Hows the war going 8-20-06

It's hard to say if we, the free world, won or lost the battle in Lebanon. 
Lebanon took the worst of it but we survived so they think they won.
This is a battle of world opinion as shown on the TV and that is going
to be hard to win in this PC world.

Egypt arrests Brotherhood members

Police have arrested 17 members of the outlawed Muslim
Brotherhood group for allegedly holding a meeting aimed at
reviving the banned group's activities, according to a security
official.

Somali activists face Islamists' ire
 
Officials with the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia (SICS) 
said the conference of scholars and peace activists from
al-Islah group in a Mogadishu hotel was illegal as it had not
been approved.

Speaking after heavily armed men broke up the meeting on
Thursday, a SICS spokesman said the meeting was not licensed
and the organisers did not have permission to hold it.

Abdul Karim Ali Muddey said: "We have to be a community
ruled by laws. People must seek permission to have a meeting,
and we will licence it as long as the forum is not a threat to
public safety or Islamic teachings."

The Muslim fundamentalist are winning here.

Sri Lanka -
this is a civil war the Tamil Tigers have been battling the
government for more than two decades for a separate homeland for
the country's 3.2 million ethnic Tamils in the north and east, where
they already control wide swaths of territory.

Venezuela-
Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, found himself at the centre
of Middle Eastern politics when he announced that he was
withdrawing his most senior diplomat from Israel, the Venezuelan
charge d'affaires in Tel Aviv. Not for something Israel did to his
country, but for what it does to Palestinians and Lebanese
thousands of miles away. 

We need to watch this guy.

Germany-

The authorities in Germany have warned the country is facing
the threat of terror attack after an arrest over an alleged plot
to blow up two trains.

Pakistani -

officials have arrested six people in connection with a suicide
car bombing that killed a US diplomat in Karachi in March.

British airline bombing threat Pakistan says it is working
closely with Britain to determine links between those
arrested in the two countries.

East Timor -
Calm has largely returned to the country after a wave of
violence, arson and looting from April to June killed at least
20 people.  Most of the chaos occurred in and around Dili,
the capital of the former Portuguese colony half the size of
Belgium.

Sudan-

PRESIDENT Omar al-Beshir warned that Sudan will
confront any UN-sponsored forces sent to tar torn Darfur
and would fight them "as Hezbollah beat Israeli forced in
Lebanon" media reports said.

Delegates for the Justice and Equality Movement warned the
it could push to resume full fledged fighting.