<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - abu-musab</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/abu-musab</link><description>Newsvine - abu-musab</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:55:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:51 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Jordan upholds sentence for al-Qaida mentor</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jordan's state security court has upheld a five-year prison sentence for a militant known as the mentor of slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/03/9944327-jordan-upholds-sentence-for-al-qaida-mentor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/03/9944327-jordan-upholds-sentence-for-al-qaida-mentor</guid><category>al-qaida</category><category>qaida</category><category>jordan</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:54:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jordan convicts mentor of Iraq's al-Qaida chief</title>
<description><![CDATA[The mentor of slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was convicted Thursday of aiding the Afghan Taliban and sentenced to five years in prison in Jordan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7185729-jordan-convicts-mentor-of-iraqs-al-qaida-chief</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7185729-jordan-convicts-mentor-of-iraqs-al-qaida-chief</guid><category>al-qaida</category><category>qaida</category><category>jordan</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>afghan-taliban</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:33:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e339e80c-39f1-4526-9389-f3a0b7d7b2fb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e339e80c-39f1-4526-9389-f3a0b7d7b2fb.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A prison van carrying Sheik Abu-Mohammed al-Maqdisi, is escorted by police vehicles to a military court in Amman, Jordan, Thursday July 28, 2011.  The military court on Thursday convicted the Palestinian-born mentor Iraq's slain al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, on terrorism charges and sentenced him to five-years in prison. Isam Mohammed Taher al-Barqawi, better known as Sheik Abu-Mohammed al-Maqdisi, was found guilty of &quot;plotting terrorism&quot; and recruiting militants in Jordan to join the Taliban in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jordan puts on trial pro-Taliban militants</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Palestinian-born mentor of slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi pleaded innocent at the opening of his trial on terrorism charges in Jordan on Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/17/5869774-jordan-puts-on-trial-pro-taliban-militants</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/17/5869774-jordan-puts-on-trial-pro-taliban-militants</guid><category>taliban</category><category>jordan</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:16:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mentor of al-Qaida's al-Zarqawi detained in Jordan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Relatives of the mentor of slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi say the man was detained.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamal Halaby]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/18/5137464-mentor-of-al-qaidas-al-zarqawi-detained-in-jordan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/18/5137464-mentor-of-al-qaidas-al-zarqawi-detained-in-jordan</guid><category>jordan</category><category>militant</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:15:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi Said Shiites Most Dangerous</title>
<description><![CDATA[The slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi purportedly believed that Iraq's Shiite Muslims were more dangerous than U.S. forces and more evil than dictator Saddam Hussein, according to a posthumous interview published Friday on the Internet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Sinan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Omar Sinan]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/08/474908-al-zarqawi-said-shiites-most-dangerous</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/08/474908-al-zarqawi-said-shiites-most-dangerous</guid><category>iraq</category><category>shiite-muslims</category><category>zarqawi</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-zarqawi</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Dec 2006 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NY14812090119.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="492" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NY14812090119.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This is an undated file photo released in Amman, Jordan, Dec. 14, 2002, of Jordanian-born terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.  The late leader of al-Qaida in Iraq purportedly saw the country's Shiite Muslims as more dangerous than U.S. forces and more evil than dictator Saddam Hussein, according to a posthumous interview published on the Internet Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. The 33-page interview, carried out some time before a U.S. fighter bomber killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June, could not be authenticated but it was posted on a Web site known to be a clearing-house for al-Qaida material. (AP Photo/Petra)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Iraq Terrorist Calls Scientists to Jihad</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a new audio message Thursday, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq called for explosives experts and nuclear scientists to join his group's holy war against the West. "We are in dire need of you," said the man, who identified himself as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir &#8212; also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri &#8212; the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/28/378523-iraq-terrorist-calls-scientists-to-jihad</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/28/378523-iraq-terrorist-calls-scientists-to-jihad</guid><category>iraq</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>islamic-web</category><category>abu-hamza</category><category>audiotape</category><category>abu-ayyub</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:15:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/60b7a60e-495c-4d52-bb66-b2768092044f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="461" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/60b7a60e-495c-4d52-bb66-b2768092044f.jpg" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An Islamic Web site on Thursday posted an audio recording purportedly made by the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, shown here in this photo released by the U.S. military in June. Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, said that &quot;the blood has been spilled in Iraq&quot; of more than 4,000 foreign insurgents since the U.S. invasion in 2003. The voice also urged Muslims to make the holy month of Ramadan a &quot;month of holy war.&quot; (AP Photo/U.S. Military, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate: Saddam Saw al-Qaida As Threat</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein regarded al-Qaida as a threat rather than a possible ally, a Senate report says, contradicting assertions President Bush has used to build support for the war in Iraq.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/08/355351-senate-saddam-saw-al-qaida-as-threat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/08/355351-senate-saddam-saw-al-qaida-as-threat</guid><category>iraq</category><category>report</category><category>politics</category><category>saddam-hussein</category><category>abu-musab</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8cf9dad6-a09e-4f6a-8944-9b6fe9864fae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8cf9dad6-a09e-4f6a-8944-9b6fe9864fae.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush pauses for a photo with Sgt. Patrick McNally of Centereach, NY, after a speech on his renewed terrorism strategy before the Military Officers Association of America at the Capital Hilton Hotel near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006. Sgt. McNally and his National Guard unit were summoned to duty at the World Trade Center during the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. He also served in Iraq with the 69th Infantry. Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has just released a new report that says the enemy has adjusted to U.S. defenses and that &quot;America is safer but we are not yet safe.&quot;   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYOL77709081649.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYOL77709081649.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Saddam Hussein testifies during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYOL77609081712.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYOL77609081712.jpg" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iraq's former President Saddam Hussein addresses the court during the first day of the Anfal trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone Monday Aug. 21, 2006.  (AP Photo/Daniel Berehulak, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7a0cebee-9e89-489f-98dd-58c4a032b9a8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7a0cebee-9e89-489f-98dd-58c4a032b9a8.jpg" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iraq's former President Saddam Hussein addresses the court during the first day of the Anfal trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in this Aug. 21, 2006 file photo. A Senate report on prewar intelligence finds no evidence Saddam Hussein had ties with al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Daniel Berehulak, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1934795c-b177-4cb8-adb0-3467f78e8988.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1934795c-b177-4cb8-adb0-3467f78e8988.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. discuss a newly released committee report Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb092c1a-6c75-485f-8af1-b96ce6b4db2b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb092c1a-6c75-485f-8af1-b96ce6b4db2b.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chairman Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., discuss a newly released committee report Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate: Saddam Saw al-Qaida as Threat</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saddam Hussein regarded al-Qaida as a threat rather than a possible ally, a Senate report says, contradicting assertions President Bush has used to build support for the war in Iraq.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/08/355342-senate-saddam-saw-al-qaida-as-threat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/08/355342-senate-saddam-saw-al-qaida-as-threat</guid><category>iraq</category><category>report</category><category>politics</category><category>saddam-hussein</category><category>abu-musab</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d537956f-6fb8-4e29-902e-9bd6f23375a1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="465" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d537956f-6fb8-4e29-902e-9bd6f23375a1.jpg" width="120" height="140" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush delivers remarks at a 'Max Burns for Congress' event at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Center in Pooler, Ga. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYOL77709081649.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYOL77709081649.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Saddam Hussein testifies during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>No. 2 al-Qaida Leader in Iraq Arrested</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior operative in al-Qaida in Iraq, and the group now suffers from a "serious leadership crisis," the national security adviser said Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/03/349213-no-2-al-qaida-leader-in-iraq-arrested</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/03/349213-no-2-al-qaida-leader-in-iraq-arrested</guid><category>iraq</category><category>al-qaida</category><category>qaida</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Sep 2006 09:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2df748b3-2ac0-45cb-a92a-172afee0072e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2df748b3-2ac0-45cb-a92a-172afee0072e.