Lots of news

This has been a very busy day for the War on Terror. There are so many articles on Al Jazeera alone that rather than post any in their entirety, I'm going to link to them.

Explosion hits Iraq's parliament

A suicide bomber has struck Iraq's parliament building in the heavily fortified Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraqi security said, killing at least two people and wounding at least 13 others.

Thursday's blast took place in a cafeteria while several ministers were eating lunch, said Mohammed Abu Bakr, who heads the media department at the parliament. More...


Iraqi group 'splits' from al-Qaeda

One of Iraq's main armed groups has confirmed a split with al-Qaeda, according to a spokesman for the dissenting organisation.

Ibrahim al-Shammari told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the Islamic Army in Iraq had decided to disunite from al-Qaeda in Iraq after its members were threatened. More...


US 'al-Qaeda member' charged

A US citizen has been charged with joining al-Qaeda and conspiring to bomb tourist resorts in Europe and US government and military facilities based there, according to a federal indictment.
The indictment, issued Wednesday by a federal grand jury, said Christopher Paul, 43, of Columbus, Ohio, trained with al-Qaeda in the early 1990s. More...


Pakistan tribesmen 'rout al-Qaeda'

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, has said that Pakistani tribesmen have killed 300 al-Qaeda-linked fighters in recent weeks in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border.

"The people in South Waziristan have risen against the foreigners ... [and] they will get support from the Pakistan army if they ask for support," he said. More...