Terrorist Events for May 5, 2006

News briefs on terrorism-related events.

Darfur rebel group accepts Sudan government peace deal

THE biggest of three Darfur rebel factions, the Sudan Liberation Army, and the Sudanese government accepted a peace settlement on 5 May. But two other factions rejected the offer.

Kabul bomb kills Italian peacekeepers

TWO Italian peacekeepers were killed and four were wounded when a remote-controlled bomb exploded on 5 May in Kabul as their convoy was passing, Reuters reported.

Bomb kills relatives of Afghan MP

TWO relatives of an Afghan member of parliament were killed in a roadside blast in Helmand province on 5 May, Reuters reported.

Police officers die in Taliban raid

TWO police officers were killed and two wounded in a Taliban raid in Helmand province on 5 May, Reuters reported.

Philippines troops clash with NPA rebels

PHILIPPINE troops encountered suspected New People's Army rebels in Butuan City on 5 May, leading to a battle that left four rebels dead and a ...

Nepalese rebels kidnap police officers

NEPAL's Maoist rebels took three police officers captive in a remote area in the west of the country on 5 May, Reuters reported.

-Most-wanted militant set up own rebel group in Indonesia

THE International Crisis Group said on 5 May that Noordin M Top, one of Asia's most wanted Islamist militants, has built his own force to carry out attacks in and around Indonesia, independently of Jemaah Islamiyya, Reuters reported.

-Gunmen abduct Iraqi minister's wife and daughter

IRAQI gunmen kidnapped the wife and daughter of former Iraqi Housing Minister Al-Faruq Umar al-Dumluji on 1 May, Al-Sharqiyah TV in Baghdad reported.

-Afghan warlord 'ready to join Al-Qaeda'

AFGHAN warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in a videotape yesterday that he is ready to fight under the banner of Al-Qaeda. The rebel warlord is classified as a terrorist by the US, the BBC reported.

-Huge explosive cache seized in Afghanistan

THOUSANDS of bags of explosives were seized in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, yesterday and one man was arrested, the Afghan Islamic Press reported.

-Nepali rebels welcome ceasefire

MAOIST rebels in Nepal yesterday welcomed a government ceasefire offer and said they are ready to enter peace talks, the BBC reported.

-Opposition 'bombers' sent into Myanmar

MYANMAR'S military government warned yesterday that opposition groups have sent more than 20 people into the country to bomb targets in three cities, the BBC reported.

-US 'funds Somali warlords' to fight Islamists

SOMALIAN President Abdullahi Yusuf said yesterday that the US is funding a coalition of Somali warlords who last year battled Islamist militants, the AP reported.

-US 'close' to catching Zarqawi

THE US military said on 5 May that it was close to catching Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, after discovering documents and the unedited copy of a video he released last week, Reuters reported.

-Gunmen kill police major near Baghdad

-Roadside bomb kills three US soldiers in Iraq

-Roadside bomb injures police officers in Baghdad

-Militants kill Thai defence volunteer