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 April 30, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Occupation Forces Continue Unprovoked Raids on Palestinian Cities, Arresting Six Citizens

National Dialogue, Quartet Meeting to Tackle Palestinian Crisis, Egyptian-Jordanian-Israeli Summit Encounters Planned to Revive Peace Talks

President Abbas Calls for National Dialogue, Hamas Says Success Unlikely

US and Iraq

War in Iraq Claims US Soldier, 14 Iraqi Security Officers, 20 Resistance Fighters, and 6 Civilians

US and Afghanistan

11 Taleban Fighters, 3 Afghan Policemen Killed in Clashes 

US and Iran

Iran Vows Never to Give Up Its Nuclear Program

Iranian Official Nejad Hosseinian Says Oil Prices a Barrier to Sanctions

UN Security Council resolution on Iran 'dangerous', says Chinese ambassador

US

The Sami Al-Arian Case: Al-Arian plea deal overcame discord 

Muslim American News Briefs, April 30, 2006

Arab League

Sudan Says It's Ready to Sign Darfur Deal But the Western-backed Rebels Not Ready Yet

Lebanon Talks Fail to Resolve Key Issues 

April 29, 2006

US and Iraq

Iraq Oil Output 1 Million Barrels a Day, the Lowest Since US Invasion

16 Iraqis Killed Saturday, Six of Them Tortured in Captivity, Thousands of Displaced Iraqis

Al-Zawahiri Says U.S. 'Broken' in Iraq

Bush Warns of More Tough Fighting in Iraq

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 6 Residents, Fails to Arrest Commander of Al Quds Brigades in Jenin

New Israeli Government to Keep Largest Illegal Settlements Built on Palestinian Lands and to Redraw Borders Unilaterally

Chirac Proposal for Fund to Pay Overdue Palestinian Salaries Receives Mixed Responses

US

The Sami Al-Arian Case: Al-Arian plea deal overcame discord 

Muslim American News Briefs, April 29, 2006

April 28, 2006

US and Iraq

Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest 14 Citizens, including a Woman, in the West Bank

President Abbas Holds Talk with President Chirac, Douste-Blazy, Solana in Paris

US Soldier, 62 Iraqis Killed in Fighting Between US-Led Forces and Iraqi Resistance

US Building Massive 104-Acre Embassy in Baghdad 

Palestine and Israel

Chirac: Pay Some Palestinians' Salaries

Wolfenson Joins Anti-Hamas Chorus, Resigns to Accept Citicorp Position

New Palestinian-Israeli Peace Forum Agreed by Saudi Arabia and Indonesia 

US and Iran

Iran Denounces Israel Election to UN Panel

NATO Allies Support Tough Line on Iran

Tripartite Iranian, Pakistani, Indian Talks on Proposed Gas Pipeline Set 

US

Chevron's Oil Profit $4 Billion in 3 Months, Soaring 49%

Bush approves Dubai's Doncasters purchase

Arab League

Somali Islamic Courts Chairman Fingers US, Others of Covert Actions 

Syria Faces Fresh UN Resolution 

World

NATO Allies Split on How to Control the World

Tripartite Iranian, Pakistani, Indian Talks on Proposed Gas Pipeline Set

April 27, 2006

Palestine and Israel

A Palestinian Civilian Killed, another Wounded In 3 Failing Israeli Occupation Assassination Raids in Gaza

Fatah, Hamas Set to Lead All-embracing Palestinian Dialogue, Abbas Says Hamas Has to Face Facts, Establish Communication with Israel

President Abbas Calls For Immediate International Conference on Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Olmert's Plan Impairs a Palestinian State

Purported Report Claims: 'Washington Says Will Not Acknowledge Olmert's Steps as Final Borders'

US and Iraq

3 Italian Soldiers, Romanian, 45 Iraqis Killed Thursday, Including Sister of Vice President Who Called for Crushing Resistance by Force

US

Exxon's Oil Profit $8 Billion in 3 Months, $36 Billion in 2005

Muslim American News Briefs, April 27, 2006

Arab League

Saudi Net Foreign Assets Reach SR752.8 Billion

Egyptian Judges Lock Horns with Regime

April 26, 2006

Palestine and Israel

A Palestinian Political Prisoner Dies of Medical Negligence at Israeli Jail

Ismail Haniya Says Israeli Occupation Measures Aim at Subjugating the Palestinian People

Israeli-American Efforts to Impose Sanctions On the Palestinian Government

Israeli Occupation Forces Continue Terrorist Raids on Nablus and Jenin,  Arresting 13 Palestinian Residents

