April 12, 2007 – 10:03 pm
I really am surprised this made the news WASHINGTON (CNN) — A 43-year-old U.S. citizen was charged Wednesday with providing material support to al Qaeda and plotting to set off bombs in Europe and the United States, according to a federal indictment unsealed in Columbus, Ohio. Christopher Paul did not enter a plea in his […]
April 11, 2007 – 9:31 pm
Why did I have to go all the way to an Indian (as in the country I am banned in) news source to find out this information? WASHINGTON: US authorities said they had busted an arms-trafficking gang comprising six Asians who had been trying to smuggle weapons from the United States to Tamil Tiger rebels. […]
April 6, 2007 – 4:59 pm
Via US Newswire Today, Iowa Governor Chet Culver signed Senate File 361, a targeted divestment bill requiring the state to divest from companies that support the government of Sudan, which has been accused of genocide by the United States Government. The bill passed the House with overwhelming support and passed the Senate with unanimous consent […]
April 5, 2007 – 7:20 pm
Aw, how touching SAN FRANCISCO Apr 5, 2007 (AP)— The lawyer and parents of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh asked President Bush to commute his 20-year prison term, citing the case of an Australian man who was sentenced to less than a year for aiding terrorism. Lindh, 26, was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001 by American […]
April 3, 2007 – 7:39 pm
More Libthink WASHINGTON (al Reuters) – President George W. Bush's administration has crippled al Qaeda's ability to carry out major attacks on U.S. soil but at a political and economic cost that could leave the country more vulnerable in years to come, experts say. Even as al Qaeda tries to rebuild operations in Pakistan, experts […]
April 1, 2007 – 8:05 pm
Video: More British Hostages in Iran Sorry, kinda small and blurry, but, what do you expect from Iranians? Also at Youtube. More from the BBC: Iranian state television has aired new footage of two of the 15 Royal Navy personnel captured nine days ago. They were shown separately standing in front of a chart of […]
April 1, 2007 – 6:04 pm
From the BBC At least three children have been killed and six injured in a suicide bomb attack on an Afghan army convoy in eastern Afghanistan, police say. Several soldiers and civilians were also wounded in the incident. Police said the children were in the vicinity when the attacker blew up his explosives-filled car near […]
March 31, 2007 – 1:39 pm
Through Fox News, from the AP GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — An Australian who pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism was sentenced Friday to nine months in prison in his home country after becoming the first detainee convicted by military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay. A panel of military officers recommended a sentence of seven years […]
March 31, 2007 – 7:10 am
Did you know that the Al Qaeda handbook says that any captured members are to claim torture? Yes, that is correct. It is in Chapter 18. And now we have another example WASHINGTON — A suspected Saudi terrorist told a military hearing that he was tortured into confessing that he was involved in the bombing […]
March 29, 2007 – 9:41 am
No story on the web yet, but CNN and Fox News are reporting that Iran has suspended releasing Faye Turney. Anyone else surprised? No?
