The Independent AP Wednesday 09 November 2011 A court convicted and sentenced 31 Hindus to life imprisonment for killing dozens of Muslims by setting a building on fire during one ofIndia’s worst rounds of communal violence nine years ago. Judge S.T. Srivastava also acquitted 41 Hindus of murder charges for lack of evidence. [...]
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Imran Khan: new trouble man for US in Pakistan
Hamid Mir The News International November 1, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan is no more a cricketer turned politician. He has suddenly become an important regional player in theUS endgame inAfghanistan. A mind-blowing public rally of Imran Khan inLahoreon October 30 made it very difficult for the Zardari regime to give new commitments or [...]
New Book Disputes Obama Administration’s Account of Bin Laden Raid
The Washington Examiner Tuesday, 01 Nov 2011, 4:39 PM PDT (NewsCore) – A new book based on a series of interviews with the Navy SEALs involved in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden claims to directly contradict the Obama administration’s depiction of the operation, The Washington Examiner reported Friday. “SEAL Target Geronimo: [...]
Over 150,000 attend Imran Khan’s rally
The Peninsula Newspaper Qatar Monday, 31 October 2011 01:36 LAHORE: Pakistani cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan told a huge rally yesterday that his party would helpUStroops pull out fromAfghanistanand bring militancy in the country to an end. Addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in the eastern city ofLahorehe said his Tehreek-e-Insaf [...]
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 [...]
Somalia: the forgotten victim of the West’s worldwide war on Islamic movements
by Iqbal Siddiqui Mr. Iqbal Siddiqui gets featured on Media Monitors Network (MMN) with the courtesy of Crescent International. Media Monitors Network Sunday, October 23, 2011 Early month, as much of the western world was either wallowing in sentimental commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and [...]
New Drone Can Be Stored in Soldiers’ Backpacks
Drone technology is advancing and their use is proliferating exponentially, as the public and the law lag behind by John Glaser Antiwar Forum October 19, 2011 Drone technology is advancing faster than the public or the legal system has time to catch up to their now ubiquitous use inAmerica’s many war zones. US troops inAfghanistanwill [...]
U.S. Army to fly ‘kamikaze’ drones
Agence France-Presse Monday, October 17, 2011 WASHINGTON— A miniature “kamikaze” drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army’s arsenal, officials say. Dubbed the “Switchblade,” the robotic aircraft represents the latest attempt by theUnited Statesto refine how it [...]
