Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Rodger Lynn Dickey
March 28th, 2011Via: The Taos News: Taos County Sheriff’s Office stated Tuesday (March 22) that they have identified the body found in the Río Grande Gorge last Friday (March 18) as belonging to a nuclear scientist from Washington state. Undersheriff Ed Romero said that Rodger Lynn Dickey, 56, died after he jumped from the Gorge Bridge. Dickey, […]
‘Blood Money’ Frees CIA Contractor in Pakistan
March 16th, 2011Via: AP: An American CIA contractor detained on suspicion of murder was released on Wednesday after families of the two Pakistanis he killed were given “blood money” and the case was dropped, Pakistani officials said. The killings and detention of Raymond Allen Davis had strained ties between Pakistan and the United States and added to […]
NATO Kills Cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai
March 10th, 2011Via: BBC: A relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been mistakenly killed by Nato troops in southern Afghanistan, officials say. Yar Muhammad Khan was at his home in Dand district near Kandahar city when he was shot dead in an overnight raid. Nato says it is investigating the incident. Hundreds of Afghans took to […]
Lawyer Says Sirhan Sirhan Was Brainwashed
March 2nd, 2011Via: ABC News: A lawyer for Sirhan Sirhan, the confessed assassin of Robert F. Kennedy, plans to present new evidence at a parole board hearing suggesting that he did not act alone, was potentially brain washed and cannot remember anything about the 43-year-old shooting. “There is no question he was hypno-programmed,” lawyer William F. Pepper […]
Congo Gold Smuggling Ring’s Big Texas Ties
March 2nd, 2011Via: Mad Cow Productions: A Dallas-based Gulfstream V luxury jet seized for gold smuggling last month by authorities in the war-torn eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is also under investigation for drug running by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The Gulfstream implicated in gold trafficking in Goma was on the DEA’s […]
Kenyan Official, Investigating Congo Gold Smuggling Case, Shot and Killed
February 28th, 2011Via: Reuters: A senior Kenyan official has been shot dead while investigating gold smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenyan police said on Monday. Eric Kiraithe, a police spokesman, said the man was an official at Kenya’s Revenue Authority. “We have not arrested any suspects involved in gold smuggling but we have identified […]
The Two Men Gunned Down by U.S. National Raymond Davis Were Working for ISI
February 14th, 2011Via: Times of India: The two men gunned down by US national Raymond Davis in Lahore last month were working for ISI which was tailing the American because he was spying and “encroaching on their turf”, according to a media report. The two men were sent to track Davis by the ISI, which believed that […]
The Octopus Conspiracy: One Woman’s Search for Her Father’s Killer
February 9th, 2011Via: Wired: On the morning of July 1, 1981, three bodies were discovered behind a shabby, concrete ranch house on Bob Hope Drive, a main drag in a sand-swept stretch of California’s scorching Coachella Valley. The corpses were sprawled in a semicircle, on chairs and beds that had been dragged into the backyard. Each of […]
The Deepening Mystery of Raymond Davis and Two Slain Pakistani Motorcyclists
February 9th, 2011Update: It’s Official: Raymond Davis Is a CIA Contractor Via: Los Angeles Times: Pakistani and U.S. authorities say U.S. Embassy worker Raymond Davis, who killed two alleged robbers in Lahore, works for the CIA. —End Update— Wow. You have to check out hyperion-protective.com. No really. Must see. But be warned: Your sides will hurt from […]
Son of Ex-Enron Boss Found Dead
February 4th, 2011Via: AP: The youngest son of former Enron President Jeff Skilling was found dead in his Southern California apartment this week. John Taylor Skilling, 20, was found dead in his Santa Ana home around 10.30pm on Tuesday after his friends called police when he didn’t show up for a planned dinner, police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna […]
