Tribal clashes are increasing as well. From MSNBC: BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military said its forces killed an al-Qaida operative they named as Abu Islam and a number of fighters in air strikes at Karabila, close to Qaim, on the Syrian border on Tuesday. “Intelligence leads Coalition forces to believe that Abu Islam and […]
Palestinian Authority’s US assets are frozen
From the Boston Globe, with thanks to Hugh Fitzgerald. WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island lawyer trying to collect a $116 million terrorism judgment against the Palestinian Authority has obtained a court-ordered freeze on all its US-based assets, severely limiting most Palestinian economic and diplomatic activities in the United States at a critical moment for the […]
Lebanon says pro-Syrians suspects in Hariri murder
From Reuters: BEIRUT – U.N. investigators questioned an aide to Lebanon’s pro-Syrian president and three former security chiefs on Tuesday as suspects in the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, the prime minister said. Lebanese police detained the three top security officials in dawn raids, the first concrete steps toward implicating allies of Syria in […]
Israel’s Netanyahu to Challenge Sharon to Lead Likud
From Bloomberg: Benjamin Netanyahu, the former finance minister who resigned to protest Israel’s pullout from the Gaza Strip, said today he plans to run against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and replace him as leader of the ruling Likud party. Netanyahu’s announcement came a day after the Likud set a two- day meeting of its […]
Chirac says Iran must halt nuclear activities
From the International Herald Tribune: Paris – In a stark ultimatum, President Jacques Chirac of France warned Iran on Monday that it would face censure by the United Nations Security Council if it did not reinstate a freeze on sensitive nuclear activities under an agreement reached last November. In his annual speech to France’s ambassadors […]
13 terrorist suspects on trial in Belgium
From Pravda, with thanks to Nicolei. A Brussels judge on Monday sent over a dozen people to trial on charges of aiding and abetting terrorists, including those suspected in last year’s Madrid train bombings. An autumn trial would be the first test for a 2004 law making it a crime to consort with terrorists. Prosecutors […]
Denmark Tries to Act Against Terrorism as Mood in Europe Shifts
Denmark struggles with speech issues. What is sedition? What constitutes incitement? These issues will be paramount in the western world for a long time to come. From the Washington Post, or as Hugh Fitzgerald calls it, the Bandar Beacon, with thanks to Kemaste. COPENHAGEN — Said Mansour, a slightly built man with a bushy beard, […]
U.K. to Deport Terrorist Supporters
“New Guidelines Target Those Who ‘Foment, Justify or Glorify’ Violence,” from the Washington Post, or as Hugh calls it, the Bandar Beacon: LONDON — People who “foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence” will be deported and banned from Britain under new guidelines released Wednesday by the country’s top law enforcement official. Home Secretary Charles Clarke […]
Judge rejects bail for Lodi men
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Sacramento — A federal judge ordered a Lodi father and son charged Tuesday with lying to the FBI to remain jailed after refusing to consider whether they should be able to post bail, but he didn’t rule out attorneys fighting for the men’s release in the future. Hamid Hayat, 22, […]
Palestinian Cleric: We Will Enter Palestine as Conquerors, Not Through Negotiations But Through Jihad
From MEMRI: On August 19, Palestinian Clerics Association Deputy Director Sheikh Muhammad Ali was interviewed by Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV. In the interview, he discussed Jihad as the duty of all Muslims, and the coming conquest of all of Palestine through Jihad, not negotiation. He went on to explain in detail the prophetic tradition of “the […]