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iraqi national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, right, addresses a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Sept.3, 2006, on the arrest of Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, seen in a photograph on left, the second most senior figure in al-Qaida in Iraq. Al-Saeedi, was &quot;directly responsible&quot; for the criminal Haitham al-Badri, the mastermind and the bomber of the Samarra shrine in Feb.2006, which inflamed tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims and triggered reprisal attacks that continue to this day, al-Rubaie said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ceb5f285-ec16-4dd2-b567-31482510e801.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ceb5f285-ec16-4dd2-b567-31482510e801.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iraqi national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie holds a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Sept. 3, 2006. Iraq's national security adviser on Sunday announced the arrest of the second most senior figure in al-Qaida in Iraq, and said the group now suffered from a &quot;serious leadership crisis.&quot;Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said, adding that his arrest also led to the capture or death of 11 other top al-Qaida in Iraq figures and nine lower-level members. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bin Laden Planning Somalia, Iraq Message</title>
<description><![CDATA[A tired-sounding Osama bin Laden praised slain Iraq insurgent Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an audiotape released Friday, and a Web site later said the terror leader would soon post a message about the fight by Islamic militants in Somalia and Iraq.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Keath]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lee Keath]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/30/274264-bin-laden-planning-somalia-iraq-message</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/30/274264-bin-laden-planning-somalia-iraq-message</guid><category>bin-laden</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>tape</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ab049a13-43b6-493a-86ce-f80c78b2171e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ab049a13-43b6-493a-86ce-f80c78b2171e.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image made Thursday, June 29, 2006 from an undated video distributed by U.S. government contractor IntelCenter, shows an undated still photo, left, of Osama bin Laden alongside a video of the late chief of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The 19-minute audio message by bin Laden pays tribute to al-Zarqawi, and was posted on an Islamic militant web site.  (AP Photo/IntelCenter)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Car Bombing in Baghdad Market Kills 66</title>
<description><![CDATA[A parked car bomb exploded at a popular outdoor market Saturday in a Shiite slum in Baghdad, killing at least 66 people and wounding dozens, authorities said. It was the bloodiest attack to hit Iraq since the death of terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Lenz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ryan Lenz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/30/274203-car-bombing-in-baghdad-market-kills-66</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/30/274203-car-bombing-in-baghdad-market-kills-66</guid><category>iraq</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/77d9ef07-b1e0-4307-bbf7-9eda5480b22f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/77d9ef07-b1e0-4307-bbf7-9eda5480b22f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment conduct a routine patrol in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq Sunday, May 28, 2006. The U.S. Army will investigate charges that five American soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, were involved in the killings of four Iraqi relatives, including a woman who had been raped, military officials said Friday - the sixth current inquiry into the alleged slayings of Iraqi civilians by American troops. (AP Photo/Ryan Lenz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ca730fed-e903-4556-9eda-5c36a4415810.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ca730fed-e903-4556-9eda-5c36a4415810.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A local woman breaks down at the scene of a massive car bomb attack, Saturday, July 1, 2006, in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq. The car bomb exploded in the morning outside of a popular Baghdad market killing 45 and wounding 41, while 14 vehicles and 22 shops and stalls were destroyed, said police. (AP Photo / Mohammed Hato)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ec29792d-1d5d-464c-a359-fdf11fd66f82.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec29792d-1d5d-464c-a359-fdf11fd66f82.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Locals view the wreckage as they gather around the scene of a massive car bomb attack, Saturday, July 1, 2006, in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, Iraq. The car bomb exploded in the morning outside of a popular Baghdad market killing 66 and wounding 87, while 14 vehicles and 22 shops and stalls were destroyed, said police.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tired Sounding bin Laden Issues New Tape</title>
