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Pakistan Police Arrest Three over Failed New York Bombing

Pakistan's police have arrested three suspects linked to a Pakistani-American arrested in New York for the attempted car bombing of Times Square, a senior police official said Wednesday. The three were detained in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, two weeks ago and were interrogated for several days, police said. "It has been proved that they had links with Faisal Shehzad (the car-bombing suspect arrested in New York) and ... ... More

Massive Israeli Spy Base Exposed
08/09/2010 16:54

New Zealand journalist Nicky Hager has uncovered one of world's largest "eavesdropping" intelligence bases in the Zionist entity, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports. The base, which intercepts information for the Israeli Spy Agency (Mossad) and the Israeli occupation army, is placed near Kibbutz Urim not far from Beersheba, the largest city in the Negev desert, which is in the south of the occupied territories, Israeli website Ynetnews ... Details

High Death Toll for Media in Iraq: 230 Journalists Killed since 2003
08/09/2010 15:32

Two Iraqi journalists were killed in two days. These killings highlight the dangers facing reporters in this Arab country since the US-led invasion in 2003. Reporters without Borders reported on Tuesday that 230 journalists were killed in the occupied country since 2003. On Wednesday, Sabah al-Khayat, a television presenter at Al-Mosuliyah satellite television station, was shot dead in front of his house while departing for work. He used to ... Details

PA Says Nabbed W.Bank Attackers; Resistance Factions Condemn
08/09/2010 13:44

After the Palestinian military operations last week that killed four Israeli settlers and injured two others in occupied Al-Khalil, the Palestinian Authority announced Tuesday that it had arrested six men in connection with the attacks. Palestinian resistance factions criticized the PA arrests for "the desperate attempt to quell resistance" in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinians say the first attack, which killed four settlers of ... Details

2 US Occupation Soldiers Shot Dead by Iraqi Comrade after Sports Row
08/09/2010 13:41

Two US occupation soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when an Iraqi soldier opened fire after an argument over a sports match they had been playing, US and Iraqi military officials said. The shooting, which resulted in the first American fatalities since Washington declared an end to combat operations in Iraq last week, occurred within an Iraqi army compound near the city of Tuz Khurmatu in Salaheddin province, while a US army ... Details

US Police Search Thai Plane for Bomb Scare in LA, No Credible Threat
08/09/2010 13:36

US police searched a Thai Airways airliner at Los Angeles International Airport late Tuesday after it landed following a bomb warning, but no credible threat was found on board, the FBI said. The jet was taken to a remote part of the airport where nearly 200 passengers and crew exited and bomb squad police boarded, said a Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman. A written threat saying there was a bomb on board was found in a lavatory, she ... Details

US Drone Strikes Kill 14 people in Pakistan: Officials
08/09/2010 12:23

Local security officials in Pakistan said that 14 people were killed in two US missile strikes on militant compounds in the country's tribal district on the Afghan border. The first attack killed 10 people. It took place in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometers northwest of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, which is a renowned hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants. "At least 10 militants were killed in the ... Details

Spate of Bomb Attacks Kills 5 in Iraq
08/09/2010 11:15

Five people were killed and dozens were injured Wednesday in several attacks in Iraq, health and security officials said. In the main northern city of Mosul, Sabah al-Khayat, a television presenter at Al-Mosuliyah satellite television station, was shot dead in front of his house while departing for work. He used to present a program on mosques and shrines in the city. "Armed men shot the journalist Sabah al-Khayat in front of his house in ... Details

Four Killed in Bomb Attack near Police Headquarters in Pakistan
07/09/2010 18:32

Four people were killed and more than 20 wounded in a bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in Pakistan's northwestern city of Kohat on Tuesday. According to senior police official Dilawar Bangash, there were women and children among the injured. "It was a big explosion. I am on site and can see the smoke. Several people have been wounded," he told AFP. Police said a nearby police residential complex had also been ... Details

