US consulate attack in Benghazi: a challenge to official.
A year after the first US ambassador in 33 years was killed on duty, Chris Stephen, one of the first western reporters on the scene in Benghazi, pieces together what really happened from witness accounts, official reports, and the ruins of the compound.. The two landlords who owned it showed the site to the Guardian two days after the attack, pointing to the Libyan families they were already moving into the accommodation vacated by the Americans. Signs of the US��.
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A recent poll indicates that, with a desperately weak central government and marauding militias, ���more than one-third of Libyans report feeling unsafe going to the market, school, or work,��� while 40% of women feel that way simply... A failure to imagine the consequences of the last major U.S. intervention in Libya has, perhaps irreparably, fractured the country and sent it into a spiral of violence leading to the deaths of Americans, among others, while helping to��.
White House intruder had a knife, officials say
The U.S. Secret Service said it beefed up security Saturday around the White House after a man armed with a knife was able to scramble over the White House fence, dash across the expansive lawn and enter the massive front doors of the residence before.
In Search of Libertarian Realism
For the next decade, that premature declaration gave way to insurgencies, sectarian warfare, troop surges, corrupt Iraqi governments, 4,000 U.S. combat deaths, even more Iraqi deaths, and $1 trillion in taxpayer money down the drain. The American.
Did (redacted) help the US torture?
Theres no mention in the Senate report of the British intelligence officers who interviewed detained British citizens in a Pakistan prison while overlooking unmissable wounds of recent torture, as Human Rights Watch reported in 2009. There is. In a.
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But we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy, and his forces step up their assaults on cities like Benghazi and Misurata, where innocent men and women face brutality and death at the hands of their... Hours after US and British ships pounded Libya with precision missiles, American officials are eager to confirm that the damage was extensive enough to allow air patrols to protect civilians being targeted by embattled strongman��.
How was Libyas al-Qaeda chief arrested?
The leader of al-Qaeda in Libya, Abd al-Baset Azzouz, who is reportedly awaiting trial for his suspected involvement in the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libyas eastern city of Benghazi, was nabbed last month by authorities in Turkey after entering.
US Official Confirms Death Of American Citizen In Libyan Hotel Attack
WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A senior State Department official is confirming the death of one U.S. citizen in Tuesdays attack on a Libyan hotel. The official isnt. Libyan officials said four foreigners and five guards were killed after gunmen stormed a.
Pentagon to review video of Libya attack - This Just In - CNN.
CNN previously reported that, according to a senior U.S. official familiar with the details of the attack, four Americans - including Stevens and Smith - died after succumbing to smoke inhalation. [Updated at 2:21 p.m.. [Updated at 1:19 p.m. ET] The ambassador of Libya to the United States, Ali Aujali, released the following statement regarding the attacks: We condemn.. Another senior official with the State Department confirmed the details as well. [Updated at 12:11��.
Headlines for April 11, 2011 | Democracy Now!
The move was announced today one month after the massive earthquake and tsunami left more than 28,000 people dead or missing and sparked the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. Some 151,000. Libya: NATO Increases Attacks on Gaddafi Forces, African Leaders Seek Peace Deal.. The existence of the secret prisons was confirmed by U.S. military officials during interviews with the Associated Press.. Thousands Protest Washington State Budget Plan.
7 key facts about the Senates CIA torture report
1. The results. The Senate Intelligence Committee is releasing the results of a 5��-year review of CIA interrogations of terrorist suspects in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The 525-page report concludes that the interrogations were more.
Today in Palestine early Sat 25 Oct - Mondoweiss
Hammads death comes just hours after a Palestinian car attack wounded eight Israelis at a light rail station in Jerusalem. The one fatality in the incident was a three-month-old baby, who was also an American citizen. And so��.
Libya News Latest Real-Time Updates - NewsBlogged
The attack, which included a car bombing, struck the Corinthia hotel, which sits along the Mediterranean sea.. Posted on 27 January 2015 | 1:43 pm. The deputy foreign minister of Libyas internationally recognized government was released Monday after being kidnapped a day earlier, said a security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized. Libyas Islamists Ansar al-Sharia confirm leaders death: monitoringThe Daily Star
Gunmen in Afghanistan hotel attack killed after 3-hour standoff
A U.S. official confirmed that an American citizen was killed in the attack. The official spoke on condition. One of the Canadians who died was identified as Roshan Thomas, who with her family had dedicated years to helping Afghan children. Canadian Sen. Mobina. any place, they can do it. Associated Press writers Mirwais Khan in Kandahar, Rob Gillies in Toronto, Pedro Servin in Asuncion, Paraguay, and Deb Riechmann in Washington contributed to this report.
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Official: 1 American dead in Libyan hotel attack. Updated: 16 mins ago. WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A senior State Department official is confirming the death of one U.S. citizen in Tuesdays attack on a Libyan hotel. The ���
Officer-Involved Shooting in Harrison Township
Deputies responded to a 911 call about gunshots being fired in the area around the 5000 block of North Main Street in Harrison Township. Once on the scene, in the parking lot of the Speedway, deputies say they told Wright to drop his weapon and he.