Palestinian Government Employees Sink Deeper into Debts Due to Salaries Overdue

President Abbas Arrives to Norway Part of his Diplomatic Shuttle

US and Iraq

31 Iraqis Killed on Wednesday, Including 12 Men and a Woman in US Air Strike on a Yousufiya House

Rumsfeld and Rice in Talks with Maliki Over Future US Military Bases in Iraq

US and Iran

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Says if the US Attacks Iran, its interests Around the World Would be Harmed

US

Bush Names Fox News Pundit Tony Snow as New Press Secretary

US Senate Shifts $1.9 billion Iraq Funds to Border Patrols

Arab American News Focus, April 26, 2006

Muslim American News Briefs, April 26, 2006

World

Two Car Bomb Attacks on US-Led Multi-National Force Base in Sinai, A Third on Palestinian-Israeli Karni Crossing

EU Lawmakers Allege Numerous CIA Flights

Muslim Nations Urged to Reach for the Stars

April 25, 2006

US and Iraq

12 Iraqis Killed Tuesday, Scores Injured

Al-Qaida leader, Al-Zarqawi, mocks U.S. forces in rare video appearance, warns of 'worse' attacks to come

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Occupation Forces Continue Terror Raids, Arresting 20 Palestinians in the West Bank, Targeting Cattle Farm in Northern Gaza Strip With Artillery

Palestinian Government Considers President Abbas Statements Inappropriate, Says Spokesman Ghazi Hamad

Presidency Secretary General,  Al Tayyeb Abdel Rahim, Says Abbas' European Tour Aims to Raise Funds for Palestinians

President Abbas unwilling to Use Constitutional Authority to Dismiss Government Now

UN Calls on Palestinian Government to Implement Road Map and Honor Previous Agreements

US and Afghanistan

2 US Anti-Narcotics Agensts, 3 Afghans Killed in a Plane Crash

8 Taliban fighters and One Policeman killed in US Air Strike and Gunbattle

US and Iran

Iran says will share atomic technology with others 

Russia launches Israeli satellite to spy on Iran nuclear programme

US

Arab American Award Honors Governor Sununu’s Lifetime of Public Service

Muslim American News Briefs, April 25, 2006

Arab League

Blasts in Egyptian Resort Kill 33 

April 24, 2006

US and Iraq

41 Iraqis Killed on Monday, 7 Car Bombs in Baghdad

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Occupation Death Squad Assassinates Ahmad Musleh and Danial Abu Hamama in Bethlehem, Israeli Artellery Kills Abu Ereiban in Gaza

Main Gaza Hospital, Al Shifa, Might Close Down if International Suspension of Aid Continues

Abbas-Hamas Exchange of Warnings

Israeli Occupation Completely Isolate the Northern West Bank from the South at Za'atara Checkpoint

Israeli Occupation Forces Re-Arrest Abeer Owda after 23 Days of Release from 3-Year Detention Without Trial

League of Arab States Denies PNA Funds Hindered in Cairo

US and Pakistan

Pakistani Rebels Blow Up Gas Pipeline in Balochistan

US and Iran

India, Iran and Pakistan Are Ready to Ink Pipeline Deal

US

Gem of a Film Festival: The Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Muslim American News Briefs, April 24, 2006

Arab League

17 Dead, 150 Hurt in Egypt Dahab Resort Blasts

Hu Jintao Addresses Saudi Shoura Council, Calling for a Stable Middle East 

League of Arab States Denies PNA Funds Hindered in Cairo

World

India, Iran and Pakistan Are Ready to Ink Pipeline Deal

April 23, 2006

Palestine and Israel

12 Palestinians Arrested and Wounded by Israeli Occupation Forces in Hebron, a Private Hospital Stormed In Nablus

Embittered Easter: Palestinian Christians Denied Permits By Israeli Occupation Government to Pray in Sepulcher Church

Hamas, Fateh Agree on a Solution to Diffuse Internal Crisis

Palestinian MOI Spokesman, Khaled Abu Helal, Announces End of Security Chaos, Launches Campaign to Enforce Law and Order

President Abbas Calls for Calming Down

US and Iraq

3 US Soldiers Killed Sunday, 5 Killed Saturday, Attack on Green Zone Defense Ministry Kills 6 Iraqis

Iraqi parliament chooses top leaders, ON SECTARIAN BASIS, after months of deadlock 

Talabani expresses concern over Turkish, Iranian troop build-up on the border

US and Afghanistan

3 Taliban Fighters, Policeman, Security Guard Killed in Escalating Fighting in Southern Afghanistan

US and Iran

Gulf Arab states jittery over Iran crisis 

US

Kerry Says Bush Is Wrong, his Policy in Iraq Is Wrong and the War Weakens America

