Global War on Terror

Soldier killed, four wounded as charge explodes near Gaza patrol, A Golani brigage soldier was killed after an explosive charge was detonated during an army patrol near the Karni crossing early Tuesday. A soldier and his sniffer dog were searching a chicken coop when a booby-trap exploded, fatally wounding both. Four other soldiers were wounded, two moderately, as they tried to recover their fallen comrade. Hamas took credit for the attack. Two Palestinian militants were killed in the firefight
07-Dec-04, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times (Hong Kong), Tribal timebomb, Exclusive information gathered by Asia Times Online suggests that the latest incident of violence in the port city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is the manifestation of extreme discontent within the Saudi socio-political system, which will be further reflected in the shape of more violence in the coming days. This situation is compounded by anger at US-imposed solutions on the House of Saud to clamp down on Islamists.