Russia, Venezuela launch joint naval operations
Venezuelan and Russian warships began joint naval operations Monday in the Caribbean Sea, close to US waters, the Venezuelan army indicated….
Russia Looks To Natural Advantages In Emerging Arctic Power Games
Washington (UPI) Dec 1, 2008 - The Arctic Ocean is quickly re-emerging as a strategic area where vital U.S. interests are [...]

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CIA Foreknowledge of the Mumbai Attacks
Yesterday, Outlookindia.com reported that the CIA’s station chief in Delhi approached one of India’s intelligence agencies, the Research and Analysis Wing, and passed on a fairly specific warning;

U.S. Contractor Confined More Than 1000 Foreign Workers In Windowless Warehouses In Iraq…Najlaa International Catering Services, a subcontractor to KBR, the Texas firm formerly known as Halliburton, hired the men, who’re from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
UN Ambassador-nominee Susan Rice: I’m not going to ask John Bolton for advice.…Yesterday, President-elect [...]

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By Gordon Corera
Security correspondent, BBC News
The tribunals used for putting suspects on trial at Guantanamo Bay are a “stain on America’s military”, a former military prosecutor has told the BBC in his first interview since resigning.

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Fifteen law enforcement officers and two others were charged Tuesday with providing security for drug shipments and other crimes that actually were staged as part of a series of elaborate FBI sting operations.

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2 Dec 2008
TORONTO: In a political coup, Canada’s three opposition parties have joined hands to oust the just elected minority government of Prime Minister
Stephen Harper.

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Looks like the Indian press wants the same rights to bomb other countries the US has been claiming, and they’re trying to use Obama’s words to justify it:

Sovereign nations have the right to protect themselves, US president-elect Barack Obama said on Monday, when asked if India could follow the same policy he advocated during his [...]

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Can anyone say “mission creep”? The military always can, which is why a new initiative to give the Pentagon an ability to surge a combat-ready force for domestic security is so worrying.