Ex-CIA Official, Tyler Drumheller, Blasts White House for Deciding War on Iraq First, Then Looking for Intelligence to Fit it

Arab League

Mogadishu Islamic Courts Declare Jihad on US-Backed ARPCT Militia

Gulf Arab states jittery over Iran crisis 

Hu Jintao Arrives in a Historic Visit to Saudi Arabia

World

Chinese president, Hu Jintao, calls for dialogue to settle Middle East conflicts

Osama Tape: Western Blockade on Hamas Government a Zionist-Crusader War on Islam

April 22, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Abbas Heading for Europe to Break Through Isolation of Hamas, Palestinian Deputy PM Says Mesha'al Doesn't Necessarily Represent Palestinian Government

Israeli Occupation Forces on Vast Arrest Campaign of Palestinians in the West Bank

Residents of Bil'in Burned Israeli Products in Protest of Siege on Palestinians

Vice Prime Minister, Nasser Al-Din Al-Sha'er, Says Mesha'al Does Not Represent Palestinian Government

President Abbas Cancels a Decision to Set up Special Security Force in Gaza

President Abbas Seeks Resumption of US-EU Aid Through Diplomatic Shuttle

Abbas Blocks Hamas-Named Security Force, France Denies Palestinian Minister Visa

US and Iraq

An Hour-Long Gunbattle Between US, US-Led Iraqi Forces and Iraqi Resistance in Al-Ramadi

29,565 Iraqis Illegally Detained, 14,222 of them by US Forces, Says UN Official Gianni Magazzeni

Iraqi Shi'is Choose Maliki for Prime Minister, Replacing Ja'afari 

US and Afghanistan

Afghan Roadside Bomb Kills 4 Canadian Soldiers

US and Iran

Russia Hardens Stance Against Iran Sanctions 

Iranian Forces Shell Kurdish Positions in Iraq

US

Bush and Rice Statements about War on Iran Behind Pushing Oil Prices to $75 Per Barrel 

CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Press Leak about Network of Secret Prisons

CIA warned Bush of no WMD in Iraq

Hu Jintao Caps Visit With Yale Speech 

Habitat for Humanity Receives Arab American Award for Institutional Achievement

Current Issues Interviews with Dale Crowley Jr, Mark Glenn, and Jenifer Dixon

Muslim American News Briefs, April 23, 2006

Arab League

Series of Sino-Saudi Accords to Be Signed During Hu Visit

Siniora Urges Syria to Accept Lebanon's Sovereignty

World

Bush and Rice Statements about War on Iran Behind Pushing Oil Prices to $75 Per Barrel 

April 21, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Egypt Presses Hamas to Recognize Past Agreements 

US and Iraq

12 Iraqis, Including 6 Soldiers, Killed Friday

Afghanistan

US Soldier, 6 Policemen Killed in Afghanistan, 19 Afghans Arrested

Afghani Resistance to US-Led NATO Occupation Won't Slow, Interview With Ex-Gitmo Prisoner  Abdul Salam Zaeef

US 

U.S. Issued 304,374 Visas to Chinese

US Lists 558 Gitmo Detainees 

Rice Eyes ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Against Tehran

Rice says no 'V-E Day' on horizon in Iraq

Arab League

Syria Rejects UN Lebanon Border Call 

World

8 Pakistani Troops Killed in Clashes With Militants 

Crude oil briefly hits $72 per barrel record high price

China's Hu Caps Visit With Yale Speech

April 20, 2006

Palestine and Israel

President Abbass Seeks to Lull Tension between Jordan and Hamas

Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest Raids Target Women, Children and collective Intimidating Acts against Nablus

Israeli Supreme Court Allows Completion of Apartheid Land-Grab Wall Around Jerusalem

Gaza Strip on the Verge of Humanitarian and Health Crisis, Official Reports

Israeli Security Sources Anticipate Attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque by Jewish Fanatics

OIC Calls on All Muslims to Help Palestinians 

Dignity More Important: Haniyeh 

US and Iraq

10 Iraqis Killed in Thursday Attacks

‘20,000 Kidnapped in Iraq This Year’ 

US 

Bush, Hu Make Little Progress on Trade

US ready to release 100 Guantanamo detainees, List of Detainees

US and Iran

Chances rising of military strike on Iran, say analysts

Iran derides US military option in nuclear row

Russia, US Divided on Iran After Talks in Moscow 

UK Doesn't Believe US Will Attack Iran

New Delhi Seeks ‘Amicable Solution’ to Iran N-Crisis 

Arab League

Hezbollah Rejects UN Call 

Pro-Reform Judges in Egypt Stage Protest 

World

China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, US Executed Most in 2005, Says Amnesty

