Cluster Bomb Conference Urges Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles
Cluster Bomb Conference Urges Destruction of Remaining Stockpiles | Signatories flock to Lebanon for key meeting
Rebel Attacks and NATO Bombings Continue, as Libyan Civilians Flee
NATO warplanes continued to bomb pro-Gadhafi strongholds in Libya, as a military offensive by rebel forces struggled to battle the loyalist remnants and take control of the cities. Aiming at the cities of Sirte, Sabha, and Bani Walid, NATO bombs struck one radar system, eight surface-to-air missile systems, five surface-to-air missile trailers, one armed vehicle and [...]
Israeli Spy Agency Warns of Settler Terrorist Threat
Israeli Spy Agency Warns of Settler Terrorist Threat | Opposed to Palestinian statehood, settlers form terror cells
Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Violates International Law, Says UN Panel
Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip violates international law, according to a panel of human rights experts reporting to the United Nations on Tuesday. The finding disputes a conclusion reached by the UN Palmer Report on the Israeli raid of the May 2010 Gaza aid flotilla, which killed 19 activists aboard. That separate report [...]
Yemeni Warplanes Kill 10 Civilians in Attack on Tribal District
Yemeni Warplanes Kill 10 Civilians in Attack on Tribal District | UN warns of ‘deteriorating humanitarian situation’
Disappeared: Thousands of Libyan Blacks Turn Up Missing in Rebel Offensives
Disappeared: Thousands of Libyan Blacks Turn Up Missing in Rebel Offensives | Entire city depopulated, declared ‘closed military area’
Food Anti-Terror Programs Found Wasteful
In the wake of 9/11, President George W. Bush revamped the nation’s food defense programs, drawing a government shield around the food supply in fear of a food-based biological terrorist attack. Those programs have grown to an unwieldy $3.4 billion, multi-headed bureaucracy with no measurable effect in making the country safer. The hysterical paranoia left Washington [...]
New Terror Front in North Africa’s Sahel Region?
The war on terror is 10 years old, but its fronts only continue to grow. A once-pitiful Islamic group in Nigeria is now giving the government a run for its money and attracting a wary eye from the West, while thousands of missing weapons from Libyan armories spark fears that North Africa could be a [...]
27 Dead in Taliban Attacks Across Kabul
27 people were killed in Taliban attacks across Kabul Tuesday, including 15 attackers. As in the June attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, NATO said today’s events were a Taliban attempt to derail the handover of security to Afghan forces. That attack continued throughout the day and into the evening. The insurgents fired rockets and bullets [...]
Redacting the Pre-9/11 World: An Ex-FBI Interrogator’s Story
Redacting the Pre-9/11 World: An Ex-FBI Interrogator’s Story
