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Archives for February, 2010

Biden worried about another terrorist attack

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69484995&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Vice President Joe Biden says he's less worried about another Sept. 11-style attack than a strike by a lone bomber like the man who tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane last Christmas.

Iran accuses Clinton of spreading ‘lies’

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69483289&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iran's supreme leader accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday of spreading "lies" against Iran during her tour of Arab states in the Persian Gulf.

UN says US aid restrictions hurting hungry Somalis

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69480746&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S. restrictions designed to stop terrorists in Somalia from diverting aid are hurting humanitarian operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country, U.N. officials said Wednesday.

Impasse feared in Philippine talks with rebels

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69477557&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Muslim guerrillas said Wednesday they have rejected the Philippine government's latest autonomy offer, making it difficult to forge any peace accord before President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo leaves office in June.

Top cleric urges Iraqis to turn out for March vote

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69476749&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq's top Shiite cleric urged voters Wednesday to turn out for parliamentary elections set for March 7 but distanced himself from any particular coalition.

Israel under pressure over Hamas killing in Dubai

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69469321&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israeli commentators are criticizing the vaunted Mossad spy agency for sloppiness after revelations that the alleged assassins of a Hamas military commander in Dubai used identities of at least seven European-born Israelis.

US warships in Hong Kong in sign of easing tension

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69467279&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Five American warships docked for a port call in Hong Kong on Wednesday in a sign that recent tensions between China and the U.S. may be easing after flare-ups over an arms sale to Taiwan and the Dalai Lama.

Judge rejects lawsuit over 2 dead Gitmo detainees

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69464439&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A judge has dealt a setback to the families of two Guantanamo Bay detainees in a lawsuit that alleges former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. military officers and medical personnel were responsible for the detainees' deaths.

Taliban armory: Rocks, potshots and drawings

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69455515&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The bullet made a zipping, or fizzing sound. American soldiers, relaxing beside their vehicles and backpacks without body armor or helmets, looked around, bewildered. A moment passed. Then another zip, fizz. And another.

US missile kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=69450059&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a home in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding some others, intelligence officials said.