Mideast Madness


NOTE: Because some Asian countries' actions are intricately intertwined with the Mideast, this area will contain news on Pakistan, India and others.
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July 8
GULF WAR II - How a War With Iraq Will Change the World

July 4
Farrakhan in Lebanon to Combat Pro-Israel Lobby
July 3

Iraq Promises Progress in U.N. Talks
Israel's Security Cabinet Decides to Relax Sanctions on Palestinians, But IDF to Stay in Palestinian Cities
Investigators Probe Confusion over Afghan Deaths
July 2

Fatah Calls For Attacks on U.S., Zionist Targets
U.S. Ties At Risk As Succession Fight Splits Oil-Rich Kuwait
July 1

UBL Not in Pakistan, So Says Musharraf
Palestinians Angered as US Sidelines Arafat
'Scores Killed' in US Afghan Raid
Hamas Vows To Avenge Death of Bombmaker, Responsible for 120 Israelis Deaths
IDF Troops Kill Top Hamas Bomb-Maker

June 30
U.S. Smart Bombs Destroy Iraqi Command and Control Site
No, No, He's Got to Go - Powell, Rice Warn Palestinians About Arafat
No Climb-Downs After Bush Middle East Speech
June 28
Russia Issues Blunt Warning to Arab Allies on U.S. Plans - You're Not Immune!
Mossad Chief, Ephraim Halevy, Warns of Iran Missile Threat
Bush Speech Between the Lines
Mideast Roundup
Israel Ups Pressure In Hebron Siege
Afghan Ammunition Dump Blast Blamed on Rocket Attack - 19 Dead
June 26

Arafat Will Run For Re-Election; Palestinians to go to Polls Mid-January
Bush Says No Mideast Deal Without Change
June 25
Arafat Defiant After Bush Speech
Assault On Hamas Promised In Gaza
Palestinians See Barrier, Not Path, To Peace
June 24
Major Points of Bush's Mideast Plan
Bush Calls For Arafat’s Replacement
Israel Begins Gaza Action; Start of 'Massive Activities' Focuses on Hamas
Israel Readies for Gaza Strip Action

June 23
Saddam's Heir Escapes Assassination Attempt
Israel Surrounds Arafat Compound - Again
Israel Boosts West Bank Forces Calling Up 2,000 Army Reservists Troops
Afghan Women 'in Peril' as UK Troops Leave
June 22
Mechanics of Failure: Money is Terror’s Second Name - Part 3
Mechanics of Failure: Arafat’s Suicide Killers Are Winning - Part 2
Mechanics of Failure: The Slaughter - Part 1
Musharraf Vows To Stop Terror Activity in Pakistan - Tensions Sill Explosive
Israel Threatens to Launch 'Crushing Offensive'
June 21

Israel Bombing Indicates Hamas' Expanding Influence
Landau Calls for Toppling PA & Expelling Arafat
Israeli Army Kills Four Palestinians
Arafat Said Ready to Accept Plan
Bush Plan for Palestinian State on Hold
June 20

Israeli Action Won't End Terrorism
Israel Calls Up Reserve Soldiers
6 Killed, 4 Injured Near West Bank Jewish Settlement of Nablus
Israeli TV Companies Weigh Taking CNN Off the Air
Jewish Groups Urge Bucket Mouth, Oops, We Mean Ted Turner, To Resign

Pakistan Promises To Ban Teaching Hate / Extremism In 8,000 Schools
June 19
Saudis Airlifted Hundreds Of Al Qaida From Iran
Israeli Troops Enter Ramallah
Israel Retaliates: Helicopters Attack Gaza
Homicide Blast Kills 7 in Jerusalem - Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Responsible
Israeli Tanks Roll Into Jenin After 19 Killed in Jerusalem Bombing
India: Nuclear Deterrent Averted War
"Foot 'N Mouth" Ted Turner Withdraws Criticism of Israel as "Terrorist"
June 18
Scholar Warns West of Muslim Goals - Converting Entire World to Islam
Timeline of Attacks on Israel

