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August 31, 2007

Iraq

2 US Soldiers, 22 Iraqis Killed, Including 7 Executed by Death Squads, According to Initial August 31, 2007 Reports

Palestine, Russia, & US

Russia sends aid to Gaza

Abbas forms five military brigades with US help to fight Hamas

Palestine & Israel

Israeli occupation forces admit to killing of three innocent children

Israeli occupation forces shell areas in Gaza, kidnap 12 Palestinians in West Bank, injure 4 protesters in Bethlehem, clash with resistance fighters in Nablus

Israeli occupation forces killed 12 Palestinians, including 6 children, according to an August 23-29, 2007 PCHR weekly report

Mufti General of Palestine condemns Swedish newspaper for offensive cartoons

August 30, 2007

Palestine & Israel

Three Palestinians Children and a Youngman Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza Strip

12 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli occupation forces invading various West Bank Cities

US

Biden says Bush's policies are meant to delay chaos in Iraq until he leaves office

Muslim American News Briefs, August 30, 2007

August 29, 2007

Iraq

Thomas Friedman Receives $250,000 from the Iraqi President Talabani to Conduct an Interview With him Tomorrow

US Soldier, 28 Iraqis Killed, Including 13 Executed by Death Squads, Al-Sadr Suspends Al-Mahdi Army Activities for Six Months

S Forces Release 8 Members of Iranian Diplomatic Delegation Detained on Tuesday, Petraeus Says it Was Regrettable

Afghanistan

108 Afghanis Killed, South Korea Pledges to Withdraw its Forces Before Year End and Stop Korean Christian Missionary Activities in Afghanistan

Palestine & Israel

Border tensions between Israel and Syria lessened

Israeli occupation forces shell Gaza, invade Nablus city, kidnap ten civilians, resistance fighters destroy one military vehicle

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Destroy two Houses in the West Bank

US

CAIR-OH Condemns Officer's Racist, Anti-Semitic Video Remarks

Muslim American News Briefs, August 29, 2007

August 28, 2007

Turkey

Abdullah Gül Elected as the 11th President of the Turkish Republic

Iraq

91 Iraqis Killed, Including 51 in Karbala Clashes, According to an Initial August 28, 2007 Report

Afghanistan

41 Afghanis, 6 NATO Soldiers Killed, Including 4 US, an Australian, and a Dutch

Sudan

OIL-RICH DARFUR NEWS: Security Council Approves Deployment of EU Troops, U.N. Police to Darfur Neighbors

Palestine

Haniya Welcomes the Statements of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy for his Willingness to Hold Talks With Hamas

Arab League Condemns Israeli Aggression against Palestinian People

Gaza Strip Industrial Sector on the Brink of Breakdown Due to Israeli Siege and Closure, a PNIC Report

Extremist Israeli Coloniser Runs Over a Palestinian Woman in Hebron

US & Canada

Dr. Ismail Zayid on the Voice of Palestine, Canada, August 28, 2007

Muslim American News Briefs, August 28, 2007

August 27, 2007

Iraq

4 US Soldiers, 76 Iraqis Killed, Including 30 Executed by Death Squads, 8 Family Members Killed in US Air Strike

US

US Attorney General and Bush Friend Alberto Gonzales resigns

Kucinich to renew call for national health care plan

Palestine

Al-Quds Brigades slams PA security forces for returning a captured Israeli soldier Monday

Palestinian farmer killed by Israeli occupation forces while tending his land, another died of wounds

Palestinian toddler, Ibrahim Abu Nahil, dies on the border waiting for Israeli approval to enter hospital

Three Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces, Including a Woman, a Father and his Son

Israeli occupation army attacks on Gaza fishermen are destroying their only source of livelihood

August 26, 2007

Iraq

46 Iraqis Killed, Including 8 Executed by Death Squads, According to an August 26, 2007 Initial Report

US

Kucinich Announces Plan to Build Alliance with Independent Voters

Palestine

Family of Assassinated Palestinian Child, Mahmoud Al-Qarnawi, Reveals Barbaric Conduct of Israeli Occupation Soldiers

Islamic Jihad resistance fighter dies of earlier wounds sustained during Israeli occupation army invasion of Jenin

Israeli occupation forces abduct brother of martyred resistance fighter, Alaa Abu Surour, who was killed on Saturday in Jenin

Palestinian political prisoner, Omar Masalmah, dies in Israeli occupation jail of medical negligence

Palestinian resistance fighter loses hand in violent clashes with Israeli occupation forces in Nablus

Haniya calls on Egypt to open Rafah crossing away from "Zionist control"

August 25, 2007

Palestine

8 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation Forces Death Squads in Last 12 Hours

Iraq

10 Iraqis Killed in Al-Kadhimiya and Mosul in an Initial August 25, 2007 Report

US

Senator Warner's Call to Start Withdrawal of US Troops from Iraq Roils the White House

