[Excerpt: The opposition leader, head of the Pakistan People's Party,
was arrested as he arrived at Islamabad airport Tuesday.Zardari's
lawyer told CNN police presented the opposition leader with arrest
warrants and took him into custody, but didn't say why he was being
arrested.He
[Excerpt: Defence Minister Robert Hill ordered the 100-strong deployment
as a show of strength just hours after federal police officer Adam
Dunning was murdered in the capital, Honiara - the first Australian
death from a shot in anger since the Vietnam War.]
[Excerpt: ``The U.S. government is happy to see the dollar fall,'' said
Shahab Jalinoos, a currency strategist in London at ABN Amro Holding NV.
``The big surge in the euro versus the dollar will continue into next
year.'' ABN forecasts the dollar will drop to $1.43 per euro and to 90
yen by
[Excerpt: Rosneft will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Baikal Finance
Group, which on Dec. 19 won a $9.34 billion auction for OAO
Yuganskneftegaz, Russia's largest petroleum exporter, Rosneft spokesman
Alexander Stepanenko said today. OAO Gazprom, which is controlled by the
Russian
[Excerpt: Thirty-nine people were wounded in the attack outside
offices of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
(Sciri) in Baghdad.Sciri leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim was not injured
in the blast and has urged supporters not to take revenge.]
[Excerpt:
Near Tikrit, insurgents killed 12 Iraqi police officers and destroyed
the Um Kashifa police station, U.S. military officials said.
An official with Tikrit's governorate said residents were shocked by the
attack.The terrorists reached to our city and they started doing
their
[Excerpt: These threats are serious: On Dec. 19, insurgents dragged
three elections workers out of the their car on a busy Baghdad
thoroughfare and shot them execution-style in the street.The danger
to election workers has made it difficult to find enough people to work
the polls.
[Excerpt: It was the second time in three months that the prime minister
has been the target of abuse by armed parliamentary guards. After a
debate on government reforms at the end of September, Bajammal was
forced to leave parliament via a back door to avoid the angry
guards..An
[Excerpt: It makes no sense to put your life in danger to vote when the
Americans will put whoever they want in power anyway, said Mohammed, a
Baghdad resident who refused to give his full name, on Tuesday
Whatever Bin Laden says, people had already made up their minds not to
vote. I
[Excerpt: The car was forced down a road leading to a tunnel and blew
up, wounding several people, the spokesman said..The explosion
occurred between the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of
Interior, ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Turki told CNN..Local
television
[Excerpt: As attacks mount before polls scheduled for late January,
Iraq's intelligence chief has said more than 200,000 people are active
in the insurgency.Gen Muhammad Abdullah Shahwani told the AFP news
agency the resistance is bigger than the US military in Iraq..
He estimated that
[[Excerpt: Three soldiers were also killed in an attack on their vehicle
in the capital Grozny. Another attack on a vehicle left one soldier dead
and six injured in the Vedeno region in the southwest.]
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11865011%255E1702,00.html
Fourteen Russian
[Excerpt:
Insurgents have stepped up attacks, killing more than 100 Iraqis in the
past week alone, mostly security force members they regard as
collaborators with Washington.A senior US commander said last week
four of Iraq's 18 provinces, including parts of the capital, were still
too
[Excerpt: The question is not of a visit to the military installations
of Parchin. The agency had asked to take samples from the green areas of
Parchin because the Americans and others have made accusations, Foreign
Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters on Sunday.]
[Excerpt: The authorities shut off the main plant supplying gas to power
stations and fertiliser factories in neighbouring provinces to avert a
possible catastrophe, officials said.]
