RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Extrajudicial Killings Under Scrutiny

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Constanza Vieira BOGOTA, Oct 30 (IPS) – The dismissal of 20 officers and seven noncommissioned officers for extrajudicial executions of civilians presented as battlefield casualties ”is a triumph for human rights organisations and for Colombian society [...]

US PREDATOR STRIKES IN FATA STEPPED UP

Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Intel Net Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO.462 B.RAMAN “The reported US assurances to respect Pakistani sovereignty in its territory did not apply to air strikes, which could continue as before. In fact, the Pakistan Army itself [...]

POLITICS: U.S. Cutoff Threat Unlikely to Save Iraq Troop Pact

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) – The threat by the George W. Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the [...]

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: WAITING FOR OBL

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 461 Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Intel Net Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org B.RAMAN It is just one week before the US Presidential elections. We all know all that we want to know about the two candidates Senators John McCain of [...]

U.S.: A Week Out, Obama and Democrats Poised for Victory

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Monday, October 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (IPS) – With only one week before the Nov. 4 elections, Democrats are increasingly hopeful that they will emerge next Wednesday with control of the White House and substantially increased majorities [...]