From the Boston Globe: LONDON — The international fallout from the apparent CIA abduction of an Islamic militant cleric off the streets of Milan highlights the potential for such tactics to heighten friction between the United States and its European allies. The issue is how to wage the fight against terrorism. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi […]
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Qurei: Unity gov’t talks soon with Hamas, Jihad
Why not make “unity” official? From the Jerusalem Post: Talks with Hamas and Islamic Jihad on setting up a “national unity” government will begin this week, Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said Sunday. The invitation to the Islamic groups is part of an effort by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to co-opt them instead of disarming […]
Iraq: Suicide bombers kill 26 in Iraq
Jihad attacks continue to target police forces. From Reuters: BAGHDAD — Suicide bombers struck yesterday in Baghdad and a Shi’ite city south of the capital in attacks that killed 26 people and injured nearly 50, Iraqi officials said. One of the attackers targeted bystanders and police who had rushed to the scene of an earlier […]
US bombards Afghan militants; seeks missing troops
From Reuters: KABUL – U.S. aircraft blasted militant positions in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday as U.S. forces searched for a sixth day for soldiers missing since just before a helicopter coming to their aid was shot down, police said. Elsewhere, a pro-government Islamic scholar was shot and critically wounded near the southern city of Kandahar, […]
Arizona paper cleared over “kill Muslims” letter
From Reuters, with thanks to Skeet Street. PHOENIX, July 1 – The Arizona state Supreme Court ruled on Friday a Tucson newspaper could not be held liable for publishing a letter that urged people to kill Muslims to retaliate for the death of American soldiers in Iraq. In a 5-0 ruling, Arizona’s highest court found […]
Egyptian envoy to Iraq kidnapped
From Reuters: BAGHDAD – Egypt’s top envoy to Iraq, expected to become the first Arab ambassador in Baghdad since the fall of Saddam Hussein, was kidnapped late on Saturday, an Egyptian diplomat said on Sunday. “He was buying a newspaper on Saturday evening when two BMWs full of gunmen blocked his way and kidnapped him,” […]
Watson: America’s Day
D.C. Watson reflects on the meaning of the Fourth of July, America’s Day: July 4th, 1776 The United States of America declares its independence, and a new nation is born. A new nation whose independence was won through war and sacrifice. Independence certainly earned. As we celebrate our 229th birthday, it gives all of us […]
Priest: Help from France key in covert operations
Dana Priest explains how Paris”s shadowy “˜Alliance Base” aids U.S. in terror fight in the Washington Post via MSNBC: PARIS – When Christian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam, boarded an Air France flight from Riyadh on June 3, 2003, he knew only that the Saudi government had put him under house arrest for an […]
Riyadh Professor Objects to Woman Pilot
From Arab News, with thanks to Skeet Street. RIYADH “” An associate professor of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh has objected to the hiring of a Muslim woman as a pilot. In a statement issued in response to a full-page advertisement by Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Co., congratulating […]
Bahraini Shiites Protest Al Ayam Cartoon
From Arab News, with thanks to all who sent this in. MANAMA “” Close to a thousand Bahraini Shiites took to the streets Friday afternoon to protest the publication of a caricature in Al Ayam newspaper that appeared on June 27 depicting Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “manipulating” the results of the recent Iranian […]