Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has launched a project to expand its security force amid threats by Al Qaida and Iran. The Internal Security Force has won approval by the Interior Ministry to construct facilities for the training of thousands of new officers. ISF plans to construct a camp outside Doha that would […]
By John J. Metzler NEW YORK, September 12, 2011 — On a picture perfect September day in 2001, the Grim Reaper visited New York to spread carnage and to shock and stun the very foundations of American society. Passenger aircraft, hijacked by Al Qaida terrorists, slammed into the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon, and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The opposition has destroyed fighter-jets of the Yemeni Air Force. In the first such operation, rebels shelled an Air Force base in Sanaa on late Oct. 30. The Yemeni Defense Ministry acknowledged that two fighter-jets were destroyed and the nearby Sanaa International Airport was forced to close. Accounts of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The Syrian Army is said to have sustained one of its biggest losses since the revolt against President Bashar Assad began in March. The opposition said at least 30 Syrian soldiers were killed in a rebel attacks in central and northern Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported two […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad has suffered a major setback by the Israeli assassination of five senior operatives. Palestinian sources said Israeli air strikes killed at least five senior Jihad operatives on Oct. 29. They said the most prominent of the casualties was identified as Ahmed Khalil, commander of Jihad’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has sentenced a convicted bomber to death. A Moroccan court has sentenced Adil Al Atmani to die after being convicted of planning a bombing in Marrakesh in which 17 people, most of them European nationals, were killed. Al Atmani was sentenced by a security court in Sale on Oct. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime, a week after its prisoner exchange, has resumed rocket fire toward Israel. Palestinian gunners fired at least three extended-range BM-21 Grad rockets that reached the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Officials said the Chinese-origin rockets hit an open area outside the city on late Oct. 26 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Iran is overseeing an effort to enhance Hizbullah’s telecommunications network in Lebanon. Western diplomatic sources said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is financing and supervising a program to modernize Hizbullah telecommunications and data networks in Lebanon. They said IRGC has sent engineers and technicians to Beirut and southern Lebanon […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Libya has in effect become the main arms supplier of Hamas. Western intelligence sources said the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has received a huge amount of missiles, rockets and other weapons from Libya since June. They said the weapons taken from the military warehouses of the former regime […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israeli military is examining the feasibility of ordering fire on its soldiers taken captive in an effort to avoid another massive release of Palestinian insurgents. Officials said Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was drafting orders to prevent another Hamas abduction of soldiers at any cost. […]