Iran "invaded" part of Iraq, according to Iraqi officials. Iranian troops siezed an oil field north of Basra last night, and have been entrenching ever since. A likely motive for the incursion is Iran's unwillingness to see Iraq's rich oil reserves getting sold off to foreign...
Two news stories have made an impression on my mindset today, as I stir my morning coffee after reading the headlines. I find my self thinking of freedom and my own freedom of speech, it makes me feel guilty...
A US Senate report acuses Donald Rumsfield of letting Osama Bin Laden escape when he was within the grasp of US forces. It's reported that Bin laden was holed up and trapped in the Tora Bora caves and he himself...
Grab your self a coffee please and lets look at a big problem that George Bush did not know when he declared war on terror. Now nearly ever big nation joined in this war and gave backing and gave applause to...
A suicide attack apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor, Abdul Malik in the North-Western city of Adazai, 10 miles from Peshawar, on Sunday (local time) claimed eleven lives including the mayors'. The blast...
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first of 18 sophisticated multi-role F-16 combat jets for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday, October 13, at a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Fort Worth,...
"The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the domestic economy and other causes, such as fighting India. Now the...
Sibel Edmonds has been interviewed by former CIA Officer Philip Giraldi for The American Conservative magazine. Edmonds was twice gagged under the State Secrets Act by John Ashcroft, and called 'credible' by Sens....
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The Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan was partially evacuated after a "suspicious package" was reported near the A/C/E subway platforms adjacent to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The package turned out to be stereo speakers tied together, left behind by a commuter....
The Associated Press ran this piece tonight: "Obama has the bullhorn on terrorism": "On Sept. 11, 2001, Barack Obama was driving to a state legislative hearing in Chicago when he heard the first...
Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Tanvir Hussain and Assad Sarwar were convicted of plotting to blow up commercial airplanes using homemade liquid bombs. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Tanvir Hussain and Assad Sarwar were previously convicted of conspiracy to commit murder with liquid explosives, but...
In an eight page paper entitled, Aiding Torture: Health Professionals' Ethics and Human Rights Violations Revealed in the May 2004 CIA Inspector General's Report, Physicians for Human Rights...
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The US Justice Department is re-releasing its 2004 CIA interrogation torture report, this time with fewer elements censored. The contents of the report could lead to prosecution of CIA operatives and contractors...
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By Erik LarsonEDIT 8/25/09: Deposition Video and Transcript Released! http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374Aug 8, 2009, Sibel Edmonds gave a sworn deposition in which she testified to her knowledge of treasonous...
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Yesterdays New York Times has a story that hints at divergences between the US and Pakistan in the war on terror in Afghanistan. Unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials are reported as having said that Pakistan had concerns that the US operational surge in Afghanistan could...