Surge of Anger as Bahraini Forces Attack Protesters, Kill Teen
Surge of Anger as Bahraini Fores Attack Protesters, Kill Teen | Govt denies police involvement in killing
Nigeria Scrambles to Negotiate with Boko Haram
Nigeria Scrambles to Negotiate with Boko Haram | Anti-technology terror group’s menace soars as they embrace bombs, guns
Sen. Schumer: No Lockerbie Extradition, No Aid for Libya Rebels
Sen. Schumer: No Lockerbie Extradition, No Aid for Libya Rebels | Insists rebels turn over Megrahi
NATO Still Bombing Libya
NATO Still Bombing Libya | As rebels track Gadhafi, NATO air strikes continue
Drug-Related Mexican Violence Soars, As US Policy Bolsters Cartels
As of early August, 650 people had been killed in Acapulco, Mexico in 2011, making it one of the the bloodiest cities in Mexico, due primarily to the drug war. As a key passageway for South American cocaine, the city has long attracted drug gangs, with agents of the Sinaloa Cartel battling the Zetas as far back as 2005. Both gangs [...]
$60 Billion US War Funds Lost to Fraud & Waste
As much as $60 billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade through lax oversight, poor planning and payoffs to warlords and insurgents. In its final report to Congress, the Commission on Wartime Contracting said the figure could grow as U.S. support for reconstruction projects [...]
Killings of Afghan Police Soaring
Killings of Afghan Police Soaring | Poorly paid, barely trained police an easy target
Guardian Editor Disclosed WikiLeaks Passwords
A Guardian journalist, David Leigh, has violated a confidentiality agreement with WikiLeaks by disclosing top secret WikiLeaks’ decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unredacted unpublished US diplomatic cables. Leigh, an editor at the Guardian and brother in law of its editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger, disclosed the decryption passwords for over 100,000 yet unpublished US State Department [...]
At Least 11 Killed in Quetta Suicide Bombing
At Least 11 Killed in Quetta Suicide Bombing | Car bomber targeted tent in Shi’ite mosque parking lot
Court Case Reveals Details About Rendition Contractors
As a result of a court case in New York, the identities of some of the corporations involved in the Bush administration’s rendition program have been disclosed for the first time, along with the names of some of the executives who knew the purpose of the flights. Sportsflight, an aircraft broker, and Richmor, an aircraft [...]