Bush, Hu Make Little Progress on Trade

April 19, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Wide Israeli Occupation Forces Onslaught against Palestinians in Nablus And Tulkarem

Hamas: Jordanian Accusations Completely Contradict Our Policy, Jordan Postpones Until Further Notice Al-Zahhar's Visit

Israel Punishes Hamas MPs 

More Israeli Assassinations, Tighter Siege and Revoking Three Deputies' Residency In Jerusalem

Palestine's Permanent Observer Calls Security Council to Condemn Israeli Measures

Egyptian President Says Suspension of Aid to Palestinians Is Punishment for their Democratic Choice

US and Iraq

25 Iraqis, Including 3 University Professors, 5 Foreigners Killed in Iraq Civil War, Ja'afari Still Refuses to Step Down

Baghdad street battle smacks of open civil war

US and Afghanistan

US Firing Injures Newborn Afghan Baby, 5 Others 

US and Iran

Bush declines to exclude nuclear strike on Iran

Iran central bank moves to calm gold rush 

US

White House Staff Shake-Up Continues

Israel Needs $10 Billion More? Why the Heck Not? Anything Else We Can Do?

Muslim American News Briefs, April 19, 2006

Arab League

Sudan openly supports Chad rebels, say int'l observers

Egyptian President Says Suspension of Aid to Palestinians Is Punishment for their Democratic Choice

April 18, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Nine Die in Tel Aviv Attack 

One Boy Killed, Two Others Injured in Israeli Bombardment of Gaza Strip

Israeli Occupation Forces Storm Several West Bank Towns, Make Dozens of Arrests

Abbas: Tel Aviv Bombing a 'Despicable Act of Terror', Palestinian UN Observer Blasts Double Standards

US and Iraq

Two Large Resistance Attacks on US Forces in Ramadi and Baghdad, Involving Suicide Car Bombs and Other Weapons

Iraq Crisis Deepens; 17 Bodies Found 

Brother of Iraqi Sunni leader killed

Saddam Questions Authenticity of Signatures

US and Afghanistan

13 Civilians and Police Killed by US Forces in Afghanistan

US and Iran

Secret US-Iranian Talks, Aide to Iran nuclear chief, Mohammad Nahavandian, in Washington

Defiant Ahmadinejad Praises His Military

Iran Set to Ignore UN Demand for N-Freeze 

Gulf Arab states will oppose US strike on Iran  Rafsanjani

US

Update on US Congress Anti-Palestinian Legislation

Muslim American News Briefs, April 18, 2006

Arab League

2 Egypt Judges Sent to Disciplinary Board 

World

News Service to ‘Counter Western Bias’ 

Chinese man pays $20 million for vase

April 17, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Iran, Russia Bail out Financially-besieged Palestinian Government, Al-Zahhar to Arabs: If You Don't Help Us, Who Will?

President Abbas Meets Jordanian FM, Zahar Discusses Reorganization of PLO with Qaddoumi

Two Palestinians wounded, Five Arrested by Israeli Occupation Forces in Nablus

Palestinian Cabinet Does Not Settle on yet the Issue of Responsibility over the Crossing

9,400 Palestinian Political Prisoners are still being Jailed in Israeli Prisoners, PCBS Reports

Thousands Rally in Gaza for Prisoners

Dead Sea 'dying'

April 16, 2006

Palestine and Israel

One-Third of Palestinian Population Arrested Since 1967, PPS Reports

Palestinian Dies of Wound Sustained in Israeli Air Strike on Rafah, IOF on Rampage in Nablus, Jenin

Israeli Closure and Siege of Gaza Strip Cause Industrial Wreck, Endanger Factories and Trade Facilities

Israelis moot freeing Barghouthi for US spy Jonathan Pollard

Arabs Urge Hamas to Talk Peace, Russia Promises Emergency Funds to Palestinian Authority

US and Iraq

5 Iraqis Including Woman Killed by US Forces, 10 Killed in Car Bomb South of Baghdad

US, British Soldiers, 19 Iraqis Killed in Saturday Attacks

US and Afghanistan

18 Taliban Fighters, 7 Afghan Police Killed in Attacks All Over Afghanistan

US and Iran

Iran expanding, reinforcing atomic sites, pro-Israel media continue to beat drums of war

Iran says US not in a position to attack as it needs Iran's help in Iraq

Iranian suicide squads ready to hit US, British targets

Iran Incapable of Nuclear Weapons Production Now or in Distant Future, Say Russians

