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Scandal of six held in Guantanamo even after Bush plot claim is dropped - Robert Fisk, The Independent view story
7 votes- Submitted by Zecchetti
- 29 days ago
- (http://www.independent.co.uk/opin...)
- Became popular 29 days ago
No evidence that men living in Bosnia plotted attack on Sarajevo embassy.
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Twilight Struggle: In Its Closing Days, The Bush Administration Escalates The War On Terror view story
6 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.tnr.com/politics/story...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
On Sunday, U.S. helicopters accompanied by a special forces team struck in Sukkariyeh, Syria, just over the border from Iraq. It was a raid with enormous implications for the war in Iraq and the broader war on terror. The target of the raid was a man name
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Syria Gave Green Light For U.S. Cross Border Raid? (Sky News) view story
5 votes- Submitted by Wordherd
- about 1 month ago
- (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
Why did America launch a daylight helicopter attack on Syria provoking worldwide outrage? The plot thickens.
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Demonstrations prompt closure of U.S. Embassy in Syria (CNN) view story
7 votes- Submitted by Wordherd
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/mea...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
The U.S. Embassy in Damascus announced that it will be closed Thursday because of "increased security concerns" arising three days after a U.S. strike in Syria.
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Scenes from the Front Lines: The War In Afghanistan view story
6 votes- Submitted by Wordherd
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.vanityfair.com/politic...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. Battle Company, a unit of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade. An intimate glimpse of what life is like for these soldiers as they struggle to push back the Taliban and win over the local po
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'Hate preachers' must prove they renounce extremism or face UK ban view story
6 votes- Submitted by Wordherd
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politic...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
Measures will make it easier to exclude those who want to come to Britain to stir up racial or religious hatred
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Syria Orders American School Closed After Raid view story
8 votes- Submitted by Wordherd
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
The move was in retaliation for a raid into Syria on Sunday by U.S. Special Operations forces, Syria's official news agency said.
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Police will use new device to take fingerprints in street (UK) view story
7 votes- Submitted by Wordherd
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politic...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
Every police force in the UK is to be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners - handheld devices that allow police to carry out identity checks on people in the street. The new technology, which ultimately may be able to receive pictures of suspects....
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Pakistan Rejects 'America's War' On Extremists view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.commondreams.org/headl...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
Parliament vows to end military action on border • Relations with US will be strained by new strategy
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Another October surprise? view story
5 votes- Submitted by s_lockyer
- about 1 month ago
- (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/768478...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
Could another October surprise like the Bin Laden tape derail Obama's road to victory?