Israel to Seize West Bank
Sharon: 'We Have To Fight'
Jerusalem and Haifa Back On Highest Terror Alert
Jerusalem Explosion Leaves 20 Dead
Saddam Hussein to Give up Power to Son Qusai?
Ted Turner's "Stupid, Reprehensible" Remarks, Accuses Israel of Terrorism
June 17
Young Palestinians: Death Groupies
Saddam Bolsters His Defences Against US Attack
Forget the Fence, Send Statehood
June 16
Israel to Start West Bank Fence
CIA Gets "More Tools" to Oust Iraqi Leader
Democrats Back Plan To Oust Hussein From Power
Congressional Leaders Back Effort To Topple Saddam
Mullah Omar Safe, According to Message Allegedly From Cleric
June 15
Hezbollah Builds up Weapons and Troops in Lebanon
Arafat Stole $5.1 Million Foreign Aid From Poor Palestinians
June 14
U.S. and Brits Attack Targets in Southern Iraq
Bomb Rips U.S. Facility in Pakistan - At Least 11 Dead
Debka Mideast News
India to Install Sensors on Kashmir Border
Bush to Announce Plan for Palestinian State
June 13
Jews and Christians May Soon Return to the Temple Mount
U.S. Has Doubled Troops In Kuwait This Year
Palestinian Authority Officials Smuggled Arms
Karzai Buried Competition in Afghani Elections
Israelis 'Betting on Cite of Next Suicide Bombing'
Sharon Open To Statehood Declaration
June 12
Al-Qaeda Active Across Line of Control: Rumsfeld
Arafat: To Exile Or Not
June 11
Bomb Rocks Israeli Restaurant Killing 15-Year-Old Girl, Wounding 8
June 10
India Reopens Airspace to Pakistan
Arafat Shrinks His Cabinet To 21 Ministers
Israeli Tanks Storm Ramallah
June 9
Israeli Troops Enter Arafat's Compound
Arafat Shuffles Government
'Palestinians Planned To Attack Beaches' - Israel
Israelis on Brink of Exiling Arafat
India-Pakistan Peace Hopes Rise
War Fear Eases, But Shelling Continues in Kashmir
War Fears Ease But Kashmir Still Tense
June 8
Cheney Vows U.S. Will Attack Saddam
Iran to Increase Islamic Jihad Financing By 70 %
Arafat Threatens 'Disastrous Explosion That Will Impact Stability Of The Whole World'
No Calendar for Palestinian State
Sharon to Tell Bush: No Talks Before Terror Stops
India Considers 'Military Gestures' to Lessen Tensions
June 7

Iraq Threat Requires 'Decisive Response'
DEBKA Miscellaneous
India Pledges ‘Peace’ in Kashmir
June 6
U.S. Envoy: Pakistan Wants To Avoid War
Syria, Not Arafat, Responsible for Megiddo?
White House Opposes Exiling Arafat
Israel Plans 66-Mile 'Obstacle' Against Terror
IDF Denies Attempt To Kill Arafat, Shell Lands Near His Bed In Ramallah Raid
Israel Blows Up 3 Arafat Buildings
Israeli Forces Attack Arafat's Compound
Israeli Forces Raid Arafat HQ
June 5
Bombing of Israel From 1996
U.S. Plans For Post-Saddam Iraqi Government
Threat From Iraq Deemed Growing
U.S. Push in Middle East Facing Obstacles
Al Qaida, Taliban Move on to Iran
Afghan Fight Not Over Says New Commander
Israeli Tanks, Troops Enter Jenin In Response To Homi-Bomber
Sixteen Plus the Palestinian Killed By Suicide Bomb
Suicide Bomber Planned To Use Cyanide In Israeli Attack
Iran Offers To Mediate Indo-Paki Crisis
Indo-Paki Tension Still Very High: Powell
3000 Terrorists Set To Enter Jammu & Kashmir: PM
Blackout Drill in Jammu City
U.S. Citizens Strongly Urged to Leave India, Pakistan
Britons Told To Leave India
India Considers Joint Monitoring Of Kashmir Border
June 4
Alert for Six-Day War Anniversary on June 6
Russia, China Poke Into India-Pakistan Conflict
Chinese Leader Seeks Central Role In Defusing Conflict
Hizbullah Planning 'Grave' Attacks In Coming Days
IDF Destroys Smuggling Tunnel in Gaza Strip
Rumsfeld to Talk Iraq on Persian Gulf Tour
Mubarak to Press Bush on Palestinian Statehood
June 3
Bush Sets Out Case For U.S. First Strikes
Ruling Cleric Warns Iran 'on The Brink Of Explosion'
American Forces Blow Up Afghan Caves
June 2
Nuclear Neighbours Teeter On Brink Of Armageddon
China and the Kashmir Crisis
June 1
In Full-Scale War, India and Pakistan Plan Deep Reciprocal Invasions
Musharraf Tries to Quell Nuclear War Fears
U.S. Nabs Cache Of Portable Missiles
May 31

