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Al Qaeda Captives Turn on Pakistan Guards, 14 Dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed on Wednesday when captured fighters of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda seized Pakistani army guards' weapons while being moved to jail by bus and opened fire, government officials said. The gunbattle in the Kurram tribal agency near the Afghan frontier region of Tora Bora sparked a huge manhunt,.. More -
Yemen in Pursuit of Suspected Al Qaeda Militants
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen on Wednesday sent special army troops led by the son of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to search for Muslim militants linked to Osama bin Laden a day after clashes killed at least 18 people from both sides. ``Special units led by Colonel Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh...have been dispatched to support army units in Marib and Shabwa.. More -
Is Somalia Next Target for U.S.?
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A senior German official said Wednesday that the United States had marked war-ravaged Somalia as the next target in its global fight against Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, but Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the report was ``flat wrong.'' The German official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it is no longer.. More -
Britain Says to Lead Afghan Force of Up to 5,000
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain committed around 1,500 troops on Wednesday to lead a peacekeeping force in Afghanistan which it said could number up to 5,000 in total, but would not be fully in place for at least a month. ``I can now confirm that the United Kingdom is formally prepared to take on the leadership of an International Security Assistance Force,''.. More -
US Special Forces Reported in Pakistan to Head off Qaeda Fleeing Fighters
WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The United States on Monday intensified the hunt for al Qaeda fighters after the apparent fall of their cave compound at Tora Bora in Afghanistan, with one U.S. television network reporting U.S. special forces were dispatched to Pakistan to head off fleeing al-Qaeda fighters. Amid reports Saudi-born militant.. More -
Peace Force in Kabul Likely Before Dec 22 –Karzai
ROME (Reuters) - Hamid Karzai, the designated head of the interim government that will take power in Afghanistan Saturday, believes an international peace force is likely to arrive in Kabul before his government takes office. He arrived in Rome late on Monday for talks on Tuesday with the country's former king.His words echoed a senior U.S. official.. More -
Israel, U.S. React Warily to Arafat Truce Speech; EU More Optimistic
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel and the United States responded warily to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's call for an end to Resistance bombings and armed attacks on Israelis. Arafat also demanded the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stop its ''brutal war'' against the Palestinian Authority. He did not formally.. More -
Pakistan Wants a Joint Investigation of the Attack on Indian Parliament
NEW DELHI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Indian police Sunday accused Pakistan's main intelligence service, Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI). of being connected to the bloody suicide attack on the Indian parliament, as hostility between the nuclear-armed enemies intensified. New Delhi Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma said the link had come.. More -
U.S. fails to catch bin Laden as stronghold falls
TORA BORA, Afghanistan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Afghan forces destroyed the last bastion of the al Qaeda organization in Afghanistan on Sunday but did not find Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born militant who stands accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks on the United States. U.S. forces and their allies were scouring the country for.. More -
British-led Team Arrives in Kabul to Assess Composition & Size of Peacekeeping Force For Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - A British army general said on Sunday he had arrived in Kabul to discuss the size and composition of an international peacekeeping force, even as Afghan leaders have voiced doubts about the need for the troops. Major General John McColl arrived at Bagram air base Saturday night and met leader designate Hamid Karzai Sunday and was.. More -
Russian Troops Search for Chechen Resistance Men
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Russian forces searched parts of the Chechen capital, Grozny, and the mountains to the south for suspected Resistance men Sunday, detaining more than 50 suspects, authorities said. Federal forces also halted traffic in and out of Argun, Chechnya's third-largest city, as Russian soldiers rounded up residents.. More -
Russia Expects U.S. to Consult Over War - Putin
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Financial Times he expects the United States to consult Moscow before taking the ``war on terrorism'' beyond Afghanistan. He was quoted in Monday's edition as saying the top priority should be blocking the financing of terrorism and he specifically warned against military.. More -
Israel Responds to Arafat’s Speech By Killing 3 Palestinians & Briefly Detaining Two of His Top Aides
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation troops responded to Yasser Arafat’s call to end all attacks against the Jewish state by shooting dead three Palestinians on Monday, including a Hamas member and a 12-year-old boy, drawing vows from militant groups to defy Yasser Arafat's demand for a halt to armed attacks on Israelis. Israel.. More -
Al Qaeda Chechens Fight to Death in Tora Bora
TORA BORA/KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Chechen fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden fought to the death Saturday in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan in battles with U.S. special forces and their Afghan tribal allies. But an Afghan commander returning from the front among the caves, tunnels and valleys near Tora Bora said that while the Chechens.. More -
Eid al-Fitr Festival Begins Amid Mideast Bloodshed
JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies ) - Israeli helicopters rocketed Palestinian security targets in northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, as fresh violence rumbled on after the end of a U.S. peace mission and ushered in the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Palestinian police said two attack helicopters fired four missiles at a Palestinian police station.. More
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