Four yachting enthusiasts from California and Washington became the first Americans slain by Somali pirates since a wave of attacks began six years ago. Jean and Scott Adam, a couple from California, and Phyllis Macay […]
Two Iranian naval vessels entered the Suez Canal on Tuesday en route to Syria, officials said, the first time in three decades that Tehran has sent military ships through the strategic waterway. Yesterday DEBKAfile reported […]
Israeli website DEBKAfile is reporting that Iranian warships attempting to pass through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea and Syria are in a standoff with five US warships — the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, […]
Federal Business Opportunities website seeking vendors for Persona Management software that would have capability for allowing users to infiltrate websites without detection (or raising suspicion) by web statistics software. Details have been removed since the […]
Libyan fighter jets and helicopters reportedly fired on protesters in the capital Tripoli, with indiscriminate bombing runs leaving ‘many, many dead’. Two Libyan Mirage air force jets landed in Malta on Monday after the pilots […]
In an appearance for about five seconds on Libyan television, Muammar Gaddafi was shown in a pre-recorded video leaning out of the back of a jeep holding an umbrella, while he claimed he was still […]
Anti-government protests continued in Bahrain’s capital Manama on Sunday. Hundreds of protesters spent the night in Pearl Square after the withdrawal on Saturday of security forces, a day after firing on marchers trying to reach […]
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is confronting the most serious challenge to his rule in 42 years. Government forces have been unleashed onto protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi, where one hospital official put the […]
Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from Manama where many protesters say they won’t be attending any negotiations. They want the government removed. On February 18 2011 the Guardian reported: ‘Five people are believed to have […]
Caliphate refers to the first system of government established in Islam, and represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah (nation). In theory, it is a constitutional republic (see Constitution of Medina), meaning that the […]
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