Kucinich in Maine Saturday and Sunday

Florida TV Station Drops Anti-Islam Program

Israel Blocks Exit of Tennessee and Arizona Muslim Americans From Gaza

Ramadan Starts on September 13, Eid ul-Fitr October 13, According to ISNA

What's New on the Jews Against Zionism Website

Muslim American News Briefs, August 25, 2007

August 24, 2007

Iraq

65 Iraqis, US Soldier Killed, Including 14 Executed by Death Squads, in an Initial News Report for August 24, 2007

Palestine

Hamas Fighter, Ahed Abu Jabal, Assassinated in an Israeli Air Strike on Gaza

Afghanistan

Bomb From American Fighter Jet Kills 3 British Soldiers, Wounds 2 in Southern Afghanistan

Pakistan

Pakistan Civil War: 310 Killed in One Month

Ex-Pakistani Leader Sharif Says He Will Battle Musharraf in Elections

US

Muslim American News Briefs, August 21, 2007

Muslim American News Briefs, August 22, 2007

Muslim American News Briefs, August 23, 2007

August 23, 2007

82 Iraqis, 15 US Soldiers Killed, According to Initial August 23, 2007 News Reports

Head of Islamic movement in Israel, Raed Salah, injured in Israeli terrorist attack

August 21, 2007

Iraq

29 Iraqis Killed in an August 21, 2007 Report

Bush Frustrated, Obama and Clinton Say No Military Solution in Iraq, Call for Withdrawal

Palestine

5 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces, Including Two Children and Three Fighters Executed by an Israeli Death Squad

17 Palestinians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in the West Bank

Qaddoumi castigates Abbas, describes him as authoritarian

Palestine National Youth Football Team denied visas for UK tour on account of being poor

US

Kucinich moving up in Democratic Presidential 'horse race'

Muslim American News Briefs, August 21, 2007

August 20, 2007

Iraq

107 Iraqis Killed, Including 16 Executed by Death Squads, 79 Killed by US-Led Forces on August 19, 2007

Palestine

Six Palestinians killed in Israeli occupation air raid over central Gaza

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader in Nablus, Nasser Kharraz, escapes Israeli assassination attempt

Gazans Suffer Without Electricity as EU Joins the US-Israeli Embargo on Gaza Strip

Israeli occupation forces kidnap 15 Palestinians in West Bank

Vice Deputy-Speaker of Palestinian Parliament, Hassan Khuraishah, Resigns in Protest to the Obstruction of the Democratic Process

Mustafa Barghouthi holds press conference to expose Israeli criminal behaviour at checkpoints

US

Artificial Life Likely in 3 to 10 Years

Muslim American News Briefs, August 20, 2007

August 19, 2007

Iraq

12 Iraqis Killed in a Mortar Attack, 15 Abducted by a Death Squad in Down Town Baghdad, an Initial August 19, 2007 Report

Palestine

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian, Injure 3 in Gaza, Invade and Terrorize West Bank Cities

Corpse of missing Palestinian man discovered in former illegal Israeli settlement of Netzarim

Haniya: Abbas is not allowed to sign anything concerning Palestinian rights

August 18, 2007

Iraq

52 Iraqis Killed in Initial August 18, 2007 Reports

Palestine

3 Palestinians Killed by Invading Israeli Occupation Forces

Construction and expansion of illegal Israeli outpost settlements in the West Bank continues, reports Peace Now

Haniyeh calls for early elections for the Palestinian National Council

Israeli Fuel Supplies Cut Off of Gaza Strip, as a Collective Punishment, Leaving 1.5 Million Palestinians Without Electricity

US

Ramadan 1428 H Begins in North America on Thursday, September 13, Eid on Friday, October 12, 2007, According to ISNA

CAIR SAYS ADL SEEKS TO HINDER LEGAL RIGHTS OF U.S. MUSLIMS: Pro-Israel group 'smears' coalition advocating due process for Texas Muslim charity

Muslim American News Briefs from New Trend Magazine, August 18, 2007

Muslim American News Briefs, August 18, 2007

August 17, 2007

Iraq

US Soldier Killed, 22 Iraqis Executed by Death Squads, US Air Strike on Tarmiyah Mosque on August 17, 2007

Palestine

2 Palestinians Killed in Jenin by Israeli Occupation Forces, 5 Injured in Bil'in, 2 Injured in Bethlehem Protests

8 Palestinians Killed, 31 Injured, 61 Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces, According to an August 9-15, 2007 PCHR weekly report

Electricity blackout in the Gaza Strip due to fuel shortage

Issue of right to return is main obstacle in talks between Olmert and Abbas

Mesha'al meets Sudanese president over internal Palestinian crisis

US

Israel Extracts $30 Billion in Military Aid from the Heavily Indebted United States

Kucinich blasts Bush Administration for setting the stage for war with Iran, turning spy satellites on U.S. citizens

AAI Statement on the Grand Jury's Indictment of Patrick Syring

Arab American Institute Kicks Off Yalla Vote 2008 Campaign in Iowa With Series of Political Empowerment Workshops

CAIR Files Amicus Brief in Texas Muslim Holy Land Foundation Charity Trial

Criminal proceedings lodged after Palestinian dies in ambulance denied permission to cross checkpoint

Muslim American News Briefs, August 17, 2007

 
 

 

 

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