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Eight Charged In U.S. For Somali War Recruiting

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:52:11 GMT

Authorities unsealed terrorism-related charges Monday against eight defendants they said recruited young Somali-American men to return to their homeland to fight for an Islamist militant group.
Source: The Post Chronicle

Whatever Happened to the CIA's Black Sites?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:03 GMT

Whatever happened to the so-called "black sites," where suspected terrorists were held overseas by the CIA and submitted to harsh interrogations that included torture?
Source: Mother Jones

What does Hugo Chavez's fan club say about his latest craziness?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMT

Over the years, quite a few of leftist celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Danny Glover, Sean Penn, and Kevin Spacey have trooped down to Venezuela to express their admiration of Hugo Chavez.
Source: Betsy's Page

Quoted in 'Quinn expects action 'rather quickly' on Thomson'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:35:04 GMT

said in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

we should not invite Al Qaeda to make Illinois its number one target

Quinn expects action 'rather quickly' on Thomson

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:35:04 GMT

CHICAGO — Gov.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Links between the Taliban and al Qaeda have grown stronger,

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:26:15 GMT

The current state of the Taliban Kaustav Chakrabarti: Mr. Rahimullah Yousufzai, you have been following different armed movements in the region, particularly the Taliban, for several decades now. What do you think about the Taliban?
Source: openDemocracy

Quoted in 'Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:02:29 GMT

said in GOATMILK:

The US [intelligence] agencies think that a number of Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders are hiding in Karachi and Peshawar ... That is why [Blackwater] agents are operating in these two cities.

Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:02:29 GMT

At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations...
Source: GOATMILK

Eight more face terror charges - Tue, 24 Nov 2009 PST

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:55:50 GMT

WASHINGTON – Federal authorities unsealed criminal charges Monday against eight suspects alleged to be part of a U.S. recruiting network that sent young men to fight in Somalia – one of the largest militant operations uncovered in the United States...
Source: SpokesmanReview.com

Yemen conflict inflaming Saudi-Iranian rivalry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:49:42 GMT

It isn't certain Yemen's tiny but bloody war actually belongs in the same category as other Iran-Saudi flashpoints.
Source: The State

Photo from AP Photo

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:52:22 GMT

Siti Rahma, wife of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top, in a black veil, is seen in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:42:22 GMT

Relatives and villagers carry the coffin of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top for a burial at a cemetery in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.

'9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ridiculous' - Al Qaeda

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:33:17 GMT