<description><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden's voice sounded tired in an audiotape released Friday and, once again, he conspicuously avoided showing his face.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Keath]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lee Keath]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/30/273592-tired-sounding-bin-laden-issues-new-tape</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/30/273592-tired-sounding-bin-laden-issues-new-tape</guid><category>bush</category><category>iraq</category><category>al-qaida</category><category>politics</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-zarqawi</category><category>tape</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ab049a13-43b6-493a-86ce-f80c78b2171e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ab049a13-43b6-493a-86ce-f80c78b2171e.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image made Thursday, June 29, 2006 from an undated video distributed by U.S. government contractor IntelCenter, shows an undated still photo, left, of Osama bin Laden alongside a video of the late chief of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The 19-minute audio message by bin Laden pays tribute to al-Zarqawi, and was posted on an Islamic militant web site.  (AP Photo/IntelCenter)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYOL70406300223.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="397" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYOL70406300223.jpg" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;**FILE* This is an undated  photo of Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan. Bin Laden purportedly issued an Internet message in which he pays tribute to slain al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (AP Photo, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bin Laden Hails Slain Al-Zarqawi As 'Lion'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden defended attacks by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi against civilians in Iraq, purportedly saying in a taped Web message Friday that the slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader was acting under orders to kill anyone who backs American forces.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/29/273305-bin-laden-hails-slain-al-zarqawi-as-lion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/29/273305-bin-laden-hails-slain-al-zarqawi-as-lion</guid><category>iraq</category><category>bin-laden</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e7919c3d-c30a-4a5c-8855-c43e70ec9818.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e7919c3d-c30a-4a5c-8855-c43e70ec9818.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A U.S. soldier holds up a photograph claiming to show recently discovered weapons caches found in Iraq, at a press conference in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, June 29, 2006. The U.S. military claims an advantage in the fight against al-Qaida in Iraq, saying the terror group has been disoriented since the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi leading to an increase in the arrests of foreign fighters. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ab049a13-43b6-493a-86ce-f80c78b2171e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ab049a13-43b6-493a-86ce-f80c78b2171e.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image made Thursday, June 29, 2006 from an undated video distributed by U.S. government contractor IntelCenter, shows an undated still photo, left, of Osama bin Laden alongside a video of the late chief of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The 19-minute audio message by bin Laden pays tribute to al-Zarqawi, and was posted on an Islamic militant web site.  (AP Photo/IntelCenter)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Al-Qaida No. 2 Mentions al-Zarqawi's Death</title>
<description><![CDATA[Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader paid tribute to the slain Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a video Friday, extolling him as "the prince of martyrs" despite the rocky relationship that the terrorist leader in Iraq had with the al-Qaida command.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/23/266300-al-qaida-no-2-mentions-al-zarqawis-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/23/266300-al-qaida-no-2-mentions-al-zarqawis-death</guid><category>egypt</category><category>video</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>zawahri</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYET38206232043.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYET38206232043.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, is seen in this  image made from videotape posted on Internet on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. A new video broadcast Friday showed al-Zawahri's first public ackowledgement of the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. (AP Photo/AP Television News/ho, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bodies of 2 Missing GIs Recovered in Iraq</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. military recovered the bodies Tuesday of two missing soldiers from an area it said was rigged with explosives. An Iraqi official said the Americans were tortured and killed in a "barbaric" way.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/20/260969-bodies-of-2-missing-gis-recovered-in-iraq</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/20/260969-bodies-of-2-missing-gis-recovered-in-iraq</guid><category>iraq</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:27:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fca55204-6e28-4391-a5c1-2b9fb4887af3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fca55204-6e28-4391-a5c1-2b9fb4887af3.jpg" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Six flags fly in the front yard of missing Army Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker's home, Monday, June 19, 2006, in Madras, Ore. Tucker is one of two soldiers missing in Iraq. An al-Qaida-linked group claimed Monday that it had kidnapped two American soldiers reported missing south of Baghdad, where 8,000 Iraqi and U.S. troops were conducting a massive search. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f94f7474-e590-4f5c-b62d-4436019a5c72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f94f7474-e590-4f5c-b62d-4436019a5c72.