Archive for the ‘War on Terror’ Category

Spencer Ackerman Wired.com November 4, 2011 The expansion of the CIA’s undeclared drone war in the tribal areas of Pakistan required a big expansion of who can be marked for death. Once the standard for targeted killing was top-level leadership in al-Qaeda or one of its allies. That’s long gone, especially as the number of [...]

Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com October 14, 2011 No information about plot exists within FBI channels Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer says that an FBI insider told him the dubious terror plot to assassinate a Saudi ambassador which has been blamed on Iran was likely manufactured by the Obama administration, because no information about [...]

Sudarsan Raghavan The Washington Post September 30, 2011 SANAA, Yemen — Anwar al-Aulaqi, a radical U.S.-born Muslim cleric and one of the most influential al-Qaeda leaders wanted by the United States, was killed Friday in a CIA drone strike in northern Yemen, U.S. and Yemeni authorities said, eliminating a prominent terrorist recruiter who inspired attacks [...]

STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press September 30, 2011 MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is condemning the Obama administration for killing an American born al-Qaida operative without a trial. Paul, a Texas congressman known for libertarian views, says the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki on Yemeni soil amounts to an “assassination.” Paul warned the [...]

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Associated Press June 16, 2011 WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States will seek to hunt down and kill new Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri just as it did his predecessor Osama bin Laden, the top US military officer said Thursday. “There is not a surprise from my perspective that he’s moved into that position,” Admiral Mike [...]

REID J. EPSTEIN | Politico June 14, 2011 A federal prosecutor has launched a secret grand jury to investigate possible CIA war crimes at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Time magazine reported. Federal prosecutor John Durham, who was first appointed to probe the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes by Attorney General Michael Mukasey in [...]

TOM NEWTON DUNN The Sun May 31, 2011 DAVID Cameron yesterday announced the start of Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The PM revealed the first 450 troops will be brought home this year. But the move is bitterly opposed by military chiefs, who claim it risks throwing away the gains made by British forces. Colonel Stuart [...]

David Martin CBS News May 12, 2011 More accurate version of what happened includes details that bin Laden first emerged on third floor, retreated to bedroom after shot fired! WASHINGTON – A new picture emerged Thursday of what really happened the night the Navy SEALs swooped in on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. CBS [...]

Nick Hopkins guardian.co.uk May 10, 2011 The west must state clearly that it will not abandon Afghanistan after the handover of security to local forces in 2014 or risk further fighting in the region from an emboldened Taliban, the commander of British forces in the country has warned. In his first interview since becoming second [...]