; Claims Neutrality)

UN Observers Meet with Rebels, Regime Forces in Homs: Now Lebanon "It was a fruitful meeting," said Lieutenant Colonel Farhad of Bangladesh, after meeting for about four hours with rebel leaders in Qusur, while acknowledging that the situation remains volatile. "We carry out more patrols, and for the moment we're just monitoring the tension. Our task is to monitor the situation and to report to headquarters on what we see. They will decide what to do." The situation in Homs had improved somewhat since the arrival of the UN observers. (Source: Beirut, Lebanon; Privately
Funded / Independent; Liberal)

Terrorists Assassinate Son of Syrian Social Nationalist Party Leader and a Comrade, Three Warrant Officers Martyred: SANA An armed terrorist group assassinated Ismael Haidar, son of Ali Haidar, the Leader of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, an opposition party, and his comrade Fadi Atawneh. A terrorist group assassinated a Warrant Officer in Bosra al-Cham, while another group assassinated a law-enforcement Chief Warrant Officer in Mahajeh. In Deir Ezzor, a chief warrant officer was martyred and 15 other law enforcement members injured by the gunfire of an armed terrorist group in al-Shheil area. (Source: Damascus, Official
Govt news agency)

New Govt Sworn In: Jordan Times Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh and members of his Cabinet were sworn in before His Majesty King Abdullah. The 30-member Cabinet includes 12 ministers from the outgoing government and 18 new ministers, eight of whom have previously held portfolios. The Cabinet held its first meeting, during which the premier reiterated that the government will work to complete reform-related laws. (Source:
Amman, Jordan; Independent; Neutral)

PAN-AOI
Turkish PM, Chief of Military Staff Meet on Syria: Press TV Turkeys Chief of Military Staff General Necdet Ozel briefed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the situation in neighboring Syria. The meetings were held after gunmen using Turkish speed boats and weapons attacked a Syrian military unit near Latakia. Several soldiers were killed and many others injured in the seaborne assault. (Source: Iran, Govt. Funded, Anti-West)
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