The US military command has given the Iraq government an ultimatum. Either accept the status of forces agreement on the table, which much of the Iraq government finds unacceptable, or the US will cease all operations on January 1, 2009. In addition to halting all military actions, U.S. forces would ...
Baghdad, Iraq, suspected al-Qaeda bomber, Mahir al-Zubaydi was shot dead in a stand-off at his home against U.S. troops, according to U.S. military officials, this Staurday. Mahir al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, was said to be the leader of the group that perpetrated bombings which ...
American-backed Lebanese rulers have now voiced concerns of a possible Syrian invasion of their country following multiple militant Islamist-based bombings and attacks. These Islamist groups are being blamed for a pair of attacks in the last week in the cities of Tripoli and Damascus that have resul ...
This horrifying story is from yesterday’s issue of the Gulf News. What is so scary is that this sadistic monster was not just some isolated one-off religious kook with angels whispering in his ear but someone who worked for an Orewellian-sounding Saudi government department devoted to “promoting” Vi ...
Image via WikipediaAfter the Lebanese militia Hezbollah battled Israel for 34 days last summer, Hamada Abdullah, a Sunni Muslim, posted a small picture of Hassan Nasrallah, the group's leader, on the bare wall of his home. It did not matter that Nasrallah was a Shiite Muslim, who led an organization ...
