June, 2008

• 30 June

  Mujahideen attack clandestine apartment of Russian FSB Kabardino-Balkaria

  Sources in the United Province of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachai (KBK), The Caucasus Emirate, reported that early morning of Jumada Al-Akhirah 19 1429 (June 23, 2008), a sabotage unit of the Caucasus Armed Forces (Mujahideen) attacked a clandestine apartment of Russian Federal Security Service (FSB, former KGB) in Elbrus District …

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• 30 June

  Russian invaders report deaths of 3 Caucasus fighters

  Sources of the Russian invaders claim that three Mujahideen from one of the units of Shali Sector of Eastern Front of The Caucasus Armed Forces died last weekend during a battle near the village of Mahkety.

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• 30 June

  Prosecutor’s Office confirms, ”There is no god but Allah”

  Russian media reported that Prosecutor’s Office of the Krasnoyarsk Province in Siberia has conducted an examination and did not discover any violations of the law of the Russian Federation in placing the verse from the Koran “There is no god but Allah” on the wall of the Krasnoyarsk mosque.

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• 30 June

  Russia charges gang with 20 racist murders

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian prosecutors said on Monday they had charged a gang led by two teenagers of murdering 20 people in a series of racist killings over eight months.

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• 30 June

  Five Iraqi judges escape Baghdad bombs

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Five Iraqi appeals court judges escaped assassination attempts on Monday when bombs exploded outside their homes in eastern Baghdad, an apparent attempt to intimidate the court, police and a judicial official said.

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• 30 June

  FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, June 30

  (Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 9:30 EDT on Monday: BAGHDAD – Five Iraqi appeals court judges escaped assassination attempts when bombs exploded outside their homes in eastern Baghdad, police and a judicial official said.

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• 30 June

  Gaza reporter says mistreated by Israel

  GAZA (Reuters) – A Palestinian journalist said from his hospital bed on Monday that he was abused and injured by Israeli security personnel on his way home to the Gaza Strip after receiving a journalism award in Britain.

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• 30 June

  Blast in Pakistan’s Khyber region kills seven

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – An explosion destroyed the home of a militant in Pakistan’s Khyber region on Monday, killing seven people, on the third day of a government offensive against Islamists threatening the city of Peshawar.

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• 30 June

  Turkey to ask Anwar to leave embassy -Malaysia

  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Turkey will ask Malaysia’s main opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to leave its embassy in Kuala Lumpur as soon as possible, Malaysia’s foreign minister said on Monday.

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• 30 June

  Blast but “no bomb” in Pakistani cities

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A loud blast alarmed residents and security officials in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and nearby city of Rawalpindi on Monday but police later said it appeared it had been a sonic boom.

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