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An article posted on an Islamist Web site sparked off wide-spread speculation over the fate of Al Qaida Leader Osama bin Laden on Friday.
According to Reuters reports, an article on www.islam-minbar.net Web site started with a stunning declaration - bin Laden had died.
A posting on an Islamist Web site stirred speculation over the fate of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and prompted a flurry of denials yesterday that the world's most wanted man is dead.
An audiotape purportedly by America's most-wanted insurgent in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, posted Friday on the Internet threatens more attacks against U.S. forces and urges followers to be wary of any American attempts at dialogue.
Insurgents set off at least 17 bombs in Iraq yesterday, killing at least 50 persons, including three US soldiers, in a series of attacks aimed at shaking Iraq's newly formed government.
Two years have passed since President Bush stood atop an aircraft carrier (May 1, 2003) and announced the end of major combat operations in Iraq. Since that ''mission accomplished'' photo-op, more than 1,400 U.S. troops and thousands of Iraqi civilians have died. And just recently, the Pentagon acknowledged that insurgent attacks have again increased to last year's levels of some 400 attacks per week.
A skull with pink and white dentures belongs to an old woman, investigators said. A skeleton nearby was that of a teenage girl, still clutching a brightly colored bag of possessions.
By Al Pessin. The US Defense Department says a statement Thursday by its intelligence chief was not a new assessment indicating an increased nuclear weapons capability by North Korea. The spokesman was attempting to clarify comments made Thursday by the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The United States and Italy acknowledged Friday they could not bridge sharp disagreements over who was at fault in a friendly-fire shooting in Iraq that killed an Italian intelligence agent.
Pfc. Lynndie England will plead guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, her lawyer said late Friday, about a year after photos of her sexually humiliating inmates made her the face of a scandal that damaged the credibility of the U.S. military.
Pfc. Lynndie R. England, the 22-year-old woman who became a vivid symbol of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, will plead guilty on Monday to reduced charges, her lawyers said yesterday.
Attorneys for a U.S. Marine accused of murdering two Iraqi detainees argued yesterday to cross-examine a key prosecution witness, saying denying them that chance in a pretrial hearing 'makes this proceeding a sham.'
WND: Scott, Drudge reports that at last night's presidential news conference, "CBS, NBC and Fox cut off President Bush in mid-sentence as NBC rushed to Donald Trump, Fox to Paris Hilton and CBS to 'Survivor.'" And my first question, why does the president recognize for questions those reporters whose networks treat the White House with such despicable contempt?
Former Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, the Democrat who gave a convention keynote speech for President Bush, said Friday he doesn't see another Republican like Bush coming along and there's a chance the Democrats could win the White House in 2008.
A college has been stripped of its status as a Catholic institution because it invited pro-abortion Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., to give its commencement address and receive an honorary degree.
An Australian man accused of trying to strangle his wife has lost a round in his legal battle to keep her on life support. If she dies, he could be charged with murder.
