Cardinal
Camillo Ruini said a U.S.-led war
against Iraq would have
"unacceptable" human
consequences, while Jordan's Islamic
opposition charged Monday, Sept. 16,
that U.S. pledges to work with the U.N.
on Iraq were nothing more than
"deceit"... more>>
Saudi
Arabia
, which had verbally opposed
U.S.
plans to attack
Iraq
and refused to allow use of its air
bases for strikes on any Muslim state,
has finally fallen back in line with old
ally Washington
... more>>
Ten
rockets were fired at two U.S. bases in
the eastern city of Khost overnight
Monday, September 16, as two U.S.
special forces soldiers were injured by
an explosive device in eastern
Afghanistan... more>>
Moderate
Turkish Islamic leader Recep Tayyip
Erdogan faced the risk of being barred
from elections in November after an
appeals court annulled an earlier ruling
that his criminal record should be
erased following changes to legislation
under which he was convicted for
sedition in 1998...more>>