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May 27, 2009

30 People Killed, 250 Injured in a Lahore Suicide Bombing Attack Against Pakistani Intelligence Agency  

3 US Soldiers, 17 Afghanis Killed According to Western Media, More Casualties Among NATO Forces According to Taliban Media  

17 Iraqis, 3 US Contractors, 3 Iranian Pilgrims Killed, Scores Injured, Scores Arrested, May 27, 2009  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine: 

Israeli Occupation Forces Announce More Palestinian Home Demolitions in Jerusalem, Kill a Fighter in Rafah Tunnels, Kidnap 15 in West Bank, 2 Fishermen in Gaza  

66 US-Canadian Code Pink Delegation Enters Gaza Strip with Humanitarian Aid  

Italian Senator Fernando Rossi Denounces Israeli Siege of Gaza and World Silence, Hope Aid Convoy Activists Tour Gaza Strip  

UK foreign secretary, David Milband, acknowledges historic British 'failure' to resolve the political crisis in Palestine and Israel  

Abbas to press Obama for a total freeze of Israeli illegal settlements, and Israeli acceptance of the two-states solution  

Critically-injured American peace activist, Tristan Anderson, moved into Rehab

May 25, 2009

Western Sources: 7 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, Taliban Sources: Many Casualties in NATO Forces  

2.4 Million Pakistani Refugees Flee Swat Fighting, US Appeals to China to Help Stabilize Pakistan  

Iranian presidential candidate, Mehdi Karroubi, expects US change in practice, Ahmadinejad Renews Call for Open Debate with Obama  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine: 

Palestinian Authority Rejects Illegal Settlement Agreements Between Bush Administration and Israeli Occupation Government  

Israeli military exercise envisions total regional war, revealing permanent-war mentality of Zionist aggressors  

Egypt Prevents Hope Convoy European Activists from Entering Gaza, 200 US Activists to Camp on Rafah Crossing in Protest  

Extremist Israeli Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque Courtyards with Provocative flags, Pictures, Religious Sings, Songs and Remarks  

An escalating campaign of Judaization of Jerusalem: 60,000 Palestinians in Danger of Losing their Homes  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Desecrate Palestinian Muslim Rahma Cemetery in Jerusalem  

May 24, 2009

2 NATO soldiers, 60 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, May 24, 2009  

US Soldier, 12 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in War Attacks, Several Attacks on US Forces, May 23-24, 2009  

Pakistani Forces Continue to Battle Taliban Fighters in Swat's Main Town of Mingora  

Suicide car bomber kills 7 in Somalia, residents flee fighting areas  

Crude Oil Prices Rise to $61.5 Per Barrel, But Unlikely to Spike Again  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:

2 Palestinians Killed, 4 Missing in a Collapsed Sand Tunnel, 3 Rescued After Israeli Air Strike  

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Injure 3 Palestinians in a Refugee Camp, a Fourth at a Checkpoint  

Qaradawi: Muslims' support for Palestine is a duty  

Assad: The peace process only positive side is its exposure of Israel's reality as the obstacle of peace  

Haniya's gov't urges Muslim FMs to declare Jerusalem capital of Palestine  

Ihsanoglu: We strongly reject all Israel's attempts to Judaize Occupied Jerusalem  

Lavrov: Hamas represents the majority of the Palestinian people  

Gaza court sentences three to death for murdering two journalists  

May 23, 2009

Netanyahu Declares his Third Defiance to the US and the World, This Time Over Jerusalem  

Independent UN Probe Committee slams Israel for lack of cooperation  

60 Afghanis Killed by NATO Forces in Helmand, May 23, 2009  

Pakistani Troops Battle Taliban in Main Swat Town of Mingora, 17 Fighters Killed  

Earthquake of 5.9 magnitude shakes Mexico City  

Extremist Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in Jerusalem and Hebron  

GM gets $4 billion additional aid from U.S. government  

EU-Russia summit falls short of increased trust  

The Israeli-Egyptian Siege of Gaza Continues, More People Killed in Collapsing Tunnels  

May 21, 2009 

US Soldier, 34 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, May 21, 2009  

