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33 militants killed in eastern Logar province of Afghanistan:
According to local authorities in eastern Logar province of
Afghanistan, at least 33 anti-government armed militants were killed
following military operations by Afghan security forces in this
province
24 Afghan soldiers killed or injured in militants attacks:
At least 24 Afghan national army soldiers were killed or injured in
various incidents across the country during the past 24 hours.
Hundreds of Afghan soldiers detained, sacked for insurgent links:
The Afghan army has detained or sacked hundreds of soldiers for
having links to insurgents, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, as
it tries to stem an alarming number of so-called insider attacks
eroding trust between Afghans and their allies.
Drone kills another 5 people in Yemen:
A strike by an unmanned drone killed five "suspected" members of
Al-Qaeda in eastern Yemen on Wednesday, a security official said.
US kills 13 civilians:
Local officials in Yemen say that a United States-led drone strike over the weekend there killed 13 civilians.
Our Kill List President:
Obama won't talk about drones:
Asked
by FOX19 reporter Ben Swann about targeting killings without trials -
including the death of two American citizens . "First of all, you're
basing this on reports in the news that have never been confirmed by me.
And I don't talk about our national security decisions in that way,"
Obama said about the reporter's question.
Drone "blowback" is real : Op-Ed
:
"This will manifest itself in terms of increased recruitment for
al-Qaeda or affiliated groups and a reduction of the Yemeni
leadership's ability to govern, increasing competition from alternative
groups."
Militants kill 4 Russian soldiers in Caucasus:
Four
soldiers have been killed after unidentified assailants attacked a
convoy of Russian interior ministry troops in the conflict-stricken
North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia.
Three killed in Iraq attacks:
Attacks on Iraqi officials and security forces killed three people
and wounded four others on Wednesday, security and medical officials
said.
Syrian "rebels" blow up hospital in Homs: - Video -
Amateur video purported to be filmed in Homs shows a huge explosion
which Syrian fighters say was at a hospital that was being used by
government forces.
Syria "rebels" claim to have shot down fighter jet:
Video
shows a crashed aircraft which opposition fighters in northern Idlib
province claim they shot down with heavy machinegun fire as it was
taking off from the Abu Thuhur airbase.
Life Normal in Central Aleppo as Rebels Battered:
Shops
were open for business and residents went about their errands in the
city center, while fighting raged in the east, west and south of the
country's commercial capital.
Lebanon can "drown" in Syria bloodshed, says PM urging unity: -
Lebanon's
fractious communities will "all drown" together if they let Syria's
civil strife spill over the border, the prime minister warned, as he
called on factions to pull together and resist seeking partisan
advantage from the Syrian violence.
Egypt president calls for 'change' in Syria:
Mohammed
Morsi addresses Arab League summit and announces quartet of regional
states will discuss the Syrian crisis.: He said that a quartet of
regional states - Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey and Egypt - would meet to
discuss the Syrian crisis
Erdogan: Israeli attack on Iran could cause apocalypse:
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he did not
believe Israel would launch a full scale attack on Iran. He noted that
it was a "null probability" and added: "Otherwise (it) would have
caused an apocalypse in the entire region."
An Israeli strike won't delay Iran's nuclear weapons program. It will start it.: Op-Ed :
In
spite of the hype, there is no definitive evidence Iran is working to
develop a nuclear weapon. A new study suggests that the one thing that
could launch an Iranian drive to weaponize, however, would be an
Israeli strike.
French judges seek Arafat exhumation:
French
judges investigating suspicions that president Yasser Arafat was
poisoned are preparing to travel to the West Bank and have the
Palestinian leader's body exhumed, his widow has said in a statement.
Israel: 'Jesus is a monkey' daubed on Jerusalem monastery wall:
Hebrew graffiti, including the phrase "Jesus is a monkey," was
written on the walls of a monastery in Jerusalem in what police suspect
was an attack by right-wing, pro-settler extremists.
Canada: Shooting at Quebec rally leaves one dead:
Gunman opens fire during the victory speech of Quebec's newly elected separatist premier, who was unharmed.
Julian Assange's backers lose £200,000 bail money:
Julian Assange's high profile backers, including socialite Jemima
Khan, are understood to have lost the £200,000 they posted for his bail
as he remains holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy.
Press outlets protest Manning trial secrecy:
More than 30 news outlets and media organizations lodged an
official protest Tuesday against secrecy in the court martial of
Private Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst accusing of
leaking hundreds of thousands of military reports and diplomatic cables
to WikiLeaks.
Jose Padilla to get new sentencing date:
Convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla will soon be back in
Miami to receive a new prison sentence after an appeals court said he
deserves more time behind bars.
More On Jose Padilla:
What everyone should know about Jose Padilla
Matt Taibbi: The Secret to Mitt Romney's Fortune?
:
Greed, Debt and Forcing Others to Foot the Bill
Record 46 Million Americans on Food Stamps:
With
22.4 million households using food stamps, fully 15 percent of the
American population is on the program. The costs, $6.025 billion for
the month.
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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