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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2007 – Coalition and Iraqi forces captured 48 suspected insurgents and killed eight, and insurgents killed more than 20 civilians in several attacks over the past few days in Iraq, military officials reported. Coalition forces captured 22 suspected terrorists during operations today targeting al Qaeda and foreign fighter facilitators. During operations in Mosul, coalition forces captured four suspected terrorists allegedly involved in the planning of improvised-explosive-device attacks on friendly forces. A senior foreign fighter facilitator was captured north of Habbaniyah, and two suspects who are reportedly involved in weapons facilitation were detained in Baghdad. Northeast of...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_re_us/protester_killed_lawsuit Kin of Slain Protester Suing Caterpillar Tue Mar 15, 5:52 PM ET By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE, Associated Press Writer SEATTLE - The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home is suing Caterpillar Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her. The federal lawsuit, which lawyers said would be filed here Tuesday, alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces that it knew would be used to demolish homes and endanger people. Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen...