The State Department’s chief Africa diplomat said Wednesday U.S. troops sent to Uganda to help local forces fight the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group will not engage in combat operations themselves. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson says the marauding LRA has been degraded but remains a serious threat to Uganda and three neighbors in [...]
Tag: conspiracy
December 8, 2011
December 3, 2011
US targets WikiLeaks like no other organisation
December 2, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US targets WikiLeaks like no other organisation 03 Dec 2011 WikiLeaks is the target of an “unprecedented” US government criminal investigation, Australian diplomatic cables obtained by the Herald reveal. The cables also show the Australian government wants to be forewarned about moves to extradite Julian Assange to the United [...]
November 17, 2011
Second US court martial begins in civilian hunting case
November 16, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Second US court martial begins in civilian hunting case 16 Nov 2011 Another US soldier accused of taking part in the killing of unarmed Afghan civilians will face court martial Wednesday, with a further 10 soldiers facing charges. Staff Sergeant David Bram, unlike Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, is not [...]
November 11, 2011
US soldier found guilty in Afghan thrill-killings
November 10, 2011 by walden9 ShareThis US soldier found guilty in Afghan thrill-killings 10 Nov 2011 A U.S. Army soldier accused of exhorting his bored underlings to slaughter three civilians for sport was convicted of murder, conspiracy and other charges Thursday in one of the most gruesome war crimes cases to emerge from the Afghan war.
November 10, 2011
Gun runner’s accomplice found guilty of conspiracy to import
A man has been found guilty of helping an international gun runner to smuggle dozens of handguns into Britain on commercial transatlantic flights. Over a six-month period gun runner Steven Greenoe, 37, – an American who lived in Shrewsbury and is currently awaiting sentence in the US – repeatedly crossed the Atlantic to purchase weapons [...]
October 21, 2011
Gun smuggling gang leaders jailed for 24 years
Two ringleaders of a gang which smuggled guns into the UK from the United States have each been jailed for 24 years. Mohammed Tariq, 33, and Atique Arif, 32, were sentenced at Bradford crown court along with six other men who were sent to prison for up to 12 years. The gang imported guns concealed [...]
October 21, 2011
Jailed Tyco boss attacks ‘indefensible’ Wall Street bonuses
A rare treat for fans of the wisdom of Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco chief currently serving up to 25 years for grand larceny, conspiracy and securities fraud stemming from his heroic devotion to corporate excess. Prisoner 05A4820 has given an interview to the Wall Street Journal in which he admits that he might have [...]
October 14, 2011
US hits Greek anarchist group with terrorism sanctions
October 13, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US hits Greek anarchist group with terrorism sanctions 13 Oct 2011 The Obama administration has added a Greek anarchist group to a terrorism blacklist that subjects the organization and its members to U.S. financial sanctions. The State Department said Thursday it had placed the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei, or [...]
October 12, 2011
Viktor Bout arms smuggling trial due to begin hearing evidence
The jury in the trial of a former Soviet air force officer accused of being one of the world’s most prolific arms dealers is due to begin hearing evidence on Wednesday, after two years of legal wrangling between the US and Russia that ended when he arrived in New York last year. Viktor Bout, whose [...]
October 11, 2011
Iranians charged in US over assassination plot
The US is facing a dangerous confrontation with Iran after the Obama administration Tuesday directly blamed factions inside of the Tehran government of an assassination and bombing plot in the American capital involving Mexican drug cartels. The US attorney general, Eric Holder, at a press conference said the ‘murder for hire plot’ was aimed at [...]
October 5, 2011
Four arrested in government bribery and contracting scam
October 4, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Four arrested in government bribery and contracting scam 04 Oct 2011 Four people were arrested Tuesday in a complex contracting scam involving the Army Corps of Engineers, authorities said. Charged in the District’s federal court with conspiracy, bribery and unlawful kickback were two Army Corps contracting officers, Kerry F. [...]
October 1, 2011
Samir Khan named as second US citizen to die in drone strike
A second American citizen who died in the air strike that killed radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was the driving force behind al-Qaida‘s English-language magazine. Samir Khan, 25, was among the five people with Awlaki before a US drone hit a convoy which the leader was joining, according to US and Yemeni officials. Khan, a US citizen from [...]
September 30, 2011
Onion-Like, Al Qaeda Protests 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Has al Qaeda’s leadership been so decimated that it’s reduced to taking cues from The Onion? That thought popped into my head this morning when a friend sent me a New York Times article headlined, “Al Qaeda tells Iran to stop 9/11 theories.” According to the Times: Al Qaeda has a message for President Mahmoud [...]
July 1, 2011
Synagogue Bomb Plotters Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Three men convicted of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and to fire heat-seeking missiles at U.S. military planes were sentenced to 25 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan handed down punishments today against James Cromitie, 45, Onta Williams, 35, and David Williams, 30, who were found guilty in October [...]