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Powell Needs Walk In Kessinger Footsteps As the Mideast Quagmire Gets Muddier

Israeli Cabinet Decides to Continue Brutal OffensiveIsrael Reoccupies More Palestinian-Ruled AreasPalestinian Death Toll Now Put at 500 in 12 DaysPalestinian Refugees Displaced Yet Once MoreConcerns in Washington about a Second Front on The Border with Lebanon ___MADRID, OCCUPIED TERRITORIES (Islamweb & News Agencies)- On the ever of his arrival in.. More

13725 11/04/2002
Protests Held across Islamic World Against Israel and US

RABAT, Morocco Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the Islamic world on Sunday to protest against Israel's 10-day offensive on the West Bank and against U.S. support for the Jewish state.The biggest rally filled the main boulevards of the Moroccan capital Rabat. "The five-hour pro-Palestinian march ended in a civilised manner... First.. More

13735 10/04/2002
Officials say Bush "not yet" planning Iraq Attack

RAWFORD, Texas The Bush administration said on Sunday it was not yet planning a military campaign against Iraq but was looking at nonmilitary options, including revised sanctions, to pressure Saddam Hussein to admit weapons' inspectors.President George W. Bush has said "all options are on the table" to neutralise the threat Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.. More

13733 10/04/2002
India's Gujarat State Governor Turned Blind Eye to Violence Against Muslims

AHMEDABAD, India At least five people were killed, three in police firing, in religious violence in the riot-ravaged western state of Gujarat, police said on Saturday. A senior police official told Reuters, three people were killed when police fired to disperse clashing groups of Hindus and Muslims and two people were stabbed to death in Ahmedabad,.. More

13731 10/04/2002
Commonwealth Cool to Pakistan Referendum Plan

LONDON The Commonwealth reacted coolly to the announcement Friday that Pakistan's military President Pervez Musharraf plans to hold a referendum on whether he should stay in power. The 54-nation body, which suspended Pakistan after Musharraf's bloodless coup in 1999, indicated that next month's plebiscite appeared to be aimed at extending his term of.. More

13456 06/04/2002
U.S. Eases Demand for Israel Pullout

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House eased back Friday from President Bush's demand that Israel begin to pull its forces out of Palestinian-held areas of the West Bank. As Israeli tanks, attack helicopters and troops advanced against Palestinian militia, spokesman Ari Fleischer said the nations in the region needed time to digest what Bush expected of.. More

13454 06/04/2002
Cash Offered for Dead Westerners

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Al-Qaida and Taliban supporters in Afghanistan are offering rewards of up to 100,000 for capturing or killing Westerners, U.S. Army officials said Friday. Pamphlets slipped under people's doors during the night promise 50,000 for any Westerner delivered dead, and double that for people taken alive, said Maj. Iris Hurd, an.. More

13453 06/04/2002
Israel's Unjust & Criminal War Enters its Seventh Day

* Palestinians Gallantly Resist Occupation Army; * 12 Palestinians & an Israeli Officer Killed Overnight; * Siege at Church of Nativity Continues; * Israeli-Lebanese Border Remains Tense. ____OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, JERUSALEM, WORLD CAPITALS (Islamweb & News Agencies)- On the seventh day of its unjust criminal war against the Palestinian Aqssa intifadha,.. More

13450 04/04/2002
World Concern Over Mideast Situation Mounts

* Washington Now Ready to Discuss Politics Before Security; * EU Mideast Peace Mission in the Balance; * Arab Anger Grows Violent. ____MADRID, WASHINGTON, CAIRO (Islamweb & News Agencies)-Israel's unjust criminal war against the Palestinians and Palestinian Resistance attacks has deepened fears of all-out war. (Read photo caption within) The new.. More

13449 04/04/2002
Northern Irish Police Face Brutality Claim

BELFAST, North IrelandIrish republicans have presented a video, which they say is evidence of police brutality against innocent Catholic women.The amateur video was shot during weekend clashes in north Belfast.It appears to show riot police attacking two women - the first Odette Harvey, on the doorsteps of her home.A second alleged victim, Donna Miskimmon,.. More

13447 03/04/2002
Mideast Violence Spreads to Europe

PARIS, FranceAs the conflict intensifies in the Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian violence spreads to Europe.Fighting broke out at Orly airport in Paris on Tuesday between right-wing pro-Israeli activists and pro-Palestinian supporters who had come to greet anti-globalisation campaigner Jose Bove.The French farmer was deported from Tel Aviv after visiting.. More

13440 03/04/2002
Israel Expands Brutal Military Action in Reoccupied Territoriies

* Offensive May Last 4 Weeks;* Palestinian Dead Bodies Decompose in Morgue; * Rajoub's Compound Gutted By Tank Fire; * Resistance Attacks Continue Unabated; * A Second Front On Broder With Lebanon; * Sanctity of Shrines Violated. _____OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) -Battles have been raging almost around the clock, and.. More

13438 03/04/2002
Diplomatic & Public Pressure Mount Against Israel

* EU Ministerial Session Discusses Mideast Wednesday; * Robinson To Send Fact-Finding Mission; *Iraq Proposes Cutting Off Oil Supplies to USA; *Anti-Israeli Demos Erupt Across the Globe; Will Egypt & Jordan Sever Ties With Israel? ____WORLD CAPITALS, (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israel meanwhile came under mounting diplomatic pressure on Tuesday.. More

13437 03/04/2002
UN's Rwandan Genocide Trial Begins

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - The trial of four former Rwandan army officials charged with masterminding the 1994 massacre of more than 500,000 people opened Tuesday with U.N. prosecutors accusing them of unleashing "a legion of ferocious demons" on the victims. Col. Theoneste Bagosora faces 12 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and rape for his.. More

13436 03/04/2002
Israeli Tanks Entered into Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM, PalestineIsraeli tanks thrust into the centre of Bethlehem early today as Israeli forces fanned across the West Bank in a hunt for Palestinian 'militants' behind a wave of bomb attacks. Witnesses in Bethlehem said Israeli tanks pulled up a few hundred meters from the Church of the Nativity. Earlier, Israeli forces raided the Deheisheh refugee.. More

13429 02/04/2002

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