Shiite Leader Seeks God's Help Against Insurgents in Iraq
Abdul Aziz al Hakim marked Eid al Adha by urging divine aid to strike the insurgency and said the Supreme Council will push to keep the new constitution unchanged. U.S. troops reported a firefight in Baghdad with six insurgents killed and a weapons cache seized.
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Guantanamo Hearing Opens As Al Bahlul Protests Representation
Yemeni defendant Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul, linked to al Qaida and tied to Osama bin Laden, disrupted 2006 hearings by displaying a boycott note in Arabic. He complained he cannot choose his own lawyer and that secret evidence is being kept from detainees, calling the United States an enemy to Muslims. He signed and dated the paper before Army Col. Peter E. Brownback.
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Knife attack at Moscow synagogue wounds eight
A knife wielding man attacked the Chabad Bronnaya synagogue in downtown Moscow on Wednesday, slashing and stabbing at least eight people before the son of a rabbi wrestled him to the ground. The assailant shouted Heil Hitler, and witnesses described a planned assault amid rising hate crimes.
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Israeli official halts talks with Pat Robertson over Gaza comment
Israel's top tourism official said negotiations with Pat Robertson to develop a Christian tourist center by the Sea of Galilee were suspended after Robertson blamed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke on divine punishment for withdrawing from Gaza. Tourism Ministry spokesman Ido Hartuv said the government cannot do business with a man who made such a horrible remark about their ill prime minister.
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Army to Produce 230000 Side Armor Sets for Troops
The Army will produce 230000 side armor plates for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and field them through the year after a Pentagon study suggested their life saving value. Marine Corps deliveries rise to about 30000 by April costing 450 dollars per set. Arnold Schwarzenegger will not receive a police citation for his motorcycle mishap after law enforcement found no violation.
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