“We are doing everything we can to stop drugs crossing to the United States but given this is a transnational business by definition it requires the United States do its part and that essentially means the flow of arms to… Read moreMexico’s chief prosector blasts US arms trade
Hundreds of people protested the planned border fence in McAllen, TX, Dec. 11, as a federally sponsored “open house” for public comment on a draft study of the project opened. The meeting was the first of three to hear public… Read moreTexans protest Homeland Security “open house” on border wall
The Dec. 12 car-bomb assassination of Gen. Francois al-Hajj marks the first targeting of a Lebanese military figure since the current wave of terror began with the 2005 attack on former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Gen. al-Hajj, army chief of… Read moreSyria: Israel behind Lebanon blast?
Niger’s army reports soldiers shot dead seven Tuareg civilians “by accident” in a fire-fight with rebels from the Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ) in the Tiguidit region, some 80 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Agadez. Officials say the civilians… Read moreMore civilians executed in Niger’s war on Tuaregs?
At least 51 migrants drowned trying to cross from Turkey to Greece—and the European Union—when their boat sank in rough weather Dec. 9. The boat was carrying about 70 Palestinians, Iraqis and Somalians when it sank off Seferihisar, in the… Read moreTurkish governor invokes human rights in Aegean disaster
From Reuters, Dec. 12: Residents say lives ruined by South Korea oil spill TAEAN, South Korea – South Korean officials say they have made progress in cleaning up the country’s worst oil spill but residents worried on Thursday about ruined… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
A fire broke out at one of Iraq’s main oil refineries Dec. 10, with the US calling it was an industrial accident—but Iraqi officials insisting it was an insurgent attack. The Dora refinery was built in the 1950s and is… Read moreIraq: insurgents hit oil refinery?
Two car bombs detonated on the morning of Dec. 11 at an Algiers court building and a UN facility, leaving over 60 dead, scores injured and more still missing in the rubble of collapsed buildings. When the first bomb exploded… Read moreSalafists strike Algiers —again
Gee, good thing we don’t have to worry about anti-Semitism anymore. From AP via
On Nov. 27, Somali immigrant Nuradin Abdi was sentenced to 10 years in prison in US District Court in Columbus, Ohio, for his role in an alleged plot to bomb a shopping mall. Abdi, a cell phone salesperson before his… Read moreSomali immigrant gets 10 years in terror plea
In a 71-page report released on Dec. 7, Human Rights Watch urged the Department of Homeland Security to upgrade its care and treatment of immigration detainees with HIV, the virus associated with AIDS. According to the watchdog organization, the agency… Read moreReport blasts HIV care in Homeland Security detention
On Dec. 7, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he would give landowners in South Texas 30 days to consent to letting federal officials survey their properties to determine whether they are suitable for a planned border fence. If the… Read moreTexas residents resist border wall
