Saddam Calls for Arab Summit, Israeli Shootings Follow Peace Plea
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein called Tuesday for an emergency meeting of Arab heads of state, preferably in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, to discuss the escalating Palestinian-Israeli violence, as Israeli occupation troops shot dead three Palestinians, including a child...
U.S. Freezes Assets of Two Islamic Charities
One of two Muslim relief groups whose assets have been frozen by the U.S. Treasury Department learned its fate only hours before from a newspaper reporter, a lawyer for the Global Relief Foundation told Agence France-Presse (AFP) Saturday.
U.S. Planes Under Fire Over Afghanistan, Pentagon Denies Report
Two U.S. military C-130 transport planes were alleged to have come under fire over Afghanistan early Tuesday from ground-to-air missiles believed to be U.S.-made Stingers, a U.S. Marines spokesman said, news agencies reported.