U.S. May Be Forced Change Tactics
60,000 Americans Urged to Leave India
May 30
India Is Stronger Than Pakistan, But Won't Win - US Citizens Evacuated
1,100 US. Troops and 63,000 US Citizens May be Evacuated
Bush Sending Rumsfeld to South Asia
U.S. Steps Into Kashmir Dispute
Defiant Pakistan Threatens To Use Nukes
30 Dead in India-Pakistan Violence
Pakistanis Leave Afghan Border For Indian Crisis
Pakistan Begins To Move Troops
Israeli Report Finds Link In Lebanon To Terror Attacks
May 29
India-Pakistan Exchange Would Kill Millions
Pakistan Rush To Build Up Uranium Stocks
May 28
Analysts Paint Doomsday Scenarios, Gloom Deepens
Palestinian Gunman Kills 3 in Jewish Settlement

India, Pakistan at Boiling Point
Indian Defense Minister Says Options Narrowing
Pakistan Test-Fires Another Missile: India Considers Response
May 27

Two Dead, Fifty-Three Wounded In Israeli Mall Suicide Bombing
Temple Mount Tensions Resume
Pakistan Playing With Fire - Considers Final Missile Test
Musharraf: There Will Be No More Sacrifices
Musharraf Defiant Over Kashmir
Pakistan Secretly Builds Up Nuclear Arsenal

