Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Mystery Over Russian General Found Dead on Turkish Beach
September 1st, 2010Via: Guardian: A mysterious accident in which one of Russia’s most powerful spies was found dead on a Turkish beach has provoked speculation that the deputy head of the country’s foreign military intelligence service had been murdered. The badly decomposed body of Yuri Ivanov washed up last month on the shore of the Mediterranean, and […]
Mexico Gunmen Assassinate Second Mayor in Two Weeks
August 30th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Mexican gunmen assassinated the second mayor in less than two weeks in the violent northeast region of the country as a fight against drug traffickers intensifies. Marco Antonio Leal Garcia, the mayor of Hidalgo in Tamaulipas state, was killed when his truck was ambushed by the gunmen. His daughter was also injured in […]
Joint Special Operations Command Hiring Interrogators and Covert Operatives for ‘Special Access Programs’
August 26th, 2010Via: Common Dreams: The US military’s most elite counter-terrorism force, the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), prides itself on the secrecy of its operations. JSOC runs classified, compartmentalized task forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, the Horn of Africa and elsewhere around the world. It has operated secret prisons and detention sites globally and is the […]
Murdered British Spy Found Stuffed Into Sports Bag in Bath of London Flat
August 25th, 2010Real Headline: MI6 Codebreaker Gareth Williams ‘Probably Locked Himself Into Sports Bag’ Mmm hmm. Sure. It’s incredible what someone might get up to inside a gym bag… inside an MI6 safehouse. Via: Telegraph: MI6 codebreaker Gareth Williams probably locked himself into the sports bag where his naked body was found and was not the victim […]
A Retired FBI Agent Tells Ohio Reporter Lee Harvey Oswald Did Not Kill JFK
August 23rd, 2010Via: ClipSyndicate:
Experts Urge Full Inquest Into Death of David Kelly
August 13th, 2010Via: AFP: A group of prominent experts on Friday called for a full inquest into the death of government weapons inspector David Kelly, whose apparent suicide in July 2003 plunged then prime minister Tony Blair into crisis. The eight senior figures said in a letter to The Times newspaper that the official cause of death […]
Pat Tillman’s Father To Army Investigator: ‘Fuck You… And Yours’
August 13th, 2010Via: Huffington Post: “You are a General,” Tillman’s father writes Jones after being presented with a briefing book of his findings. “There is no way a man like you, with your intelligence, education, military, experience, responsibilities (primarily for difficult situations), and rank… believes the conclusions reached in the March 31, 2005 Briefing Book. But your […]
Plane Carrying Former Senator Ted Stevens Crashes in Alaska
August 10th, 2010Update: Ted Stevens Killed In Plane Crash Via: CBS News: Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history who lost his seat after a corruption conviction that was later dismissed, was killed Tuesday in a small plane crash in Alaska. He was 86. A family friend said Stevens was among five people killed in […]
Matt Simmons Dead “Of An Apparent Heart Attack”
August 9th, 2010Update: Reader Email F writes: You probably want to avoid wild speculation but do you have any possible insights into this, assuming it’s not “natural causes” or an accident? All along, I never really knew what to make of Matt Simmons. I didn’t post the Bloomberg video below because (no offense intended to family and […]
Mexico: Prison Official Sent Inmates to Conduct Birthday Party Massacre
July 27th, 2010Via: Christian Science Monitor: A prison director is suspected of arming inmates and sending them on the July 18 Mexico birthday party massacre that killed 17. To some, Mexico’s drug war seems ‘the script of a science fiction movie.’ When gunmen burst into a private birthday party on July 18 and opened fired on guests, […]
