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New documentary warns against Obama's 'Dirty Wars'

Agence France-PresseJune 8, 2013 00:23

A new documentary released Friday portrays US secret raids against terror suspects as a misguided assassination campaign that generates new enemies and tarnishes America's image. In "Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield," journalist Jeremy Scahill condemns the "targeted killing" of purported Al-Qaeda linked militants in missile strikes and night raids by commandos as an ominous, permanent state of war that is "spinning out of control."

Al Qaeda leader Zawahri urges Syrians to unite against Assad, U.S.

Thomson ReutersJune 7, 2013 09:22

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Syrians to unite to bring down President Bashar al-Assad and thwart what he said were U.S. plans to set up a client state in Syria to safeguard Israel's security. In a 22-minute recording, posted on Islamist websites on Thursday to mark 65 years since Israel's founding, Zawahri also said the only way to solve the Palestinian problem was through Jihad (Islamic holy war).

Two soldiers killed in Tunisia hunt for Qaeda-linked group

Agence France-PresseJune 6, 2013 18:48

A roadside bomb killed two Tunisian soldiers on Thursday in the mountainous border region near Algeria where security forces have been hunting Al-Qaeda linked jihadists, with the government warning of a "dangerous evolution." "At around 7:45 am (0645 GMT), two soldiers were killed and two others wounded when a device exploded as their vehicle passed by in the Doghra area of Mount Chaambi," said spokesman Mokhtar Ben Nasr. The defence ministry said the blast occurred in a populated area.

Top Saudi cleric urges moves against Hezbollah

Agence France-PresseJune 6, 2013 18:46

Saudi Arabia's top cleric urged governments and fellow clerics across the Muslim world to punish Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah for its intervention in the Syrian civil war against the mainly Sunni rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad. Grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Shaikh said Hezbollah's actions vindicated the Sunni-dominated kingdom's long suspicion of the group and its alliance with Shiite Iran.

Bomb attack kills two soldiers in Tunisia: military

Agence France-PresseJune 6, 2013 07:48

A roadside bomb targeting a Tunisian army vehicle killed two soldiers on Thursday in the mountainous border region near Algeria where security forces have been hunting Al-Qaeda linked jihadists, the military said. "At around 7:45 am (0645 GMT), two soldiers were killed and two others wounded when a device exploded as their vehicle passed by in the Doghra area of Mount Chaambi," said spokesman Mokhtar Ben Nasr. A security source in Kasserine, the regional capital, told AFP that one of the two wounded soldiers could lose his leg.

Al Qaeda leader Zawahri urges Syrians to unite against Assad, U.S.

Thomson ReutersJune 6, 2013 07:37

Gunmen ambush bus, kill 15 passengers in Iraqi desert

Thomson ReutersJune 5, 2013 14:57

ANBAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen ambushed a bus and executed 15 passengers on a remote desert road in Iraq on Wednesday, as growing sectarian violence raises fears of a return to civil war. Officials blamed al Qaeda for the ambush in which, they said, 10 border police and five local residents were executed in between Anbar province and Kerbala. It was not immediately clear whether the victims were Shi'ite or Sunni Muslims.

14 Iraq border police killed at fake checkpoint

Agence France-PresseJune 5, 2013 14:37

Militants set up a fake checkpoint in western Iraq and ambushed a convoy of 14 border policemen on Wednesday, killing all of them and setting fire to the bodies of two of them, officials said. The checkpoint was set up along the main highway connecting Iraq to Saudi Arabia, with the attack taking place near the town of Nukhaib. At about 11:00 am (0800 GMT), the men were travelling along the highway in three unmarked cars to begin their shifts at various checkpoints, Major General Yasir Assem from the border guards said.

Fort Hood shooting suspect says he was defending Taliban

Agence France-PresseJune 4, 2013 16:30

A US army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at a Texas military base said Tuesday he plans to mount a defense arguing he attacked soldiers in order to defend the Taliban. Major Nidal Hasan, who faces the death penalty if convicted, has asked to delay his upcoming court martial so he can prepare to represent himself. Hasan, 42, is also accused of wounding 32 other people in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre -- people who could now be called as witnesses he would then be allowed to question in court.

Tunisia soldier killed by 'friendly fire'

Agence France-PresseJune 3, 2013 10:59

Tunisian soldiers accidentally shot dead a colleague during an operation targeting an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group in the country's western border region, the interior ministry said on Monday. "The army set a trap for the terrorist elements but a soldier left his position and his comrades told him to stop, believing that he was a terrorist, before opening fire," ministry spokesman Mokhtar Ben Nasr said. The director of the regional hospital in Kasserine, Salah Amri, said the soldier was hit by five bullets overnight on Sunday-Monday.