A ground assault by US Special Forces troops on a Pakistani village on Wednesday threatens to expand the escalating Afghanistan war into its neighbour. Pakistan is already confronting a virtual civil war in its tribal border regions as the country's military, under pressure from Washington, seeks to crush Islamist militias supporting the anti-occupation insurgency inside Afghanistan. The attack, which left up to 20 civilians dead, marks a definite escalation of US operations inside Pakistan.
A report issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Saturday indicates that torturous conditions are the norm during transport. "Prisoners are waiting in trucks for over five hours without food, water or ventilation in the summer, and without heat during the winter.
Sunni Arab fighters battling Al-Qaeda in Iraq say their future is bleak as the Shiite government prepares to take over responsibility for them from the Americans and they also face jihadist fury... In September 2006, the American military began supporting the formation of neighbourhood groups of Sunni Arabs to band together and fight the jihadists, paying them an average monthly salary of around 300 dollars.
The Israeli Yerushalayim weekly newspaper reported that the IOA is intending to build 2,000 settlement units in the Pisgat Ze'ev settlement, north of occupied Jerusalem, after finishing paving an avenue which connects the settlement with Jerusalem. According to the newspaper, immediately after finishing paving the new street, tenders will be published in newspapers for the building of the new settlement units...
The Israeli Yerushalayim weekly newspaper reported that the IOA is intending to build 2,000 settlement units in the Pisgat Ze'ev settlement, north of occupied Jerusalem, after finishing paving an avenue which connects the settlement with Jerusalem. According to the newspaper, immediately after finishing paving the new street, tenders will be published in newspapers for the building of the new settlement units...
The history of the US war against Iraq has been written. It is titled "The Mother of All Battles" and is written by the redoubtable Jeff Archer, also known as cyberblogger Malcom Lagauche. Many English-language volumes have been produced purporting to be an account of US-led depredations against Iraq. None has taken the side of the Iraqi people and their government. None have accurately reported the extent of Iraqi suffering and the ways and means devised to bring about the genocide and subjugation of that land and its people.
Husam Khader, the newly released prominent Fatah leader, said that the PA security apparatuses in the West Bank turned into parties protecting the security of Israeli citizens while Israel gives nothing in return, warning that there might be "another coup" against the PA in Ramallah.
It is the prayer day, so the number of reported casualties is lower than normal. At least seven Iraqis were killed, including a defense ministry advisor, and 17 more people were wounded. One American soldier died in a non-combat incident. Meanwhile, the fates of an Iranian refugee camp and a Kurdish city, both in Diyala, are among several major concerns that were in the headlines today...
The ceremony held last Monday to formally transfer Anbar province to Iraqi government forces is being held up by the most vociferous defenders of the Iraq war as the crowning glory of the Bush administration's "surge".
The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true...Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Baghdad will raise the allegations with the U.S. and ask for an explanation. But if true, he warned, it shows a lack of trust...
