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CLEARWATER - In a quiet and unpretentious gathering, representatives of some of the richest and most powerful nations in the world broke bread together Wednesday in a show of unity. Egypt, Kuwait, France, Singapore, Jordan and Pakistan were there. All part of a 68-member group of countries united against terrorism and based in Coalition Village at MacDill Air Force Base. The group is working together on two military operations to rebuild Iraq and to curb terrorism. And though military brass from those countries don't all practice the same religion, they decided to come together in a show of support at...

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan of Armenia telephoned Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul late on Saturday, and condemned recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul which claimed 53 lives in the aggregate. During the telephone conversation, Oskanyan said that they were ready to extend support to Turkey in fight against terrorism. Suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden pickup trucks in front of two synagogues, a bank and the British Consulate General in Istanbul on November 15 and 20, killing 53 people and wounding hundreds of others.

The following is an interview with Jamal Hussein, political commentator of the Milliyet newspaper, in Istanbul. This past week's bombings were directed against Jewish and British sites, but do you believe that Turkey was also a target? JH: Yes, for the radical Islamic movement – and I'm putting this in slightly simplistic terms – Turkey is the No. 1 enemy. The radicals hate Ataturk (the father of the modern Turkish republic), hate the secular regime, and hate democracy. Turkey demonstrates that Islam and modernity can co-exist, so they believe it must be eliminated. Will these bombings force Turkey to reconsider...

<p>Maybe it's the brisk, fresh air, or the rain, but more likely it's the phantoms that hover always close in London, the ghost of Churchill bucking up his country's courage when all he had to offer was blood, sweat and tears; the apparitions of the happy few, that band of brothers, of "gentlemen in England now abed [who] shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhood's cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."</p>

Terrorists Will Not Drive Wedge Between U.S.-Turkey By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2003 – Terrorist attacks in Istanbul will not drive a wedge between the United States and Turkey, but will draw them closer together, said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz today. Attacks against Jewish temples in Istanbul on Nov. 15 and against the British Consulate and a British bank today, killed at least 45 people and wounded at least 700. Turkish officials said al Qaeda took credit for the Nov. 15 attacks. Wolfowitz and the Turkish Deputy Chief of Defense Gen. Ilker Basbug talked...

SINGAPORE: Singapore will not pull out its troops from Iraq despite a string of deadly attacks against foreign forces, Saturday's Straits Times newspaper quoted a top government official as saying. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said the 192 Navy and Air Force personnel were prepared for the dangerous mission in Iraq. He said a pullout of coalition forces in Iraq would only embolden terrorists and would pose a greater threat for Singapore and the region. U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday as Tokyo showed signs of going back on a promise...

<p>Italian officials said Wednesday an attack on Italian military police headquarters in Nasiriya that killed at least 18 Italians and eight Iraqis earlier in the day would not deter their country's commitment to helping form a new Iraqi government.</p> <p>Officials said 12 of the dead were Italian Carabinieri, or military police, four were other soldiers and two were Italian civilians filming a documentary on the Italian military in Iraq.</p>

US allies Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland vowed to keep their 6,000 troops in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition despite the deaths of 23 people in a deadly attack on Italian forces. "Our determination is the same as those Italians in uniform who are honouring the coalition engaged in supporting Iraq on its road to democracy," Italian Prime Minister Silvio said. "No intimidation will change our desire to help this country to rebuild and form a government, in security and freedom." Condolences poured in for the Italian people, with the White House thanking Rome for its help in...

Prime Minister John Howard has committed Australia to continue taking a frontline role in international military campaigns against terrorism and other challenges, in a major speech reflecting on the nation's military past. In a speech due to be delivered early this morning, Mr Howard said Australians were not a warlike people but accepted their responsibility to fight to defend democratic principles and the concept of personal freedom around the world. "If I might slightly refashion a well-known statement of John Kennedy's, Australians have never asked others to do for us what we have been unwilling to do for ourselves," he...

