[ Content | Sidebar ]

Archives for August, 2009

NJ judge halts work on driveway at Libyan estate

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57839059&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A judge on Monday ordered a halt to work being done outside a mansion where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi wanted to stay during his first U.S. visit and pitch a ceremonial Bedouin-style tent to entertain guests.

Son of late Iraqi Shiite leader takes over party

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57828072&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The son of the late leader of Iraq's largest Shiite political party on Monday took the reins of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, a party official said.

Analysis: Obama keeps Bush nominees in top posts

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57826338&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK For all the GOP howling about Barack Obama radically steering the government to the left and leading the nation toward socialism, some of his major appointments are Republican men and women of the middle.

Libya says Lockerbie bomber in hospital

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57823895&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Libyan official said the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has been hospitalized and television footage showed him breathing through an oxygen mask, signs his illness from cancer may be worsening shortly after his early prison release sparked international outrage.

2 American, 2 British troops killed in Afghanistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57823831&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Bombs killed four NATO troops Monday — two Americans and two Britons — ending the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces as the top NATO commander called for a new strategy to confront the Taliban.

Germany, France reinforce Iran sanctions threat

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57818836&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Germany and France have reinforced a call for Iran to respond to concerns about its nuclear program in September or face tougher sanctions.

Ridge: Talk of terror-alert politics exaggerated

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57807187&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Monday people "are hyperventilating" about his assertion that politics played a role in talk of raising the terror alert before the 2004 elections.

Pakistan army kills 45 Taliban; border reopens

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57803314&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani soldiers killed at least 45 Taliban militants in scattered gunbattles across the northwestern Swat Valley after a suicide bombing on a police station killed 17 cadets, the army said Monday.

Suspected rebels kill 2 Indian soldiers in Kashmir

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57799662&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suspected Islamic insurgents fired at government forces and lobbed a hand grenade into a crowded shopping area in the Indian part of Kashmir on Monday, killing two paramilitary soldiers and wounding seven people.

American commander: US on the road out of Iraq

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57775793&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.