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  War on Terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For example, the militant Islamist group Hamas—although directly responsible for the killing of many Israeli civilians—is also responsible for many of the charities and other social welfare programs for Muslims in Palestine and is seen by some as a legitimate group that resists foreign rule over the Palestinian people.
Meanwhile the American Civil Liberties Union quoted Justice Department figures that show that 7,000 people have complained of abuse of the act.
Some experts have concluded that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was a gross violation of international treaties and law, including the UN Charter and the Nuremberg principles, to which the U.S. and its allies have committed themselves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_on_Terrorism   (7141 words)

  
 Shattered Christian Minorities in the Middle East
Lebanese Christians were always keenly mindful of past atrocities inflicted on their brethren in the Middle East at the hands of the Muslims- namely the demise of Armenians in Turkey and the persecution of Coptic Christians in Sudan and Egypt.
The Lebanese army's refusal to take sides during the crises of 1952 and 1958 was a rare phenomenon in post-world war II Middle East, where political history has been largely shaped by military intervention and domination.
However, the Lebanese forces denied its involvement and the victims' relatives have recently launched criminal proceeding at a the Belgium supreme court against the current Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who was the Defence Minister during the 1982 invasion.
www.phoenicia.org /christiansmea.html   (14647 words)

  
 Arab Reform Bulletin - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
An accountant by training, Khalid adopted neither the hectoring tone often associated with clerics, nor the anger of militant Islam; instead, his style is empathetic and almost plaintive.
Although Lebanese and Palestinian laws allowed private terrestrial channels, most private ownership has been restricted to satellite channels, with owners allied to regimes and seeking to advance their own political interests rather than to satisfy their viewers.
He is a Syrian novelist and social analyst based in Damascus, and is the coordinator of the Tharwa Project [www.tharwaproject.com], an initiative that seeks to raise awareness of the living conditions of minority groups in the Middle East.
www.carnegieendowment.org /publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=16242   (12017 words)

  
 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
It is important that this hearing and this commission never lose sight of the fact the killers behind the murder of 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001 were not generic terrorists without clear political and religious motives.
The Associated Press and CBS News report that WAMY's Peshawar office was raided in November, 2001 in a joint FBI-Pakistan intelligence operation.
American Muslims consider the diversion of the funds of these charities...a clear violation of our 1st Amendment right for the free exercise of religion.
www.911commission.gov /hearings/hearing3/witness_emerson.htm   (10830 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/War on terrorism
The situation got even more tense with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri by a bomb in downtown Beirut, Lebanon's capital, on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), 2005.
President Bush, Europe, and Saudi Arabia also put pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to honor his promises according to the 1989 Taif Agreement and pull out of Lebanon.
The Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah is the largest political party in Lebanon, but has been declared by the U.S. State Department to be a terrorist organization and has ties to Iran.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/War_on_terror   (6932 words)

  
 Global Policy Forum - What's New   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
American Civil Liberties Union Calls on Intelligence Reform Conferees to Protect Liberty and Freedom, Says Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Privacy Provisions Must Be Removed (October 20, 2004)
Latin American Indigenous Movements in the Context of Globalization (October 11, 2004)
Though this year’s ESF resulted mainly in a list of organized protests, supporters said the alter globalization movement should also incorporate “international cooperation, human development and social justice” as a means of reaching a better world in the future.
www.globalpolicy.org /visitctr/wwn/wwn0410b.htm   (8183 words)

  
 Israel: 99 Names of God
The association, which was licensed by Israel in 1979 as an antidote to the surge in radical Palestinian nationalism in Gaza, a huge mistake, Israeli officials later conceded was ostensibly devoted to the foundation of mosques, schools including the Saudi-supported Islamic University of Gaza, with some five thousand students' - libraries, and charitable associations.
Salah's fellow American courier, Muhammad Jarad, who had a history of heart trouble and had been hospitalized in prison for chest pains, had been released in 1993 after six months in jail.
To protect neglected Islamic sites, the Islamists also formed local Islamic associations throughout Israel.11 And much to the government's chagrin, they rallied considerable popular support for their campaign to regain control of the waqf, property endowed to mosques that the Jewish state had controlled since i948.
www.dhushara.com /book/zulu/islamp/ninames/99names.htm   (18268 words)

  
 The Uncooperative Blogger » Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
But executive officer of the British Air Transport Association Bob Preston told the BBC European airlines could potentially be left in a “difficult position, between a rock and a hard place”.
United Nations investigator Serge Brammertz interviewed Syrian President Bashar Assad on his country’s alleged role in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
It was during the weekend,” Total spokeswoman Patricia Marie told The Associated Press by telephone from the company’s headquarters in Paris.
www.uncooperativeblogger.com /category/world-news/europe   (9599 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Index
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