Libyan rebels looted and beat civilians, rights group says
• http://www.prisonplanet.com/Libyan rebels have looted and burned homes and abused civilians, a human rights group said Wednesday.
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Afghanistan: 'Deadliest six months' for civilians
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/The first six months of 2011 were the deadliest for civilians in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, a UN report has found.
British DM: Libya War Could Last Months
• http://news.antiwar.com/In broad comments regarding the ever-stalemated Libyan War, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox conceded that his government has no clue how much longer the war will last, and that military commanders are preparing for several more months.
IB had warned of possible attacks in Mumbai
• http://www.rediff.com/As the investigations into the serial blasts progress, it becomes clear that the police were caught napping despite warnings and alerts from the Intelligence Bureau over the past couple of months.
Speech sparks deadly riots in Karachi
• http://english.aljazeera.net/Up to 14 people dead in latest outbreak of violence in Pakistani city as minister criticises locally powerful rival.
India blasts: All 'hostile groups' suspected
• http://english.aljazeera.net/Police search for clues to perpetrators of deadly attacks as Mumbai reels from rush-hour blasts that killed at least 18.
U.S. Used Strategic Bombers Against Libya
• BlackListedNews.comThe operation marked the first global strike mission under the direction of US Strategic Command and its relatively new air component, Air Force Global Strike Command. It was the first combat operation for US Africa Command...
Gadhafi Out of Time
• arcleinWord of the building pressure against Gadhafi came as France's foreign minister reported that Gadhafi was prepared to leave power, citing Libyan emissaries who have approached the French government. It was not immediately clear how credible the offe
Famous Underwater Explorer To Embark On Expedition To Find Bin Laden's Body
• www.grindtv.comBill Warren has spent years searching for shipwrecks, usually in the hope of finding treasure. But his next mission is to locate and raise a much more contemporary object that is bound to place him at the center of controversy: the body of Osama bin
Pakistan might withdraw border troops, defense minister says
• Washington PostPakistan’s defense minister said they might withdraw thousands of troops from its volatile border areas in response to a suspension of US military aid, ... a sign Pakistan is likely to react to the decision with defiance rather than cooperation.
Egypt’s military leaders call for stand against protests
• Washington PostEgypt’s military leaders said they would not allow disruption of public life or “hijacking” of their authority and called on Egyptians to disavow protests that disturb daily routines. Tens of thousands of Egyptians had returned to Tahrir Square on Fr
100 Firefights, Three Weeks: Inside Afghanistan’s Most Insane Fight
• Mark Moyar via WIRED.comOn Oct. 13, the day 3/5 took control of Sangin, the first Marine patrol to leave the wire came under fire 150 feet from the perimeter. One member of this patrol was shot dead. Within the next four days, another eight Marines died.
U.S. to sell fighter jets to Iraq
• The LookoutU.S. officials tell The Wall Street Journal the Iraqi government may buy as many as 36 U.S. fighter jets worth billions of dollars. Iraq delayed the planned purchase of 18 jets in February, when politicians said they instead planned to beef up food r
U.S. lays bare concerns on Pakistan army
• http://www.rawstory.com/In suspending aid, the United States is showing it will no longer give the benefit of the doubt to Pakistan's military after a long debate on how to handle the powerful institution.
NATO Kills 16 Civilians in Afghan Air Strike
• http://news.antiwar.com/The latest in a growing number of such incidents, Afghan officials today confirmed that NATO air strikes in the Logar Province killed some 16 civlians. NATO confirmed the strikes but provided no indication of civilian deaths.
New Australian law to make Muslims lift veils
• APMuslim women would have to remove veils and show their faces to police on request or risk a prison sentence under proposed new laws in Australia's most populous state that have drawn criticism as culturally insensitive. A vigorous debate that the
U.S. may act unilaterally vs Iran-armed Iraq militias
• ReutersThe United States will take unilateral action when needed to deal with the threat to American troops in Iraq from Shi'ite militias armed by Iran, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said. He also vented frustration over Baghdad's failure to decide whet
Protesters Assaulting US Embassy In Damascus, Syria
• ZeroHedge.comSyrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy's visit last week to an opposition...
White House: US suspending $800M in Pakistan aid
• APPresident Barack Obama has ordered the suspension of $800 million in aid to the Pakistani military, his chief of staff said Sunday, as part of what experts say is a tougher line with a critical U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism.
The “War On Terror” Is A $6 Trillion Racket, Exceeding The Total Cost Of World War II
• David DeGraw, Global ResearchWhen Obama launched his re-election propaganda campaign to trick the American public into thinking that he intends to end the Af-Pak War, he said that the “War on Terror” has cost $1 trillion over the past decade. While that is a staggering amount of
Witness saw teen beaten in Syrian jail
• APInside a filthy detention center in Damascus, 9 interrogators repeatedly bludgeoned a skinny teenager whose hands were bound and who bore a bullet wound on the left side of his chest. They struck his head, back, feet and genitals until he was left on
EU wants U.N. action on Syria
• http://www.upi.com/The U.N. Security Council is called on to condemn the brutality of the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad, the European Parliament said Thursday.
Bomb Implants Emerge as Airline Terror Threat
• Wall Street JournalMilitants from al Qaeda's Yemeni branch are considering surgically implanting explosive devices in would-be suicide bombers, possibly with the aim of blowing up airliners, U.S. officials said. Terrorists might attempt to board planes with explosives
Sudan jails journalist for reporting alleged rape
• RawstoryA Sudanese journalist was jailed for a month, and her editor fined, for publishing reports on the alleged rape of a female opposition activist by security force personnel. Fatima Ghazali is the first of several journalists to be tried for articles
What's really at stake in Libya
• http://www.atimes.com/Way beyond the impenetrable fog of war, the ongoing tragedy in Libya is morphing into a war of acronyms that graphically depicts the tortuous "birth pangs" of a possibly new world order.
Anarchy in Somalia
• http://mises.org/Earlier in the year, the BBC featured a series of articles commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the state in Somalia.
U.S. Monthly Combat Deaths in Iraq at 3-Year High
• http://www.prisonplanet.com/The American military announced on Thursday that three more American soldiers had been killed this week, as the combat-related deaths for United States forces in Iraq reached a monthly toll not seen since 2008.
Use of Predators Sets Dangerous Precedent
• http://original.antiwar.com/In May, as an intervention that was slated to last “days, not weeks” approached its third month, President Obama quietly authorized the use of unmanned Predator drones against Libyan government troops.
U.S. military sees Iran behind rising troop deaths in Iraq
• Washington PostPentagon blamed the mounting death toll on the growing sophistication of weapons that insurgents and Iranian-backed militia groups are using, including powerful rockets, armor-piercing grenades and jam-resistant roadside bombs suspected of coming fro
Another Area Girds for Revolt as Sudan Approaches a Split
• NY TimesYoung men are being mobilized into militias, marching into the hills to train. All the cars in this area, including humanitarian vehicles, are smeared with thick mud to camouflage them from what residents describe as unrelenting bombings.
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