Khamenei: Iran Could Scrap Presidency in the Future
Khamenei: Iran Could Scrap Presidency in the Future | Comments seen as warning to Ahmadinejad
Iraq Kurds Demand Right to Raise Kurdish Flags in Contested Area
Thousands of Kurdish Iraqis gathered in Khanaqin today to demand the right to fly the Kurdish flag in their city. Earlier this week, they learned of a central government order to remove the flags, which fly everywhere, even at local government buildings. As many as 20,000 protestors were reported at today’s gathering. At least one man was injured during the demonstrations after he set himself on fire.
US Expanding Use of Deadlier Drone Attacks
The Obama administration has expanded the drone war, with active unmanned Predator and Reaper vehicles armed with a 108-pound precision-strike missiles known as Hellfire II wreaking blood and carnage in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere. The record of “precision,” though, has not been stellar, with civilians casualties and collateral damage common with each strike. [...]
US Strike Kills Awlaki’s Son Along With 9 Others
The son of the recently assassinated US citizen Anwar al Awlaki was among nine suspected jihadist militants killed by apparent US air strikes in Yemen. Abderrahman Anwar al Awlaki was killed and taken with the others to the militant-controlled Yemeni hospital where the dead and wounded from the strikes were taken. The strikes hit a mosque in [...]
US Denies Reports of Iraq Withdrawal Decision
The Pentagon denied reports Saturday that the US abandoned plans to keep several thousand troops in Iraq after a year-end deadline, saying talks with Baghdad were still underway. In a statement to reporters, Pentagon press secretary George Little denied the news reports: ”Suggestions that a final decision has been reached about our training relationship with the [...]
New War of Choice in Uganda Follows Familiar Foreign Police Doctrine
President Obama’s deployment of 100 US combat forces to Uganda and surrounding areas has shocked many as highly unusual and even downright bizarre. But while ground troops in Africa are a comparatively rare occurrence, the decision follows a very familiar path of dominant US foreign policy. Obama’s justification for the war-by-presidential-decree was twofold. First, Obama [...]
Obama Escalates Attacks Against Haqqani Network
Obama Escalates Attacks Against Haqqani Network | US drone strikes a ‘signal’ of things to come
CIA Director Petraeus ‘Grading His Own Work’ in Afghanistan
CIA Director Petraeus ‘Grading His Own Work’ in Afghanistan
UN Fears Growing Human Rights Violations in NTC’s Libya
UN Fears Growing Human Rights Violations in NTC’s Libya | Officials say 7,000 held in ‘makeshift’ prisons
NTC Sets Up Checkpoints After Major Gunbattle in Tripoli
Libya’s NTC Sets Up Checkpoints After Major Gunbattle in Tripoli | Pro-Gadhafi snipers attacked NTC forces, locals report
