International Relations

U.S. Sgt. Bales Charged with Murdering 17 Afghan Civilians

March 24, 2012

Yesterday, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was formally charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder against Afghan civilians. According to Reuters, nine children and eight adults made up the death toll. Sgt. Bales was also charged with six counts of attempted murder and assault against four children and two adults who all survived. The [...]

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U.S. Teen, Mistakenly Deported, Returns

January 8, 2012

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) is currently investigating how a Texas-born teenager managed to convince authorities that she was a Columbian, 21-year old illegal immigrant, which led to her deportation. Happily Jakadrien Lorece Turner returned home on Friday night to her mother, grandmother and law enforcement officials waiting for her at the Dallas-Fort Worth [...]

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Private Bradley Manning’s First Public Appearance

December 16, 2011

Today, the day before his 24th birthday, Private Bradley Manning made his first court and public appearance since his arrest in May 2010. You may have seen the video Pfc. Manning allegedly released to WikiLeaks, dubbed “Collateral Murders,” that features American forces from Apache helicopters killing over 12 civilians (including two Reuters’ journalists) and wounding [...]

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Supreme Court Will Rule on AZ’s Immigration Law

December 12, 2011

Today the Supreme Court granted Arizona an appeal regarding decisions made by lower courts against its Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB 1070). The high court is expected to hear the state’s case versus the federal government’s Department of Justice some time in April, with a verdict expected by June. Arizona is [...]

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Americans Arrested in Cairo, Egypt Protest

November 22, 2011

Three American students were arrested in Cairo on Monday night and remain in custody. As of this afternoon, the Associated Press reports that it is unknown whether they have been charged. The three men were allegedly found dropping fire bombs off a roof into Tahir Square, the focal point of an Egyptian-wide protest that continues [...]

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FBI Releases Russian Spy Footage

October 31, 2011

It seems fitting that on Halloween the FBI released videos, photographs and reports from its undercover mission “Operation Ghost Stories”. The 11-year operation ended with 10 Russian spies living in the United States and working for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) being arrested last year. Today, footage and documents were made public under the [...]

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Obama Addresses the Nation about Presence in the Middle East

October 22, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi, the former president of Libya, was killed Thursday. Multiple theories exist of how his final demise came to fruition. Whether he was killed by NATO airstrikes, rebels on the ground or by his bodyguard to save him from shame, NATO has declared that it will be wrapping up its over 200-day mission in [...]

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Obama Wants to Shut Down Guantanamo Bay

October 5, 2011

As the military hearing for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is set to take place at Guantanamo Bay later this month, the Obama administration hopes to permanently close down the U.S. naval detention center before the presidential elections next year. Al-Nashiri is allegedly responsible for the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Adem Harbour, Yemen, which [...]

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American Hikers Released from Iranian Prison

September 26, 2011

Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer returned home Sunday after being held in an Iranian prison for 781 days. They, along with Sarah Shourd, were detained in July 2009 during a hiking trip around the Ahmed Awa waterfall, Iraq. Iranian authorities arrested them for crossing the Iraq-Iran border and accused them of being American spies. Whether [...]

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