June 8, 2006

Muslim groups call on PM to support youth summit CBC.ca -  Canadian Muslim organizations are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to hold a summit on youth extremism. The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR-CAN, hopes the summit will be held by the end of June. The head of the Islamic Social Services Association says she hopes to create a toolkit to help parents recognize signs of radicalization in youth, similar to programs that help spot drug use among young people. "We are part of Canadian society, we demand Canadian society come forward to help us root out the problems." 12:44:28 PM

Iraqi, US Officials Say Al-Zarqawi Killed in Airstrike Voice of America - Iraqi and US officials in Baghdad say Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi is dead.   Briefing: al-Zarqawi's toll of atrocities Times Online, UK -  Al-Qaeda frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is credited with pioneering the most gruesome tactics used by the Iraqi insurgency such as beheadings of foreign hostages and suicide bombings. 7:06:01 AM