Missing In Iraq
Baghdad – A German woman has been kidnapped in Iraq in the latest strike against foreigners in the war-torn country.
The woman, said to be an archaeologist in her 40s who had worked in Iraq for some time and who speaks Arabic, was seized a day before an American, two Canadians and a Briton were also taken hostage in Baghdad.
Suicide bombers kill eight in Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh AFP- Eight people were killed and 23 badly hurt on Tuesday in two suicide bombings in Bangladesh that police blamed on Islamic extremists, the latest in a string of attacks in the Muslim-majority nation.
Police accused the hard-line group Jamayetul Mujahideen, which wants to introduce strict Islamic law in Bangladesh, of staging the attacks targeting the nation’s legal system.
Saudi king says Iraq war benefited Iran
London, Nov. 28 – King Abdullah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud told a London-based Arabic daily that the United States-led war on Iraq benefited Iran’s clerical rulers.
“The result of the war in Iraq has been to the benefit of the Iranian regime”, the Saudi King told the daily al-Hayat.
King Abdullah told the paper that Tehran had sent Riyadh several messages, explaining that Iran and Syria were under great international pressure and were heading for crises.
Egypt Elections May Worry West
CAIRO, Egypt Nov 27, 2005 — For months, the Bush administration has said it is serious about pushing for democracy in the Middle East. It’s about to get a serious test of that resolve.
Egypt, the world’s most populous Arab country, is suddenly roiling with a wide-open, combative election that seems certain to end with the country’s main Islamic group, the banned Muslim Brotherhood, as a big winner.
The country’s rulers, longtime American allies, are starting to show signs of panic: Police have barred voters from polls and shot tear gas and thugs have attacked Brotherhood supporters in recent days in an apparent effort to blunt the group’s growing momentum.
The country’s rulers, longtime American allies, are starting to show signs of panic: Police have barred voters from polls and shot tear gas and thugs have attacked Brotherhood supporters in recent days in an apparent effort to blunt the group’s growing momentum.
Iran rejects proposal aimed at breaking nuclear deadlock
Tehran, Iran, Nov. 28 – Iran rejected late Monday European requests that it move parts of its nuclear enrichment program out of the country and allow enrichment of uranium to be carried out in Russia.
The EU-3 – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom – which suspect that Tehran’s nuclear program is for military purposes and are negotiating with Iran to reach a solution, had suggested that the Islamic Republic carry out uranium enrichment – the precursor for the development of an atomic bomb – in Russia to alleviate international fears that it was developing a nuclear weapon.
Suicide Car Bomber Kills 30 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 24, 2005
(AP) A suicide bomber blew up his car outside a hospital south of Baghdad on Thursday while U.S. troops handed out candy and food to children, killing 30 people and wounding about 40, including four Americans.
Friends of Humanity co-sponsors Copenhagen rally
On Friday 18th.Nov.2005 a protest rally was organized in front of the Danish foreign ministry. The supporters of “FOH†and other participants voiced their protest in condemning the brutal and savage tyranny of the Mullahs regime in Iran.
A delegation representing the demonstrators handed a resolution to Mr. Pierre Sting Muller, the Danish foreign Minister, asking for immediate action against the conspiracies of the Iranian regime, in particular their sponsoring of kidnappings in Iraq.