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed, the director of the defense ministry's operation room, speaks at a press conference where he stated that the bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers had been discovered on a street near the town where they went missing, whilst a U.S. military officer said two bodies had been found but had not yet been identified, in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, Texas, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Oregon, went missing Friday at a traffic checkpoint near the town of Youssifiyah, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Jalal Mudhar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/30728341-24db-4a6d-a0a9-bcbf04ab21ee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/30728341-24db-4a6d-a0a9-bcbf04ab21ee.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo released Monday, June 19, 2006, by the Menchaca family, Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca is shown. A senior Iraqi military official announced Tuesday June 20, 2006 that the bodies of two missing soldiers,  U.S. privates, Menchaca 23, of Houston, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., had been found. An al-Qaida-linked group said Monday it was holding captive two soldiers who went missing last week in one of Iraq's most dangerous regions. (AP Photo/Menchaca family via The Brownsville Herald)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a12448c0-1c6b-4819-91f1-16447f4d8ca3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="353" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a12448c0-1c6b-4819-91f1-16447f4d8ca3.jpg" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo released by the U.S. Army,  Pfc. Thomas Tucker is shown. A group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Monday, June 19, 2006, it had kidnapped Tucker and Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, who were reported missing Friday while manning a checkpoint. Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed, announced that the bodies of Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., had been discovered on a street in Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bee8d08e-3d90-42c4-8ce3-a4b0361f609e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bee8d08e-3d90-42c4-8ce3-a4b0361f609e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Black, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who serves in the 101st Airborne Division, searches for a sniper who fired on an Iraqi home used as an outpost in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Elsewhere, the U.S. military recovered the bodies of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers missing and reportedly kidnapped, and Iraqi officials said the Americans were first tortured and then killed in a &quot;barbaric&quot; way. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a113737c-2fa0-49c8-8594-5f891f86cbd6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a113737c-2fa0-49c8-8594-5f891f86cbd6.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A U.S. Army soldier from the 101st Airborne Division takes cover from sniper fire in Ramadi, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Elsewhere, the U.S. military recovered the bodies of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers missing and reportedly kidnapped, and Iraqi officials said the Americans were first tortured and then killed in a &quot;barbaric&quot; way. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jordan Rebukes Human Rights Watch</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jordan rebuked Human Rights Watch on Monday for criticizing the kingdom's arrest of four lawmakers after they paid condolences to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's family.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/19/260502-jordan-rebukes-human-rights-watch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/19/260502-jordan-rebukes-human-rights-watch</guid><category>jordan</category><category>zarqawi</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>human-rights-watch</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-zarqawi</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3f5d39ec-fae2-4ba0-9f6c-e941cf4ac5ca.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3f5d39ec-fae2-4ba0-9f6c-e941cf4ac5ca.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Farouq Sayagh holds a picture of his niece, lina Sayagh ,23, one of the Amman treble bombings victims during a protest in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, June 15, 2006. against the visit of four lawmakers last week to the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The lawmakers of the Islamic Action front were arrested Sunday and charged by the military prosecutor of causing sectarian strife and fueling national discord. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Ghosh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Group Blasts Jordan for Lawmaker Arrests</title>
<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch criticized Jordan's arrest of four lawmakers who visited the family of slain terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, calling it a violation of freedom of expression.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/18/258988-group-blasts-jordan-for-lawmaker-arrests</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/18/258988-group-blasts-jordan-for-lawmaker-arrests</guid><category>jordan</category><category>zarqawi</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>human-rights-watch</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-zarqawi</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:25:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6628972c-c026-471a-8556-7731ef192b89.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6628972c-c026-471a-8556-7731ef192b89.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Jordanian boy holds a poster with  pictures of Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq who was killed in a U.S. strike in Iraq, right, and Jordanian lawmaker of the Islamic Action front Mohammed Abu Fares, left, with the Arabic writing of &quot;Two faces , one coin&quot;  during a protest in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, June 15, 2006. against the visit of four lawmakers last week to the wake of Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi. The lawmakers of the Islamic Action front were arrested Sunday and charged by the military prosecutor of causing sectarian strife and fueling national discord. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Analysis: Al-Zarqawi Death Offers Clues</title>
