Hezbollah calls for huge protests
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has called for a huge turnout for opposition protests aimed at bringing down the anti-Syrian government.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah called on Lebanese people to join protests and civil disobedience starting on Friday.
The government of PM Fouad Siniora has been under pressure over its backing for the setting up of a UN tribunal to try the killers of Rafik Hariri.
The government has said that it will not back down over the tribunal.
"We appeal to all Lebanese, from every region and political movement, to take part in a peaceful and civilised demonstration on Friday to rid us of an incapable government that has failed in its mission," Sheikh Nasrallah said in a television broadcast.
Tensions
Hezbollah and its allies have been threatening these protests for weeks.
Six pro-Syrian ministers resigned from the Lebanese cabinet earlier this month after it approved draft United Nations plans for an international tribunal on Mr Hariri's murder.
Tensions between the pro-Syrian and pro-Western factions escalated after the killing of industry minister Pierre Gemayel last week.
Allies of Damascus argue that the cabinet's backing for the tribunal is unconstitutional because the Shia community in Lebanon was not represented in the cabinet when it made its final decision.
Many in Lebanon accuse Damascus of orchestrating the killings of Mr Hariri, Mr Gemayel and other prominent anti-Syrian figures. Syria denies any involvement in the deaths.
In 2005, Syria withdrew its troops from Lebanon after a presence of 29 years, following massive domestic and international pressure following the assassination of Mr Hariri.
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Published: 2006/11/30 14:06:21 GMT
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Former Helios boss attacked at hearing
RELATIVES of the Helios crash victims yesterday set upon the former
executive chairman of the airline Andreas Drakou, who they hold
responsible
for last August’s air disaster.
The tension was apparent from the minute Drakou stepped into the room
to
address the committee of inquiry into the August 14 crash over
Grammatiko
which killed all 121 passengers on board. Upon entering he was met with
shouts of “murderer”, “assassin”, and “you killed our
children”.
Testifying before the committee, Drakou said he had been in charge of
company strategy, its development and the expansion of its fleet
However he denied accusations that Helios, now known as ajet, was
insufficiently resourced and added that he had no knowledge of reports
stating the contrary by British flight operations advisor for local
Civil
Aviation Jim Taylor.
Specifically, when the inquiry’s chairman Panayiotis Kallis referred
to
one of Taylor’s reports which expressed numerous concerns regarding
insufficient staffing in certain areas, Drakou said: “I wasn’t
involved
in that. My instructions were that whatever the company needed, to go
ahead
and get it. The company’s board of directors gave assurances that
everything was OK and that all safety measures were taken.”
During the hearing, Kallis also referred to testimony by former airline
officer Kyriacos Pilavakis, who quit as chief engineer from Helios in
January 2005.
The chairman pointed out that Pilavakis said he had quit the company on
the
grounds it was mismanaged, suffered shortages of qualified staff in key
positions, and lacked official planning.
Again Drakos reiterated that he was not aware of this and that he did
not
deal with these matters.
Immediately following the executive chairman’s testimony, one of the
victim’s relatives, Anthi Poyiadji, asked if she could have a few
minutes
to read something that she wanted both Drakos and Kallis to hear.
Granting her request to read the piece, the committee chairman first
asked
that Drakos be allowed to leave the room.
In an emotionally charged voice, the middle-aged mother read: “I’m
a
mother who lost her one and only daughter and son-in-law. On Saturday I
was
going around with them to find a church to marry them in and on Sunday,
while they were happily heading off for their summer holidays, they
were
killed.
“In my uninformed mind on legal matters there is no doubt that they
were
put into a moving coffin and killed. It was an open secret that the
plane
had a lot of problems, and if they knew it, why didn’t Helios’
management also?
“From the depths of my soul I plead with you that in this report you
mention the guilty parties names to the President of the Republic,
because
as has been announced on television, attorney-generals, government
spokesmen, they need unshakeable evidence to punish someone.
“Because if this is not done, the souls of our children and all those
unfairly lost will be a nightmare for all those responsible even
remotely.
“Maybe the plane wasn’t carrying well-known personalities, people
whom I
think would have inspired a different approach and treatment, but there
were
remarkable people with two and three diplomas, who will not rest until
the
guilty are punished.”
