Osama Bin Laden Still “Wanted” by the FBI?
Despite the reported killing and subsequent “burial” at sea of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the Federal Bureau of Investigations still has the alleged September 11 mastermind on its list of Most Wanted Terrorists.
War Games In the Desert As Hawks Descend on Libya
AS allied forces fire their first shots in Libya, many questions remain unanswered. With no clear plan on the protection of civilians in Libya, allied military aircraft has swarmed the country’s skies, targetting military vehicles on the ground and broadening the definition of enforcing a “no-fly-zone”. Military action against Gaddafi had been sold as primarily consisting of an effort to prevent him from using airpower against protestors. This has since expanded, with French fighter jets firing on ground targets. An air operation without ground forces and real-time ground intelligence sounds ambitious at the very least. U.S., British and French forces seem to assume that for the first time, a war can successfully be fought with surgical precision.
Guantanamo As Prison and Courtroom: Is a White House Policy Unraveling or Coming Together?
Last August, President Obama’s national security advisers, including Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, met in the White House situation room to decide whether and how to go forward with trials for some Guantanamo prisoners.
Suspected Bomb Found on German Airline in Namibia
A package suspected to contain explosives was seized by Namibian Police from a Munich bound German airliner at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
Nigerian Independence Day Bombing Suspect Faces Tough Anti-Terrorism Laws in South Africa
Henry Okah, the Nigerian businessman accused of coordinating and financing the Nigeria Independence Day bombings, faces tough anti-terrorism laws in South Africa, where authorities say they have evidence that he was behind the deadly bombings, which left at least 12 people dead.
Car Bomb Rocks Abuja Amid 50th Anniversary Celebrations
A car exploded outside the Justice Ministry in the Nigerian capital on Friday as the nation was marking 50 years of independence, authorities said.
ACLU Sues FBI for Imprisonment of New Jersey Man in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, saying it illegally detained and mistreated an American, Amir Meshal, who was held in Kenya, Somalia and Ethopia for four months in 2007 before being released.
“War without Borders”: Obama’s “Long War”
The concept of the “long war” has characterised military doctrine since the end of World War II. The broader objective of global military dominance in support of an imperial project was first formulated under the Truman administration in the late 1940s at the outset of the Cold War.
Russia Subway Bombing Strips Terrorism of Gender Stereotypes
BLOG: The subway bombing that killed at least 39 people in Moscow on Monday morning will transform the way states and state security agencies currently view the fight against terrorism.
Rwanda questions linger: Habyarimana black box still missing
DESPITE the conclusion of investigations into the assassination of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, who Rwandan and international forensic investigators this week said had been assassinated by his henchmen in a bid to prevent a power-sharing deal, the black box from the plane that was carrying him the fateful day is still missing.
Angola terror attack an eye opener for FIFA, IOC
THE recent attacks on the Togolese national soccer team by rebels in the Cabinda enclave serve as an eye opener for the Federation of International Football Organisers (FIFA) and the International Olympic Commitee (IOC), the two global sporting organisations that have an elaborate history of making controversial choices of venues for the soccer World Cup and the Olympics.
Nigerian plane bomber bought tickets in Ghana
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s ticket came from a KLM office in Accra, Ghana. Demuren said Monday that Abdulmutallab bought the $2,831 round-trip ticket from Lagos, Nigeria, to Detroit via Amsterdam on Dec. 16.