{Note: This is a contingency from attacks started last week.}
[Excerpt:
They claimed to be just one of several such groups protecting Acehnese
villages closer to the coastal fringe and gathering supplies to take
back to their mountain camps. Like the others, this group, led by
24-year-old Mukhlis Abei, of the Montasik region east of the Acehnese
[Excerpt: The envoy then explained to Ms Megawati that intelligence from
other terrorist operatives suggested Bashir was the puppet-master behind
the Christmas Eve bombings of churches across Indonesia in 2000, which
killed 19 people.Indonesia should capture the extremist preacher and
[Excerpt: They were working with the US-backed drug eradication and
counterinsurgency programme, Plan Colombia.The general said the
helicopter had crashed after encountering bad weather, with all on board
killed.The Black Hawk, part of Plan Colombia, supported military
operations
[Excerpt: Newspapers said the 15 were put on trial for participating in
rare anti-monarchy demonstrations in Jeddah on December 16. Government
officials were unavailable for comment.The demonstrators were given
jail sentences ranging from two to six months and ordered to receive
between
[Excerpt: At 6.30am (0330 GMT) on Thursday, armed men opened fire on a
minibus that had gone to pick up a Turkish businessman from the Bakhan
Hotel in central Baghdad.All six on board were killed, police
Lieutenant Bassam al-Abid said..The businessman, identified as
Abdulkadir
January 17, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
US troops gather for onslaught as Mosul unrest threatens election
From Richard Beeston in Mosul
THOUSANDS of American reinforcements are pouring into Iraqs northern
capital for a battle that could decide the fate of the countrys
elections,
[Excerpt: The 48-hour deadline handed Beijing to clarify its position
in Iraq expired with no news on the eight, but Chinese diplomats
remained confident they would be released..The US military said a
Brazilian national was also reported missing in Iraq after an ambush
north of
[Excerpt: Captain Annemette Hommel was charged with four counts of
negligence while on duty in March, April and June 2004.All five are
accused of verbal abuse of detainees, denying them food and water, and
forcing them to kneel in discomfort during interrogation.Denmark has
about 500
[Excerpt: Hopefully we'll throw them off, so they can't throw off the
election, said Lieutenant Colonel Scott Leith, commanding the US Army's
1st Battalion, 27th Infantry from a makeshift base outside the Sunni
bastion of Hawija, 150 miles north of Baghdad.]
[Excerpt: Qatar's neighbour, Bahrain has also recently agreed on an FTA
with the US, raising concerns among other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
members, especially Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Crown prince Abd Allah bin Abd al-Aziz had also boycotted
the recent GCC summit in Bahrain
[Excerpt: Jordanians, who declined to be quoted by name, welcomed
Chalabis possible hand over, but said they did not wish to interfere in
domestic Iraqi election campaign issues. Therefore, they would only
accept the politician being handed over by Interpol and not directly
from Baghdad.]
[Excerpt: Rebels who have vowed to disrupt the balloting blew up a
designated polling station near Hillah south of Baghdad and stormed a
police station in Ramadi west of the capital, authorities said. A U.S.
soldier was killed Saturday on a security patrol in Mosul, the U.S.
command said
[Excerpt: It was unclear why the six were targeted as they got off their
work shifts. The victims included a computer systems technician, two
electrical technicians, a guard commander and two drivers.The prison
employees were handcuffed, blindfolded and then shot to death, Ramirez
said. Four
[Excerpt: The video, which was posted on an Islamist Website on Sunday,
showed insurgents' growing confidence. The hostage was taken out into a
street and shot four times by a masked militant in broad daylight as
cars passed by.]
[They say Iraq should be ruled by Islamic sharia law, which neighbouring
Saudi Arabia enforces strictlyCandidates in elections are seeking
to become demi-gods while those who vote for them are infidels, said
the speaker, said to be ZarqawiBin Laden, who has backed Zarqawi as
his deputy in
[Excerpt: Analysts said the cold spell in the U.S. Northeast was having
a mixed effect on markets.While the snowstorm has increased demand
for heating oil, the freeze on transportation networks has weakened
demand for transportation fuels _ producing a counter-effect on
pricing, said Esa
[Excerpt: Six mortar rounds hammered a centre in the refinery town of
Baiji and in Samarra four rockets hit a polling station, police said.
South of that city, fighters also launched rocket and mortar attacks on
voting offices in Ishaki and Yathrib.]