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Iran, Iraq issue joint press statement in Tehran
Iran, Iraq issue joint press statement in Tehran
Tehran, Nov 29, IRNA (Iran news agency)
www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0611305896001619.htm
At the end of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's 3-day visit to Tehran,
the
Islamic Republic of Iran and Republic of Iraq, by issuing a joint press
statement here Wednesday called for more cooperation between the two
countries.
At the statement, the two sides called for upgrading the current level
of
relation and cooperation in political, security, oil, industry,
economic and
cultural affairs.
Underlining deep-rooted historical, cultural and religious
commonalities
between the two neighbors and Muslim states and respect for the
principles
of good neighbourly relations, not interference in each other's
affairs,
they underlined their commitments to implement mutually agreed
conventions
endorsed by the United Nations.
The Islamic Republic of Iran underlined the need to maintain Iraq's
national
unity, territorial integrity and the country's independence.
Iran has also called for establishment of democratic organizations to
help
restore people's control on Iraq's natural wealth and territorial
integrity
and construction of the country's political system based on new
constitution.
Welcoming firm determination of Iraqi government in restoring stability
and
security in Iraq along with implementing the plan proposed by Prime
Minister
Nouri al-Maliki on national reconciliation with the aim of encouraging
active and all-out presence of all people from all walks of life in the
country's political system, the statement voiced its full support for
continued trend to help restore the country's national sovereignty,
security
and durable stability in Iraq.
The two sides also condemned strongly continued atrocities and sabotage
activities of terrorist groups in Iraq and emphasized the necessity of
serious confrontation with such criminal and terroristic activities.
In the statement, Islamic Republic of Iran expressed its readiness to
help
Iraqi government and nation.
The two sides expressed their pleasure over continued pilgrimage of
Iranian
and Iraqi citizens to holy shrines in both countries and called for
removing
some obstacles and existing problems in the border points and providing
the
pilgrims with more facilities.
To facilitate traffic for pilgrims, businesspersons and traders, the
Iranian
side called for Iraqi side's action to open its aerial border to
establish
direct and transit flights between Tehran and Baghdad and vice versa.
The statement underlined the necessity of implementing previously
signed
agreements on the opening of the Iranian General Consulates in Arbil
and
Soleymanieh and the Iraqi General Consulate in Mashhad and the
temporary
transfer of Iraqi consulate from Khorramshahr to Ahvaz.
Referring to the importance of support and participation in renovation
and
economic development in Iraq and its infrastructural role in
establishment
of stability and sustainable security in the country and the region,
the
statement emphasized the participation and support of all countries,
especially neighboring and friendly countries in this process.
The Iraqi government appreciated Iran's support in all fields of
politics,
economics and rebuilding the country.
Islamic Republic of Iran by expressing its readiness to participate in
rebuilding process in Iraq, called for Iraqi government assistance in
participating of Iranian creditable companies in implementing
construction,
service and rebuilding projects.
Welcoming the latest decision of the Iraqi government concerning
expulsion
of members of terrorist group of MKO from Iraq, the Iranian side said
acceleration in implementation of the decision will be a positive step
in
expansion and deepening of the ties between the two countries.
Reminding Saddam's crimes against Iraqi people and his attack against
Iran
and Kuwait, the two sides emphasized necessity of a transparent and
just
trial of Saddam and the other high ranking officials of his regime.
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Is it Just Me, Or Is CAIR's Bedier Calling for the Return of the ...
By Pim's Ghost
This video is a seven minute third segment of a news debate between
Tampa's CAIR
director (and their web-trouble-maker) Ahmed ... Fountain: "And without
one single
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What Would Charles Martel Do?
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European Peacekeepers Begin Congo Withdrawal
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,451570,00.html
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
European Peacekeepers Begin Congo Withdrawal
After four months of keeping election-season peace in Democratic Republic of Congo, European Union troops begin to head home on
Thursday.
But will they leave peace behind?
At the beginning of the mission in August, few thought that the
situation in Democratic Republic of Congo would be stable enough for
the
European troops stationed there to withdraw at the end of their
mandate.
But on Thursday, the 2,000 troops from 18 European Union countries --
including 780 Germans -- will begin heading home. The withdrawal should
be complete by Dec. 22.
