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 […]