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For The Record - The IPT Blog "Arab Journalists Come Out in Support of Israeli Flotilla Actions" by IPT News • Jun 29, 2010 at 6:01 pm SNIPPET: "Journalists in the Arab world have come out in support of Israel in the aftermath of last month's flotilla incident, which left 9 dead after Hamas-tied "humanitarian activists" attacked Israeli commandos with clubs, knives, and other weapons. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) released excerpts from an interview with Magdi Khalil, an Egyptian-American writer, aired on June 15 on Al-Jazeera TV. Khalil explains: "The Turkish ship, however, was organized by a...

WMD hunters ambushed in Baghdad By P. Mitchell Prothero Published 4/26/2004 1:32 PM BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 26 (UPI) -- An explosion that killed al least three U.S. personnel in Baghdad was an ambush of a top-secret unit detailed to search for weapons of mass destruction, United Press International has confirmed. The military initially claimed that a detail of U.S. Army soldiers were about to raid a suspected bomb making factory when two were killed after an explosion. Several Iraqis in the area at the time told UPI that the building exploded when the soldiers tried to enter the house. Although...

Guerrillas Kill Two U.S. Troops, Blasts Hit Baghdad Fri December 26, 2003 03:25 AM ET By Joseph Logan BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas killed two U.S. soldiers in a mortar attack north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday, as rockets shook the Iraqi capital in the biggest insurgent attacks since the capture of Saddam Hussein.Insurgents also wounded two Polish soldiers in an ambush in southern Iraq, the latest in a string of attacks on the forces of countries which have answered Washington's call for troops to help it secure the country it invaded to topple Saddam.The U.S. casualties brought to...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An explosion and fire shook the Turkish embassy in The Hague (news - web sites) on Tuesday, but there were not believed to be any injuries, an Embassy spokeswoman said. "That's right there was an explosion," said Mieke Swaving, the Turkish Ambassador's secretary. "I don't think there are any injuries." The cause of the explosion was unknown. Dutch television reported that a person was seen jumping from a window of the embassy building onto a car. Buildings adjacent to the embassy were evacuated and surrounding streets were cordoned off. Explosives and anti-terrorism teams were on the...

Baghdad, Iraq - Investigators suspect that last week's bombing of the Turkish embassy here was carried out by the PKK, a Kurdish group that has fought a long guerrilla war against Turkey, according to a senior Iraqi official. U.S. and Iraqi officials had thought initially that Tuesday's suicide bombing was the work of Saddam Hussein supporters or fighters linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network who have slipped into Iraq in recent months. But investigators have developed evidence of the PKK's (or Kurdish Workers Party) involvement in the bombing, which injured 10 people, said a senior official at the Iraqi...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A strong explosion rocked the area near the Turkish Embassy on Tuesday, but police sealed off the area and it could not be determined if the chancellery had been damaged.</p> <p>The private Turkish television station CNN-Turk reported that two people were injured in the blast and that windows were shattered. Turkish NTV television said the two were embassy employees.</p>

Suicide bombing outside Turkish mission in Baghdad - report ANKARA (AFX) - A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, wounding two employees of the Turkish mission, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported. No further details were immediately available

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded Tuesday at the gates of the Turkish embassy, killing two people including the driver and injuring two or three others, witnesses and U.S. soldiers said. Turkish NTV television said two embassy employees were hurt. Witnesses said the car tried to ram through the gates of the embassy at mid-afternoon and suddenly exploded. U.S. troops and Iraqi police sealed off the area and would not permit journalists and others to approach the building. The blast occurred two days after a powerful car bomb exploded at the Baghdad Hotel, home to U.S. officials and members...