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World and US News Links - September 25 and 26, 2006

Posted by Michelle K. on September 27, 2006

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September 25 & 26, 2006
WORLD NEWS:

TOP STORIES:

THE POPE & ISLAM:

THE MARTYRED NUN: SISTER LEONELLA (nee Rosa Sgorbatti):

THE ASSASSINATION OF SAFIA AMAJAN - AFGHANISTAN’S DIRECTOR OF WOMEN’S AFFAIRS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATE:

IRAN NUCLEAR CRISIS:

NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR THREAT:

THE TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN:

BIN LADEN: DEAD OR ALIVE?:

WAR, TERRORISM, AND POLITICS AROUND THE WORLD:

AFGHANISTAN:

AL-QAIDA/AL-QAEDA:

QUOTE:
     
     An Al-Qaeda supporter about to be extradited from Lebanon has warned that Australia “will suffer” if he is deported.
     
     Speaking from a jail in Beirut, Saleh Jamal, who professes admiration for Osama bin Laden, said Australia was an illegitimate state that should be ruled by Muslims…
     
- “
Shooting Suspect Warns Australia Over Extradition” - The Sydney Morning Herald

BRITAIN:

CANADA:

  • LOSING A SON” - by Stewart Bell - The National Post - CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. - Don Mills, Ontario, Canada - 25 September 2006

QUOTE:
     
     A National Post investigation has found that the banned terrorist group Mujahedin-e-Khalq recruited teens in Canada and sent them abroad to overthrow the Iranian government by force. Today, part two of a five-part series about a Canadian family that got deeply involved with the guerrillas — and now regrets it.
     
- “
Losing a Son” - The National Post

CHINA:

ETHIOPIA:

INDIA:

IRAN:

QUOTE:
     
     State Security Forces (SSF) in the western city of Hamedan have announced that they would crack down on people eating in public during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
     
     Flyers distributed across the city by the SSF and the Ministry of Justice state that anyone spotted to be eating food in public would be arrested and handed over for prosecution.
     
     Residents told Iran Focus that they had been threatened by agents of the SSF that they would be forced to dig graves as punishment for eating in public.
     
[. . .]
     
     In previous years, people caught eating in public in Iran during the holy month have been flogged in public or sentenced to jail time.
     
- “
Iran Cracks Down on Public Eaters During Holy Month” - Iran Focus

IRAQ:

ISRAEL:

JAPAN:

LEBANON:

  • U.N. TROOPS WARY OF ATTACK IN LEBANON” - by Henry Meyer, Associated Press (AP) - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer - The Hearst Corporation - Seattle, Washington, US - 25 September 2006

NEPAL:

NORTH KOREA:

PAKISTAN:

POLAND:

SOMALIA:

SRI LANKA:

SYRIA:

THAILAND:

TURKEY:

AROUND THE WORLD:

AUSTRALIA:

BRITAIN:

CHINA:

INDONESIA:

HEALTH & MEDICINE:

NATURE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:

UNITED STATES NEWS:

TOP STORIES:

LEAKED NIE INTELLIGENCE REPORT:

Be sure to not to miss the following .pdf file provided by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence: DECLASSIFIED NIE KEY JUDGEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE “TRENDS IN GLOBAL TERRORISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES” (.pdf file - 4 pages - 68KB) - Office of the Director of National Intelligence - ODNI.gov - Washington, D.C., US - 26 September 2006 (Full NIE Report produced in April 2006) - Also see the entries under the National Blog Watch section below…