Iraqi professor asks Israel for shipment of Hebrew books

" The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that an Iraqi college professor has asked it for a shipment of Hebrew books. Ofir Gendelman of the ministry's Arab press section says the professor sent an e-mail three weeks ago via the ministry's Arabic-language Web...

Saudi Arabian girl, 8, seeks divorce

A Saudi Arabian court is to rule next month on the divorce of an eight-year-old girl from a man in his fifties. It's  ridiculous. As far as i know, no marriage, with 8 years old girl, is allowed in any religion. It's forbidden!" The girl, who still does not know...

Press Review 22 January 2008

"Press Review 22 January 2008 Tuesday by Frank Scimone 22-01-2008 Geert Wilders"Wilders, Wilders, Wilders" screams another full-page article over Dutch Freedom Party MP Geert Wilders in today's Volkskrant. This time however de Volkskrant is not reporting about the Dutch...

S.C. Mom Scoops al-Qaida With Its Videos

South Carolina mom who trolls the jihad websites using a pseudonym often finds items after word begins to spread over the Arabic forums of an imminent release. Being fluent in Arabic, the...

Al-Qaeda plots French attack

"Dubai - French intelligence has produced a dossier saying that Al-Qaeda plans an attack on France during the forthcoming presidential elections, the Arabic-language al-Hayat daily reported on Friday. There were...

How Rumsfeld's Resignation Is Playing in Iraq

"News of the Defense Secretary's departure had relatively little impact on most Iraqis. But they're looking to the Democrats' victory to help speed a withdrawal of U.S. troops. If Rumsfeld was an ogre for the anti-war movement in the West, in Iraq he was never anything like a...

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