Crime

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s army has killed more than 300 fighters from Darfur’s rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in recent clashes and 75 of its own soldiers also died, state media reported on Saturday. But JEM dismissed the statement as “cheap propaganda” saying it prevailed in the clashes. Peacekeepers confirmed the Sudanese army had clashed...
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Chris Brummitt, The Associated Press ISLAMABAD – Gunmen killed two Pakistani Christian brothers accused of blasphemy against Islam as they left court on Monday, a government minister and police said. The men were chained together when the attack took place in the eastern city of Faislabad as they were being taken back into custody after their...
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Joshua Gross | 19 Jul 2010 World Politics Review The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project tightens the straightjacket that our current terrorist list system has placed on American diplomats and social scientists. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that the First Amendment does not protect groups or individuals who...
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Oleg Kalugin headed overseas counterintelligence operations for many years at Russia’s KGB secret services, where he oversaw operatives including future Russian President and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. As Kalugin became a vocal critic of the Soviet system during its final years, he was demoted and eventually forced to retire from the KGB in 1990....
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The car bomb that exploded in Ciudad Juárez yesterday, killing 3 and injuring many more, has raised the stakes even higher in Calderón’s War. In addition to the army patrolling the streets of many Mexican cities, the kidnappings and executions of high level officials (senior police officers, politicians, prominent businessmen) all over the country and the indiscriminate killings that average...
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MEXICO CITY – Soldiers detained two people in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa who were transporting an arsenal that included a grenade launcher, the Defense Secretariat said. The armed suspects were part of a group spotted Friday near the town of Higueras de Abuya, where they were traveling in two SUVs. The suspects tried to...
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By Brad Branan / The Fresno Bee A new report highlights a contradiction in local efforts to stop gang violence: Despite years of gang sweeps and other high-profile crackdowns, gang activity shows no sign of waning. An estimated 17,000 Fresno County residents are gang members, according to the report from local law enforcement and social service...
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In the last few months the rate of the “drug-related” killings has averaged more than 50 each day. This is double the amount of last year when the collective politicos of Mexico were outraged at some referring to Mexico as a failed state (which was not the case, the pundits were only observing that the path with which...
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By Lindsay Christ on Jul 16th, 2010 An admitted gang member was arrested in connection with a shooting that happened on Thursday afternoon in Roosevelt, police say. Stephon Whethers, 27, of Hempstead was riding a bicycle at 4:26 p.m. inside Centennial Park when he allegedly fired multiple rounds from a handgun at two men....
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Chicago cop who served in Afghanistan and Iraq has warning: Gang members are coming home with military training BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter Being in a street gang is now forbidden for members of the U.S. armed forces. But you might not guess that if you were to visit U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
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