The Electronic Intifada November 11, 2011 A bill introduced in the United States Congress last month would require the State Department to investigate “The sources of any logistical, technical, or financial support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of Hope, that were set to set sail from Greece on July 1, 2011.” [...]
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Guantanamo court can’t free bomb suspect, U.S. says
By Jane Sutton Trust.org 02 Nov 2011 19:51 MIAMI, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. war crimes tribunal that will try the alleged planner of a deadly attack on a U.S. warship has no power to free him if he is acquitted, military prosecutors said in court documents made public on Wednesday. Defense [...]
Target: Africa
by John Feffer John Feffer is the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of North Korea, South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis (Seven Stories, 2003) among other books. Published on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by Foreign Policy in [...]
‘Blind sheikh’ son killed by US drone: monitors
A US drone strike on Friday killed the son of an Egyptian cleric tied to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, citing a militant group AFP , Saturday 15 Oct 2011 Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman, son of the blind sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, was killed Friday on the “frontlines” inAfghanistan, the Egyptian Islamic Group [...]
Why Did the United States Invade Afghanistan?
by Tim Kelly, Tim Kelly is a columnist and policy advisor at the Future of Freedom Foundation in Fairfax, Virginia, a correspondent for Radio America’s Special Investigator, and a political cartoonist. The Future of Freedom Foundation October 12, 2012 The tenth anniversary of theU.S. led war inAfghanistan came and went with very little attention [...]
Why Drone Warfare Threatens Us All — Blowback of the Predators
by CONN HALLINAN Conn Hallinan can be read at dispatchesfromtheedgeblog.wordpress.com and middleempireseries.wordpress.com CounterPunch October 05, 2011 Lost in debate over whether the Obama administration had the right to carry out the extra-legal execution of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born Yemini cleric and al-Qaeda member, is who pulled the trigger? It is not a minor [...]
Anwar Awlaqi Most Likely Alive
Yemen Post Sunday, 02, October, 2011 More than 25 leaders from the Awaliq tribe, the tribe of Anwar Awlaqi, reached Jawf on Sunday to see the remains of the body of Anwar, however, no body resembling his was found. Amongst those who went to the province was his father, a former minister [...]
Ron Paul Condemns Killing of “al Qaeda’s” Awlaki
By Elizabeth Williamson WSJ September 30, 2011 GOFFSTOWN, N.H.–Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul condemned the U.S.-backed killing of al Qaeda figure andU.S.citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. “Nobody knows if he ever killed anybody,” Mr. Paul said after a breakfast at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics. “If the American people accept [...]