<description><![CDATA[Buoyed by the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. government officials hope the exposure of his radical network through hundreds of raids across Iraq will help them eliminate key tentacles of the amorphous al-Qaida organization.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Shrader]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Katherine Shrader]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/17/258493-analysis-al-zarqawi-death-offers-clues</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/17/258493-analysis-al-zarqawi-death-offers-clues</guid><category>al-qaida</category><category>qaida</category><category>politics</category><category>unraveling</category><category>abu-musab</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c04eb70-928c-4cc2-8163-1ba922593464.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c04eb70-928c-4cc2-8163-1ba922593464.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, June 15, 2006 next to a video display showing a photograph that purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri who is allegedly the man claiming to be the new al-Qaida in Iraq leader and apparently the same person as a man identified by the nom de guerre Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, according to the U.S. Military, who has claimed to have succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and vowed to avenge him in threatening web statements in recent days. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Tape Says Zarqawi Death 'Great Loss'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A key insurgency leader in Iraq said the U.S. killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a "great loss," but one that will strengthen the militants' determination, according to an audio tape broadcast Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Salah Nasrawi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Salah Nasrawi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/16/257888-new-tape-says-zarqawi-death-great-loss</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/16/257888-new-tape-says-zarqawi-death-great-loss</guid><category>iraq</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>insurgent</category><category>world-news</category><category>iraq-insurgent</category><category>tape</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c04eb70-928c-4cc2-8163-1ba922593464.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c04eb70-928c-4cc2-8163-1ba922593464.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, speaks at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, June 15, 2006 next to a video display showing a photograph that purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri who is allegedly the man claiming to be the new al-Qaida in Iraq leader and apparently the same person as a man identified by the nom de guerre Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, according to the U.S. Military, who has claimed to have succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and vowed to avenge him in threatening web statements in recent days. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Papers Show 'Gloomy' State of Insurgency</title>
<description><![CDATA[A blueprint for trying to start a war between the United States and Iran was among a "huge treasure" of documents found in the hideout of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraqi officials said Thursday. The document, purporting to reflect al-Qaida policy and its cooperation with groups loyal to ousted President Saddam Hussein, also appear to show that the insurgency in Iraq was weakening.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sameer N. Yacoub]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sameer N. Yacoub]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/15/256110-papers-show-gloomy-state-of-insurgency</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/15/256110-papers-show-gloomy-state-of-insurgency</guid><category>iraq</category><category>terror</category><category>united-states</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>blueprint</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6628972c-c026-471a-8556-7731ef192b89.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6628972c-c026-471a-8556-7731ef192b89.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Jordanian boy holds a poster with  pictures of Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq who was killed in a U.S. strike in Iraq, right, and Jordanian lawmaker of the Islamic Action front Mohammed Abu Fares, left, with the Arabic writing of &quot;Two faces , one coin&quot;  during a protest in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, June 15, 2006. against the visit of four lawmakers last week to the wake of Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi. The lawmakers of the Islamic Action front were arrested Sunday and charged by the military prosecutor of causing sectarian strife and fueling national discord. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bush Upbeat About Iraqis Securing Country</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Bush, back from a visit to Iraq, said Wednesday violence there will never be eliminated but that a security crackdown and new intelligence on terrorism are contributing to "steady progress."