The EU mission, called EUFOR, was in Congo to help the UN forces
already
in the country provide security during the country's first free
elections since independence from Belgium in 1960. With Congo fresh off
back-to-back wars from 1996 to 2002 -- and with a number of rebel
groups
running their own candidates -- the mission looked to be a difficult
one. When violence erupted in mid-August following the first round of
voting, it seemed that the pessimists' worst fears had come true.
Now, though, the tide seems to have turned. President-elect Joseph
Kabila is set to be sworn into office in early December and his run-off
opponent, former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, finally conceded
defeat
on Tuesday and said he would continue his fight politically, as part of
the opposition -- "to preserve peace and save the country from sinking
into chaos and violence."
Despite the apparent political truce, stability in Congo remains
precarious. Fighting has continued in the lawless east of the country
with UN troops battling fighters loyal to the local warlord Laurent
Nkunda since Saturday. The clashes have reportedly subsided and the
Associated Press reports that thousands of refugees are streaming back
home. But the fighting could flare up again at any time.
Concern likewise remains high that an ongoing lack of security in wide
swathes of the country may be attracting countries interested in
acquiring nuclear weapons. The country is a source of high quality
uranium and supplied the Manhattan Project in the 1940s as the US was
developing atomic weapons.
"For quite some time there have been suspicions that Iran has been
trying to exploit the chaos in Congo and purchase uranium via
middlemen.
There is no hard proof but there are indications there may be something
to the suspicion," an unnamed European diplomat told Reuters.
The EUFOR mission has received praise for helping to bring the
post-election violence in August -- which saw 17 Congolese killed --
quickly under control.
But even with the mission coming to an end, there may not be much
respite for the thinly stretched Bundeswehr. German Defense Minister
Franz Josef Jung said on Tuesday that he could imagine participating in
a similar mission to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_re_eu/russia_poisoned_spy
In a letter released Friday, the former officer for the Federal Security Service, or FSB, said he refused to cooperate with the team, whose task was to kill Alexander Litvinenko and others. The FSB is the successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB.
Litvinenko, the former spy turned Kremlin critic who lived in Britain, died Nov. 23 at a London hospital, where doctors found traces of the rare radioactive element polonium-210 in his body. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday and doctors carrying out the examination planned safety precautions to protect themselves against radiation.
In a deathbed statement, Litvinenko blamed President
Vladimir Putin for his poisoning — charges the Kremlin rejected as "sheer nonsense."
"Back in 2002, I warned Alexander Litvinenko that they set up a special team to kill him," the former security services officer, Mikhail Trepashkin, wrote in the letter dated Nov. 23 — the day of Litvinenko's death. The letter was released Friday by rights activists in Yekaterinburg, the center of the Ural Mountains province where he is serving his four-year sentence.
"Maybe, the death of Alexander Litvinenko, who fell victim to unpunished revenge, could force those dealing with human rights issues to finally pay attention to these facts."
An FSB spokesman refused to comment on Trepashkin's claim.
Trepashkin was arrested in October 2003 and convicted on charges of divulging state secrets while investigating allegations of FSB involvement in a series of deadly apartment bombings that killed about 300 people in Moscow and two other cities in 1999. The government blamed the explosions on
Chechnya-based rebels, but Litvinenko and other Kremlin critics alleged they were staged by authorities as a pretext for launching the current Chechen war.
The FSB, where Trepashkin worked until 1997, alleged that he had been recruited by British agents to collect compromising materials on the explosions with the aim of discrediting the Russian security agency.
Trepashkin said in his letter that after his arrest authorities had put him in a cell contaminated with poisonous chemicals and threatened to kill him.
"Litvinenko and I aren't the last in this chain of victims of persecution," he wrote. "Maybe Litvinenko's death could make you believe in what he was saying."
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Moscow was ready to answer concrete questions from Britain concerning Litvinenko's death, Russian news agencies reported.
"When the questions are formulated and sent through the existing channels, we will consider them thoroughly," Lavrov was quoted as saying in Jordan by the ITAR-Tass news agency. "There have been no such questions yet."
Traces of radiation have been found at a dozen sites in Britain and five jetliners were being investigated for possible contamination as authorities widened their investigation into Litvinenko's poisoning.
A coroner on Thursday formally opened an inquest into Litvinenko's death.
Doctors in Moscow have said they believed Yegor Gaidar, a former premier and head of a liberal opposition party, may also have been poisoned during a conference Nov. 24 in Ireland.
