September, 2006

• 9 September

  Nine US Occupation Troops Killed, Wounded in Afghanistan

  Nine US occupation troops have been killed in Afghanistan. A US tank came under Taliban attack last night, September 6, near the town of Dahrawut in Uruzgan province, as a result of which six American occupiers were killed and three others were wounded.

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• 9 September

  Mujahiden Destroy 2 US Armored vehicles in Iraq

  Mujahiden Destroy 2 US Armored vehicles in Iraq, Terminating All Troops Onboard  Iraqi Mujahideen fighters ambushed two US armored vehicles in Tall ‘Afar, west of al-Mawsil in northern Iraq early on Thursday morning, September 7, 2006. 

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• 9 September

  US-Iranian Clash On Iraqi Border

  US and Iraqi puppet troops clashed with Iranian army forces in the border area near the town of al-Mandali in Diyala Province on Thursday, September 7, 2006. 

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• 9 September

  Israel ends Lebanon air embargo

  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon put on a boisterous show Thursday — with a low-flying passenger jet circling the capital — to celebrate the end of Israel’s air blockade.

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• 9 September

  Iraq takes military command

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — The United States formally handed over control of Iraq’s new military to Prime Minister Nuri Maliki’s government on Thursday just as rebels unleashed a fresh wave of deadly bomb attacks on Iraqi security forces.

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• 9 September

  6 powers agree Iran did not meet UN demands

  BERLIN (Reuters) — Iran has failed to meet a UN Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to US calls for sanctions.

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• 9 September

  Sudanese mourn death of editor, fear for future

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) — A sea of white-clothed mourners laid Sudanese editor Mohammad Taha to rest on Thursday after he was kidnapped and killed by unknown armed men, raising fears of a new brand of extreme violence in Sudan.

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• 9 September

  Old divide dogs Lebanese search for consensus

  BEIRUT — Abu Abbas, a car dealer from south Lebanon, has ready answers to the litmus-test question which has traditionally split his country down the middle — whether it should opt out of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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• 9 September

  Katsav grilled again on sex claims

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli President Moshe Katsav was being grilled by police Thursday for a fourth time over mounting allegations of sexual harassment in a spiralling scandal that threatens to end his career.

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• 9 September

  Convoy duty in Iraq — riding with the Four Horsemen

  CAMP ADDER, Iraq — The US soldiers call themselves the Four Horsemen as they barrel down roads with nicknames like “The Widowmaker,” staying alert through the night on a mix of caffeine and adrenaline, hoping to find roadside bombs before the bombs find them.

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