Top general warns of Islamic influence
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ISTANBUL -- A top Turkish general said yesterday that increasingly powerful Islamist forces are threatening the country's secular system, and that the army would play its role in defending the country against them. General Ilker Basbug's comments appeared to be aimed at the Islamic-rooted government and the European Union officials who have called on the military to limit its role ...
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has warned that &quot;terrorists&quot; are flooding into his country from across the Muslim world.
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The US general who predicted Osama bin Laden would be captured or killed this year struck a decidedly cautionary note yesterday, saying he doesn&#39;t know when or if the mastermind of the Sept.
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A top Shiite cleric called on Muslims Friday to keep religion out of politics and not use mosques and religious events for the interest of political groups, sects or personalities.
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President Pervez Musharraf has said he will remain chief of the army staff beyond the date he promised. The move is almost certain to infuriate his Islamic and secular opponents.
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Turkey's top general on Monday accused the Islamic-rooted ruling party of nurturing fundamentalism, in harsh comments that may indicate a renewed resolve by the military to force its way into the center of the country's political life.
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Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview published here that he might renege on his pledge to step down as military chief because &quot;the vast majority&quot; of the Pakistani people &quot;want me in uniform.&quot;
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A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be brought under tight government control with a more balanced sectarian makeup.
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Indonesian police chief General Da'i  Bachtiar was reporting to a parliamentary commission in Jakarta  on Thursday on the threat posed by wanted Jemaah Islamiah  bomber Azahari Husin. Even as he spoke, the room shook.
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A senior Islamic leader warned foreign relief workers Friday of a serious backlash from Muslims if they bring Christian proselytizing to tsunami-struck Sumatra along with humanitarian help.
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Military chiefs warn No 10 that defeat could lead to change of regime in Pakistan.
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A top Russian general yesterday warned the military will strike &quot;terrorist bases in any region of the world,&quot; while authorities offered a reward equivalent to $13.
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A leading Shiite Muslim cleric Friday criticized the heavy use of force by the US military against insurgents in a northern Iraqi city, saying
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A senior American commander overseeing efforts to capture Taliban and al-Qaida remnants in Afghanistan said Monday his mission could be harmed by any instability in neighboring Iran.
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British anti-terrorism laws discriminate against Muslims and law enforcement agencies are running a &quot;real risk of criminalising&quot; ethnic minority communities, a top police officer will say on Monday, according to The Guardian newspaper.
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MOGADISHU -- Leaders of the Islamic militia controlling much of Somalia ordered the handover of all unauthorized weapons yesterday but did not say how it would enforce the directive in a heavily armed country amid fears of a regional war. The directive, issued by senior Islamic leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and announced on local radio stations, applies to all ...