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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: paramilitary

paramilitary stories: 5 news summaries
OPINION

CIA Assassin Squads:
Who Is It OK to Kill?

Cheney's secret killers likely to wind up on wrong side of history

Jul 15, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s hard to imagine many Americans would object to their country assassinating Osama bin Laden, and Walter Shapiro of Politics Daily is no different. So why are he, and others, so queasy about the CIA hit squads that, we learned Monday, have been hunting terrorist leaders since 9/11? Because... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • CIA • assassination • al-Qaeda • paramilitary

(Newser) - The CIA program kept secret from lawmakers and canceled by Leon Panetta last month sought to establish paramilitary units to take out al-Qaeda leaders, former intelligence officials tell the Los Angeles Times. The officials say that while the program was never made operational, CIA chiefs continued to work on plans... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • CIA • assassination • al-Qaeda • Leon Panetta • paramilitary

 As Riots Quiet, 
 China Vows to 
 Execute Killers 

Anyone found guilty of murder will be executed, says party head

Jul 8, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - After thousands of troops were deployed to quell ethnic unrest in the Chinese city of Urumqi, “the situation is under control,” said officials—who vowed to execute anyone behind the riot's 156 deaths. Most of those charged with murder so far have been students, said the city’s... More »

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China • police • riots • ethnic conflict • Xinjiang • Uighurs • civil unrest • paramilitary • Urumqi

(AP) - A suicide bomber walked into a crowd of US-allied Sunni paramilitaries in Iraq this morning and detonated his explosives belt, killing nine and wounding 30 others waiting in line for their salaries, Iraqi police said. The explosion took place outside the military headquarters in the town of Jbala, about 35... More »

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Iraq • suicide bomber • Awakening Councils • Sunni Awakening • paramilitary • Jbala

(Newser) - Mutinous border guards in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka laid down their weapons today, ending the uprising that started yesterday and claimed at least 20 lives, the BBC reports. “All the rebel troops have surrendered with their arms,” a government spokesman said, and urged rebels outside the capital... More »

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mutiny • Bangladesh • officer • surrender • border security • Dhaka • uprising • revolt • paramilitary

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