Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto will defy President Pervez Musharraf and go ahead with a pro-democracy rally next week, an aide said today. Ms Bhutto, who was kept under house arrest in Islamabad yesterday to prevent her from leading a protest in the adjoining town of Rawalpindi, plans a motorcade from Lahore to a demonstration […]
President Bush wants Musharraf to call early elections in Pakistan
US president George Bush has called on Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf to hold elections and give up his military post as soon as possible . He did make knwon to him the consequences of refusal to conply to the call. This is the first time president bush is making comments on Pakistan’s state of emergency […]
AL-QAEDA : From alienation to annihilation
Why do they do it? What is it that turns young men, some with good life prospects, into suicide bombers? Scott Atran, a US academic who has conducted scores of interviews with families, friends and neighbours of suicide bombers, points to one common factor: publicity. “The difference between terror and other forms of violence . . . is publicity,” […]
Israeli Air Strike kills four Gaza
Four people have died in an Israeli strike on a Hamas-run police station in the southern Gaza city of khan Younis. The Israeli military said in a statement it had targeted a rocket crew position in southern Gaza. It said it attacked” In response to rocket and motar attacks.. on localities in southern Isreal” The […]
French Plan to Impose Fresh Sanctions Against Iran Not Immediately Accepted
A French plan to impose fresh sanctions against Iran very soon has found strong support by the UK, whilst Germany and Italy are more hesitant. A British Foreign Office spokesman told AFP that the UK ‘wholeheartedly’ backs the initiative. Germany and Italy are reportedly not so keen to act outside the United Nations. A letter […]
Deep into the base of The Base-Al Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden The US State Department calls him "one of the most significant sponsors of Islamic extremist activities in the world today". Some experts say he is part of an international Islamic front, bringing together Saudi, Egyptian and other groups. Their rallying cry is the liberation of Islam’s three holiest places – Mecca, […]