30/03/2009 |
Mexico - With the Mexican army in the war on drugs, a temporary fix to a long-term problem
Olga R. Rodríguez | Los Angeles Times
Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel.Amid screams and the smell of urine and sweat, they find a blood-spattered room and a nail-encrusted log used to beat the captives and extort money from their families: $3,000 each.Five suspected kidnappers are hauled off in a military truck, including the alleged leader — the son of a local police officer. ...
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30/03/2009 |
US Used by Afghan Drug Clan to Take Out Rival
Spiegel Staff | Spiegel
A "high-ranking" member of al-Qaida was seized during a recent US mission in Afghanistan which left five people dead. But the Americans were set up: The tip-off as to his location came from a drug clan who wanted to get rid of a rival. ...
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29/03/2009 |
Kurdish rebel leader in Iraq vows not to disarm without political settlement with Turkey
Yahya Barzanji | Los Angeles Times
The military chief of Kurdish rebels launching attacks into Turkey from hideouts in Iraq said his group will not lay down its arms until there is a political settlement between the Turkish government and the militants, according to an audio tape released Saturday. ...
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29/03/2009 |
Return of the Benchmarks
Barron YoungSmith | Slate
Hoping to clarify and narrow our goals, Obama said that the U.S. objective in the region is to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to either country in the future." ...
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29/03/2009 |
President Obama
Walid Phares | Counterterrorism Blog
The evaluation of President Obama's grand strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan is now developing in the national and international defense and security sectors, both public and private. Expectedly, the discussion will have to go in two directions: the design of the grand strategy based on a reading of past experience on the one hand and a periodic review of the execution. ...
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29/03/2009 |
Colombia - FARC planeaban matar al presidente de la SIP
Agencias | El Salvador
Capturan a 10 terroristas que iban a cometer los atentados.La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) manifestó ayer su sorpresa al conocer que las autoridades de Colombia desbarataron un plan de las FARC para acabar con la vida del presidente de la institución, Enrique Santos Calderón, ex codirector del diario colombiano El Tiempo. ...
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29/03/2009 |
Pakistan remains a roadblock for U.S. in Central Asian affairs
Greg Miller | Los Angeles Times
The United States has the cooperation of Afghanistan, which used to harbor Al Qaeda, but has limited ability to maneuver in neighboring Pakistan, where the terrorist group is now based. ...
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29/03/2009 |
Ecuador - Las FARC siguen en el país
La Hora (E) Staff | La Hora
Las acciones de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) continúan desbordando las fronteras y amenazando la seguridad de la región.Pero Ecuador, por su vecindad con Colombia, sigue siendo el más susceptible de todos los países. ...
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29/03/2009 |
Ecuador - Las FARC siguen en el país
La Hora (E) Staff | La Hora
Las acciones de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) continúan desbordando las fronteras y amenazando la seguridad de la región.Pero Ecuador, por su vecindad con Colombia, sigue siendo el más susceptible de todos los países. ...
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29/03/2009 |
Bolivia - Megafábrica de cocaína tendría nexos externos
La Razón (Bo) Staff | La Razón (Bo)
El Presidente y el Canciller coincidieron en que la lucha contra el narcotráfico se puede realizar sin la ayuda de la DEA. El laboratorio descubierto el viernes cristalizaba droga que era llevada hasta Brasil y de ahí a Europa. ...
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