The highest proportion of refugees in Germany currently comes from Iraq, and another 2,500 are due to arrive soon by way of Jordan and Syria, according to a UN organization that resettles displaced Iraqis. Germany has agreed to resettle 2,500 Iraqi refugees, said the Amman office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on…
Italy’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that Italian prosecutors had violated state secrecy in their case against American and Italian intelligence operatives. The decision by the Italian Constitutional Court was a significant blow to a case in which the CIA, the American Air Force colonel, and several Italian intelligence officials are charged with the seizure…
Anti-war protests have accompanied a parade honoring homecoming British soldiers from Iraq. The mainly Muslim protesters held cards saying “Anglian Soldiers: Butchers of Basra” and “Anglian Soldiers: cowards, killers, extremists”, among others. Two individuals got arrested; one lost his airside pass for Luton Airport where he worked as a baggage handler. His father, however, does…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) marked the 5th anniversary of the Madrid train bombings. In a statement released b the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group, CAIR stated: “On the 5th anniversary of the tragic 3/11 Madrid attacks, we once again condemn and repudiate all those who seek to justify the killing…
The families of the victims of the Madrid train bombings commemorated the fifth anniversary of Europe’s worst Islamic terror attack, which killed 191 people and injured 1,800. Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero laid flowers at trees in the Forest of Remembrance – a hill specially landscaped with trees for each of the victims. Relatives and…
