From the Jewish Telegraph, . BRITAIN was this week reported to be planning to renew contacts with Hamas. This follows the terror group’s impressive showing in recent Palestinian municipal elections, says the Tel Aviv website Israel Insider. Israel is reported to be demanding clarification from Britain over the reports. The website claims that senior British […]
Israel to Release 400 Palestinian Prisoners
From AP via Fox News: JERUSALEM “” Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, a long-overdue gesture Israel had agreed to as part of a Mideast truce package. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the Cabinet that the prisoner release would strengthen Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and “the moderate forces in the […]
Protests Worldwide Blast U.S. Over Koran
From AP via Fox News, . ISLAMABAD, Pakistan “” Thousands of Muslims marched Friday in Islamic countries from Asia to the Middle East, burning symbols of America to protest the alleged desecration of the Koran by military personnel at a U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The rallies in Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia and […]
Afghan Leader Killed; Hostage Tape Aired
From Fox News. KABUL, Afghanistan “” A video of an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped nearly two weeks ago in Kabul was broadcast Sunday on an Afghan television station. Meanwhile, Gunmen shot and killed the top Muslim leader in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Sunday, police said. Mullah Abdul Fayaz, a supporter of U.S.-backed […]
Chechen Rebel Claims Moscow Blackout
From Fox News, . MOSCOW “” A rebel-linked Web site said Friday that Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev had claimed responsibility for the power outage that plunged Moscow into chaos two days earlier. “Our sabotage units delivered a major blow to one of the most important life-support systems of the Russian empire,” the Kavkazcenter site quoted […]
Knockoff Dealers Could Have Designs on Terror
A Senate panel is told that some traffickers of high-end counterfeits have ties to Hezbollah. From the LA Times, with thanks to EPG. WASHINGTON “” When Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. John Stedman was booking a clothing store owner last year on charges of selling counterfeit high-fashion merchandise, his attention was drawn to the large […]
India: Mob Torches Mosques After Acid Attack
From Indian Express, “Mob sets fire to 2 mosques after acid attack,” with thanks to Two Stellas. MANDI – An angry crowd set two mosques in the town on fire this evening after a man threw a bottle of acid at passengers of a private bus, seriously injuring at least 11 people, including a five-year-old. […]
Muslim Protestors Burn Cross on Streets of London
From Barnabas Fund, with thanks to Nicolei. More than 300 Muslim protestors set fire to a wooden cross outside the American Embassy in London last Friday 20th May. The crowd, led by Omar Bakri Muhammad and Yassar al-Siri, were protesting against the alleged desecration of a Qur’an by American military interrogators at Guantanamo Bay. This […]
Iraq: Violence Surges, 30 New Deaths
From the New Duranty Times, “Violence Surges Across Iraq With 30 New Deaths Reported” BAGHDAD, Iraq – The surge of violence that has swept Iraq since its first elected government took office nearly a month ago continued Saturday, with at least 30 new deaths reported across the country, some of them in what appeared to […]
Report: Injured Zarqawi has fled Iraq
Top insurgent may have been moved to Iran, source says. From Reuters: LONDON – Al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled the country after being seriously injured in a U.S. missile attack, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting a senior commander of the Iraqi insurgency. Al-Zarqawi has shrapnel lodged in his chest […]