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Obama rethinks Putin's smartness
In a recent interview for NPR at the Oval Office, Mr. Barrack Obama defined Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy as “not so smart”:
“You’ll recall that three or four months ago, everybody in Washington was convinced that President Putin was a genius and he had outmanoeuvred all of us and he had bullied and strategised his way into expanding Russian power,”...
US company may face terrorism charges in Argentina
The government of Argentina is ready to use an anti-terrorism law to seek criminal charges against a US-based international printing company, which unexpectedly closed its plant on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Workers of RR Donnelley in the Argentinian capital came to work on Monday to be informed of the plant’s closure due to an “insurmountable crisis,” according to AP.
The company’s...
Obama Seeks to Legitimize Drone Strikes Against U.S. Citizens
President Obama is mulling options in a case allegedly involving a phantom American terrorist operating form an unidentified country overseas.
U.S. officials say guidelines issued by the White House tie Obama’s hands despite the supposed threat posed by the terrorist living in a country that refuses to allow drone strikes against targets singled out by the Pentagon. The strikes were previously...
Man Charged With Terrorism For Criticizing School Security
In post-9/11 America, mere words can get you thrown in jail with a felony terrorism charge poised to ruin your life and confine you to a cage for years on end.
Sandy Hook has amplified the insanity.
Brian Davis, disabled man from Iowa, made the mistake of telling his physical therapist that he believes security at his grand daughter’s school is lacking. Now he is in the slammer charged with felony...
United Nations to begin investigating US drone strikes
The White House defends the deaths of civilians they’ve caused with drone strikes overseas, but as the number of casualties created by the remote-control murder machines perpetually soar, the United Nations says they will soon start an investigation.
Ben Emmerson, the UN special rapporteur on counter-terror operations, told an audience at Harvard law school this week that a sub-section of the international...
Iraq vet arrested on terrorism charges after jogging with training rifle
West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
A US veteran is facing charges of terrorism after being arrested for trying to get some exercise. That’s William Alemar’s story, at least, who was detained this week after jogging in full military fatigues in public while carrying a training rifle.
Authorities have charged 23-year-old Army National Guardsman and Iraq war veteran William...
HSBC exposed: Drug money banking, terror dealings
One of the biggest high street banks, London based HSBC, have been caught up in funding terrorism and money laundering for the Mexican drug cartels.
HSBC’s activities in Saudi Arabia were brought into question in a report, which specifically refers to banking with Al Rajhi Bank.
The investigation claims the Saudi bank has links to financing terrorism, based on evidence gathered after the September...
Iran sentences CIA operative to death
A frame grab obtained from a video aired on the Iranian television on December 18, 2011 shows Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, the CIA operative recently detained in the Islamic Republic.
Iran has sentenced to death CIA operative Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, who was earlier arrested by Iran’s intelligence forces on charges of committing acts of espionage on behalf of the US.
The verdict was issued by Tehran’s...