Four killed in Pakistan suicide attack on army, May 21, 2009  

Obama tries to convince Americans of his Guantanamo policy  

Remarks of President Barack Obama on US National Security, May 21, 2009  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:

3 US Soldiers Killed, 9 Injured, 23 Iraqis Killed, 63 Injured in War Attacks, 60 Arrested, May 21, 2009  

26 Palestinians Kidnapped, Security Officer Injured by Israeli Occupation Forces  

UN Gaza inquiry will continue even without Israeli cooperation 

I
srael evacuates youth from seven-hut outpost as gesture to Obama

May 20, 2009 

35 Iraqis Killed, 72 Injured in a Baghdad Explosion, US Soldier Killed in Ramadi, May 20, 2009  

8 Afghanis Civilians Killed in NATO Air Strike, 2 NATO Personnel Killed by Roadside Bomb, May 20, 2009  

80 Pakistanis Killed in Taliban-Army Civil War, Refugees Reach 1.9 Million People, May 20, 2009  

Six Palestinians wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza  

Iran Successfully Test-Fires 2,000-Kilometer-Range Sejjil-2 Missile  

May 19, 2009

135 Somalis Killed, 413 Injured, 34,000 Refugees fleeing Fighting in Mogadishu  

27 Taliban Fighters Killed in North West Pakistan Civil War  

Japan closes over 4000 schools, swine flu cases mount  

U.S. astronauts install batteries for Hubble 

Israeli Terrorist Occupation:


Obama Insists on Two-State Solution, Netenyahu Rejects it  

Israeli Netanyahu Government Wipes Palestine of the Map, Regards Jordan as the Palestinian State  

Israeli occupation Netanyahu government approves new illegal settlements, illegal settlers attack Palestinian farmers  

Israeli occupation soldiers shoot two Palestinians, kidnap nine others  

May 16, 2009

25 Pakistanis Killed in US Air Strike, 47 Killed By Pakistani Army, 11 Killed in a Peshawar Bombing  


Scores of Afghani Soldiers, Taliban Fighters, NATO Soldiers Killed in War Attacks, May 15-16, 2009  

US Soldier Killed, 4 Injured, 13 Iraqis Killed, 17 Injured, May 15-16, 2009
 

Israeli Occupation Forces Injure 9 Peace Activists in Bil'in, Imprison 15-Year-Old Boy, Kidnap 2,500 Palestinians in 2008 

More Palestinian Lands Confiscated to Build an Illegal Israeli Settlement in Silwan, East Jerusalem 

Palestinians Mark the Nakba, Catastrophe of Establishing Israel Through the Destruction of Palestine 

Avigdor Lieberman Threatens to Prevent Palestinians from Remembering the Catastrophe of Establishing Israel and the Destruction of Palestine

May 14, 2009

54 Taliban Soldiers, 9 Pakistani Soldiers Killed, Near Swat Valley Town of Mingora, 800,000 People Become Refugees  

46 People Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, May 13-14, 2009  

4 Iraqis Killed, 5 Injured, 34 Arrested, May 14, 2009  

Obama drops off plan to release more abuse photos  

Tens of thousands throng papal mass in Nazareth  

Pope Benedict XVI in Bethlehem Calls for Peace, Promotes Two-State Solution, Voices Criticism of Israeli Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall  

Commemorating the Nakba, Beit Hanoun residents demand right of return  

More Israeli Confiscation of Palestinian Land Under Absentee Property Law, East Jerusalemites Demand UNRWA Services

May 13, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI in Bethlehem, Calls for Peace, Promotes the Two-State Solution
 

Thousands in Manger Square chant "Viva al Baba, Viva Gaza" as Pope continues Bethlehem visit  

Israeli Zionist Terrorism:

Israeli Occupation Forces Abduct Mother of Freedom Fighter Muhammed Yassin to Pressure him to Surrender  

Israeli occupation government issues more orders to demolish Palestinian apartments in East Jerusalem during Pope's Visit  

Because of Israeli siege, fragments of Gaza border wall used to patch up water treatment plant  

Ministers of Netanyahu's government participate in illegal takeover of evacuated settlement  

May 12, 2009

Bloody Day in Afghanistan, Scores of Suicide Bombing Attacks, Scores of People Killed, May 12, 2009  

9 Pakistanis Killed by US Drone, 13 Killed by Pakistani Army, Half a Million Refugees in a Humanitarian Tragedy  

US Soldier, 8 Iraqi Policemen, One Soldier Killed, 10 Injured in Attacks, Al-Baghdadi Airs Message Denying Arrest, May 12, 2009  

UN Security Council Calls for Palestinian State, While the US and  Israel Boycotted the Meeting!  