British Airways said Friday that one of its planes that has been parked at a Moscow airport would fly to London later in the day for a radiation check. Traces of radiation were found on it and two other aircraft that have traveled the Moscow-London route since Nov. 1, when Litvinenko is believed to have been poisoned.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061201/wl_nm/britain_poisoning_dc_61
UK finds second case of polonium poisoning
18 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists probing the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko said on Friday a second man had been poisoned by radiation. Media reports said the man was an Italian he met at a London restaurant.
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"We are confirming that one further person who was in direct contact with Mr Litvinenko has been found to have a significant quantity of polonium 210 in their body. This is being investigated further in hospital," a spokesman for the Health Protection Agency said.
Police and health authorities declined to confirm the reports naming the victim as Mario Scaramella, an Italian contact who met Litvinenko the day he fell ill.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_protests
Hezbollah, allies protest in Beirut
By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hundreds of thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian opposition allies massed Friday in downtown Beirut seeking to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops.
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The Shiite Muslim Hezbollah and its allies mobilized their bases for the protest, arranging to bus supporters from all over Lebanon and handing out free gasoline coupons to people in remote regions.
The crowd, which police estimated at 800,000, created a sea of Lebanese flags that blanketed downtown. Hezbollah officials put the number at 1 million — one-fourth of Lebanon's population.
Saniora went about his schedule in what appeared to be a tactic to ignore the throngs that quickly filled the streets. With heavy traffic reported on highways leading downtown, pro-government factions urged calm.
"Saniora out! We want a free government!" protesters shouted through loudspeakers. The crowd roared in approval amid the deafening sound of Hezbollah revolutionary and nationalist songs. "We want a clean government," read one placard, in what has become the opposition's motto.
Heavily armed soldiers and police had closed all roads to downtown, feverishly unfurling barbed wire and placing barricades.
continued...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=77311
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=77311
Friday, December 01, 2006
The Massive Protest
Daily Star Online edition staff
Sixteen armored carriers, several hundred combat troops and armed police on Friday ringed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's office in unprecedented security measures ahead of a massive protest by Hezbollah and its allies aimed at ousting the Western-backed leader.
Opposition groups led by Hezbollah have mobilized their bases for the afternoon protest and were making arrangements to bus supporters from all corners of Lebanon to downtown Beirut for the massive show of popular support.
Heavily armed soldiers and police closed all roads leading to the sprawling complex in downtown, feverishly unfurling barbed wire and placing barricades to prevent any protests from spilling over into the stone-walled, brick-roofed historic building during what some newspapers billed as the "great showdown" between the government and the opposition.
Although there have been assurances by organizers of a peaceful demonstration, the stringent security measures came amid fears that the protests may turn into street clashes between the two sides or that Hezbollah supporters could try to storm Saniora's government headquarters.
Lebanese Universities closed their doors at 10 am; schools in some areas were closed Friday. Others opened until noon to give students time to return home before the expected deluge of protesters. Many businesses in the city center were closed because of the tight security, but elsewhere banks remained opened.
Launching the promised campaign to force Lebanon's government from office, Hezbollah and its allies on Thursday called for the mass demonstrations Friday followed by a wave of open-ended protests.
But a defiant Saniora vowed his government would not fall, warning in a nationally televised speech Thursday night that "Lebanon's independence is threatened and its democratic system is in danger."
Saniora asked Lebanese to show support by raising the Lebanese flag on their windows and balconies.
Hezbollah's leader has called on protesters to also carry the same banner, the national red and white flag with the historic Cedar tree in its middle.
But both camps seemed wide apart on what kind of Lebanon they want.
Government supporters accuse Syria of being behind the Hezbollah campaign, trying to regain its lost influence in its smaller neighbor. Hezbollah and its allies, in turn, say the country has fallen under U.S. domination and that they have lost their rightful portion of power.
Hezbollah had threatened to call mass demonstrations unless it and its allies obtain a veto-wielding share of the Cabinet _ a demand that Saniora and his parties have rejected. The aim of the protests is to generate enough popular pressure to further paralyze the government, forcing it to step down.
Hezbollah's deputy general security, Sheik Naim Kassim, made it clear the fight is against "American tutelage" and said the protest action will continue until the government falls.