[Excerpt: Edited by Iraqi national Saad al-Bazzaz, the paper agreed to
settle out of court, agreeing to publish a front-page apology and pay
more than £500,000 in damages and costs for allegations published in
June and July 2002.Doley added that, by British libel case
standards, half a
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160msg_id=5341944startrow=1date=2005-01-25do_alert=0
2005-01-25 18:09 * IRAN * AFGHANISTAN * PRESIDENT * VISIT *
AFGHANISTAN'S PRESIDENT TO VISIT IRAN TO SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENTS
TEHRAN, January 25 (RIA Novosti's Nikolai Terekhov) - Afghanistan's
[Excerpt: Major Alan Richmond, the second in command of the Queens
Dragoon Guards, said that despite the armys good work there was
evidence that extremists and weapons materials were still getting
through.We have done some operations against militants coming in
from Kuwait, he said, though
[Excerpt: Al-Arabiya television broadcast a videotape showing three men
identified by insurgents as election workers who were kidnapped in the
northern city of Mosul. The satellite station said the three were
abducted by the Nineveh Mujahedeen, which threatened to attack polling
stations on
[Excerpt: They are being investigated over two gunbattles with police
this month which left two security officers and two gunmen deadSome
have been accused of direct involvement, others with possession of
illegal arms, links to planned terror campaigns, membership of a banned
group or
[Excerpt: The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 allows foreign
nationals to be jailed indefinitely without charge or trial if the home
secretary rules they are suspected of involvement in international
terrorism, and they opt not to be deported to their home country..
It was
[Excerpt: The information, published on its front page and attributed to
the papers correspondent in Muscat, also said there were rumours of
explosions on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, which began last Thursday.]
[Excerpt: The U.S. military has a small fortified camp in the center of
Ramadi, an unstable city effectively in the hands of insurgents. The
camp is frequently attacked with gunfire and mortars.]
[Excerpt: In the deadliest attack, a car driven by a suicide bomber
rammed an Iraqi army patrol in Samarra, a mainly Sunni Arab city north
of Baghdad where US and Iraqi forces launched a massive operation last
October to wrest control from insurgents before the vote..As
security forces
[Excerpt: At last weeks session, Ali Imron, serving a life sentence for
his role in the Bali blasts testified Bashir had nothing to do with that
attack in the latest in a series of setbacks to the prosecutions case
against the cleric..This month, a former interpreter for US
President
[Excerpt: No US or coalition soldiers were wounded during the attack,
according to the military.The shooter was returning from guard duty
at the time of the incident and no information was provided as to a
possible motive.An investigation will be conducted, but there is no
current
[Excerpt: On Sunday, the city's police chief, charged with overseeing
an investigation into the seized cemetery, was shot dead..The
militiamen are believed to be working under the orders of Islamic courts
but the Muslim clerics have denied all involvement..The chairman of
the Somali
http://www.dawn.com/2005/01/27/welcome.htm
Zarqawi video shows execution of Iraq election candidate from PM's
party: DUBAI, Jan 27: Supporters of Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi, today posted a video on the Internet of the murder of a
candidate in Iraq's elections from the party of
[Excerpt: The incident came two weeks after a shootout between militants
and Kuwaiti security forces left one Saudi gunman dead in Umm al-Haiman,
south of the capital near the border with Saudi Arabia..That
gunbattle, near the largest US military base in Kuwait, came five days
after another
[Excerpt: In Latifiya, Mahmudiya and Yusufiya, polling stations have
not yet opened their doors, commission spokesman Farid Ayar told
reporters.As you know, Latifiya, Mahmudiya and Yusufiya are
hotspots. We have allowed residents of these areas to vote in the
nearest polling station to the
[Excerpt: MPs approved a government request for new powers for the
security forces to search private homes for illegal weapons and issued a
statement expressing full support for thre authorities efforts to
tackle the unrest..The bill will now be referred to Emir Sheikh
Jaber al-Ahmad
[Excerpt: The decision is considered a historic step, as Qatar becomes
the second country in the region to have begun the liberalisation of its
Islamic personal law.In a meeting on Sunday the council took other
important decisions, including the establishment of a special department
that
Published: 1/2/2005, 06:55 (UAE)
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150201
Salafists may face legal action
By Nirmala Janssen, Correspondent
Kuwait City: The Cabinet intends to refer the 15 Salafist members of the
