Five Colombian soldiers were accused Tuesday of murdering two farmers, in the latest case of “false positive” killings, in which the US-supported Colombian army kill civilians and report them as combatants. One officer, two sub-officers, and two soldiers of the Army’s 31st Rifle Battalion allegedly killed two farmers in the northwest rural area of Valdivia, [...]
Moammar Gadhafi Slain, But How? | Conflicting stories emerge of ousted dictator’s killing
Gadhafi’s Killing Spares West an ‘Awkward’ Trial
A pair of NATO soldiers were killed today in a roadside bomb in the eastern portion of Afghanistan, according to reports from officials. The nationalities of the slain has so far not been disclosed. Five Afghan soldiers were also reported slain in the far west of the country, in the Herat Province. Taliban spokesmen claimed [...]
In a move officials are calling unprecedented, three high profile figures, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, new Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey and CIA Director David Petraeus have all arrived in Pakistan today, with major talks on the Haqqani Network and its putative ties with the Pakistani government believed to be on [...]
In comments which likely don’t augur well for his organization’s future, Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, the head of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, suggested there was no real way to defeat improvised explosive devices. “If we think its going away after Iraq and Afghanistan, we’re dreaming,” Barbero said, noting that Pentagon stats show [...]
Facing Unrest, Libya’s NTC Raises Specter of Gadhafi
Drone technology is advancing faster than the public or the legal system has time to catch up to their now ubiquitous use in America’s many war zones. US troops in Afghanistan will soon be able to deploy what’s called the Switchblade, a miniature drone that can be stored in a backpack and be launched from the [...]
Syrian Troops Kill Eight Defectors Along Lebanon Border
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh angrily rejected calls to resign today, claiming the opposition was not sincere in its calls for free elections and was simply mimicking the pro-democracy protests in other nations. “They don’t have a culture of their own,” Saleh insisted, while accusing the opposition of using young people as human shields while [...]
