Post-Election Violence in Central Tunisia | Protesters march to condemn disqualification of candidates
Post-Election Violence in Central Tunisia
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US Drones Kill ‘Commander,’ 10 Others in Waziristan
US Drones Kill ‘Commander,’ 10 Others in Waziristan | Attacks kill Maulvi Nazir’s cousin, younger brother
Syria’s Military is Divided, as Defectors Wage Attacks With Cover From Turkey
Sectarian divides within Syria's military are widening, increasing the number of defections and adding weight to to predictions about the emergence of an armed mutiny, which would pose an even greater threat to the regime of Bashar al-Assad than the mass street...
Congress Hears Calls to Escalate Covert War Against Iran
Congress Hears Calls to Escalate Covert War Against Iran | Former officials urge US to start killing people
New US Drone Base in Ethiopia is Operational
The United States has been secretly flying armed Reaper drones on bombing missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a rapidly expanding proxy war against in East Africa. The new base is one of a number of new drone bases the Obama...
Congress is Trying to Scuttle Committee’s Legal Obligation to Cut Defense
The initial deal to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade in exchange for raising the debt ceiling contained what is called a trigger mechanism: if the debt committee couldn't pass a budget cutting proposal, automatic across the board cuts would be...
White House Denies Obama and Biden Were “Aloof” in Iraq Talks
McClatchy news service recently reported that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were "largely aloof from the process" of negotiating whether U.S. troops could or would remain in Iraq past the December deadline for withdrawal. As evidence, the story...
NTC Vows to Prosecute Those Responsible for Gadhafi Killing
Libya's interim government has vowed to prosecute anyone found responsible for the death of Muammar Gadhafi, in a sharp break with earlier denials that he was executed. The National Transitional Council initially lied about the circumstances of Gadhafi's death,...
Afghan Insurgents Launch Onslaught of Attacks Against US Bases
US and Afghan forces exchanged six hours of gunfire with Taliban insurgents who launched attacks on two US bases in Kandahar on Thursday before exploding a car bomb outside a military outpost west of the city and firing rocket-propelled grenades at another garrison...
NATO, UN Formally End Mission in Libya
NATO's Secretary General has said the alliance will confirm on Friday a decision to end its operations in Libya by October 31. In tandem, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to end military operations in Libya. These decisions conflict...
