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In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Inews
Daily
Friday 24th February
2006 - 25th Muharram 1427
80 Muslims slaughtered in Nigerian
city of Onitsha
At least 80 Muslims have been killed in the southern Nigerian city of Onitsha in sectarian violence by Christians, a rights group said yesterday, as the city’s dead were burnt in public bonfires. "We counted 60 bodies on Tuesday and 20 on Wednesday and there could be more," said the head of the local chapter of the Lagos-based Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), adding "most of the victims are Muslims." "It was a great massacre that should be condemned by any right-thinking person. Human bodies littered the streets in Onitsha," he said. The victims had been slaughtered "with machetes, knives, metal objects, clubs and in some instance, even guns," he added. The city’s central mosque was a burnt out ruin, its inner walls daubed with anti-Muslim slogans. Five Palestinians killed in Zionist
raid
Zionist occupation troops have killed five Palestinians during the biggest raid against West Bank fighters for months, stoking tension as Hamas leaders hold talks to form a new Palestinian government. Clashes began in Nablus yesterday after the army blocked main roads and forced schools and some businesses to close. Angered by the deaths, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the streets shouting "Death to Israel, death to occupation". Elsewhere, more than 50 people have been injured in confrontations with Jewish troops. The latest deaths in Nablus took the toll to eight over five days. 130 killed in Iraq sectarian
clashes
Sectarian bloodshed triggered by blasts at a shrine in Samarra on Wednesday, claimed the lives of more than 130 people, as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani warned that widespread rebellion could engulf the whole country. The upsurge in sectarian killings came after suspected US-linked militants attacked the 1,000-year-old Askarya mausoleum. Spiralling violence now threatens to derail negotiations on setting up a government of national unity. Iraq has placed its security forces on high alert and imposed a night curfew in Baghdad that is three hours earlier than usual. Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari proclaimed three days of national mourning and Thursday was declared as a public holiday in a bid to get people off the streets. Kashmiris protest over killing of
boys
Thousands of Kashmiris have taken to the streets shouting anti-India slogans against the fatal shooting of four boys by the Indian army. The demonstrators in Dodipora village in India-administered Kashmir yesterday accused security forces of cordoning off a playground and firing indiscriminately during a hunt for a militant suspect. Dodipora is about 90km north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu-Kashmir state. Four boys aged from six to 18 died in the shooting on Wednesday. Both the Indian army and the state government promised to investigate the incident. More than a dozen Kashmiri groups are fighting security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir seeking independence or its merger with mostly Muslim Pakistan. The 16-year insurgency has claimed more than 66,000 lives, most of them civilians. Zionists planning 'apartheid'
roads
The Zionist state plans to pave new roads in the West Bank exclusively for Palestinians while Jewish settler vehicles keep to the existing network, a senior security source has said. Palestinians condemned the idea as a form of apartheid and said the initiative appeared aimed at cementing Zionist hold on occupied land that they want for a state. No details were immediately available of the extent of the proposed network or of when the plan might take effect. About 245,000 Jews live among 2.4 million Palestinians in the West Bank. The World Court has branded all Israel's settlements on occupied land illegal. Israel disputes this. India, Iran remain committed to gas
pipeline
India and Iran yesterday pledged their commitment to building a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline through Pakistan during talks between Iran’s deputy foreign minister Mehdi Safari and Indian leaders, a government statement said. Both sides "reaffirmed their commitment to the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and an early ratification of the LNG (liquefied natural gas) deal" signed last year. The June agreement, worth $22 billion, provides for the import of five million tonnes of Iranian gas annually over a 25-year period from 2009. Negotiations on the proposed pipeline through Pakistan began in 1994 but has made little headway. UAE Gave $100 Million for Katrina
Relief
Weeks before one of its companies sought US approval for its ports deal, the United Arab Emirates contributed $100 million to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, officials confirmed yesterday. The Bush administration said the money it received from the UAE was nearly four times as much as it received from all other countries combined. Other countries, including some in the Middle East, also pledged large contributions but have not yet sent the money. The White House said the $100 million for storm victims demonstrates the close relationship between the two governments now caught in a firestorm over the potential security risks of state-owned Dubai Ports World running operations at six major US ports. The United Arab Emirates has long-standing ties to the Bush family. Records show the UAE contributed at least $1 million before 1995 to the Bush Library Foundation. Denmark to hold religious
dialogue
Denmark will host a conference next month to promote religious dialogue following the uproar over the blasphemous cartoons, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. The government will also give "a significant financial contribution" to a UN programme aimed at overcoming prejudice between the West and Muslims, and support an Islamic festival in Copenhagen. A spokesperson said the government was planning a range of initiatives to promote "respectful dialogue," partly drawing on advice given by Muslim countries. he did not specify Denmark’s contribution to the Alliance of Civilisations initiative launched by the UN to resolve cultural and religious differences between the Western and Islamic world but said the government would organise a festival in Copenhagen on "the images of Islam." Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders
revealed
Hours after a commercial plane struck the Pentagon on September 11 2001 the US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, was issuing rapid orders to his aides to look for evidence of Iraqi involvement, according to notes taken by one of them. "Hard to get good case. Need to move swiftly," the notes say. "Near term target needs - go massive - sweep it all up, things related and not." The handwritten notes, with some parts blanked out, were declassified this month under the US Freedom of Information Act. The Pentagon confirmed the notes had been taken by the now undersecretary of defence for intelligence. These notes confirm that Baghdad was in the Pentagon's sights almost as soon as the hijackers struck. Hindu group offers $11.5m reward to
kill Muslim artist
A hardline Hindu group has offered an 11.5-million-dollar reward for the murder of M.F. Husain, India’s best-known artist, after he painted revered Hindu godesses in the nude. The statement late on Wednesday by the India Hindu Personal Law Board comes after a reward for the same amount was posted by an Indian Muslim politician for the beheading of any of the artists who drew controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (s.a.w.). Husain pulled his painting depicting "Mother India" as a naked woman from an auction after protests by rightwing Hindu nationalists. Qadhafi's son cleared in doping
case
The football-mad son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi, has been cleared of criminal doping charges in Italy, brought during his time as player with one of the country’s leading clubs. Al Saadi al-Qadhafi stood trial after he served a three-month drugs ban from Italy’s top division in November 2003 whilst he was playing for Perugia. A judge ruled yesterday that the case was outside of the court's jurisdiction. Al-Qadhafi’s lawyer said the court acknowledged that Gadaffi did not commit any crime in Italy. Al-Qadhafi did not attend the hearing. Inews Daily - No Copyright - http://www.fsphost.com/inewsdaily -
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