Monthly Archive for "December 2009"



Object admin on 31 Dec 2009

Judge Throws Out Case Against Blackwater Guards (source: NPR)

A federal judge dismissed all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards charged in the deadly shooting of civilians in Baghdad in 2007. The judge said the Justice Department’s explanations have been contradictory, unbelievable and not credi…

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Judge Throws Out Case Against Blackwater Guards (source: NPR)

News & Object admin on 31 Dec 2009

Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year’s Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre (source: AlterNet)

Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007. (source: AlterNet) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year’s Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre (source: AlterNet)

News & Object admin on 31 Dec 2009

All Charges Are Dropped In Blackwater Shooting (source: NPR)

A U.S. district judge says the Justice Department overstepped its bounds and wrongly used evidence it was not allowed to see in regard to the 2007 shooting deaths of unarmed civilians in a busy Baghdad intersection.

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News & Object admin on 31 Dec 2009

Terrorism In Review 2009 (source: Officer)

Be careful what you say so you don’t offend anyone. (source: Officer) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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News & Object admin on 30 Dec 2009

‘Tell Me More’ Update: Political Cartoonist Expands His Storytelling (source: NPR)

Host Michel Martin talks to Iranian journalist and political cartoonist Nikahang Kowsar. Kowsar, who lives in exile in Canada, recently launched a citizen journalism Web site which has become a repository for first hand accounts of life in Iran.

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‘Tell Me More’ Update: Political Cartoonist Expands His Storytelling (source: NPR)

Object admin on 30 Dec 2009

Public safety minister says Canada has limitations in sharing terror info (source: Topix.net)

Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan says Canada has significant limitations in its ability to share information about potential terrorist suspects with other countries. (source: Topix.net) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Government & News & Object admin on 30 Dec 2009

Leaving No Stone Unturned for the Freedom March to Get to Gaza (source: AlterNet)

On the Egyptian government’s stonewalling passage for the Gaza Freedom March, Evans writes: “We hope the Egyptians get so annoyed they just want to get rid of us.

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Object admin on 29 Dec 2009

Iranian Dissidents Find Escape Route Through Iraq (source: NPR)

Demonstrations in Iran have been centered in big cities, and so far haven’t gained traction in the traditionally rebellious Kurdish province in the northwest of the country. But while Kurdish Iranians don’t appear quite ready to join the opposition movemen… (source: NPR) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

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Iranian Dissidents Find Escape Route Through Iraq (source: NPR)

News & Object admin on 29 Dec 2009

Reporters Apply Iraq Lessons To Afghanistan (source: NPR)

Many veteran foreign correspondents have moved from Iraq to cover the conflict in Afghanistan. Alissa Rubin, Kabul bureau chief for the New York Times, and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, senior correspondent for the Washington Post, discuss the time they’ve spent i… (source: NPR) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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African Group with Al-Qaida Ties Says it Kidnapped Italian Couple (source: Voice Of America)

Spokesman for al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb says kidnapping was tied to Italy’s crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. (source: Voice Of America) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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