http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57574336&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korea is considering restricting Christian missionaries' travel to the Middle East, where their evangelical work makes them vulnerable to terrorist attack.
Archives for August, 2009
Car bombs hit Iraqi troops ahead of Shiite funeral
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57572166&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A string of car bombs exploded Thursday in Baghdad as Iraqi forces tightened security around Shiite mosques, shrines and political party offices ahead of the funeral of a top Shiite leader.
Iranian women activists not fooled by president
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57571355&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Women's rights activists say they aren't fooled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nomination of the first female Cabinet ministers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, calling it a ploy to improve his popularity that will actually hurt the cause of women.
Young Afghan freed from Guantanamo to sue US gov’t
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57567097&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The family of one of the youngest prisoners ever held at Guantanamo plans to sue the U.S. government to compensate him for mistreatment and an adolescence lost to nearly seven years in a cell, his lawyers said Thursday.
August tied for deadliest month in Afghanistan
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57567027&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. service member died Thursday in a militant attack involving a roadside bomb and gunfire, a death that pushed August into a tie with July as the deadliest months of the eight-year war.
Memos: CIA pushed limits on sleep deprivation
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57565785&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A year after the Bush administration abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against a terror detainee in late 2007, keeping him awake for six straight days with permission from government lawyers.
Taiwan’s government approves visit by Dalai Lama
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57565729&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Taiwan's president risked angering China with his surprise announcement Thursday that he has agreed to let the Dalai Lama visit the island to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon.
US drone attack in northwest Pakistan kills 6
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57565821&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. drone attack in the South Waziristan tribal region in the northwest has killed at least six people and wounded another nine.
Hooded men slay 12 Indians in Colombia
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57549933&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hooded men in uniforms without insignias on Wednesday killed 12 members of the Awa indigenous group, including five children, on a reserve in a region plagued by the cocaine trade, authorities said.
GM returns to Cold War fear in talks to sell Opel
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57547811&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Behind GM's hesitation to sell its unprofitable car business in Europe lies a Cold War fear: American technology will fall into Russian hands.