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Civilians in Afghanistan have paid the heavist price for the conflict in their country, caught up almost daily in both Taliban attacks and air raids by US force.

Spain foils terror-threat

Bomb-related material was found during raids in Barcelona which led to the arrest of 14 people suspected of links to terrorism.

Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said, suspects included 12 from Pakistan and two from India. The Civil Guard detained the suspects in Barcelona as part of a joint operation with Spain's National Intelligence Centre (CNI).

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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that it was too early to arrive at any conclusions as to what the suspects might have been planning.

"Let's be as cautious as is advisable in these cases, with regard to the scope, intentions and what this group of radical activists represent," he said.

Via BBC

Next-Terror Threat

Homeland Security Secretary Michael-Chertoff said yesterday that one of the biggest threats to American security may now come from Europe.

"One of the things we have become concerned about lately is the possibility of Europe becoming a platform for a threat against the United-States," Chertoff said.

In an interview with BBC, Chertoff said that American authorities were becoming increasingly aware of a real risk of Europe becoming a "platform for terrorists."

Via NY-Post

Taleban storm luxury-hotel in Kabul

Taleban militants stormed Kabul's leading luxury-hotel last night, killing seven people in a significant escalation of insurgent tactics against foreign civilians in Afghanistan.

UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said Norway's foreign minister, Støre, was the target of the assault, where the Norwegian embassy was holding a meeting.

A Taleban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility shortly after the attack.

Via Guardian-Unlimited/AFP