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Iraq takes over command of armed forces
Sep 7 2006 11:54PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S.-led forces turned over control of Iraq's military command to the Shiite-led government Thursday, a key step toward the eventual withdrawal of foreign troops. But the ceremony in the heavily fortified Green Zone only transferred authority for one of Iraq's 10 divisions and its small air force and navy, and it remained unclear how quickly Iraqi forces would be prepared to take over security.
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Al-Jazeera airs pre-9/11 bin Laden tape
Sep 7 2006 10:22PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Jazeera broadcast Thursday a previously unshown video of the preparations for the Sept. 11 attacks, in which al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is seen meeting with some of the planners in an Afghan mountain camp.
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Israel eases its blockade of Lebanon
Sep 7 2006 9:52PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - With a low-flying passenger jet circling the capital, Lebanon put on a boisterous show Thursday to celebrate the end of Israel's air blockade. But Israel said its closure of Lebanon's ports will remain in force until international forces arrive to watch the seas.
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U.N. refugee chief seeks Gaza presence
Sep 7 2006 8:40PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The chief of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees called on the international community Thursday to provide Gaza with a peacekeeping force or mission of observers, saying Gaza's 1.4 million people deserve protection.
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Al-Arabiya: Told to close Baghdad office
Sep 7 2006 7:17PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi government on Thursday ordered Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya to shut down its Baghdad operations for one month, state television reported. Al-Arabiya said Iraqi police later arrived at its offices to enforce the order.
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Al-Qaida in Iraq releases audiotape
Sep 7 2006 5:02PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida in Iraq released on Thursday what was purported to be the first audiotape by its new leader, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, in which he vowed victory was coming and condemned Sunni Muslims cooperating with the Iraqi government.
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Iran moves step closer to U.N. sanctions
Sep 7 2006 4:32PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Iran moved a step closer to U.N. sanctions Thursday, with a meeting of the five Security Council permanent members plus Germany making a "lot of progress" on ways of punishing Tehran for its nuclear defiance, a senior State Department official said.
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Egypt sentences 3 extremists to death
Sep 7 2006 3:15PM (CT)
ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) - A state security court Thursday sentenced three members of an Islamic militant group to death for their role in several attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula that killed dozens of people in the past two years.
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Al-Jazeera airs pre-9/11 bin Laden tape
Sep 7 2006 2:11PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Jazeera broadcast Thursday what it called a previously unshown video in which al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is seen meeting with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers. The station did not say how it obtained the video, which was produced by As-Sahab, al-Qaida's media branch.
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Saudis consider banning women from Mecca
Sep 7 2006 1:25PM (CT)
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Officials are considering an unprecedented proposal to ban women from performing the five Muslim prayers in the immediate vicinity of Islam's most sacred shrine in Mecca. Some say women are already being kept away.
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Iraq deaths multiply in new August count
Sep 7 2006 12:20PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Updated figures from Iraq's Health Ministry show there was no significant decline in violent deaths in Baghdad last month, but the U.S. military insisted Thursday the murder rate in the capital had fallen by 52 percent.
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Huge fire breaks out next to Beirut port
Sep 7 2006 11:42AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A huge fire erupted at a tire dump adjacent to the Beirut seaport Thursday, sending plumes of black smoke over large areas and burning relief supplies in a U.N. warehouse, police and a U.N. spokeswoman said.
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Iraq executes 27 for murders, rapes
Sep 7 2006 7:18AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq has executed 27 "terrorists" convicted by Iraqi courts of killings and rapes in several provinces, the government said Thursday. They were executed in Baghdad on Wednesday, the government's media office said in a brief statement. It did not provide further details.
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Four Horsemen tackle convoy duty in Iraq
Sep 7 2006 2:38AM (CT)
CAMP ADDER, Iraq (AP) - The soldiers call themselves the Four Horsemen as they barrel down roads with nicknames like "The Widowmaker," staying alert through the night on a mix of Mountain Dew, Red Bull and adrenaline, hoping to find roadside bombs before the bombs find them.
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