Bahrain Hires DC PR Firm to Repair Post-Crackdown Reputation
Bahrain Hires DC PR Firm to Repair Post-Crackdown Reputation | Firm’s first report condemns Doctors Without Borders
Rumsfeld Torture Suit OK’d Despite Obama Opposition
Rumsfeld Torture Suit Okayed Despite Obama Opposition | Whistleblowers can sue Rumsfeld for having them tortured
Afghan Land Dispute Ends in Death, Demonstrates Corruption
Three Afghans were killed and three others injured Tuesday over a land dispute in Kabul province’s Bagrami district, officials said. The clash occurred when local Afghans accused businessman Haji Mirwais, whose brother is a parliamentarian in the lower house, of stealing the land to build a residential complex. Disputes over the grabbing of land by former [...]
Rebel Envoy: Gadhafi Won’t Be Allowed to Stay in Libya
Rebel Envoy: Gadhafi Won’t Be Allowed to Stay in Libya | Rebel PM had insisted Gadhafi, family could stay
US Expected to Make ‘Hardline’ Demand for Assad Ouster
US Expected to Make ‘Hardline’ Demand for Assad Ouster | More sanctions expected as violence continues
Senators Want ‘Crippling’ New Iran Sanctions
A bipartisan group of 92 U.S. Senators signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to impose additional sanctions on the Iranian regime. “The time has come to impose crippling sanctions on Iran’s financial system by cutting off the CBI,” the senators wrote, referring to the Central Bank of Iran. The Senators, led by Mark Kirk [...]
Despite Claims of Victory, Somalia Pushes AU for More Troops
Despite Claims of Victory, Somalia Pushes AU for More Troops | President predicts imminent defeat of al-Shabaab nationwide, but calls for escalation
Thousands of Faulty Stealth Fighters Grounded
The U.S. Air Force has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars on research and development for three fleets of stealth fighter jets, all of which are faulty or have been put on hold for complications. But defense corporations keep convincing Congress to commit more cash to a broken, inefficient military industrial market. Click here for [...]
Somali Govt Offers Amnesty to Mogadishu Fighters
Somali Govt Offers Amnesty to Mogadishu Fighters | Clashes continue despite leadership’s claims of victory
Gadhafi Officials: NATO Bombs Kill 85 Civilians
In what could be the single deadliest NATO attack since the Western war on Libya’s Gadhafi regime began in May, 85 civilians were killed in a cluster of farmhouses in Majar, according to Libyan officials. The village is about 90 miles east of the capital, Tripoli. A Gadhafi spokesman said 33 children, 32 women, and [...]
