The unwanted guest at the Party: "BAGHDAD — Sheik Ayyid Salim al-Zubaie held a large party at his house in Abu Ghraib on Sunday to celebrate the release of a family member who had been imprisoned by U.S. forces in...
Here's a story from a very respected journalist and a great man, John E. Carey. He has been in Pakistan trying to find Muhammad all along fearing his friend, a man whom he calls his brother, was dead. This is a stirring piece and is highlighted in full thanks to Mr. Carey's...
This story is another reminder of the constant threat the we face from extremists everyday, regardless of whether we are American or German. In the following story, Aafia Siddique, a 36 year old graduate of MIT, was...
After a roadside bomb destroyed an air force truck in northwest Pakistan, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack claiming that it was an "open war". A Taliban spokesman said that the attack on the air...
Although it does seem that things are calming down a bit in Iraq, there are still many instances like this. Reports are in that a car bomb has killed 25 people in an attack that the United States military blames on...
There has been another car bomb attack in Iraq and it has reportedly killed more than 18 people. Further details are expected. " A car bomb in a vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar killed 18 people and wounded 25 on Friday, police said. The town, 420 km...
Children as young as five years-old are being trained as soldiers in a Taliban recruitment drive, it has been revealed. "The boy soldiers stand in line before being handed rifles and taught to fire...
Some might call me a negative person, but I have expected something like this to come along at this time. The Olympics draw people from all over the world, what better place to make a global impact? Unfortunately,...
Sen. Barack Obama said it was "fair" to notice that he did not anticipate that the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq would be coincident with the so-called Sunni Awakening and the decisions of Shia militias to reduce...
"A car bomb blew up in Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding four others, an Interior Ministry official said. The Sunday attack underscored the fragility of relative calm in the Iraqi capital; violence levels have...
"JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush. ...
Opinion" [LINK to video of "tortured" Canadian boy who fought for al Qaeda, watch this first and then read.] Truthfully, I have been questioned much harder by school administrators than this kid, who quite possibly killed an American soldier, was. [Side note: the school...
UPDATE: The death toll from today's attack has been updated to 35.Just a few days after the Iraqi government said it would crackdown on terrorism to the North of Baghdad, an attack on a recruiting center there has killed a reported 23 people.Today's attack is deadliest since...
" America’s Most Wanted Terrorists: Abu Hamza to face trial. By The Anglo American | July 13, 2008 Abu Hamza The firebrand cleric, who has been stripped of his British citizenship, is to be deported to the...
Pakistan is grappling with surging militant violence fuelled by groups in the border areas. After Monday’s deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad and alleged Pakistani involvement in another such attack in Kabul. US...
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