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Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=3/14/2008#10

Pakistan

Al Qaeda and Baitullah Mehsud prime suspects in Lahore suicide attacks
A meeting of security agencies on March 13 named al Qaeda and pro-Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud as the prime suspects in the twin suicide attacks in Lahore on March 11, according to Daily Times. Sources privy to the meeting said representatives of intelligence agencies, the Federal Investigation Agency, Punjab Police and the Crime Investigation Department said Lahore was being targeted because it housed the regional headquarters of various security agencies. Investigators said at the meeting that Lahore was not a new target as intelligence had arrested 48 suspects including seven would-be suicide bombers from the provincial capital and seized 640 kilograms of explosives before Muharram.

Meanwhile, the Punjab Police on March 13 arrested 15 more suspects in connection with the bombings. Police also conducted several raids in southern Punjab, sources said.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1205420688158&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Mar 14, 2008 15:23 | Updated Mar 14, 2008 18:57
“Terrorists fire 7 Kassams at W. Negev”
By JPOST.COM STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Meanwhile, 30 batteries containing sulfuric acid were discovered on a Palestinian truck at Tapuah Crossing, south of Nablus, in a joint IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Civil Administration operation overnight Thursday.

Israel has outlawed the possession of sulfuric acid in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip due to its use in the manufacture of weapons and explosives.

The army said that security forces would continue to operate against the transfer of prohibited substances into the Palestinian territories.”