Pope Benedict XVI Visits Al-Aqsa Mosque, Meets with Mufti Muhammed Hussain, Palestinians in Bethlehem Ready  to Meet with Him  

US - Iranian reporter, Roxana Saberi, has no plan to move out of Iran  

May 11, 2009

5 US Soldiers Killed by a Fellow Soldier in Baghdad Base, a 6th Killed by a Roadside Bomb, 5 Iraqis Killed, 39 Arrested, May 11, 2009  

10 Pakistanis Killed in Suicide Bombing in Peshawar, 52 Killed by Army in Swat, May 11, 2009  

Pentagon Replaces Top US Commander in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, for a Reconciliatory Approach  

Netanyahu's Meetings with Mubarak & Obama: Whitewash for Israeli Gaza Crimes or for Peace?  

Pope arrives in Israel, meanwhile police close down a Palestinian Press center in Jerusalem  

UN Security Council to debate Middle East peace process  

Muslim American News Briefs, May 11, 2009  

Please Support the Canadian Arab Federation, A Letter By Khaled Mou'amer  

May 10, 2009

10 Pakistanis Killed by US Drone, 200 Killed by Pakistani Army  

44 Afghani Soldiers, 20 Taliban Fighters Killed in Afghanistan, May 10, 2009                     
3 US Soldiers, 5 Iraqis Killed, May 10, 2009 

Clashes kill at least 65 in Somalia in 3 days  

Erdogan calls for opening Gaza crossings, Rossi calls Israeli siege of Gaza the most hideous crime in human history  

May 9, 2009

4 British Soldiers, 17 Government Soldiers, 22 Taliban Fighters Killed in Afghan War Attacks, May 9, 2009  

55 Pakistanis Massacred by Army gunships, planes strikes in Swat, May 9, 2009  

Jacob Zuma sworn in as South African president  

UN experts to visit Gaza to probe Israeli war crimes  

After Rejecting Two-State Solution, Netanyahu Rejects Withdrawal from the Golan Heights

Citizens and Government of Gaza Build Homes Out of Clay, for Lack of Cement, Due to the Israeli-Egyptian Siege  

Israeli occupation government escalates illegal settlement construction in the occupied West Bank  

May 8, 2009

143 Pakistanis Massacred by Army in Swat and Buner, Half a Million Refugees  

3 Taliban Attacks on NATO Forces Result in Casualties, Assault on German Forces for the First Time  

Iran candidates sign up for presidential race  

Obama to address Muslim world in Egypt on June 4  

Israeli Terrorism:


Israeli Terrorist Soldiers and Settlers Attack Peace Activists in Hebron and Bil'in, Fire at Fishermen Boats in Gaza  

Finally, Somebody Says the Emperor is Naked: US Assistant Secretary of State, Rose Gottemoeller, Admits Israel Has Nuclear Weapons  

Arab Foreign Ministers Decide to File Lawsuit with ICJ Against the Israeli occupation Government for its Measures to Judaize Jerusalem  

Mesha'al says Palestinian constants should not be compromised  

May 7, 2009

64 Pakistanis Killed by Army Ahead of U.S. Talks, Target Killing !!!  

8 Taliban Fighters, 150 Afghanis Killed by US-Led Forces, 5 US Soldiers, 25 Afghani Soldiers Killed by Taliban Fighters, May 6-7, 2009  

Suicide blast sets U.S. vehicle ablaze in Falluja, 2 Iraqis Executed by Death Squads, 27 arrested, May 7, 2009  

