Apr 19, 2012

RAMALLAH [MENL] -- The Palestinian Authority has banned Palestinian contact
with Israel's military.

Apr 19, 2012

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel's intelligence community has determined that the
Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip was intensifying efforts to conduct
operations in the West Bank.

Apr 20, 2012

BAGHDAD [MENL] -- Iraq has drafted what officials termed a soft security
plan that would remove checkpoints and focus on intelligence in the war
against Al Qaida.

Apr 24, 2012

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has been urged to develop laser
weapons for naval and other operations in the Gulf.