Thousands Flee Northern Congo Insurgency Inspired by Mystic (Bloomberg)
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — As many as 168,000 people have fled an insurgency in Democratic Republic of Congo s northern Equateur province that is inspired by a mystic who claims special power from a magic sword.
‘Foreign agencies abducting, killing innocent Pakistanis in the name of war on terror’ (New Kerala)
Islamabad, Dec. 19 : A parliamentary committee investigating US security agency Blackwater’s presence in Pakistan has raised an alarm over the recent spate of extra-judicial killings and abductions of innocent citizens by foreign agencies ‘under the garb of the war on terror’.
The science of insurgency can shape strategy (USA Today)
With warfare facing an era of insurgency, science has increasingly started to turn the microscope on conflict itself.
Lithuania may have hosted two US ‘war on terror’ jails (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Staunch US ally Lithuania may have hosted two ‘war on terror’ lock-ups used by American agents to interrogate suspected Al-Qaeda members, the head of an inquiry commission said Tuesday.
Indian government offers talks with Maoist guerrillas (EARTHtimes.org)
New Delhi – India’s Federal Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has asked Maoist militants to abjure violence and called for peace talks, news reports said Wednesday. Speaking at a function in eastern city of Kolkata Tuesday evening, Chidambaram sa…
Insurgency on the wane in Tripura (Press Trust of India)
Agartala, Dec 23 (PTI) Tripura enjoyed success in its fight against militancy in the year gone by that also saw the ruling Left Front emerging victorious in both Lok Sabha and panchayat polls and swearing-in of two governors in a span of 40 days.
Progress on Maoist insurgents (Straits Times)
MANILA- THE Philippine military said on Thursday it had shrunk the territory of a long-running Maoist insurgency, leaving four central islands free of guerrillas for the first time in decades.
Somalia is greatest victim of President Bush s War on Terror (Times Online)
Afghanistan and Iraq have monopolised the headlines but Somalia is arguably an even greater victim of George W. Bush s ill-conceived and lamentably executed War on Terror.
Colombia’s FARC rebels kill governor, prompting calls for security shift (The Christian Science Monitor)
The kidnapping and killing of Gov. Luis Francisco Cu llar, by Colombia’s FARC rebels, is renewing calls for tougher and smarter government security policies.
U.S. Sanctions Iraqi-Based Insurgency Group (Middle East Newsline)
WASHINGTON [MENL] — The United States has frozen the assets of an Iraq-based insurgency group. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.
Lithuania may have hosted two U.S. ‘war on terror’ jails (Canada.com)
Staunch U.S. ally Lithuania may have hosted two ‘war on terror’ lock-ups used by American agents to interrogate suspected al-Qaida members, the head of an inquiry commission said Tuesday.
