01 May 2011 An article in the Associated Press (01 May 2011) reports that US President Barak Obama has announced that Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops near the capital of Pakistan. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror [...]
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28 April 2011 According to an article in the Manilla Bulletin (28 April 2011), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has ordered the leader of another insurgency group, Ustadhz Ameril Omra Kato, to stop using their name. Kato recently started another armed group, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. In 2008, the article states Kato led [...]
15 April 2011 According to an article in Reuters, dated 15 April 2011, Turkish Primer Minister Tayyip Erdogan is currently negotiating with the Taliban. Why? According to the article, the Prime Minister wishes to offer the Taliban office space in the country’s capital, Islanbul. Interestingly enough, the article also reports, both the Presidents of Pakistani [...]
14 April 2011 An article by CNN, dated 15 April 2011, reports that Italian Vittorio Arrigoni, an avid supporter of the Palestinian movement, was kidnapped and murdered in what appears to be an inter-Muslim conflict between Hamas and what the article describes as an Al-Qaeda type group. Here are some brief excerpts from the [...]
13 April 2011 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in a report dated 11 April 2011, says that Farooque Ahmed has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. Farooque pleaded guilty to “attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization and collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility.” [...]
02 April 2011 The Wall Street Journal, in an article dated 30 March 2011, reports that Insurgents laid siege to a government building in the city of Tikrit. The siege, lasted five hours. The article reports that 55 people died and an additional 96 were wounded. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: [...]
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02 April 2011 According to an article by the AINA, dated 27 March 2011, a bomb placed at St. Mary’s church in Zahle exploded causing damage to the building and some nearby vehicles. The article reports that the city of Zahle is predominately Christian. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: A [...]
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01 April 2011 According to an article by the AFP (French Press Agency), dated 31 March 2011, Pakistan has suffered from a rash of suicide attacks since 2007. Recently, thirteen people were killed when a suicide bomb blast was targeting yet another politician. It was the second attack against the politician in the last two [...]
Hamas Expresses Support for Current Syrian Government
03 April 2011 An article, dated 03 April 2011, from Memri reports that Hamas has expressed its support for the current Syrian government of Bashar Assad. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: A statement issued by Hamas declares that the events in Syria are an internal Syrian affair and that [...]