2 Palestinians Killed, 7 Injured, 16 Civilians Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces, May 7, 2009  

NATO Begins Exercises in Georgia, War Games Strain NATO-Russian Relations  

US-EU encourage violations of international law, by covering cost of the occupation, without demanding Israeli accountability  

UN committee charges Israel with maintaining secret jail  

Ahmed Bahar: British government decision against MP, Younus Al-Astal, hostile to Palestinian people  

May 6, 2009

100 Afghanis, Including Women and Children, Massacred by US-Led NATO Strikes  

11 Iraqis Killed, 39 Injured in 2 Baghdad Explosions  

Israeli Fascist Foreign Minister, Avigror Lieberman, Says Peace Process a Waster of Money  

May 5, 2009

Netanyahu's Speech About Peace Deceptive, Time to Say No to Israeli Fascism  

Spanish Court Continues Investigation of Israeli Leaders as War Criminals, Over 2002 Bombing of Gaza  

Israeli plan for Jerusalem centers on destruction of Palestinian life in capital  

May 4, 2009

44 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, May 4, 2009
 
Evangelical Proselytizing Continues in Afghanistan Under Obama Administration
 

3 Pakistani Soldiers, 7 Taliban Fighters Killed in deadly clashes in NW Pakistan as peace deal unravels 

Dragging the US to a New War, in Pakistan This Time, Why? 

Majority of Israeli Jews support attack on Iran to destroy nuclear facilities  

Israeli terrorist forces kidnap Gaza boy after shooting him, burn wheat fields in Gaza, kidnap a civilian in Beit Sahour

Abbas No negotiations with Netanyahu government without acceptance of the two-state goal

Anti siege committee asks Palestinians in Europe to intensify media efforts 

Bardawil Success of dialog waiting for American green light to Abbas 

Israeli Interior Minister confirms support to illegal settlement outposts in Silwan

Israeli Occupation Government Pursues Policy of Eliminate Jerusalem Landmarks, Turning the Old City Into a Closed Jewish Ghetto 

May 3, 2009

Obama Capitulates Before AIPAC, Dropping Spying Charges Against Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman  

23 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, Including 19 Taliban Fighters and 4 Civilians, May 3, 2009  

16 Taliban Fighters Killed by Pakistani Army, 3 Officials Killed by Taliban on Spying Charges, May 3, 2009  

Is the "War on Terror" Expanding to Bangladesh, After Pakistan?  

2 US Soldiers Killed, 3 Injured by an Iraqi Soldier in Mosul, 43 Iraqis Arrested  

Israeli Terrorist Forces Kill 2 Palestinians, Kidnap 2, Attempt to Penetrate Gaza Strip, Conduct Air Strike Drill on Gibraltar to Intimidate Iran  
Israelis Expand Illegal Settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, Illegal Settlers Attack Safa Village, Release Boars Against Palestinian Farmers' Property  

Haniya Addresses 7th Convention of Palestinians in Milano, Italy, Asking  Europe to Lift Hamas from Terrorism List  

May 2, 2009

Billboards criticizing US aid to Israel taken down under pressure in New Mexico

Florida Republican House Leader, Adam Hasner, Leaves House Floor Before Muslim Prayer  

IRmep files legal challenge to AIPAC-sponsored US-Israel Free Trade Area  

Muslim American News Briefs, May 2, 2009

May 1, 2009

May 1 Every Year: Workers Around the World Celebrate Memory of American Workers  

3 Americans, 2 NATO Soldiers, 15 Taliban Fighters Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, May 1, 2009  

60 Taliban Fighters Killed by the Pakistani Army, as Afghanistan War Extends to Pakistan  

3 US Soldiers, 9 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, May 1, 2009  

Iran, Venezuela Ink Memorandum of Understanding on Defense Ties  

Russian envoy vows firm response to NATO expulsion of diplomats  

UN demands Israel to freeze pending demolishing orders of East Jerusalem homes  

UN Peace Coordinator visits Gaza 100 days after Israeli terrorist war, calls situation alarming  
Israeli occupation government stepping up settlements, especially in Jerusalem

 


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