All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up
French Police Raid Housing Projects
AP: More than 1,000 police officers swooped in on housing projects outside of Paris Monday, detaining 35 people in pre-dawn raids meant to flush out those who took part in violent riots late last year, officials said.
Profits from Stolen Oil Help Sustain Insurgency in Iraq
International Herald Tribune: BAYJI, Iraq: The Bayji refinery may be the most important industrial site in the Sunni Arab-dominated regions of Iraq. On a good day, 500 tanker trucks will leave the refinery filled with fuel with a street value of $10 million.
U.S. Air Strike in Tribal Area of Pakistan Kills 9
International Herald Tribune: ISLAMABAD: Three bombs, apparently dropped Sunday by an American aircraft, killed nine people and wounded nine others in the tribal area of South Waziristan that provides sanctuary to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, a Pakistani security official said Sunday.
Israel's Covert Security Agency Launches Blog
AP: JERUSALEM: Israel's covert security agency, the Shin Bet, has deployed a sophisticated new weapon: the blog.
My Lai Probe Hid Policy that Led to Massacre
Asia Times: For decades, it has been generally accepted that the My Lai massacre of as many as 400 Vietnamese civilians by US Army troops on March 16, 1968, was a violation of official policy directives on the treatment of civilians in South Vietnam.
Yemeni Describes CIA Secret Jails
BBC News: A Yemeni man has described being held for nearly three years in secret CIA prisons, or "black sites", around the world and accused the US of torture.
UAE: Zirconium Dealer Busted
Asharq Al-Awsat: In a first case of its kind in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf , an Arab man is accused of trying to broker a deal to sell 240 kg of zirconium -- a metal that can be used in nuclear reactors and the development of rockets.
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