January, 2008

• 7 January

  Fire destroys Iraq refinery’s LPG unit: engineer

  BAIJI, Iraq – Iraq’s largest oil refinery was continuing to operate on Monday despite a fire that destroyed its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) unit, an engineer at the facility told Reuters.

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• 7 January

  Israeli, Palestinian teams struggle before Bush visit

  JERUSALEM – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators struggled on Monday to get U.S.-sponsored peace talks, stalled by disputes over Jewish settlements, on course before a visit by President George W. Bush.

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• 7 January

  Militants attack Pakistani peace workers

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Al Qaeda-linked militants in northwest Pakistan have attacked two offices of a government-sponsored peace movement and killed eight people, the military said on Monday.

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• 7 January

  FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq

  A U.S. soldier died after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Diyala Province on Saturday. Following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq and Iraqi civilians killed in attacks since the U.S.-led invasion in March, 2003:

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• 7 January

  Amir Dokka Umarov answers the opponents of the Caucasus Emirate

  Part 1   24 Shawwal 1428 (4 November 2007) I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed shaytan. In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful!

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• 7 January

  Georgians vote in presidential poll

  Georgians have begun voting in snap presidential elections seen as a test of the democratic credentials of Mikhail Saakashvili, the country’s pro-western president.

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• 7 January

  Saakashvili eyes Georgia victory, opposition protests

  Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili appeared poised for re-election Sunday, but his chief opponent rejected early results and called a street protest, threatening the ex-Soviet republic with turmoil.

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• 7 January

  Saakashvili claims Georgia vote win

  Mikhail Saakashvili, the Georgian president, has claimed victory in the country’s presidential elections, but the opposition cried foul and called for mass protests.

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• 7 January

  3 kafirs killed, wounded in Shali district

  Alkavkaz website with the reference to the HQ of Shali sector (Commander Amir Hussein) of the Eastern Front of Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate reported about successful sabotage operations which have been carried out by the recruits Mujahideen.

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• 7 January

  Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: Iran’s Conditions Sensitive, But Not Critical

  TEHRAN (FNA) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Iran has always experienced sensitive conditions ever since the Islamic Revolution in 1797, but meantime, reiterated that the country is not dominated by critical conditions at present.

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