Antiwar Newswire

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65580203&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Security Council is expected to approve new measures Thursday aimed at ensuring that U.N. sanctions target the right people, companies and organizations for links to al-Qaida and the Taliban — including a new ombudsperson.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65579589&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Haaretz daily says former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed giving the Palestinians 100 square kilometers (38 sq. miles) of Israeli territory near the Gaza Strip in exchange for West Bank settlement blocs.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65575071&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gunmen attacked the car of a Honduran television commentator who has backed the coup-installed government, missing her but killing her pregnant daughter, police said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65561739&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Details of U.S. interrogation techniques which Britain is fighting to keep secret are no different from what has already been made public by President Barack Obama, according to parts of a U.K. court ruling that were declassified Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65561413&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Homeland security officials improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim group, but government rules were "unintentionally and inadvertently violated" and only publicly available information was collected, according to documents made public Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65560829&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congress is investigating allegations that U.S. tax dollars are being paid to warlords and the Taliban for security on supply routes used to truck food, water, fuel and ammunition to American troops in Afghanistan.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65556468&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK From scores fasting in demand of a new state in India's hilly northeast to a powerful chief minister suggesting her region be split up, the map of the nation is facing an overhaul.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65556290&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The House on Wednesday passed legislation giving the federal government the ability to borrow a whopping $290 billion to finance its operations for just six additional weeks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65556225&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Pakistan's top court struck down an amnesty Wednesday that had protected U.S.-allied President Asif Ali Zardari from corruption charges, setting the stage for political turmoil at a time when America seeks a united front against militants along the Afghan border.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=65556005&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.S. government watchdog says the organization created to spearhead Afghanistan's battle against corruption has too little authority, independence and personnel to be effective.