US President George W. Bush has assured Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah the United States stood with his country in the wake of a new deadly attack in Riyadh, a White House official said. "The President spoke to Crown Prince Abdullah this morning and he expressed his condolences to the people of Saudi Arabia and to the families of those killed in yesterday's attack," a White House official said. "The President also told the crown prince that the United Stated stands with Saudi Arabia in the war against terrorism." Seventeen people, including five children, were killed in a midnight suicide bombing...

Tony Blair acknowledged yesterday that allied forces had suffered "a particularly grim seven days" in Iraq as ministers reacted with dismay to the death at the weekend of 16 American soldiers whose helicopter was shot down west of Baghdad. Mr Blair's official spokesman made clear the Prime Minister was deeply shocked by the attack, but insisted that his resolve to bring stability to the country was "undiminished". The spokesman said: "The Prime Minister totally condemned the attack yesterday. His thoughts are with the relatives and friends of those who died. "This has been a particularly grim seven days in terms...

Common Commitment Unifies Multinational Division Troops By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2003 -- It's probably one of the most diverse military units ever established: a 10,000-man division made up of soldiers from 21 countries who speak 17 different languages and have different equipment, operating procedures and rules of engagement. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz poses with U.S. and coalition troops assigned to the Multinational Division South-Central in Hilla, Iraq, Oct. 24. Photo by Donna Miles (Click photo for screen-resolution image); high-resolution image available. Polish Maj. Gen. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, commander of the Multinational Division South-Central, told...

On September 11, 2001, I forced myself to stop hating the president. My complaints against George W. Bush were the usual ones. He lost the popular vote, he mangles the English language, he's incurious about the world, and he's just too conservative. Yet he's a bleeding heart liberal next to Saddam Hussein and the Taliban. He also stood between Osama bin Laden and the rest of us. We were suddenly at war, and Republicans weren't the enemy. Most of us felt the same way. For a short little while, America was united. The country felt like a family. Two years...

The legacy of 9/11 is anger; American anger with the world In the country where I have spent the past nine months trying to blend in, today is Patriot Day. By federal mandate there will be flag-waving and pride, commemoration and sorrow, in every city across the United States. Sounds a bit Soviet, doesn’t it? Not over there, in the country where it happened. Not for most people. For tens of millions of Americans 9/11 remains raw in ways we can only imagine, and Patriot Day sounds just about right. Two years after the throat-slitters’ apocalypse the rest of the...

Brandeis divided over impending war against Iraq By Benjamin Freed With President Bush's speech last night signaling imminent conflict with Iraq, opinions on the war have divided the Brandeis community. "I still feel like the president hasn't shown us any reason why we should go to war. He hasn't shown us any of these links, he just keeps saying it," said Steven Laferriere '04, a moderator of the Anti-War Coalition's mailing list. In recent months, the Coalition has been making announcements about its planned walkout should the United States attack Iraq. With the prospect of war increasing this week, Laferriere...

License Plate United We Stand Date Enacted July 1, 2002 Special Fee $25 annual use fee plus $2 processing fee (plus registration fees) Cumulative Plates issued 6,675 Cumulative Amount Generated (including renewals) $175,975 Distribution of Special Fee Fifty percent to Rewards for Justice to apprehend terrorists and bring them to justice. Fifty percent to Department of Transportation to enhance airport security.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush steps out onto the national stage this week with a goal of recapturing the unity and patriotism that served him so well in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks. But as he speaks in front of the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday evening and in remarks the next day to the United Nations, the president must persuade skeptical leaders abroad and a wary public at home to support his effort to expand the war on terrorism into Baghdad and maybe beyond. A year after Bush successfully redefined his presidency and bolstered his image by responding...

United We Stand With Israel * FOR FREEDOM FROM TERROR * FOR FREE SPEECH * FOR THE RIGHT TO DEFEND OUR BELIEFS * FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY * FOR DEMOCRACY * FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM * Saturday June 8, 2002 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Fresno's Woodward Park FEATURING: The Israel Consul, Nationally renowned authors and middle east experts, Dr. Bruce Thornton, Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, Col. John Somerville, media personality Bill Manders, International Televison personality George Otis and Religious and Civic Leaders, TBA. You can be a blessing to the United States and Israel by attending this Rally Why? Because...