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The militant was wearing an explosive belt, and tried to mingle with worshippers gathered at the church Image Credit: Photo courtesy of Egyptian interior ministry Egypt's police arrests six people over involvement in failed attack on Qalyubiya's Mostorod Church Cairo: Egyptian security forces have arrested seven alleged militants suspected of involvement in a foiled church bombing outside Cairo on Saturday, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Ministry in a statement revealed the identity of the suicide bomber, and is said to have arrested six others involved in the case, including two women. The attacker has been identified as 29-year-old Omar...

Roger L. Simon, last seen cavorting with Pajama clad babes on the floor of the BlogWorld convention like a latter day Hugh Hefner, sat down with Fred Thompson to discuss the Global War on Terror. Bob Owens, proprietor of the excellent Confederate Yankee blog, joined Roger in conducting the interview. I linked to this yesterday in my Republican race Q&A, but the interview itself merits a little post of its own. In no particular order, a few observations: 1) The long form interview allowed Fred to express his knowledge and thoughts on the war on terror. He was impressive. Believe...

Lebanon charges 227 Fatah al-Islam militants with terrorism... Most of them are Lebanese nationals but there are also two Syrians, one Tunisian, one Algerian, five Saudis and a number of Palestinians. ...