Indians, Pakistanis Exchange Heavy Fire
Two Faced China: Embraces Rogue States While Condemning Terror
May 26
Temple Mount May Reopen To Non-Muslims
Hezbollah Leader: Don't Stop Suicide Bomb Attacks
Musharraf Feels The Heat Of World Pressure
Pakistan Test-Fires Second Missile
India Says It Should Have Retaliated After December 13 Attack
May 25
Arafat to 'Confront Enemy'
Palestinians: Don't Buy American
Bush, Putin Press Pakistan on Kashmir
Pakistan Tests Missile Amid Growing Fears of War With India
Israeli Troops: Back to Bethlehem
May 24
Pakistan Primes Its People For War
Coalition Troops in Afghan Bag 50 Baddies
Iran Contract Overshadows N-deal
Nuclear Option Feared In Kashmir Dispute
Pakistan Tells India It Will Conduct Missile Tests
India/Pakistan: Looking Into The Nuclear Abyss
India Patience At 'Breaking Point'
France Withdraws Diplomatic Staff From Pak
Debka Heads Up
No talks, Says India, Amid Warning Of Nuclear War
May 23
Israel Warns U.S. Of Suicide Belt Threat To Shopping Malls
Arafat Promises Elections 'by Winter'
Police: Bomb Attack Thwarted in Tel Aviv
Bomb Fires Up Israeli Fuel Depot
Pakistan Alerts Key Departments
India, Pakistan Mass Troops, Call For Peace
Satellites Detect Pak IRBMs Near Line-of-Control
Arafat Aided Group That Besieged Church of the Nativity
Fatah Claims Responsibility For Suicide Bombing
May 22
Iraq Fooling U.N.
Village Attacked as India Vows to Fight
Two Dead, Over 30 Wounded in Rishon Letzion Suicide Bombing
Bomb Explodes in Tel Aviv Suburb - breaking
Arabs United In Terror
Iran, Iraq Hit Back at US
Indian Premier on Bomb Alert
State Department Blames Israel for Palestinian Terrorism
Egyptians Cross Into Gaza To Join Jihad
India Moves Warships Closer to Pakistan
Missile-Carrying Indian Warships Sail Near Pakistan, Air Force On Alert
Nuclear War Threat over Kashmir Crisis
India's PM to Visit Kashmir Border
May 21
Bribes For Visas At US Consulate In S. Arabia
Kashmir Shelling Intensifies Fears Of War Between India and Pakistan
Fears India's Troop Build-Up Prelude To Full-Scale War
Kashmir: Top Muslim Separatist Killed
India, Pakistan ‘Very Close’ to War
Indo-Paki War To Ignite After Heat Subsides
Danger Looms In Iraq No-Fly Zone
Sharon Sacks 6 Cabinet Members
May 20
U.S. 'Whitewashing' Arafat's Terror Role
Israel Set To Respond To Suicide Bomb
Second Suicide Bomber in Two Days; Only Blows Up Himself
Fierce Indo-Paki Shelling Frightens Residents in Uri
India Sends Up Smoke Signals It Might Attack Pakistan
India, Pakistan Trade Heavy Fire, Tension High
May 19
India Warns Pakistan Over Border
India Makes Final Preparations For Attack on Pakistan
Desperate Pak Ready To Nuke India
Blast Kills 1 (Besides Bomber), Injures At Least 28 In Israeli City (Update: 4 dead, 50 injured)
US Special Forces Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
The King's Highway of Arabia - Prophetic Route for Jews In 'End Times'?
Israel Blast Injures At Least 20
Israel Sinks Weapons Ship
P.A. Arabs Have Not Given Up Terror
May 18
What Role Does Israel Play in Biblical Prophecy?
Paki Army Officers Holding Civilian Posts Summoned Back
Hamas Leaves Possibility Open Of Participating In PA Elections

Arafat Flips Again - Now To Convene Election Committee
May 17
Taliban: U.S. Doomed in Afghanistan
Arafat: No Elections Till Israelis Leave

Why Saudis Gets a Pass in War on Terror
May 16
Israeli Tanks Enter West Bank City
U.S.: Iraq Considering UN Inspectors

GIs Battle 'Ghosts' in Afghanistan
Arafat's "Reforms" as Illusory as His "Peace"
P.A. Arabs Have Not Given Up Terror
Saudi Paper: The U.S. 'Will Vanish'
Arafat To Hold Elections In Six Months
May 15
Saddam Deploys Tanks To Avert Kurdish Uprising
Palestinians Resentful of Israeli 'Mini-Empire'
Ben-Eliezer Willing to Give Away Temple Mount
U.S. Concludes Israel's Military Cannot Defeat the Palestinians
IDF Destroys Sophisticated Tunnel; Warns Hamas is Rebuilding Terrorist Infrastructure
'Greedy Monsters' Ruled Church
U.S. Finds Two Large Caches Of Weapons
Arafat Promises Changes in Government
Arafat Calls For Another Million Martyrs
More Arab Terrorists Arrested, Killed
ARAB PRESS: Suicide Terrorism is Beyond Criticism
Netanyahu: I will Defang PA State Threat
May 14

Iraq Moves Forces in its South, North
Rift Grows Between Jordan, Saudi Arabia
Hamas-cide Bombings to Continue
Sharon: No Peace Until Palestinian Leaders Reform
Islamic Jihad Vows to Continue Suicide Attacks Against Israelis
A Saudi Oar in West Bank to Block Jordanian Influence
Saudi Officials Silent As Anti-U.S. Boycott Spreads

U.N. Security Council Approves Overhaul of Sanctions Against Iraq
April 24
A City For 'End Times'