US

Israelis moot freeing Barghouthi for US spy Jonathan Pollard

US to Deport Al-Arian After Failing to Convict Him

Arab League

Siniora to Seek Bush's Help on Israeli Pullout Agencies

Egyptian Christians, Muslims Fight After Killing

Arabs Urge Hamas to Talk Peace, Russia Promises Emergency Funds to Palestinian Authority

World

Chad Threatens to Halt Oil Exports Over Frozen Funds

April 15, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Three Palestinians Wounded With Missile Shrapnel in Gaza Strip

US Steps Up Economic War on Palestinians, Abbas Urges EU to Resume Its Aid, Haniyeh Slams US Unholy Alliance

Palestinian PM Asserts his Government Steadfastness, President's Office Calls for Wisdom and Shun, Internal Crisis

Arabs Urge Hamas to Talk Peace, Russia Promises Emergency Funds to Palestinian Authority

April 14, 2006

Palestine and Israel

US Steps Up Financial Pressure on the Palestinian People, by Barring Americans from Doing Business with the Newly-Elected Government

We'll Eat Olives and Survive, Says Palestinian PM Haniya

Palestinian Foreign Minister Seeks Funds on Arab trip

US and Iraq

2 US Marines Killed, 22 Injured, 11 Iraqi Civilians and 9 Policemen Killed, 39 Policemen Captured by Resistance Fighters

U.S. Building Its World's Largest Embassy in Iraq

Afghanistan

6 Taliban Fighters Killed in US Air Strikes

US Military Buys Back Stolen Flash Drives

Iran

Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, Accuses US Over Conspiracy to Put Middle East Under Israeli Control

Islamic nations have 'duty' to fund Hamas, says Iranian official

Iran Hosts Conference to Support the Palestinian People, Pro-Israel Media Distort Ahmadinejad Speech

Iran issues stark military warning to United States

US

Bush Still Gives Rusted 9+56623 Strong Show of Support Piling Criticism from Generals

US Pressures Germany to Accept 15 Chinese Muslim Gitmo Prisoners

Current Issues with Hesham Tillawi, Interviewing Egene H Bird and Rafat Dajani

Muslim American News Briefs, April 15, 2006

World

Bombing in New Delhi Mosque Injures 13

Five Civilians Killed in Kashmir Blasts

April 13, 2006

US

Report Raises New Questions on Bush, WMDs

Marine Reservist's Name 'Daniel Brown' on Watch List as a Possible Terrorist!

Muslim American News Briefs, April 13, 2006

Arab League

Jordan prison uprising quelled

Egypt Frees 950 Ex-Militants

Saudi Arabia frees thousands of ex-"terror" suspects

Syria blames US double-standard for world turbulence

World

British MP Calls to Impose Sanctions on Israel for Killing Two Britons

Briton Malcolm Kendall-Smith Sentenced 8 Months for Refuing 3rd Iraq Tour and Calling Iraq War Illegal

April 12, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Palestinian Government Describes UN Decision to Restrict Contacts with Hamas as Wrong and Lacks Logic

Palestinian Teen Dies of his Wounds, 11 arrested in W.B., Fateh's Office Targeted in Air raid in Gaza

President Abbas Says Cutoff Aids is Drastic and Catastrophic

Five Palestinian and Israeli Organizations Demand Israeli Government Stop Bombarding Gaza

US and Iraq

2 US Soldiers, 42 Iraqis Killed on Wednesday, Including 20 in Mosque Bombing

US and Iran

Russia Criticizes Iran on Nukes, Frist's Moscow Mission May Have Succeeded

US

US Republican Leaders to Drop Felony for Immigrants

Arab American News Focus, April 12, 2006

Muslim American News Briefs, April 12, 2006

World

Organized People Win When they Challenge Rulers: French Lawmakers OK Compromise Jobs Plan

April 11, 2006

Palestine and Israel

A Palestinian Girl Killed, 15 Others Mostly Children, Toddlers and Teens from one Family Wounded by Israeli Occupatio Forces Artilleries

Nablus Attacked on Daily Basis by Israeli Occupation Forces, Arresting and Terrorizing Palestinian Civilians

Int'l Organizations Worried of Shortage of Medical Supplies in Gaza Strip

Palestinian Youth Parliament Handed an Outcry Letter to UN Representative in Gaza to Stop Israeli Terror

President Abbas Condemns Israeli Attempts to Isolate the Palestinian National Authority, Prepares for European Diplomatic Shuttle

61st Week of Ceasefire Declaration: 19 Palestinians Killed, 95 Injured by Israeli Forces

