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Jemaah Islamiyah behind Jakarta blast: defense minister JAKARTA (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 Indonesia's Defense Minister Matori Abdul Jalil said the Jemaah Islamiyah extremist network was behind the deadly car bomb blast at a US-run hotel in Jakarta, the official Antara news agency reported. Serbia-Montenegro military purged of Milosevic-era generals BELGRADE (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 The last redoubts of loyalty to Yugoslavia's Milosevic-era regime are under attack after 16 top generals were sacked last week in a major purge of conservative officers, analysts said. Military mutiny derailed Philippine fight against terrorism: Arroyo MANILA (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 The military mutiny by renegade soldiers on July 27 derailed the Philippine government's campaign against terrorism just as the threat of attacks was rising, President Gloria Arroyo said Saturday. |
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South Korea's vice FM to visit Moscow ahead of nuclear talks SEOUL (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 South Korea's vice foreign minister will visit Moscow in the coming week to prepare six-way talks on defusing tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, the foreign ministry here said Saturday. Al-Qaeda henchman says Iraq furnished chemical, biological arms aid: WHouse CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 A high-ranking al-Qaeda operative in custody has disclosed that Iraq supplied the Islamist militant group with material to build chemical and biological weapons, the White House said Friday. US judge rejects effort to block nerve agent destruction WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 A US federal judge Friday rejected a plea by environmental groups to block the army's plans to incinerate chemical weapons at a base in the southern state of Alabama, court records showed. Britain to produce new evidence on Iraqi WMD: report LONDON (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 The British government is soon to present new evidence that Iraq had produced biological weapons, the Economist magazine reported in its latest issue, dated August 9, citing government sources. Israelis wanted for alleged illegal arms shipment that wound up in Colombia GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 A Guatemalan court has ordered the arrest of three Israeli nationals for allegedly acting as brokers in the sale of a shipment of Nicaraguan police weapons to Panama that ended up in the hands of rightwing Colombian paramilitaries, a court source said Friday. US troops have not changed rules of engagement in Iraq: military BAGHDAD (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 US troops in Iraq have not changed their rules of engagement for when they open fire, a military spokesman said Friday, clarifying talk by US commanders of a softer approach in the hunt for Saddam Hussein. |
US plans meeting with Japan, SKorea ahead of six-party NKorea talks WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 The United States will host discussions with Japan and South Korea "in the near future" ahead of six-party talks in China to resolve the crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, a State Department official said Friday. Israel warplanes strike back at Hezbollah in first border clashes for months RASHAYA, Lebanon (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 The radical Islamic Hezbollah militia bombarded Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms area Friday for the first time in seven months, prompting Israel to respond with air strikes and artillery salvoes. Tajikistan asks Russia for debt write-off in troop talks MOSCOW (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Tajikistan wants Russia to write off millions of dollars of its debt in return for allowing Moscow to keep an army division in the Central Asian country, which borders Afghanistan and is a major conduit for drug smugglers, ITAR-TASS reported Friday. Israel attacks Hezbollah after first flare-up in six months: general JERUSALEM (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Israeli warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon Friday after their army posts came under sustained attack for the first time in over six months, a senior general told AFP. West African troops waiting for green light to enter rebel zone MONROVIA (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 The head of a west African peacekeeping force in war-scarred Liberia Friday said he was waiting for the go-ahead from the government and insurgents to enter Monrovia's rebel-held northern districts. Liberian minister confirms arms shipment, claims for self-defence MONROVIA (AFP) Aug 08, 2003 Liberia's defence minister confirmed Friday that he had attempted to import arms and ammunition for his beleaguered government forces, despite the imminent resignation of President Charles Taylor. |
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