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Note: The following text is a quote: 09 July 2009 EGYPT ARRESTS TERRORIST CELL OF 25 MEMBERS CAIRO, July 9 (Xinhua) The Egyptian authorities have arrested a terrorist cell of 25 members, 24 Egyptians and one Palestinian, for plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in Suez Canal, Egyptian Interior Ministry said in statement issued on Thursday. According to the statement, the members of the cell who believe in Jihad (Holy War) were located in Cairo, Alexandria and Daqahlia governorates and communicated through internet with other terrorist groups outside Egypt. The cell's members, mostly engineers, were developing high-tech and electronic devices...

BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - Eight pipelines feeding two southern oilfields were sabotaged in an overnight explosion, affecting exports and dealing a blow to the country's vital but beleagured oil industry, officials said. Threats against oil infrastructure amid fighting between US troops and Shiite Muslim fighters in the holy city of Najaf, had seen world oil prices reach record highs before southern Iraqi exports resumed to normal levels at the weekend. "At 9:00 pm (1700 GMT), a device exploded under a bridge, which collapsed. Eight parallel pipelines, feeding the Zubeir 1 and Zubeir 2 oilfields were damaged," said a source at...

Translation from Hebrew to English by me: The Islamic Jihad organization has called upon the loyal followers of the Shiite radical leader, Muqata Al Sadr, to continue and hit oil pipelines in Iraq. "Al-Sadr has to continue his resistance and call upon his men to continue to hit the oil sources which provide revenue for the occupies," the words of the organization went. Yesterday Al-Sadr's men struck a oil pipeline using an explosive device in the south of the country.

An Iraqi air force Seeker reconnaissance aircraft awaits its first operational mission at Basra Airfield in southern Iraq, Aug. 18, 2004. The aircraft will be used to monitor oil pipelines and borders. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Steve Alvarez Iraqi Air Force Begins Operations By U.S. Army Sgt. Jared Zabaldo / Office of Security Transition / Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq BASRAH, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2004 — The Iraqi air force commenced operations Aug. 18, with the flights of two SB7L-360 Seeker reconnaissance aircraft in “limited operations missions” intended to protect infrastructure facilities and Iraq’s borders as part...

KUWAIT 22nd Apr 2003 : Web Edition No: 11546 Turkey battles recession, keen to strengthen ties with Saudis Ankara to seek Arab investment ANKARA, April 20, (AFP): Turkey has achieved "extraordinary" progress in ties with Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to warm up its tradionally chilly relations with Arab nations, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Sunday. Gul also said that Turkey, a Muslim nation with a historically pro-Western orientation, was aiming to attract billions of dollars of Arab investment, capitalizing on reported flights of Arab capital from the United States and Europe since the Sept 11 attacks. The minister...