French Official Denies Suspending Assistance to PNA, UNRWA Concerned Over Child Safety in Gaza Under Continuous Israeli Bombardment

US and Iraq

Howard to Testify in Iraq Bribes Scandal

US and Afghanistan

7 Afghan Children Killed, 34 Injured by Rocket Hitting School Near US-Led Coalition Base

US and Pakistan

Pakistan Bombing of a Sunni Muslim Gathering Kills at Least 40

US and Iran

Iran Enriches Uranium, So Does Israel

US

Kahlil Gibran Awards Honor Women for Women International, Governor John H. Sununu, and Habitat for Humanity

Muslim American News Briefs, April 11, 2006

Arab League

Lebanon Foils Plot to Kill Nasrallah

World

Prodi Wins, But Berlusconi Won't Concede Defeat

April 10, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Artillery Shells Kill 8-Year-Old Palestinian Girl, Injures 15 Other Children, in the 'National Child Day'

Hamas: Unenviable Situation Arab News 

US and Iraq

US Soldier, at Least 15 Iraqis killed Monday, 12 Killed Sunday Night

US may be playing up Zarqawi’s role in Iraq

Saddam's Saudi lawyer, Reem Al Habib, decries Saudi government restrictions against her

US and Iran

Bush and Ahmadinejad Dismiss Reports of US Attack on Iran

US

US may be playing up Zarqawi’s role in Iraq

Bush and Ahmadinejad Dismiss Reports of US Attack on Iran

Middle East Comedy & Film Festival Oct. 7-8, 2006

Muslim American News Briefs, April 10, 2006

Arab League

Saddam's Saudi lawyer, Reem Al Habib, decries Saudi government restrictions against her

Sultan, Saleh Discuss Iraq in Hong Kong

World

Chirac Scraps Part of Youth Jobs Law, in Bid to End Crisis

Italy's Prodi set to win election, according to exit polls

April 9, 2006

Palestine and Israel

15 Palestinians Killed in 24 Hours by Israeli Occupation Air Raids and Bombardment of Gaza Strip

Israeli Occupation Soldiers and Settlers on Rampage in the West Bank

Palestinian National Authority to Appeal to UN Security Council for Halting Israeli Wave of Killings

10,000 Palestinian Political Prisoners Go Through Hunger Strike in Protest of Deteriorating Humanitarian Conditions in Israeli Occupation Prisons

Palestinians in the Northern Jordan Valley Completely Isolated, Shut off the Outside World by Israeli Occupation Forces

US and Iraq

16 Iraqis Killed on Sunday, 8 of them by US Air Strike

Iraqi Official, Maj. Gen. Hussain Kamal, says Iraq in 'undeclared civil war' for more than a year

Iraq, Iran fuming over Mubarak 'civil war' and Shi'i loyalty comments

US and Iran

Iran shoots down surveillance drone

US Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran

US and Afghanistan

Bombs Blast Convoy of Afghan Army Trucks in Kandahar, Wounding 11

US and Turkey

Turkish Troops Kill 6 Kurdish Rebels

US

Rumsfeld Comes Out Swinging at Rice Over her Iraq's "Thousands of Errors"

Senator Specter Asks Bush, Cheney for Explanation Concerning CIA Leak

Arab League

Algerian Gunmen Kill 13 Customs Officials in Desert Agencies

Iraq, Iran fuming over Mubarak 'civil war' and Shi'i loyalty comments

EU

Imams Hunt for European Muslim Identity

April 8, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Two Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike on Gaza Saturday, Nablus Raid Continues

Five Palestinians Slain, Including 7-Year- Old Boy, in Israeli Occupation Air Strike at a Car and PRC's Base

Israelis Besiege Palestinians Militarily, US-EU Economically, Abbas, Haniyeh Condemn Aid Cuts as Unjust Punishment, Blackmail

PNA Criticizes European and US Suspension of Assistance to Palestinian Government

Haniyeh Denies Two-State Offer

A Letter From the Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Al-Zahar to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan 

WHO Warns of Collapse in Palestinian Health Care Sector

Israeli Forces Storm Several Towns in West Bank

1100 Ill Palestinian Political Prisoners Liable to Slow Death in Israeli Jails, Official Report Says

US and Iraq

17 Iraqis Killed on Saturday, Sunni Mosques Threatened, Attempts to Intensify Shi'i-Sunni Civil War Continue

US Soldier Killed by Iraqi Soldier Saturday, Another Killed Friday, Two Killed Thursday

79 Iraqis Killed in Mosque Suicide Bombs, 3 US Soldiers Killed Friday, 2 Killed Thursday

Jordan should open border to Palestinian refugees exiting Iraq, a call from a US human rights group

