19/08/2009 |
Fatah's message
Caroline Glick | Jerusalem Post
A central pillar of the Obama administration's Middle East policy paradigm was shattered at the Fatah conference in Bethlehem - but don't expect the White House to notice. ...
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19/08/2009 |
Mexico Drug Fight Fuels Complaints
Ginger Thompson and Marc Lacey | NY Times
Mexico’s fight against drug traffickers generated a sixfold increase in human rights complaints against the Mexican military between 2006 and 2008, and it is unclear that any of those complaints resulted in prosecutions, according to a State Department report on the effort. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Death by Drone: A Policy That Gets Results?
Kit Gallant | HuffingtonPost
On Wednesday August 5th, a CIA predator drone fired a missile into the roof a modest house in the village of Zanghara, in South Waziristan. On the roof sat a woman with her diabetic husband, who was receiving a drip infusion. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Perú - primer productor de coca el 2011
Miguel Gutiérrez R. | La República (Pe)
Según proyecciones de expertos Jaime Antezana y Jaime García. Cocales se desplazarían de Colombia al Perú debido a la intensa erradicación implementada por las autoridades de ese país. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Mexico cartels go from drugs to full-scale mafias
Mark Stevenson | GoogleNews
Shopkeepers in this pine-covered mountain region easily recite the list of "protection" fees they pay to La Familia drug cartel to stay in business: 100 pesos a month for a stall in a street market, 30,000 pesos for an auto dealership or construction-supply firm. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Philippines - Are two militant groups joining forces?
Jonathan Adams | CSMonitor
Philippines government alleges MILF involvement in a firefight last week with members of the militant Abu Sayyaf, calling into question a cease-fire with the rebel group. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Russia truck bomb attack 'kills 20'
Vakha Chapanov | AFP
A truck packed with explosives rammed through the gates of a police compound in southern Russia on Monday and exploded in an apparent suicide attack that killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens, officials said. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Afghanistan - British casualty rate doubles in a month
James Kirkup and Rosa Prince | Telegraph
Ninety-four British service personnel were wounded in action in Afghanistan last month, the Ministry of Defence has said, as two more dead soldiers were named.The MoD released casualty figures showing that a total of 236 British personnel in Afghanistan have been admitted to field hospitals as "wounded in action" this year. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Indian PM says Pakistan groups planning new attacks
C.K. Nayak | Reuters
India's prime minister said on Monday there was "credible information" that Pakistan-based militant groups were planning fresh attacks on India.Manmohan Singh's statement was the latest attempt by India to pile more pressure on Pakistan to act against anti-India militants that New Delhi blames for last November's Mumbai attacks. ...
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18/08/2009 |
Mexican Army takes over customs on US border
A.F.P. | Breitbart
Mexico's Army took control of customs Sunday on the busy US border, as federal authorities pulled agents off the job in a massive anti-corruption shakeup, officials told AFP.An Interior Ministry official said the dismissals were being carried out at all Mexican border facilities, and that the customs agents were being replaced.
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