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  • Occupation Soldier, Iraqi Interpreter Killed West of Baghdad

    Unidentified attackers killed a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter with a roadside bomb as they were carrying out a patrol west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Monday. The incident took place Saturday evening, as a group of soldiers were moving through Abu Ghraib city on the western outskirts of the capital. "A Task Force 1st Armored Division.. More

  • Zionists Assassinate Sheikh Ahmad Yassin

    Israeli helicopter gunships have fired missiles at Shaikh Ahmad Yasin as he left a mosque before dawn, killing the Hamas leader and at least six other people. A Reuters reporter who rushed to the scene on Monday after hearing three loud explosions found the blown-up remains of Yasin's blood-soaked wheelchair. One witness who lives near the mosque.. More

  • Afghani Minister Shot Dead in Herat

    Afghanistan's Civil Aviation Minister Mirwais Sadiq, the son of the powerful governor of Herat province, has been killed in fighting in the provincial capital. Fighting erupted in the western city of Herat on Sunday immediately after the assassination, which a spokesman for Governor Ismail Khan blamed on forces loyal to a senior government commander.. More

  • One Iraqi, Two US Soldiers Killed in Separate Rocket Attacks

    Unidentified attackers fired rockets into central Baghdad in a rare daylight salvo Sunday, killing a civilian and wounding two, police said. The rockets, apparently fired from the south of the city, followed a rocket attack Saturday night that killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded seven near the flashpoint town of Falluja. Brigadier General Mark.. More

  • US 'Shipping WMDs into Iraq'

    US forces have been shipping parts of missiles; chemical and germ warfare agents and nuclear weapons into southern Iraq, according to an exclusive report in paper Akhbar Al Khaleej. Quoting Iraqi Transportation Ministry sources, the report said US forces offloaded this equipment from US cargo ships at the port of Umm Qasr, near Basra, during Ashoora. It.. More

  • Five Palestinians Shot Dead by Israeli Troops

    At least five Palestinians, including a woman, have been killed during a largescale Israeli army raid in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses and medical sources said. Hospital sources in Khan Yunis said that seven people had also been wounded during armed clashes which witnesses said had broken out during the arrest operation. Two houses.. More

  • Bush Hails Iraq War, Worldwide Protests to Mark Anniversary of US-Led Invasion

    George Bush said on Friday Saddam Hussein's fall had removed a source of Middle East violence and instability, and called on other countries to show more resolve against terrorism. Bush urged other countries to stay the course in Iraq after Spain vowed to pull out troops and South Korea refused to take on a combat role. "Any sign of weakness or.. More

  • Pakistan Doubts Al-Zawahri Among Those Surrounded

    Pakistan's military has arrested more than 100 suspects in their five-day assault on al-Qaida fighters holed up in mud fortresses along the border. Those detained included foreigners and the local Pashtun tribesmen who have been sheltering them, said Lieutenant General Safdar Husayn, the military commander who is in charge of the sweep. Husayn.. More

  • Gunmen Kill Iraqi Policeman in Kirkuk

    Gunmen have shot dead an Iraqi policeman west of the northern city of Kirkuk hours after US troops arrested a police officer suspected of plotting anti-American attacks, Iraqi police said. Mohammed Omer Abdullah, 42, was killed when three men opened fire with machine guns at a checkpoint on a road outside Kirkuk, prompting soldiers manning the position.. More

  • Seven Palestinians Wounded in Gaza Strip as Hamas Destroys Israeli Tank

    A bomb planted by Palestinians overturned an Israeli tank, lightly wounding two soldiers, during a military raid near the Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim on Friday, the Israeli army confirmed. An army spokeswoman said an "explosive device" detonated near a tank, flipping it over and lightly wounding two crew members inside. "It was a large blast... More

  • Two Al-Arabiya Journalists Killed as Powell Visits Iraq

    Relatives and colleagues of two Iraqi television journalists they said were killed by US gunfire were stricken with anger and grief Friday as they paid their last respects to the men in Baghdad. Grown men wept openly and women wailed as dozens of people surrounded the coffins, draped in Iraqi flags, of Al-Arabiya cameraman Ali Abdul Aziz, 35, and.. More

  • Pakistan Deadline Passes, Operation Begins

    Pakistan army offensive against a group of fighters on the Afghan border, possibly including a top al-Qaida member, was underway, a military spokesman said, as a deadline for their surrender expired. "The operation is on," said military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan. He did not refer to a 07:00 GMT deadline which another officer had earlier.. More

  • King Abdullah Visits Ariel Sharon

    King Abdullah of Jordan on Thursday paid a secret visit to Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's ranch, where they held a several-hour meeting over an extended lunch, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday. According to Haaretz, the two leaders discussed implications of Sharon's plan for a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza Strip and parts of the West.. More

  • Panel Slams Blair

    A parliamentary committee that probed Britain's case for war in Iraq criticised the government yesterday for failing to cooperate fully, and asked MPs to consider whether sanctions should apply in the future. The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee noted that Prime Minister Tony Blair and several key defense and security chiefs declined.. More

  • US Troops Kill Al-Arabiya Journalist

    US occupation forces have shot dead al-Arabiya cameraman and injured two others working for the station in Baghdad. The Dubai-based satellite station reported that its employee was killed late on Thursday near the Burj al-Hayat hotel in central Baghdad. The television crew was filming the site after it came under rocket fire. US forces opened.. More