U.S. Puts Ground Troops In Thick of Battle
In launching a ground offensive in the dead of winter in some of the harshest terrain in Afghanistan, the U.S. military seems bent not only on crushing a pocket of Al Qaeda fighters but also on sending a broader message: It is willing to put troops in harm's way as it prosecutes the war on terrorism. This IHT report submitted for your war files.
Tuesday, March 05, 2002
Mideast Violence Spinning Out of Control
A Palestinian armed with an assault rifle, grenades and a knife killed three Israelis and wounded 25 at a Tel Aviv restaurant Tuesday, triggering a day of revenge attacks without end in the Middle East. Israel retaliated for a dizzying array of Palestinian attacks by launching air raids in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A sharply rising death toll prompted talk of open warfare and increased the urgency of international peace efforts. Subitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
A Palestinian armed with an assault rifle, grenades and a knife killed three Israelis and wounded 25 at a Tel Aviv restaurant Tuesday, triggering a day of revenge attacks without end in the Middle East. Israel retaliated for a dizzying array of Palestinian attacks by launching air raids in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A sharply rising death toll prompted talk of open warfare and increased the urgency of international peace efforts. Subitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Sunday, March 03, 2002
Sniper Kills 10 More Israelis
Taking aim from a hilltop, a sniper killed 10 soldiers and civilians at a checkpoint Sunday in the deadliest of a two-day string of Palestinian attacks that killed 21 Israelis. Israel sent tanks and helicopters on retaliatory raids that hit several Palestinian Authority security targets, killing four Palestinian policemen, while Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Cabinet weighed additional military action. Following the weekend bloodletting, Sharon huddled with senior government ministers and security officials and his office issued a statement just before midnight saying that the inner security Cabinet had approved military plans for ongoing attacks on Palestinian targets. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Taking aim from a hilltop, a sniper killed 10 soldiers and civilians at a checkpoint Sunday in the deadliest of a two-day string of Palestinian attacks that killed 21 Israelis. Israel sent tanks and helicopters on retaliatory raids that hit several Palestinian Authority security targets, killing four Palestinian policemen, while Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Cabinet weighed additional military action. Following the weekend bloodletting, Sharon huddled with senior government ministers and security officials and his office issued a statement just before midnight saying that the inner security Cabinet had approved military plans for ongoing attacks on Palestinian targets. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Israel Strikes After Terror Attacks
Israeli helicopters and tanks attacked Palestinian targets in the West Bank in response to a series of weekend terror attacks by Palestinian militant groups linked to Yasser Arafat that have killed at least 20 Israeli citizens. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Israeli helicopters and tanks attacked Palestinian targets in the West Bank in response to a series of weekend terror attacks by Palestinian militant groups linked to Yasser Arafat that have killed at least 20 Israeli citizens. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Bombing Continues In Eastern Afghanistan
U.S. aircraft continued bombing al Qaeda and Taliban targets in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, the U.S. Army said, in a joint coalition campaign with Afghan forces described by U.S. military sources as the largest offensive in
the country this year. Submitted for your war files.
U.S. aircraft continued bombing al Qaeda and Taliban targets in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, the U.S. Army said, in a joint coalition campaign with Afghan forces described by U.S. military sources as the largest offensive in
the country this year. Submitted for your war files.
Violence Spreads To Rural India
India's worst religious riots in more than a decade appear to have subsided although there are reports that looting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had spread to rural parts of the western state of Gujarat. Submitted for your wickedness increases files.
India's worst religious riots in more than a decade appear to have subsided although there are reports that looting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had spread to rural parts of the western state of Gujarat. Submitted for your wickedness increases files.
U.S. Uses Sensors Amid Al Qaeda Nuclear Fear -Report
Fearing Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network may be making progress in obtaining nuclear weapons, the Bush administration has been placing sophisticated radiation sensors at U.S. border positions and key locations around Washington, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
Fearing Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network may be making progress in obtaining nuclear weapons, the Bush administration has been placing sophisticated radiation sensors at U.S. border positions and key locations around Washington, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
Mubarak Visits, Seeks Active U.S. Role in Mideast
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Washington on Saturday to persuade the United States to play a more active role in Middle East peacemaking based on a new Saudi peace initiative. Submitted for your covenant with many files.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Washington on Saturday to persuade the United States to play a more active role in Middle East peacemaking based on a new Saudi peace initiative. Submitted for your covenant with many files.