Death Toll in Mogadishu Fighting hits 230
07/09/2010 17:50

Fighting in Mogadishu has killed 230 civilians and displaced 23,000 since the extremist Shebab launched an offensive against the government two weeks ago, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. The fighting for control of the capital pitting the Al Qaeda-inspired rebels against Western-backed government troops assisted by an African Union mission has been the deadliest in months. "UNHCR is alarmed by the further deterioration we are ... Details

Iraqi State Television Anchorman Killed
07/09/2010 17:47

A prominent Iraqi state television anchorman was shot dead on Tuesday as he was driving in the capital, a colleague told AFP, as a media watchdog reported the conflict has been the most deadly for the media since World War II. "Riad al-Saray was killed at 6:00 am (0300 GMT) in Mansur district (of west Baghdad) as he was on his way to Karbala," a Shiite shrine city south of the capital, television journalist Ahmed al-Mullah said. ... Details

Al-Qaeda in Iraq Claims Military Centre Attack
07/09/2010 14:26

Al-Qaeda on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack last week on an Iraqi military centre that killed 12 people, according to a statement posted on their website. The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) said one of its militants blew himself up at one entrance to the Rusafa military command headquarters on Sunday while four other militants, wearing explosive belts, fought security forces. Accounts varied between ... Details

US Occupation Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
07/09/2010 14:10

A US occupation soldier was killed fighting militants in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, NATO said, a day after they killed a senior government official in the country's north. NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) gave no further details of the incident, but confirmed the soldier was American. According to an AFP tally based on independent website icasualties.org, the last death brings to 502 the number of ... Details

Turkish Soldier Killed in Clash with Militants
07/09/2010 11:02

A Turkish soldier was killed overnight in fighting with armed militants in the east of the country, local security sources said Tuesday. The fighting erupted near a stream in the mountainous province of Tunceli, where the militants were believed to have planned an attack on a nearby hydro-electric power plant. The sources first said the militants belonged to the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party but then said they were believed to ... Details

US Drone Kills Five in NW Pakistan
06/09/2010 17:49

A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle carrying militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area, near the Afghan border on Monday, killing five rebels, an official said. The strike occurred in Khar Qamar, a village in Datta Khel area, and was the fourth drone attack the past four days, a senior security official in the area told AFP. "The US drone fired two missiles at the militants' vehicle, killing five rebels," ... Details

5 Killed in Baghdad Attack: police
06/09/2010 16:14

Five Iraqi businessmen were killed in a gun and knife attack overnight, police and medical officials said on Monday. The murders occurred in the al-Shouhada neighborhood of Samarra, 110 kilometers north of the capital, a lieutenant colonel, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP. Two other men were wounded, he said. "They killed them with guns and knives," the officer said. "The men were from another area and were working in Samarra to ... Details

Taliban Threatens to Sabotage Afghan Parliamentary Elections
06/09/2010 12:40

Taliban movement on Sunday urged Afghan people not to participate in the September 18th parliamentary elections, vowing to attack both voters and candidates who take part in the poll. "We urge people not to participate in the election. Everything and everyone affiliated with the election is our target -- candidates, security forces, campaigners, election workers, voters are all our targets," spokesmen Zabiullah Mujahid told AFP, speaking from an ... Details

24 Killed in DRCongo Boat Capsize: Official
06/09/2010 11:16

At least 24 people were killed when a fishing boat was capsized in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, government spokesman told AFP on Monday. "Twenty-four people died in a capsize on the Ruki river in (western) Equateur province," on Sunday, Lamber Mende said adding that the boat was carrying "between 24 and 30 people." Mende said another boat accident occurred a day earlier in the central Kasai-Occidental province and that 24 people ... Details

At least 17 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Attack
06/09/2010 10:55

At least 17 people were killed and 34 wounded in a suicide attack on a police post in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police said. Nine policemen were among the dead in the attack that took place when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives -laden car into the police post. "There were nine policemen among the dead," senior police official Iftikhar Ahmad told AFP by telephone after the attack on Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, not far from ... Details

British Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
05/09/2010 16:35

A British occupation soldier was killed Sunday by an exploding grenade in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense in London said. The soldier, from The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, was part of a reconnaissance force in the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The death takes to 333 the British death toll in Afghanistan since 2001. Britain has around 10,000 troops as part of a ... Details