Afghanistan

Suicide Bombing Near NATO Base Kills 2 Afghans Saturday, Suicide Attack Injures 3 Americans Friday

3 Americans Hurt in Afghan Attacks

Iran

US Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran

El-Baradei Visit to Iran Next Week Aims at Ending Standoff

US

Muslim American News Briefs, April 8, 2006

Arab League

Jordan should open border to Palestinian refugees exiting Iraq, a call from a US human rights group

Jordan Journalists Who Visit Israel Will Be Punished

World

Two Women Suicide Bombers Hit Mosque in Turkish City

April 7, 2006

Palestine and Israel

7 Palestinians Killed, Including Two Women and 7-Year-Old-Child, 14 Injured, in a Terrorist Israeli Air Strike on Rafah, and a Raid on Nablus

US, EU Cut Off Aid to Palestinians, in Compliance With Israeli Conditions

US and Iraq

79 Iraqis Killed in Mosque Suicide Bombs, 3 US Soldiers Killed Friday, 2 Killed Thursday

US

AAI Joins Liberty Coalition Zogby Sees Common Interests in Partnership

Muslim American News Briefs, April 6, 2006

World

Saudi Arabia, Japan Call for N-Free Mideast, Wanted Diplomacy to End Row Over Iran's Nuclear Program

April 6, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Palestinian PM Haniya Says PNA's Coffer is Empty and the New Government Is Struggling to Find Money for Employees' Payrolls

Solana Says EU will not Recognize any Borders but 1967 Border or Agreed Borders with the Palestinians

Haniya to Study Any Israeli Talk Offer

Four Palestinians Wounded, Eight Rounded Up In Wide Onslaught against Nablus City

President Abbas Places Border Crossing Directorate Under his Supervision

US and Iraq

20 Iraqis Killed on Thursday

Ja'afari says will resign if parliament demands

US and Afghanistan

Afghan District Intelligence Official Slain

US and Pakistan

Pakistan says 40 opposition members killed by security forces

Clashes Between Pakistani Army and Opposition leave 20 Dead in Wazirstan

US and Iran

Iran-US Talks on Iraq Likely Next Week

US

Cheney Aide Says Bush OK'd Leak

Current Issues with Hesham Tillawi: Interviews with Stephen Sniegoski and Alison Weir

Embracing Arabic :  Michigan State to get language grant

Muslim American News Briefs, April 6, 2006

Arab League

Rights group urges Libya to free 18 Arab political inmates

Japan and Arabian Gulf nations agree on free trade talks

Turkey and Kurds

5 Turkish Soldiers and a Policeman Killed by Kurdish Separatists

April 5, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Palestinians Offer Peace Overtures, Israelis Escalate Militarily, Abbas Urges Quartet Intervention, His helicopter Pad Destroyed

Israeli Artillery Resume Shelling North Gaza Strip, Killing Palestinian Civilian, Injuring Four, Including a Woman and a Baby

Israeli Occupation Forces Arrest Several Palestinian Citizens in Hebron, Detain Jerusalem Minister, Khaled Abu Arafa, at Checkpoint

Planned Israeli Land-Grab Wall in Hebron Cuts off 21 Palestinian Communities and 80,000 Dunum

Saudi, Abdul Rahman Al-Atwi, Being Held in Israel

US and Iraq

11 Iraqis Killed on Wednesday

Saddam Denounces the Court as Illegitimate, the Interior Ministry as Killing Thousands of Iraqis

Iraqi Leaders Shelve Political Talks Despite US Pressure

US

Pentagon Releases New Gitmo Transcripts

Arab American News Focus, April 5, 2006 

Muslim American News Briefs, April 5, 2006

Arab League 

Mubarak Makes Surprise Visit to Sudan for Talks on Darfur

World 

Erdogan Calls for Unity to Halt Kurdish Protests

April 4, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Israeli tanks target northern Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and wounding seven, including a mother and her 6-month-old baby

UN Official Warns Gaza Strip on Verge of Disaster Because of Severe Shortage in Basic Food Supplies

Israeli Occupation Government Turns Qalandia Checkpoint into "Aterot" International Crossing, to Separate Jerusalem from the West Bank

Tafakji Warns of Growing Loop of Land Dealers, Israeli Elad Seizes Two Palestinian Residential Buildings in Occupied East Jerusalem

US and Iraq

28 Iraqis Killed on Tuesday

Saddam Trial Show Continues, Accused of Genocide in New Charges

US

Succumbing to Scandal, Tom DeLay Announces Resignation From US Congress

Muslim American News Briefs, April 4, 2006

World

Paris Demonstration Turns Violent

April 3, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Abbas Meets Welch in Amman Ahead of Quartet Meeting, Cracks in Siege Imposed by US, Israel on Hamas Government

