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A Sailor assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion stands watch over a cell block in Camp 6 at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo. Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison Wed 22 May 2013
DONNA CASSATA Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas/Released) The Guardian
Congress   Guantanamo   Pentagon   Photos   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp
An Iraqi woman, who sells milk, passes by the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Sectarian attacks in Iraq stoked by spillover from Syrian war Tue 21 May 2013
Ability of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain crisis may hinge on events beyond his control Sectarian struggle ... an Iraqi woman passes by the scene of a car bomb... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) The Guardian
Iraq   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), marking the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea, 17 May, 2013. Justice in the Age of Drone Terror Tue 21 May 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, in revolution it is both virtue and terror: virtue without... (photo: US Navy / Alan Radecki courtesy Northrop Grumman) WorldNews.com
Defence   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Drone attacks in Pakistan
Palestinian supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) wave the group's red flag, the Syrian flag, and the Palestinian flag as they holds poster of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, during a rally on May 7,2013. Against Israeli attack on Syria in Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel is not getting involved in Syria's civil war, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said just days after two Israeli air strikes near Damascus sent regional tensions soaring. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Hezbollah pulled more deeply into Syria civil war Tue 21 May 2013
ZEINA KARAM Associated Press= BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah was pulled more deeply into Syria's civil war as 28 guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite militant group were killed... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Guardian
Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the 2011 US troop pullout A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the 2011 US troop pullout Mon 20 May 2013
BAGHDAD — Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: — May 20, 2013: A wave of attacks, some at... (photo: US Army / Shane Hamann,) The Washington Post
Attacks   Baghdad   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Baghdad
As a Blackhawak helicopter rumbles overhead, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter speaks with BGen Ron Lewis, right, at Gambrei during a visit to forward bases in Afghanistan, May 13, 2013. Al Qaeda: Enemy or Asset? Mon 20 May 2013
A whistleblower has revealed extraordinary information on the U.S. government’s support for international terrorist networks and organised crime. The government has... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett) CounterPunch
Al Qaeda   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Al-Qaeda
U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Gonzalez, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, maintains security during a meeting with the Farah provincial chief justice in Farah City, May 4, 2013. End the ‘forever’ war Mon 20 May 2013
There’s no point in engaging in a perpetual global war on terror From both the left and the right, three common misper-ceptions have emerged about US foreign policy:... (photo: US Navy / HMC Josh Ives) Khaleej Times
Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: War on Terror   War
The "Returning" as palestinians attend "camp of return" to mark refugees' ties to lands lost, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on May 15, 2013, to mark the 65th anniversary of the "Nakba" (catastrophe). 65 Years of Palestinian Nakba Mon 20 May 2013
Every 15th of May Palestinians; old and young, all over the world, within Zionist occupied Palestine, in every Palestinian refugee camp, and in every exile country,... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The People's Voice
Israel   Mideast   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: 1948 Palestinian exodus
This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to repel a coordinated attack by government forces, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Syria conflict: Fierce battle for key town of Qusair Mon 20 May 2013
Fighting has raged in Syria's town of Qusair after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold. State media said the army... (photo: AP / Qusair Lens) BBC News
Mideast   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
People run away from tear gas during a demonstration against the deployment of 11,000 police and soldiers in the city of Kairouan, to prevent the ultraconservative Muslim group Ansar al-Shariah from holding its annual conference, Sunday May 19, 2013. Tunisian police clash with Salafists over banning of annual congress Mon 20 May 2013
Security forces and hardline Islamists fought street battles in Tunis on Sunday, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, after the authorities banned the... (photo: AP / Amine Landoulsi) The Daily Telegraph
Photos   Police   Protests   Tunisia   Wikipedia: Tunisian revolution
Honeybees on the hive - insects - nature Honeybees find land mines in Croatia Mon 20 May 2013
ZAGREB, CROATIA — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Clarion Ledger
Croatia   Insect   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Honey bee
Army launch recruitment drive for 10,000 new young soldiers ahead of redundancies Army launch recruitment drive for 10,000 new young soldiers ahead of redundancies Mon 20 May 2013
The Army has launched a campaign to sign up 10,000 new recruits just weeks before thousands of experienced soldiers who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan will lose... (photo: US DoD / Bobby J. Yarbrough) The Daily Telegraph
Afghanistan   Iraq   Photos   Recruitment   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika speaks at the Supreme Court in Algiers, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. Algeria's president, 72, who led his oil-rich and gas-rich North African nation out of a bloody Islamic insurgency, started clearing the way Wednesday to give himself a third term in office, announcing plans to abolish limits that would have prevented his re-election. With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era Sun 19 May 2013
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country... (photo: AP) Daily Press
Algeria   Business   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
In this Sunday, May 5, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, men stand near a wrecked helicopter, left, in Deir el-Zour, Syria. Saudi vies to avoid Afghan-style blowback from Syria Sun 19 May 2013
May 19: Chastened by the experience of Afghanistan, where hundreds of Saudis fought before returning to sow terror at home, the kingdom is battling to avoid similar... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video) The Siasat Daily
Photos   S Arabia   Syria   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran Assad warns U.S. to avoid interfering in Syria politics Sun 19 May 2013
BEIRUT -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Photos   Politics   Syria   US   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, soldiers and journalist looks at bodies of prison officials killed by Islamic extremist during heavy fighting in Bama, Nigeria. Nigeria army's offensive to continue "as long as it takes" Sun 19 May 2013
Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris... (photo: AP / Abdukareem Haruna) BBC News
Military   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a police officer armed with an AK-47 rifle walks past pedestrians as he patrols a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation. Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested Sat 18 May 2013
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) The Star
Military   Nigeria   Photos   Rebels   Wikipedia: Nigerian Sharia conflict
People evacuate dead and wounded victims from the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq Sat 18 May 2013
Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major... (photo: AP / Adem Hadei) STL Today
Iraq   Photos   Sunni   Violence   Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq
A Pakistani man who was injured in a suicide bombing is rushed by volunteers to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Mosque Bombings in Pakistan Kill at Least 13 Fri 17 May 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In what officials called the first major terrorist attack since last week’s general elections, at least 13 people were killed and 30 injured when two... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) The New York Times
Al Qaida   Pakistan   Photos   Suicide Bombing   Wikipedia: War in North-West Pakistan
File - President Barack Obama attends a meeting with electric utility executives and trade association representatives at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2013. Curse of Second Term Presidential Collapses Fri 17 May 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling There appears to be a curse stalking second term presidents, specifically starting with Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) WorldNews.com
Photos   Politics   Scandal   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
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