http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57127731&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Guantanamo prisoner who has been cleared for release by a U.S. judge was fighting Friday against what his lawyers said was an apparent plan to send him to Bosnia, where he would likely be deported to his native Algeria and imprisoned.
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Maine woman wins $21M in lawsuit against Cuba
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57126128&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A woman who alleged that Cuban officials caused the wrongful death of her father while on a covert mission in 1963 has won a $21 million default judgment against the island nation, but her prospects of collecting may be a long shot.
US targets Taliban leader in latest missile strike
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57125292&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK ISLAMABAD — A U.S. missile strike Friday targeted a Taliban commander blamed for masterminding ambushes on American troops in Afghanistan, the latest assault by unmanned aircraft in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said.
US: 4 American troops in Iraq charged with cruelty
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57121552&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Four American soldiers in Iraq have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment of soldiers in their platoon, the U.S. military said Friday.
Libya keeps Lockerbie bomber under wraps
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57120102&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Libya kept the Lockerbie bomber out of sight Friday, apparently wary of hurting its improving ties with the West, as Britain's foreign secretary denounced his warm homecoming and warned that the world's view of Tripoli will be damaged if it trumpets his release.
Philippine police arrest alleged terror leader
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57118150&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Philippine police on Friday arrested the alleged leader of a radical Islamist group believed to be responsible for one of Southeast Asia's deadliest terror attacks.
Fla. man accused of terrorism won’t be deported
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57117365&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The attorney for a 23-year-old Egyptian man acquitted earlier this year of terrorism-related charges says a judge has thrown out his deportation case.
Russia: Suicide attacks in Chechnya kill 5
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57113157&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Suicide bombers on bicycles detonated explosives in Chechnya on Friday, killing at least four police officers and a civilian in coordinated attacks in the capital, officials said.
Iraq: 2 killed in Baghdad truck bombing
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57111746&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bomb attached to a small truck exploded Friday at the entrance of a wholesale vegetable market, an Iraqi police official said, a day after Iraq's prime minister promised increased security at checkpoints near government buildings and markets.
Officials say US missile kills 12 in NW Pakistan
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=57111087&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. drone fired a missile Friday into a suspected militant hide-out in Pakistan's lawless northwest, killing 12 people in an attempt to take out a jihadist commander accused of attacks on Western troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.