new Hizb Al Ummah to public prosecution for holding a
[Excerpt: We deeply regret the death of our men, but this was a group
of Colombians who died defending their country and its people, he said,
according to the Associated Press news agency..The rebels used large
gas cylinders converted into rockets to attack the base, an army
statement
[Excerpt: Al Busairi also said that group members who were interrogated
were kept isolated in a special room away from those who were yet to be
questioned. The Kuwaiti constitution allows all of us the liberty to
gather
. Diwaniyas where discussions take place are part of our
traditions and
[Excerpt: The CIA shall search and review in response to plaintiffs'
FOIA requests, Hellerstein saidHe said the law does not provide an
excuse whereby the CIA may avoid production of the documentsThe FBI
has already turned documents over to the ACLU following a similar suit
by the civil
[Excerpt: But the Committee of Muslim Scholars, the premier organisation
of Sunni clerics across Iraq, poured cold water on hopes for an end to
the community's hardline stance against the US-imposed experiment of
democracy in Iraq..The association, which called for a Sunni boycott
of the
[Excerpt: It said the home-made explosives, studded with nails and
containing powdered potassium, were found in the garden at the entrance
to the bar near the Incirlik Air Base.Workers at the bar spotted the
package containing the explosives on Tuesday night and informed
paramilitary police
[Excerpt: Seats in the 275-member National Assembly will be allocated by
the percentage of the nationwide vote that each faction wins. Around 14
million Iraqis were eligible in the election, but turnout is still not
known, so it was not known what percentage of the total vote 1.6 million
[Excerpt: In a reminder of the perils of voting in Iraq, militants shot
dead two civilians Thursday in a car near the town of Balad, north of
Baghdad. Local police said the victims had been singled out because they
had voted.]
[Excerpt: Lance Cpl. Darren Larkin, 30, has already pleaded guilty to
one count of battery after prosecutors charged he was the man shown in a
photo standing with both feet on a tied-up Iraqi lying on the ground.]
http://64.236.16.116/2005/WORLD/europe/02/03/britain.iraq.ap/index.html
Charge
[Excerpt: But NATO troops searching for the plane denied it had been
found and said they were calling off their hunt for the day because of
darkness and bad weather.The security source said the Kam Air Boeing
737 was found to the northeast of the capital, but there was no word on
casualties.]
[Excerpt: I can confirm that we are aware of the existence of these
three people of French nationality who are being held in Iraq, Ladsous
told a regular news briefingDetails concerning the three were still
sketchy but France would exercise our rights in terms of consular
protection for
[Excerpt: We as Kurds want one of those two posts and we will not give
it up, Talabani said.]
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150526
Kurdish leader demands PM's post
Agencies
Arbil/Baghdad: Kurdish political leader Jalal Talabani announced he
would seek the office of
[Excerpt: Now they should come for dialogue without any conditions, a
government statement said Monday, adding that those issues can be
discussed if the rebels agree to meet a committee of cabinet ministers
which has still to be appointed.The Maoist agenda of a round-table
conference and
[Excerpt: The men said they made false confessions to being part of
the Taliban or al Qaeda to stop the torture, according to Wilner. He
said one prisoner specifically said to me, 'Look, when this is
happening, you tell them what they want to hear to make them
stop.'the abuse was milder at
[Excerpt: Kuwait announced Sunday it had approved a new anti-terror
strategy and launched a fresh bid to counter extremist ideology while
security forces continue to be on high alert as they hunt for a number
of suspects.Some foreign media may be instigating those terrorists
to continue
[Excerpt: Fighting between armed followers of Nur Misuari, a jailed
politician and former separatist leader, and security forces was
concentrated in four towns in Jolo, a known guerrilla stronghold.]
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5A6A64DE-0A4A-420F-B10B-78FD117C83F9.htm
Toll rises in
[Excerpt: Any move to end Jakarta's 43-year membership would have to be
carefully weighed as it involves our diplomatic ties with other Opec
members, especially the Gulf countries, Yusgiantoro said, adding that a
panel is looking into the issue. ]
[Excerpt: The blast came a day after suicide bombers killed 27 people in
attacks in two Iraqi cities. Between them, the three bombs have
shattered the lull in violence that followed the poll..U.S. Treasury
Under Secretary John Taylor, visiting Baghdad, told reporters Iraq's
central bank
[Excerpt: Venezuela's Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel rejected U.S.
