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  • Islamic States Concerned At the Prospect of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

    DOHA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - The world's largest Islamic body expressed concern Wednesday at the prospect of civilian casualties in Afghanistan but steered clear of condemning U.S. strikes against the Taliban rulers sheltering Osama bin Laden.(Read photo caption below)A communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting of foreign ministers of.. More

  • Iraq Downs Third US Predator Drone

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military lost another unmanned Predator surveillance aircraft on a mission over southern Iraq Wednesday, the third such crash since Aug. 27, the military's Central Command headquarters said. (Map)The announcement from command headquarters in Tampa, Florida, said the 3.2 million Air Force RQ-1B drone disappeared and there.. More

  • Powell: No Immediate Plans to Attack Other Groups

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no immediate plans to attack targets besides Afghanistan and the al Qaeda organization of Osama bin Laden, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday.(Read photo caption below) Asked to comment on reports that the United States was going to attack other targets, Powell said: ``There are no plans that.. More

  • U.S. Unleashes Heaviest Raids Yet on Afghanistan

    KABUL (Reuters) - Planes and cruise missiles pounded Kabul and other Afghan cities into the early hours of Thursday in the fiercest bombardments since U.S.-led attacks against Osama bin Laden and the ruling Taliban began four nights ago.(Read photo caption below) Anti-aircraft fire blazed away for much of Wednesday night and jets screamed over the capital.. More

  • U.S. Personnel in Pakistan Said Not Combat Troops

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Thursday U.S. personnel were in the country, but stressed that it was committed to providing the United States only with logistical support for its strikes on Afghanistan and the forces were not combat troops.(Read photo caption below) Asked if U.S. personnel were already on the ground, government spokesman Major-Genera.. More

  • India Warns of Biological Attack Threat -Paper

    NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, worried about possible biological attacks by terrorists, has provided its states with a list of pathogens and asked hospitals to stock adequate antidotes, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Health officials were concerned about biological attacks following the death of a man in Florida from anthrax and at least two others.. More

  • Bush Gives Stronger Conditional Backing for Palestinian State

    WASHINGTON (Islamweb & News Agencies) - President Bush on Thursday gave his strongest conditional support to date for the creation of a Palestinian state if it left Israel in peace. (Read photo caption) Bush told a news conference his backing depended on the start of a peace process based on a plan outlined by former Sen. George Mitchell that calls.. More

  • Palestinian Leaders Urge End to Internal Violence

    GAZA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Leaders of rival Palestinian factions urged supporters to restore calm Tuesday after U.S.-led air strikes on Afghanistan triggered the Palestinians' deadliest internal violence in years.(Read photo caption below) Trying to put a lid on the crisis, officials kept all schools and universities closed in the Gaza Strip,.. More

  • First Daylight Attack on Kandahar, First Civilian Casualties Arrive in Peshawar, Pakistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan, (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Reports are coming in early Tuesday of the first Daylight attack on Kandahar.F-16 jets are reportedly targeting the city's airport.Heavy anti-aircraft gunfire was heard.Civilians have reportedly been killed.However, Taliban sources say they have not suffered heavy material damage. At the same time, first.. More

  • Tensions in Muslim World Mount Over U.S.-Led Strikes

    JAKARTA (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Police in Pakistan battled thousands of anti-U.S. demonstrators as calls for a holy war against the United States echoed throughout the Muslim world following the U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan.While the United States and its allies were at pains to reassure the Islamic world that President Bush's war on terrorism.. More

  • Syria Elected for Seat on U.N. Security Council

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria, a country on the U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism, was one of five nations elected on Monday to a seat on the prestigious 15-nation U.N. Security Council. (Read photo caption below) Syria received 160 votes out of the 177 valid secret ballots cast by the U.N. General Assembly members. Despite last-minute appeals.. More

  • Palestinian Police Warn Militants

    JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Islamic Resistanceleaders said Monday they were summoned by the Palestinian Authority over the weekend and warned there would be a tough response if they did not stop attacks on Israelis.The Islamic Jihad group said it would defy the orders, while the larger Hamas faction suggested it would abide by a truce with.. More

  • 118 People Killed in Italy's Worst Air Disaster

    MILAN (Reuters) - Aviation investigators and magistrates were on Tuesday trying to pin down the cause and probe possible legal responsibility for a crash that killed 118 people in what is believed to be Italy's worst air disaster.A Scandinavian jet collided with a light plane in heavy fog and crashed into a hangar at Milan's Linate airport. All 110.. More

  • US Missiles Kill 4 UN Workers and Scores of Afghans

    KABUL, Afghanistan, (Islamweb & News Agencies) -The United Nations, has appealed for protection of civilians in Afghanistan after four workers from a UN mine-clearing organisation were killed in a raid on Kabul. (Read photo caption below) They were the first independently confirmed civilian deaths since the start of the US-led attacks.Taleban officials.. More

  • Anthrax strain points to foul play

    BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 9 —  The FBI believes the strain of anthrax that killed a tabloid photo editor in Florida and was found in his co-worker’s nose was manmade, suggesting criminal activity. But investigators have found no evidence linking the incident to terrorism.THE SOURCE of the anthrax, which can be used as a biological weapon, is the subject.. More