Local elected officials along the pipeline’s route are caught in the midst of a battle between landowners and a foreign oil corporation.
Local elected officials along the pipeline’s route are caught in the midst of a battle between landowners and a foreign oil corporation.
The Canadian Prime Minister has already indicated he is “confident” President Obama will give the controversial pipeline the go-ahead.
The Canadian Prime Minister has already indicated he is “confident” President Obama will give the controversial pipeline the go-ahead.
The North Caucasus insurgency, whose possible links with last week’s Boston Marathon bombing suspects are still being investigated, is the product of a 19-year sequence of miscalculations by the Russian leadership in its increasingly desperate efforts to retain control of the North Caucasus. What is now a pan-regional movement that operates not only in southern […]
The North Caucasus insurgency, whose possible links with last week’s Boston Marathon bombing suspects are still being investigated, is the product of a 19-year sequence of miscalculations by the Russian leadership in its increasingly desperate efforts to retain control of the North Caucasus. What is now a pan-regional movement that operates not only in southern […]
Ibrahim’s relatives are rich and powerful. But the young Lebanese taxi driver was reluctant to go into the family business when he found himself struggling to make ends meet. His family is one of the country’s largest Shiite clans, and their business is kidnapping. “Of course I don’t want to do this,” Ibrahim said of […]
Ibrahim’s relatives are rich and powerful. But the young Lebanese taxi driver was reluctant to go into the family business when he found himself struggling to make ends meet. His family is one of the country’s largest Shiite clans, and their business is kidnapping. “Of course I don’t want to do this,” Ibrahim said of […]
By Michael Grabell, Dafna Linzer, and Jeff Larson In late October, Syria asked Iraqi authorities to grant air access for a cargo plane transporting refurbished attack helicopters from Russia, according to flight records obtained by ProPublica. With Turkish and European airspace off limits to Syrian arms shipments, the regime of Bashar al-Assad needs Iraq’s air […]
By Michael Grabell, Dafna Linzer, and Jeff Larson In late October, Syria asked Iraqi authorities to grant air access for a cargo plane transporting refurbished attack helicopters from Russia, according to flight records obtained by ProPublica. With Turkish and European airspace off limits to Syrian arms shipments, the regime of Bashar al-Assad needs Iraq’s air […]
(MintPress)—Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the legal framework for the use of legal force in targeted killings of Americans overseas on Monday after five months of pressure from civil rights groups to release information about the drone attack that killed U.S. citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi, a senior al-Qaeda recruiter living in Yemen. Since September 2011, three […]
(MintPress)—Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the legal framework for the use of legal force in targeted killings of Americans overseas on Monday after five months of pressure from civil rights groups to release information about the drone attack that killed U.S. citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi, a senior al-Qaeda recruiter living in Yemen. Since September 2011, three […]