MI5 Told Tony Blair Iraq Was No Threat
MI5 Told Tony Blair Iraq Was No Threat | Blair was warned invading Iraq would make UK less safe
Mexico Investigates Casinos, as Gang Members Confess to Firebombing
Hundreds of Mexican soldiers and federal agents have raided casinos in the city of Monterrey, days after an arson attack on a gambling house killed 52 people in a country in which massacres and beheadings at the hands of drugs gangs are all too common. Five suspected members of the Zetas drug gang have confessed [...]
Syrian Opposition Groups Announce ‘Transitional Council’
Syrian Opposition Groups Announce ‘Transitional Council’ | More than half of council are exiles
Libyan Rebels’ Illicit Arms Trade May Have Reached Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza have acquired anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets from Libyan rebels during its six-month civil war, enlarging but not significantly improving their arsenal, Israeli officials said on Monday. An SA-7 missile Confirming the fears of many US and international leaders that the chaotic power vacuum in rebel-held Libya could lead to a dangerous illicit [...]
Pentagon’s No-Bid Contracts for Defense Have Tripled Since 9/11
The Pentagon’s use of no-bid contracts to defense industry corporations for war goods and weapons has tripled since 9/11, despite promises to reform the controversial practice. After pledges and orders from President Barack Obama and Defense Department leaders to mitigate the wasteful practice, no measurable change has occurred. In 2003, no-bid contracts were a $50 [...]
AU Refuses to Recognize TNC, Citing Human Rights Abuses
The African Union (AU) has refused to recognize the Transitional national Council (TNC) of Libya as the legitimate government of that country on the basis that rebels in Libya have been indiscriminately killing black Africans, confusing innocent migrant workers with mercenaries. Moammar Gaddafi has recruited fighters from sub-Saharan African countries as his soldiers and bodyguards, but the rebels have [...]
Gadhafi’s Son Khamis ‘Killed’ for Third Time
Gadhafi’s Son Khamis Killed Yet Again | Third time the charm?
Syrian Army Defections on the Rise
Defections within the Syrian army are increasing, as more and more soldiers refuse to fire on civilian protesters. A statement published on the internet by the Free Officers, a group that says it represents defectors, said ”large defections” occurred in the Damascus suburb of Hasrata. On Sunday, gun battles between defected troops and supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad backed [...]
Cables Reveal 2006 Summary Execution of Civilian Family in Iraq
As revealed by a State Department diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks last week, US forces committed a heinous war crime during a house raid in Iraq in 2006, wherein one man, four women, two children, and three infants were summarily executed. The cable excerpts a letter written by Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, [...]
Report: US Forces May Have Killed Afghan Journalist
A month after an Afghan reporter for the BBC was killed during a Taliban attack, reports from local media that it was actually US forces who killed Omed Khpulwak gained a bit more credence. A locally based research group released a report last week that points to the possible accidental killing by troops as they [...]
