Blackwater Founder Said to Back Mercenaries (Published 2011)
WASHINGTON — Erik Prince, the founder of the international security giant Blackwater Worldwide, is backing an effort by a controversial South African mercenary firm to insert itself into Somalia’s bloody civil war by protecting government leaders, training Somali troops, and battling pirates and Islamic militants there, according to American and Western officials. The disclosure comes as Mr. Princ
Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents in attack on Nato base
Taliban militants have attacked a Nato military outpost near the airport in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said the attack on its forward operating base in Nangahar province lasted two hours. Eight militants, one of whom was wearing a suicide belt, died. The Taliban said it was behind the assault.
Oil tankers destroyed in attack on Nato supply route in Pakistan
Three people were killed in the attack, which occurred close to Islamabad, the capital, according to senior police official Umar Hayat. It was the third time since Friday that Nato convoys travelling by land through Pakistan to Afghanistan have been targeted. "Gunmen opened fire and then set on fire tankers parked on the roadside. It's a big fire. We're trying to control it," Hayat said. He said t
Billy Wright murder: father could take legal action
The father of Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright is expected to take legal action if today's report into the death of his son inside the Maze prison fails to conclude there was collusion between the state and his son's republican killers. The inquiry into Wright's death, which has cost £30m, is expected to be highly critical of security around the jail in December 1997 when the loyalist
Lebanon 'kills Fatah al-Islam militant leader'
Abd-al-Rahman Awad was convicted for a number of bomb attacks in recent years Lebanese security officials say they have shot and killed the suspected leader of the militant Sunni Islamist movement Fatah al-Islam. Abd-al-Rahman Awad and an associate were intercepted on a main road in eastern Lebanon and died in an exchange of fire with security forces. Fatah al-Islam fought a three-month battle wit
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U.S. to Prosecute a Somali Suspect in Civilian Court (Published 2011)
Pakistan's release of militant highlights difficulties for courts
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Pakistan drone attacks kill nine suspected militants
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