http://www.armytimes.com…
Investigators say they can find no motive
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 7, 2008 12:42:20 EST
The July 27 death of Brig. Gen. Thomas Tinsley by self-inflicted gunshot wound seems likely to remain shrouded in mystery.
A three-month Air Force Office of Special Investigations inquiry, which concluded in early November, determined that Tinsley intentionally [...]

http://thinkprogress.org…
Satyam Khanna
Recently, former McCain staffers have been leaking embarrassing information about Gov. Sarah Palin’s cluelessness on foreign policy and her unprofessional behavior. Top aide Steve Schmidt wouldn’t say whether she was a good VP choice. Yesterday, CNN’s Campbell Brown excoriated these aides, noting that they were the ones who vetted Palin and trumpeted her candidacy:
BROWN: [...]

http://www.news.com.au…
BARACK Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the US but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment.
On Facebook, an “Impeach Barack Obama” group has attracted more than 700 members and a lively debate about the Democrat’s election victory over Republican John McCain.
Another Facebook group of the [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk…
Guardian
Alan Travis
A glut of opium on the world market fuelled by a record Afghan harvest threatens a new heroin crisis in Britain, the European Union drug agency warns today.

http://blog.wired.com…
Georgia’s ‘Indiscriminiate’ War with Russia
Noah Shachtman

Georgia’s claims — that it waged a precise attacks on separatists, while the Russians went on a indiscriminate rampage during their August war — are growing more suspect by the day. First we learned that Georgia showered South Ossetia with cluster bombs that killed at least three civilians.

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The Israeli military is investigating a video in which a Palestinian detainee appears to be humiliated by a group of Israeli soldiers.
The video, broadcast by Israeli TV after being posted on YouTube, shows a blindfolded man kneeling near a barrier [...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com…
Two days after the election of Barack Obama, Iraq’s chief spokesman said with unusual forcefulness Thursday that his government will continue to insist on a firm withdrawal date for U.S. troops, despite American demands that any pullout be subject to prevailing security conditions.
“Iraqis would like to know and see a fixed date,” spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh [...]

http://blog.wired.com…
Danger Room by Noah Shachtman
A social scientist in the Army’s controversial Human Terrain program was en route to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas after being set on fire in and apparent Taliban attack in Afghanistan. It’s the third time in five months that a Human Terrain Team member has been killed or seriously wounded.

http://news.bbc.co.uk…
Russian investigators say they are trying to identify the woman they suspect launched a suicide attack on a minibus in the North Caucasus.
Twelve people were killed in Thursday’s attack in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia. Officials believe one of them was a female suicide bomber.
The device exploded as the minibus stopped near a busy [...]

http://www.americablog.com…
LAPD appears to beat pro-gay demonstrator repeatedly on film
John Aravosis (DC)
This was at last night’s pro-gay protest last night in Los Angeles. The BBC got the video.
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