Rebels attack Baghdad police station, kill three cops

Rebels killed three policemen in a dawn strike on their station in Baghdad’s Sunni Aadhamiya district. Guerrillas stormed a the police ...

Rebels killed three policemen in a dawn strike on their station in Baghdad’s Sunni Aadhamiya district. Guerrillas stormed a the police station and ambushed an American patrol, killing a soldier and wounding nine in daylight attacks on Saturday. Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi’s group claimed the attack on what it called ‘‘the Army of idolatrous America and its apostate subordinates’’. A Polish woman, freed by kidnappers on Friday and flown to Warsaw, said she was treated well, raising hopes for other foreign hostages

Six NATO allies refuse to send military instructors to Iraq
WASHINGTON: At least six NATO allies, including France ,Germany and Spain, are refusing to send military instructors to help America train Iraqis, a State Department official said on Friday.

Armitage suggests Chirac wants US to fail in Iraq
WASHINGTON: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage suggested on Friday that French President Jacques Chirac wanted the US to fail in Iraq.‘‘I think he’s fearful that we’ll be successful,’’ he told Al Jazeera.

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US says Al Qaeda, Iraq rebel trying to communicate
WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and the network’s ally in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, are trying to communicate even as they continue to elude US Forces, US Air Force Lt Gen Lance Smith said.

Anti-US resistance in Iraq a religious duty, says cleric
DUBAI: An influential Muslim cleric said on Saturday that fighting Occupation forces was a religious duty. Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born Sunni cleric, told Al Jazeera that the occupation was an “immoral assault” on the Iraqi people. —Agencies

SC on Waqf Act: Stay on clause that creator has to be practising Islam for 5 yrs

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, provision requiring registration of Waqf by user, but paused the clause that states a person must be a practitioner of Islam for five years to create a Waqf until state governments frame relevant rules.

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