"We will not let you sell Lebanon, we will protect the constitution and people of Lebanon," Kassim said on television Friday, addressing Saniora.
Christian leader and Hezbollah ally former Military General Michel Aoun also warned Saniora that he was reaching his end and urged him to resign.
Hezbollah has proven in past rallies that it can draw hundreds of thousands of its Shiite supporters into the streets.
President George W. Bush warned earlier this week that the Iran and Syria were trying to destabilize Lebanon.
Hezbollah's leader, Alsayyed Hassan Nasrallah, called for the protests to be peaceful. From the other camp in parliament, Saad Hariri, said his supporters should not hold counter-demonstrations.
"Tomorrow is a day when we will show our resolve," Hariri told The Associated Press Thursday. Still, he vowed to be "strong with the government. ... We will not accept to be part of an axis of Syria and Iran." Walid Jumblatt, a senior anti-Syrian pro-government figure, joined Hariri's calls for supporters to remain calm.
"Let them go down on the streets ... We can wait, a month, two months. When they want dialogue, we are ready," Jumblatt told reporters on Friday.
In announcing the protests, Nasrallah said that Saniora's government "has proven it is incompetent and has failed to fulfill its promises and achieve anything significant." Tensions are high in Lebanon after a string of assassinations of anti-Syrian figures over the past two years, including a prominent Christian government minister gunned down last week and Hariri's father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in a February 2005 bomb blast.
The battle is a fallout from the summer war between Hezbollah and Israel that ravaged parts of Lebanon. The resistance group's strong resistance against Israeli troops sent its support among Shiites skyrocketing, emboldening it to grab more political power. Hezbollah also feels Saniora did not do enough to support it during the fight.
Pro-government groups, in turn, resent Hezbollah for sparking the fight by snatching two Israeli soldiers, dragging Lebanon into war with Israel.
Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliament majority, in power since 2005, accuses former powerbroker Syria of aiming to regain control over the country, after its troops departed last year after a 29-year presence.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=77293
Saudis stop issuing licenses for foreign banks
Friday, December 01, 2006
Saudis stop issuing licenses for foreign banks
RIYADH: Saudi Monetary Agency Governor Hamad Saud al-Sayyari said Thursday that the kingdom had put plans to issue new licenses for foreign banks on hold until it could evaluate the impact of licenses issued so far. "There has not been any licensing for some time now," Sayyari said. "[We want] to evaluate the experience."
At least 10 foreign banks including Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas SA and National Bank of Kuwait have secured licenses to start commercial banking operations in Saudi Arabia.
The licenses are the first since the 1970s, when the Saudi government forced foreign lenders to relinquish controlling stakes in local operations.
Other banks have said they want to enter the Saudi market.
Dubai Islamic Bank said this month it wanted to open a branch in Saudi Arabia. In April, Citigroup said it was looking at returning to Saudi Arabia, two years after selling its stake in Samba Financial Group.
The governor also said it was too early to talk about delaying monetary union in the region, which is scheduled for 2010.
Earlier this month, Oman cast doubt on the timetable for monetary union in the world's biggest oil-exporting region, saying for the first time that a 2010 deadline agreed by the six GCC states might not be met.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb
Sayyari said it would be premature to talk of changes to the timetable before GCC leaders meet in December.
"It's too early now too talk about delay until the meeting," Sayyari said.
"There were reservations and remarks about the time-scale but it too early now to talk about delay or a change," he said. Foreign banks have increased their presence in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states due to the oil boom in the region. Meanwhile, local commercial banks in the gulf region have multiplied their assets and deposits in record time thanks to the tremendous economic boom.
But Moody's rating agency warned earlier that the financial health of banks operating in the Gulf area, which has been boosted by an energy and construction boom, may be less robust than their results suggest.
Moody's said in a report on banks in the Gulf that many of them were exposed to "possible asset bubbles," especially in the property, contracting and construction markets, above all in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. - Trade Arabia News Service
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=77271
LF insists 9 arrested men were Daher's bodyguards
Daily Star staff
Thursday, November 30, 2006
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Forces denied a second time on Wednesday media reports that nine LF members with US- and Israeli-made weapons were arrested late Monday. "The news being reported is unfounded and aimed at sowing strife and destabilizing the country," an LF statement said.
