CIA Chief Michael Hayden has admitted that the CIA used waterboarding,but only on three people and not at all in the last five years. However, Intelligence Director Mike McConnell says waterboarding still remains in the CIA’s arsenal.
Posts Tagged ‘Al-Qaeda’
Waterboarding? Youbetcha
Posted in CIA, torture, tagged Al-Qaeda, CIA, Iraq, Michael Hayden, Mike McConnell, torture, Waterboarding on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Al-Qaeda Operative Killed in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, tagged Abu Laith Al-Libi, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Waziristan on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Al-Qaeda operative Abu Laith al-Libi has been killed in the fighting in Afghanistan. Abu Laith al-Libi is a libyan who joined the mujahidin fighters in the 1980s to fight against the soviets. He was known to have been good with bomb making and guerrilla warfare. Abu Laith al-Libi was believed to [...]
US Discovers & Publishes Files of Foreign Fighters In Iraq
Posted in Iraq, arab world, tagged Al-Qaeda, Insurgents, Iraq, Mujahideen Shura Council on January 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Foreign Fighters from Saudi Arabia, Syria, and many other countries in the arab world who have come to Iraq to be martyrs, may be closer to capture by US troops after Al-Qaeda’s personnel files have been discovered in Iraq. Not only that, but apparently the bulk of the resistance doesn’t belong to Al-Qaeda.
Pakistan Rages, Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Bhutto
Posted in Pakistan, tagged Al-Qaeda, Bhutto, Civil War, elections, Musharraf, Pakistan, Sharif on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Press accounts are reporting wide spread violence and riots following the death, and funeral of assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. As outrage spread across the nation, there was finger pointing from all sides. Now, it seems Al-Qaeda has come forward claiming responsibility for the attack. While plausible, we’re still finding [...]
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