Mekel says the government's problems with the network grew during the recent Israeli military attacks inside Hamas-controlled Gaza following Palestinian rocket attacks on the southern Israeli town of Sderot and the port city of Ashkelon.

NPR: Israelis Shun Al Jazeera's Arabic News Network

At that time there were a spate of similar sectarian pipe bomb attacks on houses in the town, and the RUC increased their surveillance and 'stop-and-search' operations in the town to try to deal with the rise in sectarian incidents.

BBC: Loyalists blamed for pipe bomb attacks

Gen Selim Idriss claimed that more than 7, 000 fighters of the Lebanese Shia movement were taking part in attacks on the rebel-held town of Qusair.

BBC: Hezbollah fighters 'invading' Syria - rebel chief

Pre-dawn air raids resumed Wednesday with Serbian TV reporting attacks on the Bistrica hydroelectric plant near the southern Serb town of Nova Varos, about 125 miles (200 km) south of Belgrade.

CNN: EU, U.N. leaders to hold summit on Kosovo crisis

In September, the US launched a series of attacks by unmanned drones on suspected al-Shabab positions around the Somali port town of Kismayo.

BBC: Former US soldier Craig Baxam 'helped al-Shabab'

Yugoslav National Radio reported a barrage of attacks on oil refineries in Novi Sad and the small town of Pozego in the overnight raids.

CNN: NATO pounds Yugoslav targets after flurry of diplomacy

The attacks at Firmount Drive in Antrim town, began shortly after 21:00 GMT on Monday.

BBC: Three houses attacked in Firmount Drive, Antrim

Police had been on alert for possible attacks by ETA in tourist destinations after a suspected member of the group was killed in the coastal town of Torrevieja, near Alicante, when explosives she was handling blew up on Tuesday.

CNN: Barcelona bomb injures three