An Israeli Occupation Death Squad Kills a Palestinian Fighter, Injure Another in Bethlehem

Drowned Body of Eyad Taher Found Caught on Razor Wire of Apartheid Wall near Bil'in

Israeli Occupation Force Start 'Operation Southern Arrow,' Which Includes Re-Occupation of Gaza Strip

Mbeke Accepts Abbas Invitation to Visit, Invites Hamas, Abbas Appeals to South African Peace-making Role, Says PLO Is 'the Address'

Quartet Meets in Jordan to Decide on Support PNA

Tens of Palestinian Political Prisoners Wounded During Transfer from Negev Detention Camp

US and Iraq

9 US Soldiers Killed, 3 Missing, 24 Iraqis Killed in Attacks

US

Supreme Court Rejects Jose Padilla's Case

US and Iran

Iran Test Fires High-Speed Underwater Missile

April 2, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Quartet Committee Convenes in Jordan to Discuss Supporting Palestinians

Illegal Israeli Settlers Assault International Peace Activist, Uproot Olive Plants from Targeted land in Wadi Al Nassara

Thousands of Israeli Soldiers Storm in Notorious Negev Detention Camp and Vacate 240 Palestinian Political Prisoners

Israeli Warplanes Drop Anti-Resistance Flyers in North Gaza

Abbas Visits Tanzania, Seyam Investigates Al-Quqa's Assassination

US and Iraq

7 US Soldiers, 4 Iraqi Resistance Fighters, 47 Civilians Killed,  Apache Helicopter Downed, US Forces Fighting Resistance in Six Areas

Zarqawi Allegedly Replaced By Abdullah bin Rashed Al Baghdadi as Head of Iraqi Resistance

US and Afghanistan

Taliban Fighter Killed After Killing 4 Afghani Policemen at Checkpoint

US and Pakistan

Pakistani Armed Opposition Attack Army Base in Wazirstan, Killing a Soldier, Injuring Four, Army Retaliated With Artillery on Villages

US and Iran

Iran Calls Second Missile Test a Success

US

Arab League

Qatar to hold parliamentary elections early 2007, but limited to the minority of citizens

UAE, UK Sign Security Accord

World

Angry Kurds Ransack Turk Govt Office, Burn Bank

April 1, 2006

Palestine and Israel

Israeli Bombardment of Gaza Strip Continues Unabated

President Abbas Calls to Stop Israeli Aggressions Against Palestinians

Cabinet to Set Probe Panel, Wide Condemnation of Assassinating PRC's Commander, Abu Yousuf Al-Quqa, in Gaza

EU Delegation Joins Weekly Demonstration in Bal'in, Israeli Forces Arrest Four Peace Activists

UN Security Council Calls for Ending the Israeli Occupation, Rejecting Israeli Unilateral Plans to Define Borders

Israeli Occupiers Keep Inviting Retaliation, Palestinians Keep Dying, Israeli Extra-judicial Killing Sparks Inter-Palestinian Clashes in Gaza, 3 Killed

Top Palestinian Commander Dies in Car Blast

Hamas fury over funding threats, as suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis

US and Iraq

28 Iraqis Killed, US Militay Helicopter Crashes During Combat

Mortar Shell Kills Three Women, Bomb Targeting Police Explodes in Baghdad

Rice, in Britain, admits "thousands" of tactical mistakes in Iraq, faces anti-war protests

US and Afghanistan

3 Afghans Killed, 5 US Soldiers Injured in Attacks

Taleban Fighters Control 3 Villages After Clashes Kill Six 

US and Iran

Iran Test Fires Missile Able to Avoid Radar

Baradei says Iran no imminent threat, sanctions 'bad idea'

US

Rice, in Britain, admits "thousands" of tactical mistakes in Iraq, faces anti-war protests

Rice, in Britain, admits "thousands" of tactical mistakes in Iraq, faces anti-war protests

Muslim American News Focus, April 1, 2006

Arab League

Bahrain Boat Disaster Toll 57

World

Three earthquakes level Iranian villages

Rice, in Britain, admits "thousands" of tactical mistakes in Iraq, faces anti-war protests

 

 

 
Earth, a planet hungry for peace

 Apartheid Wall

   
The Israeli Land-Grab Apartheid Wall built inside the Palestinian territories, here separating Abu Dis from occupied East Jerusalem. (IPC, 7/4/04).

 

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank, like a Python (Alquds, 1/25/03.
 

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