criticism of the deal to buy Russian military helicopters and 100,000
rifles, which he said were part of a policy to strengthen the nation's
frontier defense.Venezuela, the world's No. 5 oil exporter, is a top
fuel
[Excerpt: On Thursday, the US State Department repeated long-standing
concerns about the shipment of 100,000 automatic rifles and a number of
helicoptersIt accused Venezuela of starting an arms raceThe
Venezuelan ambassador to Russia, Carlos Mendoza Pottella, described such
comments as
[Excerpt: Earlier Saturday, Mosul police discovered the bodies of 12 men
- six dressed in Iraqi National Guard uniforms and six Kurdish security
guards - dumped in two areas of the city.Notes left near the bodies
of the Iraqi guardsmen said, This is the destiny for those who
participated in
[Excerpt: As part of a package of goodwill gestures to Abbas following
his election on January 9 to succeed Yasser Arafat, Israel said it would
suspend military operations against leading militants and release 900 of
some 8,000 Palestinians held in its jails.The first batch of 500
prisoners
[Excerpt: The claim follows the disclosure by Iraq's interior minister
this month that Iraqi security forces were tracking Zarqawi and had
recently come close to capturing him. 'We are following him,' said Falah
al-Naqib. 'I think we missed him two or three times, but hopefully next
time we will
[Excerpt: In New Delhi about 500 Nepalis carrying red banners gathered
shouting Down with Monarchy and Long live the Republic.We are
here to protest against the royal proclamation and the king's assumption
of power, organizer Laxman Pant said.Our first demand is the
lifting of curbs on
[Excerpt: In random interviews with more than 20 Iraqis across the
country, conducted over recent days in five cities, Times correspondents
found a range of moods. Some expressed deep disappointment; others still
harbored hope that their lives would improve. Many were willing to wait
and see
[Excerpt: Attempts to assassinate Sharon are increasingly likely as the
withdrawal nears and opponents of the plan become desperate, Israeli
military commentator Alex Fishman wrote Sunday in the Yediot Ahronot
daily, raising the possibility that a Jewish suicide bomber would blow
himself up to
[Excerpt: Palestinian officials sounded the alarm after hearing that
Hezbollah is urging militants from the Islamic group Hamas in the Gaza
Strip and the West Bank to continue to attack IsraelThe threats to
Abbas came indirectly, via Palestinian Hezbollah contacts, but were
being taken very,
[Excerpt: However, the Tribune newspaper quoted unidentified Indian
foreign ministry officials as saying New Delhi decided Saturday to stop
helping the Royal Nepalese Army and summoned its ambassador in Katmandu
to discuss the situation.]
Americans use Iraqi TV to get their message across
(Reuters)
[Excerpt: The concerns of the callers were indeed interesting.Few
appeared worried by the dangers posed by Iraqs insurgents and many
wanted to know how they could join the Iraqi police force or army, among
the worlds most
[Excerpt: The Islamic fundamentalist group Jamaat Al Nasrat Wal Jihad
Bilad Al Sham [Al Jihad's Partisans for Greater Syria] claimed
responsibility for the attack early today. The unknown group is thought
to be linked to Al Qaida.]
[Excerpt: This regiment is not to combat but to develop the region,
thus staff must fully understand the tradition, culture of Thai Muslims
before deploying in the area. But if necessary, we have to be sure that
we have enough troops for combat operations, Thai Defense Minister
General Sumpan
[Excerpt: But Washington said that if Iran and Syria had aimed their
remarks at the US they were misreading the issue.Both countries
should focus on meeting their international obligations, White House
spokesman Scott McClellan said.Their problem is not with the United
States, it's
[Excerpt: Earlier Wednesday, the Iranian television reported an
explosion near the southern city of Dailam, quoting witnesses as saying
that they saw a plane overhead at the time.A powerful explosion was
heard this morning on the outskirts of Dailam in the Bushehr province.
Witnesses said
[Excerpt: Police officials said yesterday over 800 vehicles were seized
by the authorities over the last two years, under a provision in the law
which bans the use of a vehicle for purposes other than those for which
it has been licensed. Police officials say the practice could put the
airports
[Excerpt: The US forces opened fire at 8:00 pm on Brigadier General
Ismail Swayed al-Obeid, who had left his base in Baghdadi to head home,
police Captain Amin al-Hitti said.]
