KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) – Abdel Hussein al-Lami, whose brother and two nephews were gunned down in the northern Iraqi town of Hawijah, seethes and promises revenge. Nasser Bonyan al-Lami worked with two of his sons selling sandwiches in the Sunni-majority town when gunmen burst into their small eatery and machine-gunned them to death. “It’s a […]
AFP Reports AL-AHMADI, Kuwait (AFP) – Kuwait announced that it had made a major gas find in the north of the emirate that promised to sharply reduce its dependence on imports from the other Gulf states. “We can say now that Kuwait has entered the world of natural gas,” Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah […]
The Financial Times reports: General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler, urged the US on Monday to resolve a growing dispute with neighbouring Afghanistan over the location of Taliban dissidents who Kabul says have taken refuge on Pakistani soil. In unusually tough remarks, Gen Musharraf said Pakistan would use a visit to Islamabad on Wednesday by […]
Interesting story here from ThreatsWatch stating that al-Qaeda has a presence in Palastinian Territories: With the latest release of yet another global message from al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, there is certainly much to comb over. On its surface, it appears primarily a repeat of calls for more jihad, with merely new causations and motivations. What stands out as […]
It’s about time this story was put to bed once and for all, now a former top UK policeman has investigated her death and concluded it was an accident! Can we now stop the conspiracy theories? The Official inquiry into the death of Princess Diana will conclude that she died in a simple car crash. […]
PRESIDENT Bush’s visit to Katrina-ravaged Louisiana Wednesday follows six months of bungling that threatens political catas trophe for the state’s Republicans. He will boost his belated $4.2 billion plan finally to provide housing for people made homeless by the storm, but it may be too little, too late. Rep. Richard Baker, a 10-term conservative GOP […]
The New York Times reported today that a “scant” drop in abortions are seen in states where parental notification are required. This is something that people should really take notice on. Now that more states are pushing for legislation that could make it to the Supreme Court and try to get Roe overturned, a study […]
AT&T Inc. plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs, mostly through attrition, if its $67 billion purchase of BellSouth Corp. goes through, AT&T’s chief financial officer said Monday. The work force reduction would take place over three years, AT&T’s Rick Lindner said on a conference call. The acquisition is expected to close next year. Before […]
The Associated Press has this little piece of scary news: WASHINGTON – The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex. The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training, failed security tests and slow or confused reactions to bomb […]
Some stories just make me laugh and wonder what exactly is the point, is someone really going to buy this book and suddenly decide to mount convert operations…doubt it, the people who would do such a thing are either military or terrorist trained already, anyways who needs a book when there’s the internet…. BBC News […]