Israel Missiles Hit Police HQ After Suicide Attack
Israeli helicopter gunships fired five missiles at a Palestinian police station in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Sunday, setting it ablaze after a suicide bomber killed nine people in Jerusalem. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Israeli helicopter gunships fired five missiles at a Palestinian police station in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Sunday, setting it ablaze after a suicide bomber killed nine people in Jerusalem. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Saturday, March 02, 2002
Jerusalem Bombing Kills at Least 9
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a powerful explosive Saturday among ultra-Orthodox Jewish worshippers as they poured into the streets following sundown prayers at the end of the Sabbath. At least nine people, including several children, were killed, and more than 30 wounded. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a powerful explosive Saturday among ultra-Orthodox Jewish worshippers as they poured into the streets following sundown prayers at the end of the Sabbath. At least nine people, including several children, were killed, and more than 30 wounded. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Backup U.S. Government In Place
Nearly six months after the September 11 attacks, a backup government of federal agency officials is on standby at bunker locations outside Washington as a precaution against a catastrophic strike on the nation's capital. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
Nearly six months after the September 11 attacks, a backup government of federal agency officials is on standby at bunker locations outside Washington as a precaution against a catastrophic strike on the nation's capital. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
Violence Escalates in India
Fresh religious violence has flared in western India as Hindu mobs stalked and burned Muslims in their homes, pushing the death toll from separatist attacks in the past week towards 300. Submitted for your wickedness increases files.
Fresh religious violence has flared in western India as Hindu mobs stalked and burned Muslims in their homes, pushing the death toll from separatist attacks in the past week towards 300. Submitted for your wickedness increases files.
Study: 1950's Nuclear Fallout Worse Than Thought
Radioactive fallout from 1950s above-ground nuclear weapons testing spread farther than researchers previously realized and most increased cancer rates in the United States, according to a scientific report. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
Radioactive fallout from 1950s above-ground nuclear weapons testing spread farther than researchers previously realized and most increased cancer rates in the United States, according to a scientific report. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
Friday, March 01, 2002
Yates: Wife Seemed Normal on Day of Killings
Days before his wife drowned their five children, Andrea Yates's screams woke her husband in the middle of the night, Russell Yates testified Thursday. But he also said he noticed nothing unusual about his wife's behavior on the morning the children died. Submitted for your wickedness increases files.
Days before his wife drowned their five children, Andrea Yates's screams woke her husband in the middle of the night, Russell Yates testified Thursday. But he also said he noticed nothing unusual about his wife's behavior on the morning the children died. Submitted for your wickedness increases files.
Israel Pushes Into Refugee Camps
In an effort to root out terrorists in the West Bank, Israel on Friday continued its largest assault on Palestinian refugee camps since the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict began. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
In an effort to root out terrorists in the West Bank, Israel on Friday continued its largest assault on Palestinian refugee camps since the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict began. Submitted for your battle for Jerusalem files.
Arafat Calls U.S. Peace Role Crucial
Calling a new Saudi peace initiative a "very strong platform" for a comprehensive Middle East peace, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, said Thursday that its chances for success depended on immediate U.S. support. Submitted for your covenant with many files.
Calling a new Saudi peace initiative a "very strong platform" for a comprehensive Middle East peace, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, said Thursday that its chances for success depended on immediate U.S. support. Submitted for your covenant with many files.
U.S. Iraq Attack Weeks Away?
A major U.S. ground assault on Iraq is only three or four weeks away, according to the intelligence news agency DEBKA-Net-Weekly. According to DEBKA, Special Forces units are already making discreet probes into Iraq from Turkey in anticipation of the main offensive. An American airlift is ferrying into Turkey large army units, as well as air bomber and fighter reinforcements from the American Masirah air base in Oman, the service reports. Extra anti-missile Patriot missile units are being deployed in Kuwait, Oman, Israel and Turkey. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
A major U.S. ground assault on Iraq is only three or four weeks away, according to the intelligence news agency DEBKA-Net-Weekly. According to DEBKA, Special Forces units are already making discreet probes into Iraq from Turkey in anticipation of the main offensive. An American airlift is ferrying into Turkey large army units, as well as air bomber and fighter reinforcements from the American Masirah air base in Oman, the service reports. Extra anti-missile Patriot missile units are being deployed in Kuwait, Oman, Israel and Turkey. Submitted for your rumor of war files.
