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Saudi prince on phone with militant when attackedThe disclosure offered a strange twist to an already surprising story. The events that led up to Thursday's attack began when Yemen-based Saudi militant, Abdullah Hassan Tali Assiri, got in touch with authorities, saying he wanted to turn himself into Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, said a ministry statement.
Topix.net Wednesday, September 02, 2009C.I.A. Resists Disclosure of Records on DetentionThe Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to make
public internal documents about the agency's now defunct detention and interrogation program.
New York Times Wednesday, September 02, 2009US General Seeks Troop Deployment In NinevahWASHINGTON - Recently, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said he wants to send
american troops to a disputed strip of territory in northern Iraq - for a limited time - to defuse growing tensions between Iraqi security forces and the Kurdish militia. General Ray Odierno says the goal is to build trust between the [...]
Eagle World News Wednesday, September 02, 2009Amnesty calls on Iraq to stop executionsAmnesty
international called on Iraq Tuesday to stop executions, saying many death sentences were being handed down in court proceedings that do not meet international standards for fair trials.
Topix.net Wednesday, September 02, 2009Beslan school siege rememberedRussia today marks the fifth anniversary of the Beslan
school hostage siege. The passing of the years has done nothing to assuage Russia's agony at its failure to avert the siege by militants demanding Russian troops quit Chechnya....
New Zealand Herald Wednesday, September 02, 2009The Nation: Afghanistan: Feingold Gets ItU.S. Sen. Russell Feingold , July 22, 2007 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong / U.S. Sen.
Topix.net Wednesday, September 02, 2009Afghan Tribal Leaders Cite Ballot FraudWASHINGTON - Tribal leaders in southern Afghanistan have accused police of shutting down polling sites and stuffing election boxes with thousands of ballots marked for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The New York Times on its Web site Tuesday night quoted the governor of Shorbak district, Delaga Bariz, saying that Bariz tribesman in the area had met [...]
Eagle World News Wednesday, September 02, 2009Yemen Faces Humanitarian CrisisGENEVA - The United Nations refugee agency says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Saada city in northern Yemen. The UNHCR and other aid agencies are repeating their call for the opening of humanitarian corridors so they can assist thousands of people who are trapped inside the city because of fierce fighting between al-Houthi forces [...]
Eagle World News Wednesday, September 02, 2009Was bomber who tried to kill Saudi prince an al Qaeda ''mole''?Al Qaeda Sunday, Aug. 30, identified the suicide bomber who slightly injured Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, son of the interior
minister and nephew of King Abdullah, in Jeddah Thursday Aug. 27, as Abdullah Hassan Tali al-Asiri, known as Abul Khair. Islamist sites
reported: "The hero martyr on the list of 85 wanted persons. managed to enter his palace, pass his guards and blow up a package." The communiqué suggested Asiri was apparently flow to Jeddah from Najran on the prince's private jet.
DEBKAfile Wednesday, September 02, 2009Hizballah names two Israeli Internet ''spies'' amid horse-trading over Lebanese cabinetHizballah high-up Ibrahim al Amin claimed Tuesday night, Sept. 1, that he knew the names of two Israelis who he said had been covertly diverting Lebanese
internet network traffic through the Haifa exchange center in
israel. The names he mentioned were Jerry Orenstein and Ronen Neuhaus, both of whom he said are back in Israel.According to DEBKAfile's sources, Orenstein is an ultra-religious
business man withe firms in
israel, the UK and Cyprus. Ronen Neuhaus is the Middle East director of Tinet, formerly known as Tiscali
international Network.
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