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One policeman was among the dead and dozens of protesters were also injured, health officials confirmed. The clashes follow the death of.. Charlie Hebdos offices. The cover of the magazines latest edition, published after the attack, featured a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad weeping while holding a sign saying I am Charlie.[304]. Measures include allowing US citizens to use credit cards in Cuba and for US businesses to export some technologies. Americans will be able to��.
Thatcher Protg Leon Brittan Was a Pedophile Suspect
LONDON ��� One of Margaret Thatchers most senior ministers died Thursday amid a swirl of accusations that he was personally involved in the abuse of children and the subsequent coverup of a Westminster pedophile ring. Lord Leon. Private Eye.
Somalia: reported US covert actions 2001-2014 | The.
A team of Ethiopian military with one US Special Forces operative landed at the scene within hours and confirmed eight dead and three injured, the New York Times reported the following month.. The joint mission took DNA samples from 50 exhumed bodies and four British citizens were identified, the report claimed.. The attacks were aimed at two senior militants who were planning an imminent terrorist attack on the UK, US officials told the Washington Post.
France Latest News Real-Time Updates - NewsBlogged
U.S. News and World Report BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Anti-terror raids in France and Belgium netted eight more suspects on Tuesday as Paris urged its European Union partners to step up the fight against terror financing with new measures to make transactions. Posted on 27 January 2015 | 1:02 am. A skier and mountaineer from Oregon died Friday after he was buried in an avalanche on the Italian side of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in western Europe, his sister said.
US official confirms death of 1 American citizen in Libyan hotel attack
WASHINGTON ��� US official confirms death of 1 American citizen in Libyan hotel attack. Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Share on FacebookShare; Share on .
Whats Happening in Libya Explained | Mother Jones
. are the implications of Libyan instability? After decades of being reviled as a state sponsor of terrorism, Libya recently reversed course and joined the ranks of the United States allies in the fight against Al Qaeda.. Obama condemned the Qaddafi governments outrageous violence, said that protecting American citizens in Libya was his highest priority, and rejected allegations that western powers are meddling in Arab uprisings. The change that is taking place��.
House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories
WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and.
US Commander: IS Fight to Take Time
PENTAGON / WASHINGTON���. The top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says the campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria is having the desired effects toward degrading the groups capabilities, but will take time. General.
J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. Ambassador To Libya, And 3.
UPDATE: U.S. officials have told The New York Times and CNN that the deadly consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya, which killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, may have been planned in advance. According to the CNN report, attackers. Speaking to reporters, he offered his condolences on the death of the four Americans and vowed to bring the culprits to justice and maintain his countrys close relations with the United States. The three Americans killed with��.
Gaddafi Attack: Is the Libyan Dictator Making Some of It Up.
Mohamed Buisier, a Libyan opposition figure, who returned from Libya a few weeks ago, says he believes that Abdulsalam al-Zadma, one of Gaddafis right-hand men ���went to the childrens hospital right after the attack and took a picture of an already dead baby. Before he was released from a U.S. maximum-security prison last week, a confessed al Qaeda sleeper agent was offered up in a potential prisoner swap that would have freed two Americans held abroad.
US, NATO and Rebel war crimes in Libya | Did You Know
There will be more coming out in the near future and I am sure there will be many. Rense and Susan Lindauer - NATOs Libyan War Crimes Aug 1, 2011 NATO Committing War Crimes In Libya - Ex US Congresswoman Jun 15,��.
Lockerbie bomber Al-Megrahi WAS guilty, inquiry finds
Its also been claimed his imprisonment was a price worth paying by Libya for the lifting of crippling sanctions, imposed for several years after Megrahi was identified in Scotland and the US as the likely bomber. However, sources. His release.
All the Presidents Strongmen
In addition, the American-led counterterrorism campaign inadvertently offered the new powerbrokers resources, including support for their militias, to go after their personal rivals, whom they denounced as Taliban, though many had not supported the.
Assault on Sailors Highlights Turkish Anger at US
ISTANBUL���. Prosecutors in Turkey released a dozen nationalist protesters Thursday who attacked three American sailors in Istanbul the day before. The release came just ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and at a time of tense U.S.
Preble Sheriff Identifies Victims in Mondays Triple Shooting
. said 10-year-old Samantha Carpenter and her mother, 45-year-old Catherine Gessman were shot about 11:48 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. The shooting suspect, 43-year-old Brian Harleman, then reportedly shot himself. He was found dead at the scene.
2014 protests: From Ferguson to Hong Kong, impact unclear
True, people in the USA marched to protest grand juries failure to indict white policemen in the deaths of unarmed black men, in Hong Kong to demand democratic elections, in Ukraine to oust an unpopular regime. Huge crowds gathered in Mexico to .