Antiwar Newswire

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76156677&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Al-Qaida's deputy leader praised the recently slain leaders of the group's offshoot in Iraq in a new audio recording broadcast Thursday by Al-Jazeera television network.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76154557&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An Iranian opposition website says that an imprisoned filmaker has been badly beaten and his sight damaged.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76151343&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel considered goodwill gestures toward the Palestinians Thursday, as President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy wound up a second round of indirect Mideast peace talks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76149292&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK After years of wreaking havoc on the open ocean, Somali pirates are being squeezed on land and sea by authorities and a militant group looking to put them out of business.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76147170&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A top U.S. diplomat has urged Syria to do more to prevent arms shipments to the militant Lebanese Hezbollah and stem the flow of militants into Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76136663&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hammered for months by Republicans as soft on terrorism, Attorney General Eric Holder and the rest of the Obama administration are suddenly playing offense, offering to work with Congress on a law that would let law enforcement delay constitutional Miranda warnings to terror suspects.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76136631&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK French police arrested the leader of Basque separatist group ETA Thursday and his second in command, Spanish officials said, calling it an important blow but not a death knell for the violent organization.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76134081&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The U.S. military is investigating allegations that a "small number" of U.S. soldiers were responsible for the unlawful deaths of as many as three Afghan civilians.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76132977&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Maldives government official says that the Afghan government and the Taliban are meeting in the Indian Ocean archipelago for talks.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=76130816&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello is canceling two summer concerts in Israel because of its treatment of the Palestinians, disappointing fans in a country enjoying an upswing in visits by renowned artists.