INTERNATIONAL

Interrogators at secret jail dubbed 'UK's Abu Ghraib' referred to chief military prosecutor   A number of British military interrogators may face war crimes charges after members of their unit filmed themselves while threatening and abusing Iraqi detainees at a secret prison near Basra, the high court heard today. The men have been referred to the Director of Service Prosecutions …

US-born preacher's arrest sought after he and a relative fail to appear for a second time before a terrorism court. A Yemeni judge has issued an order that the US-born Muslim preacher Anwar al-Awlaki has to be caught dead or alive, for alleged links to al-Qaeda and involvement in the killing of foreigners. Mohsen Alwan, in a ruling on Saturday, …

From Maharajas to Manmohan Singh Killing spree of Kashmiri Muslims continues unabated. ”Kashmiris live under one of the most brutal military occupations in the world”. says Arundhati Roy.   The present generation of Kashmiri Muslims grew up in an atmosphere of brutal atrocities committed by Indian armed forces .These youths have seen their loved ones tortured, raped and killed. They …

Hanan Al Samawi's lawyer and fellow students say she has no links to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which is being blamed for Friday's thwarted attempt to mail bombs to Chicago synagogues. Yemeni men pass by the house Sunday in which female computer engineering student Hanan al-Samawi lived. Yemeni police arrested Samawi on suspicion of mailing the bombs …

We are in the grip of yet another so-called terror plot designed to terrify the wits out of everyone. Anyone of a nervous disposition was sent in to a tailspin of panic over the increasingly dramatic news coverage … this manifested itself in a tsunami of 911 calls in America which paralysed parts of New York, Maine and Philadelphia for …

Christian Whiton says whistleblowing website presents serious challenge to national security after leak of Iraq war logs By Sam Jones October 27, 2010 "The Guardian" — A Fox News contributor and former state department adviser has accused WikiLeaks of conducting "political warfare against the US" and called for those behind the whistleblowing website to be declared "enemy combatants" so they …