Current Middle-Eastern News In A Glance

Afghanistan - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of U.S. contract workers and military personnel in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least four civilians, officials said. A soldier opened fire on the crowd after the attack, killing one civilian.
The suicide attack in western Kabul also wounded four civilians and a foreigner, said Gen. Ali Shah Paktiawal. He said an international military vehicle and seven civilian vehicles were damaged in the attack. The bomber also died.

Iraq - BAGHDAD (AP) - An explosion leveled a Sunni mosque Saturday in Basra, residents said, in the second retaliatory attack in as many days for the toppling of minarets at a prized Shiite shrine in Samarra.
Iraqi police did not immediately respond to the bombing of the al-Ashrah al-Mubashra mosque, witnesses said....

The Gaza Strip - RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Fatah gunmen on Saturday stormed the Hamas-controlled Palestinian parliament building and Education Ministry, witnesses said.

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