by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 25, 2010 | Middle East
DUBAI (AFP) – Osama bin Laden has warned that Al-Qaeda will kill Americans if the mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the United States, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, is executed, in a tape Al-Jazeera television aired Thursday. “The White House has declared its wish to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2010 | Interviews, Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- The fourth son of Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, has appealed to Qatar, the UAE, and Oman to shelter his father’s wife Umm Hamzah, his five siblings and their eleven children, all of whom are currently being held by Tehran. In a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2010 | Middle East
RIYADH (Reuters) – Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has arrested scores of militants accused of plotting attacks on oil facilities, in one of the biggest swoops by the kingdom in several years, state media said on Wednesday. Those arrested included about 50 Saudis...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2010 | Middle East
DUBAI (AFP) – Bahrain’s sacked state minister Mansur bin Rajab denied on Tuesday involvement in money laundering activities that local media have suggested was the reason for his dismissal. Interviewed on the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television channel, Rajab...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2010 | Middle East
AMMAN, Jordan, (AP) – Jordan’s ambassador to Pakistan was the target of a Taliban kidnap attempt foiled by authorities in Islamabad and is now safe, the Jordanian information minister said Tuesday. The incident followed calls for attacks on the Jordanian...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2010 | Middle East
JERUSALEM (AFP) – The Israeli diplomat who is to be expelled from Britain over the alleged forgery of British passports connected to the killing of a top Hamas militant, is a Mossad officer who will be replaced by the Jewish state, Israeli media reports said on...
