Smadi Arrested for Bomb Attempt on Dallas' Fountain Place Tower

A 19 year old Jordanian citizen was arrested this afternoon for attempting to bomb Fountain Place, a 60 story office tower in downtown Dallas.  Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who was in the US illegally, ...

US Jewish school threatened over Gaza

Apparently this student from Jordan was arrested for sending a threatening letter to  Jewish institutions in Chicago area. He apparently listed a variety of Jewish institutions that would be bombed. His finger print was on the sent letter but he denies any involvement....

2nd Terror Suspect Released in Britain

A suspected terrorist with "direct links" to Al-Qaeda, and held in a British jail since 1999 for allegedly planning to bomb Los Angeles International Airport, has been released on bail. The name of the man, of...

Abu Ghraib inmates sue contractors, claim torture

Should the cases be heard in the courts it could expose even more details of the abuses at Abu Ghraib. The plaintiff's lawyers keep the door open for more CACI workers being sued and more former prisoners adding...

Abu Qatada's bail

" Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says an appeal will be lodged against a ruling preventing the deportation of radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada from the UK. Ms Smith said she was "disappointed" at the decision to grant him bail. Abu Qatada, 47, was freed from Long Lartin...

Jordanian campaign underway to boycott of Danish, Dutch products

"The campaign, entitled "The Messenger Unites Us," came into existence after a dozen Danish papers reprinted cartoons deemed blasphemous to the Prophet Mohammed in February.The controversial pictures were originally printed by the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten in September...

Surrey: Meth Drug Convict Pleads To Stay in Canada

Another Obvious Clue, for the Obviously CluelessOpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly another story for the No Sh*t Sherlock Files,  for Idiocy, whereby a Jordanian National from Surrey is...

Jordan commemorates Nov 2005 terrorist attacks

""On this date two years ago, the hands of the coward terrorist had stabbed us from the back in a bloody terrorists attack in Amman, the Capital of Jordan, where the terrorists spilled out their hatred by killing innocent people from various countries and different...

Jordan bans shawarma after poisoning cases

The Middle East is famous for many things, unfortunately most prominently for conflict. However, the street food, whether it be falafal or schwarma is notorious too. Jordanian health officials, however, have had...

Dr says Arafat poisoned

This report confirms suspicions that Arafat did not die naturally. However, the basis of the doctor's conclusion is about as vague as the assertion. The doctor reportedly did not have access to Ara fat while he...

Saddam's daughter joins protest in Jordan

"Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter Raghad joined a sit-in today in the Jordanian capital Amman as protests grew around the Arab world over the hanging of Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein and the grim video images of the execution that have appeared online. In Amman,...

Arab haj pilgrims outraged at Saddam execution on Religious…

Arab pilgrims in Mecca expressed outrage on Saturday that Iraqi authorities had chosen to execute former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on a major religious holiday, saying it was an insult to Muslims. Sunni Arabs at the haj were shocked at Saddam's hanging which followed his...

[Barry Rubin] Necessary civil war of Fatah, Hamas

"Regardless of the latest hastily negotiated truce, the battle between nationalist Fatah and Islamist Hamas seems to be gaining intensity. Palestinian politics, always self-destructive, has reached new heights of internal conflict, pulling the population deeper into disorder...

Oil Pipeline From Mosul To The Mediterranean

A land route for Iraqi oil direct to the Mediterranean would lessen US dependence on Gulf oil supplies.

From The Nile To The Euphrates

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.  

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