Media reports earlier this week said that veterans of the LF's Civil War-era "Collision and Swat" squad were arrested in Kesrouan, north of Beirut, in the midst of a training exercise.
The LF said that nine men arrested by the Lebanese Army on Monday were bodyguards of Pierre Daher, general manager of local satellite television station LBCI.
"The LF urges the Lebanese not to be influenced by such provocations but unify stands in order to face conspiracies being hatched against them," the LF statement said.
Several local newspapers said Wednesday that the army had confiscated weapons, maps with directions to the homes of MPs Michel Aoun and Michel Murr in Rabieh, and unspecified monitoring systems.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb
"Our party is political and far from the issue of weapons," LF MP Antoine Zahra told Voice of Lebanon radio station on Wednesday. "How can such information leak into media outlets while investigations should be conducted secretly?"
Hizbullah's Al-Manar television broke the story on Monday. An-Nahar daily reported Wednesday that 22 LF personnel had been arrested.
"A human-sized plastic doll was found in one of the cars, along with a picture of Aoun," An-Nahar quoted the television report as saying.
Zahra dismissed the report. "It is really silly to mention Aoun's picture ... as if he is an unknown figure," Zahra said.
While Daher said the maps were "merely invitation cards from [businessman] Jacques Sarraf with directions to his home," Al-Manar said the map was found beneath one of the car seats, adding that the nine arrested people confessed to being part of the LF's armed forces. - The Daily Star
December 1, 2006 Anti-Terrorism News
(Lebanon) Hezbollah - Huge crowd gathers in Beirut for opposition rally
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061201/wl_nm/lebanon_dc_6
(Lebanon) Troops out on streets as Beirut prepares for massive protest
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2481842,00.html
Israel: Hezbollah coup could oust UNIFIL
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378519154&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(USA) Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack - beginning on
Friday - DHS to U.S. stock market and banking Web sites about a possible
Internet attack from a radical Muslim group
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061201/ts_nm/security_usa_qaeda_dc_9
(Iraq) U.S. forces kill 2 insurgents in Baghdad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_061201120212
(Iraq) US soldier dies fighting in Iraq's capital
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881795846&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Iraq Panel to Urge Pullout Of Combat Troops by 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/30/AR2006113001175.html
(Afghanistan) 16 Taliban killed, two commanders seized in Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061201/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest_061201104749
(Pakistan) 7 suspected Taliban fighters arrested in Pakistan
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881795125&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Indian troops kill four rebels in Kashmir
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061201/wl_sthasia_afp/indiakashmirunrest_061201073326
(Thailand) Woman killed in violence in southern Thailand
http://english.people.com.cn/200611/30/eng20061130_327019.html
AP: Feds rate travelers for terrorism risk
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/traveler_screening_12
(Ohio) No domestic spying in Ohio terror case - Iyman Faris
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_on_re_us/domestic_spying_challenge_1
Imam disputes tie to Hamas
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061201-121239-7193r.htm
(Gaza) Extremist Islamic group says it destroyed Gaza cafes, music
shops
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Extremist_Islamic_group_says_it_des_11302006.html
Rice sees hope in Mideast truce; Gaza rocket fired
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061201/ts_nm/palestinians_israel_dc_17
(Iran) Dissent Weakens Coalition Pressing Iran on Nuclear Program
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9377
Two Chechens suspected of terrorism detained in Slovakia
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11040815&PageNum=0
Al-Qaeda in Iraq denounces Jordan's king, Iraqi Sunni leaders
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20061130-1609-iraq-al-qaida-jordan.html
10 Suspected Militants Killed in Algeria
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/91-11302006-749430.html
Italy: Balkan-Based Islamic Terror Network Uncovered, Says Police
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.365136111&par=0
(Netherlands) Ruling Due in Samir Azzouz Trial (my title)
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=34758
(Australia) Addtl Charges against convicted terrorist dropped - Faheem
Khalid Lodhi for allegedly lying to Australia's national security
agency
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20852922-1702,00.html
German lawmakers approve new anti-terror database
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/01/europe/EU_GEN_Germany_Terror_Database.php
(Nigeria) Another bomb rocks Asaba
http://www.tribune.com.ng/01122006/news/news3.html
Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary escapes suicide bombing
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061201.wsrilanka1201/BNStory/International/home
U.S. volunteer charged with terrorism in Uganda
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L01898081
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