Two U.S. and one Afghan soldiers were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Three U.S. soldiers also were wounded in Monday evening's "fighting with enemy combatants in the Pech District of Kunar Province," a U.S. military statement said. ...
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 2 Killed, 14 Injured in Gaza Gunbattles |
Gunbattles erupted Monday night between Fatah gunmen and Hamas militiamen in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, killing two people and wounding 14 a day after a deadly explosion of internal violence paralyzed the Gaza Strip.The fighting was the latest in a series of sporadic battles over the past two days as tensions remained high between the two groups. Fatah militants enforced a general strike in many West Bank towns in a show of strength against Hamas, while the Hamas-led government ordered all ministries closed to protest Fatah attacks on government buildings.But there was less violence Monday compared to the chaos and running street battles that killed eight people and wounded 100 others across Gaza a day earlier.In an effort to reduce friction, Hamas pulled its militiamen out of Gaza's major streets Monday and sent them back to their posts....
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| Tortured Canadian wins battle for truth Four years after he was detained as a suspected terrorist, Maher Arar's name has finally been cleared |
Four years ago, Canadian Maher Arar was detained on a routine airport stopover in the United States. He ended up Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured for 10 months.When he was released by the Syrians and returned to Canada, he started asking how he had been targeted as an Islamist terrorist. His search for answers has made him into a national celebrity, and is likely to end with an apology from the prime minister himself. Late last month, a public inquiry cleared him of any connection to terrorism and criticised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for feeding American officials misleading information about him. Last week, RCMP commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli finally offered Mr Arar a full apology: "I wish to take this opportunity to express publicly to you and to your wife and to your children how truly sorry I am for whatever part the actions of the RCMP may have contributed to the terrible injustices that you experienced and the pain that you and your family endured."...
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| Uniformed gunmen snatch 14 at Baghdad stores |
Uniformed gunmen driving official-looking trucks snatched 14 people from computer stores in central Baghdad on Monday, in the latest kidnap to fuel fears of sectarian militias infiltrating Iraq's security forces. A day after gunmen forced 26 workers into a chilled meat van and drove them away from a food processing factory in the city, police said seven government-style four-wheel drive vehicles carrying men in camouflage converged on a row of computer sales and repair shops close to Baghdad's Technology University.They rounded up the 14 people and swiftly drove off again."The vehicles had no license plates," a witness who gave his name as Nazar told Reuters. "The gunmen went into the al-Sira, Arazi and Raad shops and took lots of people away."...
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| Iraqi parliament extends state of emergency after second mass kidnapping in as many days |
Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days.Seven cars pulled up to the shops in front of Baghdad's Technical University, and gunmen wearing military-style uniforms fanned out to surround the buildings, police Lt. Thair Mahmoud said. The attackers then forced the employees outside and into sport utility vehicles at gunpoint, he said.On Sunday evening, 24 workers at a food factory in Baghdad were seized by gunmen who shot and wounded two workers who refused to climb into a refrigerated truck with their fellow captives.Similar mass kidnappings in the past have been blamed on either Sunni extremists or Shiite death squads, who sort the captives by their sect and kill their targets....
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| Scandal-hit US lawmaker in rehab |
Former US Congressman Mark Foley, who has been embroiled in a scandal over sexually suggestive e-mails, says he is undergoing treatment for alcoholism. The Florida Republican had checked himself into a rehabilitation facility, his lawyer said. Mr Foley was forced to resign on Friday after it was revealed that he had sent sexual messages to young men, the youngest aged 16, on his staff. Senior US politicians have called for a full inquiry into his conduct. And the FBI is examining the messages to see if any law has been broken. Mr Foley's lawyer, David Roth, refused to identify which rehabilitation unit his client was being treated in, although he did say that Mr Foley had gone in for treatment at the weekend. "I strongly believe that I am an alcoholic and have accepted the need for immediate treatment for alcoholism and other behavioural problems," Mr Foley said in a statement quoted by the Associated Press news agency. ...
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