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April 23, 2007
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"President of Iraqi relief organization calls on Dems to rethink withdrawals"
The president of the Iraqi Red Crescent, the only relief organization operating in Iraq, is calling on the Democratic-led Congress to rethink its troop withdrawal strategy and recognize that Iraq suffers from a worsening humanitarian crisis. *** In Washington for a series of advocacy meetings in Congress, Said Hakki, the president of the Iraqi Red Crescent, expressed concern that by setting a withdrawal timetable, the U.S. would abandon Iraq at the height of a humanitarian crisis. *** “Let’s not talk about differences, but about what we can agree upon,” Hakki said. If Congress agrees that there is a humanitarian crisis, he asked, “is it justified to set a timetable and leave all those people in a dire position, worse than they were [before 2003]?”
"200 Taliban fighters surrounded"
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces have trapped up to 200 Taliban fighters in a southern village, possibly including the militia's military commander, demanding they surrender or come under attack, Afghan officials said Monday. *** Khan told The Associated Press that Mullah Dadullah, a close aide to Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar, and other regional Taliban commanders were at the meeting when the village was surrounded. The security forces were still positioned around the village on Monday, he said.
"Spain fears al-Qaeda attack in France"
Madrid - The Spanish intelligence service fears that al-Qaeda militants could attack a target in Spain or in France in the coming weeks, possibly before the French election runoff, a media report said on Monday. *** Private radio station Cadena Ser, which is close to the governing Socialists, said the information is contained in the latest intelligence report on Al-Qaeda activity, compiled after April 11 suicide bombings in Algiers claimed by the network.
"Al-Qaeda and Iranian allies 'plan Hiroshima attack'"
AL-QAEDA leaders in Iraq are planning the first "large-scale" terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report. *** Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was planning an attack on "a par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki" in an attempt to "shake the Roman throne", a reference to the West, according to The Times newspaper in the UK. *** Another plot could be timed to coincide with Tony Blair stepping down as prime minister, an event described by al-Qaeda planners as a "change in the head of the company". *** The report, produced earlier this month and seen by The Sunday Times, appears to provide evidence that al-Qaeda is active in Iran and has ambitions far beyond the improvised attacks it has been waging against British and American soldiers in Iraq.
Posted by Post Scripts at April 23, 2007 10:51 PM
Comments
Wait a sec, I thought Spain cooperated with the terrorists so they wouldn't get bombed? Oh, m' gosh, you mean the terrorists weren't telling the truth?
Posted by: Jack at April 24, 2007 11:49 AM
You would think their own history would be enough to make them take this seriously since Spain has been here before when under (invading) Muslim control...when we fail to learn about the past, we are bound to repeat.
Posted by: Tina at April 24, 2007 09:29 PM