Israel fires missiles into Palestinian presidential compound
Israel fires missiles into Palestinian presidential compound Last Updated Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:52:28 EDT CBC News Israeli aircraft fired three missiles Tuesday into the Gaza Strip compound of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, injuring two people. Abbas was not in the compound during the attack, which left deep craters in the ground. ...

Top US general: Iraqis want us out
Top US general: Iraqis want us out by Sunday 25 December 2005 11:32 PM GMT Peter Pace (R): Troop levels re-assessed on a monthly basis The United States' top military commander has admitted that Iraqis want US and other foreign troops to leave the country "as soon as possible". General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said on Sunday that US troop levels in Iraq were being re-assessed on a monthly basis. ...

Two suicide attacks in Mideast leave 8 dead
Two suicide attacks in Mideast leave 8 dead Last Updated Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:47:33 EST CBC News Separate suicide bomb attacks killed four people each in the West Bank and Baghdad and wounded many more. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a West Bank checkpoint after being prevented from reaching Israel, according to Israeli security authorities. An Israeli guard and four Palestinians were killed. Several more were wounded. ...

US confirms monitoring Muslim homes
US confirms monitoring Muslim homes by Saturday 24 December 2005 7:39 AM GMT Mosques and Muslim homes and workplaces were monitored US officials have confirmed that the FBI and Energy Department have conducted thousands of searches for radioactive materials at private sites nationwide in the past three years, The New York Times reports. The existence of such a search programme was disclosed on Thursday by US News and World Report's websi...

Palestinians protest Gaza smokescreen
Palestinians protest Gaza smokescreen by Laila El-Haddad in Gaza Thursday 28 July 2005 12:40 PM GMT Six Palestinian protesters were wounded by Israeli forces Palestinians have burned rubber tyres along the trail of the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank in a symbolic protest against its ongoing construction under the smokescreen of the Gaza pullout. Black smoke seen rising along the wall's path from the areas of Marda to Qalandi...

Qur'an thrown in toilet by U.S. guards: ex-prisoner
Qur'an thrown in toilet by U.S. guards: ex-prisoner Last Updated Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:58:50 EDT CBC News A Muslim cleric once held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has told reporters in Moscow that fellow prisoners told him that guards desecrated the Qur'an by putting it in a toilet. * INDEPTH: Guantanamo A Guantamamo Bay cell block. (AP file photo) Airat Vakhitov, who was released last year, said he did...

Outrage greets new Israeli military chief
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/38C7D317-77AC-4B68-BEB0-ADB406473FB4.htm During his tenure as Air Force Commander between 2000-2004, Halutz approved and oversaw operations that caused the death of many Palestinian civilians, including numerous children. In July 2002, Halutz ordered the Israeli air force to drop a one-tonne bomb on a Gaza apartment complex, killing 14 civilians, including at least 10 children. The target of the bombing was Salah...

The Prophet Muhammad Had Nothing To Gain By Challenging The Existing Leaders
Many anti-Islamists charge the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be Upon Him), with being an egocentric tyrant among other things, insisting that his only goal was to deceive people and that he invented Islam himself and that he did not receive divine revelation as Jesus had.The biggest flaw with that argument is the obvious point that they would never mention. Muhammad already had protection and influence because of a wealthy Uncle.He risked the life of his fri...

The Fools they are
The Fools they are Abriham, Vancouver I had to post this when I saw the article “To Mr. Velk”. I have noticed that same thing. I regularly read the CBC website, and you’re right. The CBC website and even radio and television do a very poor job at reporting. Why is it that every time I switch on CBC, I see the same thing; Muslim terrorist this Muslim terrorist that. This type of reporting is causing all sorts of trouble in the Muslim communities. They never say Christian KKK...