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Special Forces Craft Over Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Low-flying AC-130 gunships are hitting Taliban troops in a tough new assault on Afghanistan's leadership, officials said. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned that the front lines, facing rebel forces, soon will not be ``a very safe place to be'' for the Taliban.(Read photo caption) American warplanes carried out the heaviest.. More

2027 01/05/2001
Daylight Air Raid on Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - Jets swooped over a foggy post-dawn Kabul on Wednesday, causing five or six powerful explosions in the center of the Afghan capital in the wake of a series of overnight raids, witnesses said. (Read photo caption below) ``There were five to six bombs, the planes disappeared quickly. I can't see where they landed because it's quite foggy.. More

2028 01/05/2001
Anthrax Scares World, but Only Americans Infected

LONDON (Reuters) - The rash of American anthrax cases triggered panics, hoaxes and hypochondria around the world on Tuesday, but not a single case of the disease or of contaminated materials was confirmed outside U.S. borders.Several mail scares hit Washington as police at the Capitol confirmed that a letter sent to the office of Senate Majority leader.. More

2029 01/05/2001
Powell Walks Diplomatic Tightrope in South Asia

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell walked a diplomatic tightrope in New Delhi on Wednesday as he sought to cool tensions between India and Pakistan after an outbreak of firing across their border in disputed Kashmir. Powell, who holds talks with India before heading to Shanghai for this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.. More

2030 01/05/2001
Iran Agrees to Help U.S. Military in Distress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran has agreed to help U.S. military personnel in the relatively unlikely event they end up in distress in Iran during operations in neighboring Afghanistan, a State Department official said on Tuesday. ``We indicated that if this event ... were to occur, we would be looking for this kind of reaction from them and they indicated.. More

2031 01/05/2001
Sharon Names Terms for Palestinian State

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel set out sweeping security conditions on Tuesday for the potential recognition of a Palestinian state and said he would lead any future peace talks.Sharon's remarks followed strong expressions of support for a Palestinian state made by the United States and Britain earlier this month.. More

2032 01/05/2001
APEC Works on Anti-Terrorism Letter

SHANGHAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - In an apparent nod to China, a revised draft of an anti-terrorism statement to be issued by leaders at their Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit drops an earlier specific reference to fighting money-laundering.China's APEC spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a news conference on Wednesday that members meeting.. More

2033 01/05/2001
Israeli Occupation Troops on Outskirts of Jenin , PFLP Officals Arrested

JERUSALEM (Islamweb and News Agencies) - Israeli occupation troops entered Palestinian-controlled territory on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the first military action since Palestinian gunmen assassinated a senior Israeli cabinet minister.(Read photo caption below) Palestinian officials and witnesses said around eight tanks.. More

2043 01/05/2001
U.S. Planes Target Taliban Stronghold of Kandahar

KABUL (Islamweb & News Agencies) - U.S. warplanes saw fresh action over Afghanistan early on Thursday, targeting the ruling Taliban's southern stronghold of Kandahar which was rocked by a series of powerful explosions, witnesses said.(Read photo caption below) The overnight attacks followed another day of intense bombardment as low-flying U.S. jets.. More

2044 01/05/2001
Hundreds Briefly Evacuated in London

LONDON (AP) - Hundreds of people were evacuated from pubs and restaurants Saturday night after eight people reported feeling ill at a nearby north London rail station, police said. Sgt. Bob Alleway of the British Transport Police said officials did not believe there were any terrorist links to the incident and that no one was hospitalized. ``One of.. More

1991 30/04/2001
Israel Assassinates Another Hamas Islamic Resistance Leader in Blow for U.S.

JERUSALEM (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation forces assassinated another Islamic Resistance leader Sunday, dealing a blow to Washington's drive to get Israel and the Palestinians to end a year-long conflict that threatens regional support for its anti-terror war. Israel renewed an internationally condemned track-and-kill policy to shoot.. More

1995 30/04/2001
One Killed, 12 Hurt in Anti-U.S. Pakistan Protests

JACOBABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least one person was killed Sunday when Pakistan police shot into the air as they tried to disperse several thousand anti-American demonstrators in southern Jacobabad, witnesses said. The protesters, who had evaded a huge security cordon thrown up around the city, hurled stones, prompting paramilitary rangers and police.. More

1996 30/04/2001
Iraq Says U.S. and British Jets Bomb Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said U.S. and British planes attacked targets in the south of the country on Saturday, but no casualties were reported. (Read map caption below) ``At 4 p.m. (9 a.m. EDT) U.S. and British warplanes carried out 11 sorties coming from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and flew over the provinces of Basra, Dhiqar, Muthanna and Meisan,''.. More

1997 30/04/2001
Taliban Gives Reporters War Zone Tour

KARAM, Afghanistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Waving shovels and sticks, enraged villagers surged toward foreign journalists brought here Sunday by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia to see the devastation of a U.S. air attack. ``They are coming to kill us! They are coming for information, to tell the planes where to bomb!'' angry and terrified.. More

1998 30/04/2001
Israel Assassinates a Second Hamas Leader in as Many Days

HEBRON, West Bank (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Israeli occupation troops withdrew Monday from areas in volatile Hebron as part of truce efforts, and an Islamic Resistance leader was killed in another West Bank town in an explosion blamed on Israel. (Read photo caption below)The victim, Ahmed Marshoud, was a member of the Islamic militant group Hamas.. More

2011 30/04/2001

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