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Suspected U.S. Drone Attack Kills at Least 18, Injures 14 in North Waziristan
On Thursday, January 14, two missiles from a suspected U.S. drone attack killed at least 18 and injured another 14 at a compound based in...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
North Korea Demands End to Sanctions, Calls For Peace Treaty
North Korea’s official news agency has reported that the nation’s foreign ministry has called for a peace treaty between the repressive...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Dutch Commission Finds US-Led 2003 Iraq Invasion "Illegitimate"
An independent Dutch government commission reported yesterday that the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq lacked legitimate justification per...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
CFR and 'Ungoverned Spaces'
Earlier this week, the CFR’s Stewart Patrick analyzed ungoverned spaces (such as tribal regions in Yemen or Pakistan) and whether these...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
WCL's Kenneth Anderson on Nat'l Journal Targeted Killings Issues
Last week at Opiniojuris.org, WCL Professor Kenneth Anderson discussed and linked to two National Journal articles on UAV killings. The...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
Signs of Continued Tensions Between Israel and Turkey
The latest manifestation of the tensions occurred when Turkey threatened to withdraw its ambassador to Israel if the latter country did...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
Monday Night Football May Improve UAV Intelligence
The rate of technological advancement in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology has created a sort of Moore’s Law problem for the...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
FY 2011 Defense Budget Request To Top $700B
According to the Associated Press, the administration is preparing to request from Congress $708B for the fiscal year 2011 defense...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
Yemen Steps Up Campaign Against Al Qaeda
With recent scrutiny in the wake of the failed Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, Yemen has stepped up its campaign against al Qaeda...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
District Court Affirms Presidential War Powers in Detention of Terrorism Suspects
A federal appeals court panel on January 5th strongly backed the power of the government to hold Guantánamo detainees and other...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
Google considering pulling out of China after cyber attacks
Google indicated on Tuesday it will stop cooperating with Chinese censorship and is considering withdrawing the rest of its operations in...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
Another Alleged Top Mexican Drug Lord Caught
Federal Mexican authorities apprehended Teodoro “El Teo” Garcia Simental in Baja California early Tuesday morning, the New York Times...
Jan 12, 20101 min read
US and Israeli Agents Not to Blame in Iran Scientist’s Murder, US Says
Physicist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by remote control bomb near his home in Tehran on Tuesday, BBC News reports. Iranian...
Jan 12, 20101 min read


China Responds to U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan with Missile Interceptor Test
China conducted a test on ground-based midcourse missile interception technology within its territory. Via Xinhua. China announced on...
Jan 12, 20101 min read


Gunmen Seize Three Britons, One Colombian in Nigeria
Four workers were abducted Tuesday, near Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Via CBC.ca. Four Shell contractors were kidnapped in Nigeria...
Jan 12, 20101 min read
China Tests Missile Defense System
China has tested a missile defense system on Monday according to the AP. China’s official news agency stated that the missile defense...
Jan 11, 20101 min read
Korean War to Formally End If New Treaty Signed
The AP has reported that North Korea has proposed a new treaty that would formally end the Korean War. The 1950-1953 War ended in a truce...
Jan 11, 20101 min read
Obama holds out on troops to Yemen
President Obama stated that he does not plan on sending any US armed forces into Yemen. Focus turned to Yemen after a Yemen-based...
Jan 11, 20101 min read
China again urges against US arms sales to Taiwan
China’s Xinhua News Agency reported that the recent announcement of US arms sales to Taiwan by way of contracts with Lockheed Martin and...
Jan 11, 20101 min read
Radical Muslim “Hate Preacher” goes back to Kenya–again.
He knew Germaine Lindsay, the man who “blew himself up on the London Underground at Russell Square on July 7, 2005 and killed 26...
Jan 11, 20101 min read
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