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1324274.htm
Wednesday, March 16, 2005. 8:34am (AEDT)
US troops have
[Excerpt: The 49-year-old Chubais, one of Russia's best-known figures,
came to prominence as the architect of post-Soviet economic reforms
under which two dozen oligarchs acquired vast wealth while ordinary
people suffered a huge slump in living standards.]
[Excerpt: Salehs outburst was sparked by the release of the US State
Department's latest annual report on human rights that charged that
Yemeni security forces arbitrarily continued to arrest, detain and
torture people.We are astonished by these human rights reports.
Are rights being
Gunfights, train blast kills up to 30 in southwest Pakistan
(AFP)
18 March 2005
[Excerpt: Fighting lasted all day on Thursday after the heavily-armed
clansmen, who want more autonomy and increased benefits from the areas
natural resources, ambushed a convoy of paramilitary Frontier
[Excerpt: There has been no objective reason for anti-Semitic feelings
to crop up in Turkey, he said, adding that Hitler has always been
considered a criminal and a maniac in his country.However, some
feel there is an international conspiracy led by what they call the
crusaders - meaning the
[Excerpt: The fighting began after attackers fired assault rifles at
pickup trucks carrying paramilitary troops in the mountains of Sangseela
near Dera Bugti, about 300km southeast of the provincial capital,
Quetta, injuring four troops, according to Lieutenant-Colonel Rizwan
Malik, a spokesman
[Excerpt: There was widespread speculation the attack could have been
related to a business feud or Chubais' political activities as a leading
economic reformerome observers said they feared an attack on Chubais
might mark a return to Russia's instability of the 1990s after the
collapse of
[Excerpt: Jose Oscar Gonzalez, a representative from the
coffee-producing province of Caldas, was shot three times in the head,
police said.]
http://64.94.180.107/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNewsstoryID=7949143
Colombian Congressman Shot to Death
Fri Mar 18, 2005 06:26 PM ET
BOGOTA,
[Excerpt: It was unclear whether the attack had a political motive. A
security source said a bingo hall may have been the target of the
bombing, which occurred after midnight. The bingo hall was not damaged
apart from some broken windows.]
[Excerpt: Prosecutors say evidence against Van Anraat includes official
Iraqi documents -- material which may also be used against Saddam when
he goes before an Iraqi tribunal on war crimes charges, AP
reportedVan Anraat had been arrested in 1989 in Milan, Italy at the
request of the U.S.
[Excerpt: The poll of 802 people, conducted earlier this week, showed
that 51 per cent of respondents would vote No if the referendum were
held on Sunday. Support for the Yes campaign slumped 14 points from the
previous month to 49 per cent, following a tumultuous spell in French
politics.]
[Excerpt: Meny accused the commission of waving a red flag by
supporting what is known as the country of origin principle, which means
that a company can trade anywhere in the EU provided only that it obey
the rules and regulations of its own country.]
[Excerpt: Minas Ibrahim al-Yussufi, secretary general of Iraq's
Christian Democratic Party, said his kidnappers demanded the departure
of US troops from Iraq. And we, with the Committee of Muslim Scholars,
have one simple demand: a timetable for the withdrawal of American
forcesSpeaking at a
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050319/1/3rd8a.html
US suspends military aid to Nicaragua over missiles
The United States has decided to suspend military aid to Nicaragua until
it destroys all Soviet-made SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, which
Washington worries could fall into the hands of terrorists.
[Excerpt: If Islam goes with what you feel, then it is not a religion,
it is an option. We are against her because she is trying to offend 1.4
billion Muslims and as a Muslim it is our duty to forbid what we see as
evil, the protester, who refused to be named, told Voice of America
radio.I
[Excerpt: Dismissing criticism by some that the event was little more
than feminist rabble-rousing, Asra Q. Nomani, an author and former Wall
Street Journal reporter who is the lead organizer of the prayer
ceremony, said it's about drawing attention to the inequality Muslim
women worldwide face
[Excerpt: Mr Aljibury, once Ronald Reagan's back-channel to Saddam,
claims that plans to sell off Iraq's oil, pushed by the US-installed
Governing Council in 2003, helped instigate the insurgency and attacks
on US and British occupying forces.Insurgents used this, saying,
'Look, you're losing
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