A deadly traffic accident caused by a U.S. military convoy sparked anti-American riots in the Afghan capital, Kabul – a city that was supposed to be the safest place in the war-torn country.  The unrest began Monday after a U.S. military vehicle crashed into at least 12 civilian cars in …

RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TALK ABOUT GLOBAL THREATS, BUT PREPARE FOR LOCAL WAR  On May 10 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an address to the Russian Federal Assembly.

On April 19, 2006, Saudi Islamist cleric Sheikh Dr. Nasser Al-‘Omar appeared on Al-Jazeera delivering a lecture on jihad. In it, he said, “The Islamic nation now faces a great phase of jihad,” and added “There are places where jihad is proper – Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Chechnya, Kashmir, and the …