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‘Secret Team’ Airlines? Dominican republic: Authorities investigate “mysterious” plane vanished from radar
Dominican Today/SOTT
Santo Domingo – Intelligence agencies investigate how a “mysterious” aircraft took off from Higüero International Airport with fake registry and a flight plan initially to Port-au-Prince, but once in flight changed course toward South America, vanishing from radar screens.
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U.S. citizen accused in Yemen killing had been under FBI watch
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 13, 2010; A02
Sharif Mobley, a U.S. citizen accused of killing a hospital guard in Yemen, is believed to be a homegrown radical who left this country to make direct contact with al-Qaeda, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials, making him the latest in a string of such suspects.
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U.S. man arrested in Yemen worked in nuclear plants
Reuters/By Mohamed Sudam and Scott DiSavino Mohamed Sudam And Scott Disavino – Fri Mar 12, 6:17 pm ET
SANAA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yemen said on Friday it was holding a U.S. citizen suspected of being an al Qaeda militant who killed a hospital guard last week, and a U.S. firm said the suspect had worked at [...]
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Shorter Question Everything
Iran
Saudi Arabia has dismissed US claims that Riyadh would use its leverage to pressure China to approve new sanctions against Iran.
According to the Saudi official news agency, SPA, an official in Riadh rejected a claim by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the issue of pressuring China to support fresh sanctions against Iran, IRNA reported [...]
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Proud of Waterboarding
How anyone can ever claim to be proud of torture is beyond me:
In an interview with the BBC yesterday, former Bush adviser Karl Rove defended the administration’s use of waterboarding, saying that he was “proud” that Bush “used techniques that broke the will of these terrorists and gave us valuable information.” “Yes, I’m proud that [...]
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Adil Charkaoui sues feds for $24.5 million
Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL — Adil Charkaoui, the Moroccan-born Montrealer detained for almost two years under a security certificate without charge or trial, is suing the federal government for $24.5 million.
Charkaoui spent years under strict bail conditions until he was finally cleared in September.
His case sparked outrage, as have those of others held under the certificates, which [...]
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TSA worker tried to sabotage terror database, feds say
One week after losing job
Register, Dan Goodin in San Francisco
A former data analyst for the US Transportation Security Agency has been accused of trying to sabotage a terrorist screening database used to vet people with access to sensitive information and secure areas of the nation’s transportation network.
Marjah: The Non-Existent City the Military Said We Conquered in Afghanistan
Gareth Porter, IPS News
WASHINGTON – For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a “city of 80,000 people” as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand. That idea was a central element in the overall impression built [...]
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Liz Cheney: Worse than McCarthy
One of the cornerstones of Western law, of American law, is the right to a defense. No matter who you are. When a person is convicted and they’ve had a strong defense, it validates that verdict and it protects everyone, not just the accused. Liz Cheney apparently feels differently and would attack those who take [...]
Georgians panic over mock TV news report of Russian invasion