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terence Hunt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Terence Hunt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/14/254466-bush-upbeat-about-iraqis-securing-country</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/14/254466-bush-upbeat-about-iraqis-securing-country</guid><category>bush</category><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>abu-musab</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/917434a0-3367-46fc-885c-af6ede429591.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/917434a0-3367-46fc-885c-af6ede429591.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President  Bush, center, shakes hands with U.S. Army General George Casey, right, as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, left, applauds before Bush  spoke at the U.S. Embassy Tuesday, June 13, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. Bush made a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital to boost the government of new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/892e42e0-e676-49d9-a096-cd08b18f09b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/892e42e0-e676-49d9-a096-cd08b18f09b1.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush arrives for a news conference, Wednesday, June 14, 2006, in the Rose Garden at the White House.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/22abdf0f-3ab6-4a8f-a88d-62a5b94a516b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22abdf0f-3ab6-4a8f-a88d-62a5b94a516b.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Bush gestures during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 in Washington. Bush declined to suggest a timetable for bringing home the some 130,000 troops now in Iraq. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Al-Zarqawi Successor Vows to Avenge Death</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq vowed to avenge the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and threatened horrific attacks "in the coming days," according to a Web statement Tuesday &#8212; the first from the new terrorist leader.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/13/253657-al-zarqawi-successor-vows-to-avenge-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/13/253657-al-zarqawi-successor-vows-to-avenge-death</guid><category>successor</category><category>al</category><category>zarqawi</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-zarqawi</category><category>abu-hamza</category><category>web-tuesday</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Agencies: Homegrown Radicals Inside U.S.</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. counterterrorism officials say they are uncovering homegrown Islamic radicals inside the United States who lack formal ties to al-Qaida and operate independently.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Shrader]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Katherine Shrader]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/13/253528-agencies-homegrown-radicals-inside-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/13/253528-agencies-homegrown-radicals-inside-us</guid><category>congress</category><category>terrorism</category><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>abu-musab</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4 Pro-Zarqawi Lawmakers Charged in Jordan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four lawmakers for an Islamic party have been charged with instigating sectarian strife for paying their condolences to relatives of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a judicial official said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shafika Mattar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Shafika Mattar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/13/253319-4-pro-zarqawi-lawmakers-charged-in-jordan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/13/253319-4-pro-zarqawi-lawmakers-charged-in-jordan</guid><category>jordan</category><category>zarqawi</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-zarqawi</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:12:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/df00d110-48c5-496d-a2fd-ddcf25bce61f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/df00d110-48c5-496d-a2fd-ddcf25bce61f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Angry Jordanians shout during a protest Monday June 12, 2006 calling for the dissolution of parliament as they denounced four lawmakers who attended the wake of the terrorist behind last year's hotel bombings in Jordan. Police were holding for questioning Monday the four legislators &amp;#8212; Mohammed Abu Fares, Jaafar al-Hourani, Ali Abu Sukkar and Ibrahim al-Mashwakhi &amp;#8212; who paid condolences Friday at the Jordanian family home of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq who was killed in a U.S. airstrike last week. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>al-Qaida in Iraq Names New Leader</title>
<description><![CDATA[Al-Qaida in Iraq named a successor Monday to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and said he would stick to the slain leader's path &#8212; attacks on Shiites as well as on U.S. and Iraqi forces.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/12/252351-al-qaida-in-iraq-names-new-leader</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/06/12/252351-al-qaida-in-iraq-names-new-leader</guid><category>successor</category><category>al</category><category>zarqawi</category><category>abu-musab</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-zarqawi</category><category>abu-hamza</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fe7af986-270b-4dde-abaa-f43882cc80fd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fe7af986-270b-4dde-abaa-f43882cc80fd.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A newspaper vendor reads a copy of the Iraqi newspaper Alitijah Alakhar showing a picture of al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in central Baghdad, Iraq Monday, June 12, 2006. Front page headline in arabic reads: &quot;The ghost man from Afghanistan to Iraq. Does the death of al-Zarqawi put an end to the sectarian disputes, and open the doors for national reconciliation?&quot;. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>