Above: Abu Hamza al-Muhajir An al-Qaeda member was arrested in northern Iraq – and the arrested man says he is the head of the organization for the entire country. Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf told Iraqi television network al-Iraqiya that the detained man claimed that he was Abu Hamza al-Muhajir. His captors are still investigating on his true identity as these matters need factual proof. The picture above is a file photo of al-Muhajir. Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is a Sunni militia leader. According to reports, ... Read More

On Monday, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri (shown in picture above [right] with bin Laden [left]), who is considered as Osama bin Laden’s second in command, urged Muslims to attack Jewish and American targets worldwide in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. The message was brought through a recorded tape, much like the two earlier tapes of Osama bin Laden who is calling for a holy war on behalf of the Palestinians. In those tapes he also warned of a ... Read More

Above: IDF enter the library A gunman killed 8 students in a prominent Jewish seminary right in the heart of Jerusalem on Thursday. He wounded nine others; with three of them left in critical condition. One of the wounded are pictured below. In a sad twist of fate, the students were currently praying at the time of the attack. After killing two at the entrance of the Mercaz Harav yeshiva, the gunman proceeded into the library and fired at the religious students with his Kalashnikov ... Read More

Above: Gloria Palanco This Wednesday, four politician hostages were freed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after seven years of captivity. Their release was coordinated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The release was made to clean up the rebel group’s name; as they are considered as a terrorist group by different nations of the international community -- one of which is the European Union. One of the freed captives, former congresswoman Gloria Polanco (pictured above) had this to say, "You've given me the ... Read More

Above: Turks Soldier Chasing Kurds The Turkish General Staff reports that Kurdish Kurdistan Workers Party guerrillas killed in recent battles is now up to 79 after just two days since taking the fighting to the mountains. Their troops (pictured above patrolling the snowy mountains) killed 35 rebels in Northern Iraq Saturday. The offensive was backed up by warplanes, artillery and combat helicopters. They also report losing 7 of their troops in battle. This war between Turkish troops and the Kurdistan Workers Party, who ... Read More

Above: Imad Mughniyeh According to Hezbollah station Al-Manar, Imad Mughniyeh -- a reputed role model for Osama bin Laden -- died in an explosion in a residential section of the Syrian capital Damascus. Mughniyeh -- who had been eluding capture for decades -- is considered as the main suspect in some of the deadliest terrorist attacks of the last 25 years. U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack called him "a cold-blooded killer, a mass murderer and a terrorist who was responsible for [the death ... Read More

Bin Laden's  No. 2  Ayman al-Zawahri, has requested that journalists send him questions, he terms this as an "interview", this is the first time since September 11th 2001  that he has been in communication with the media in anyway. Al-Sahab, the groups media arm believe that this is a way to increase the groups message around the world. The closing date to post questions is on Januay 16th where Al-Zawahri has stated that he will try to answer as many questions as possible, as we all know he has a ... Read More

Above: Kandil mountains, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, Iran, Turkey Turkey bombed several villages in Northern Iraq yesterday the 16th: Zap, Hakurk and Avasin as well as areas in the Kandil/Qandil (Depends on who you talk to) mountainous region were hit. Apparently striking at the PKK (The Kurdistan workers party). There is an old Kurdish saying, " The Kurds have no friends but the mountains. " The strike lasted 3 hrs and began at 2300 GMT, 0200 local time. Iraq says Ten villages hit and ... Read More

When looking at the impact wartime has on a nation and the world, there are both the economic and human costs. Governments often fail to consider the human costs until in the aftermath of war. In World War I, 1914-1918, the direct costs of the war were in the neighborhood of $150 million.   The human cost was 37 million individuals for those involved directly in the conflict and an additional 10 million in civilian populations. While many thought this devastation ... Read More