Doomsday Clock Moved Ahead
The hands of the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of the threat of nuclear annihilation, were moved for the first time in nearly four years Wednesday because of the Sept. 11 attacks, increasing tension between India and Pakistan and other threats. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which keeps the clock, set the hands at 11:53, two minutes ahead of the time it has had since 1998. Stephen Schwartz, publisher of the Bulletin, said the board originally defined "midnight" as nuclear war. In recent years, however, it has been redefined as the use of nuclear weapons anywhere on earth, he said. It was the 17th time the clock has been reset since it debuted in 1947 at the same position it was set to Wednesday. The Sept. 11 attacks combined with evidence that terrorists were attempting to obtain the materials for a crude nuclear weapon should have served as a wake-up call to the world. He said the world has focused on short-term security rather than solving long-term problems. Submitted for your fear for the future files.
The hands of the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of the threat of nuclear annihilation, were moved for the first time in nearly four years Wednesday because of the Sept. 11 attacks, increasing tension between India and Pakistan and other threats. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which keeps the clock, set the hands at 11:53, two minutes ahead of the time it has had since 1998. Stephen Schwartz, publisher of the Bulletin, said the board originally defined "midnight" as nuclear war. In recent years, however, it has been redefined as the use of nuclear weapons anywhere on earth, he said. It was the 17th time the clock has been reset since it debuted in 1947 at the same position it was set to Wednesday. The Sept. 11 attacks combined with evidence that terrorists were attempting to obtain the materials for a crude nuclear weapon should have served as a wake-up call to the world. He said the world has focused on short-term security rather than solving long-term problems. Submitted for your fear for the future files.
Evening Star Returns After Winter Hiatus
Brighter as seen from Earth than any other star or planet, Venus will reappear in the evening sky in the coming weeks --after seeming to vanish behind the sun. Submitted for your signs in the heavens files.
Brighter as seen from Earth than any other star or planet, Venus will reappear in the evening sky in the coming weeks --after seeming to vanish behind the sun. Submitted for your signs in the heavens files.
Resistance to Missionaries in Afghanistan is 'Formidable'
"Being Muslim for a millennium," Afghanistan appears to some as "a God-given opportunity for missionary work," an American charity worker told the AP. But Islam's roots run deep in Afghanistan and resistance would be formidable. To many traditional Afghans, proselytizing threatens the (very) fiber of daily life where religion is an intrinsic part, the AP reported. Last fall, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer, aid workers with Shelter Now International, were arrested and held for weeks by the ruling Taliban for allegedly proselytizing to win Afghan converts to Christianity. Islamic law prescribes death for Muslims who convert to other religions. However, a Baptist spokesman said, "We believe the Bible mandates that we look for any opportunity we have to share our faith." The interim government has shown no sign of liberalizing the Islamic law, and an interview with a prominent cleric, Mullah Sardar Agha Akhwanzada, disclosed, "Personally I don't think it matters whether people come and preach...but converts should not get the death penalty." Kandahar's Mullah Naeem stayed his ground, "likening missionaries to snakes, and endorsing capital punishment for converts." Submitted for your gospel preached to all files.
"Being Muslim for a millennium," Afghanistan appears to some as "a God-given opportunity for missionary work," an American charity worker told the AP. But Islam's roots run deep in Afghanistan and resistance would be formidable. To many traditional Afghans, proselytizing threatens the (very) fiber of daily life where religion is an intrinsic part, the AP reported. Last fall, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer, aid workers with Shelter Now International, were arrested and held for weeks by the ruling Taliban for allegedly proselytizing to win Afghan converts to Christianity. Islamic law prescribes death for Muslims who convert to other religions. However, a Baptist spokesman said, "We believe the Bible mandates that we look for any opportunity we have to share our faith." The interim government has shown no sign of liberalizing the Islamic law, and an interview with a prominent cleric, Mullah Sardar Agha Akhwanzada, disclosed, "Personally I don't think it matters whether people come and preach...but converts should not get the death penalty." Kandahar's Mullah Naeem stayed his ground, "likening missionaries to snakes, and endorsing capital punishment for converts." Submitted for your gospel preached to all files.
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