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A report published by the US senate intelligence committee has said that there were no links between Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader, and any members of al-Qaeda.
Read More »Nine US Occupation Troops Killed, Wounded in Afghanistan
Nine US occupation troops have been killed in Afghanistan. A US tank came under Taliban attack last night, September 6, near the town of Dahrawut in Uruzgan province, as a result of which six American occupiers were killed and three others were wounded.
Read More »Mujahiden Destroy 2 US Armored vehicles in Iraq
Mujahiden Destroy 2 US Armored vehicles in Iraq, Terminating All Troops Onboard Iraqi Mujahideen fighters ambushed two US armored vehicles in Tall ‘Afar, west of al-Mawsil in northern Iraq early on Thursday morning, September 7, 2006.Â
Read More »US-Iranian Clash On Iraqi Border
US and Iraqi puppet troops clashed with Iranian army forces in the border area near the town of al-Mandali in Diyala Province on Thursday, September 7, 2006.Â
Read More »Israel ends Lebanon air embargo
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon put on a boisterous show Thursday — with a low-flying passenger jet circling the capital — to celebrate the end of Israel’s air blockade.
Read More »Iraq takes military command
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — The United States formally handed over control of Iraq’s new military to Prime Minister Nuri Maliki’s government on Thursday just as rebels unleashed a fresh wave of deadly bomb attacks on Iraqi security forces.
Read More »6 powers agree Iran did not meet UN demands
BERLIN (Reuters) — Iran has failed to meet a UN Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to US calls for sanctions.
Read More »Sudanese mourn death of editor, fear for future
KHARTOUM (Reuters) — A sea of white-clothed mourners laid Sudanese editor Mohammad Taha to rest on Thursday after he was kidnapped and killed by unknown armed men, raising fears of a new brand of extreme violence in Sudan.
Read More »Old divide dogs Lebanese search for consensus
BEIRUT — Abu Abbas, a car dealer from south Lebanon, has ready answers to the litmus-test question which has traditionally split his country down the middle — whether it should opt out of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Read More »Katsav grilled again on sex claims
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli President Moshe Katsav was being grilled by police Thursday for a fourth time over mounting allegations of sexual harassment in a spiralling scandal that threatens to end his career.
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