Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
CIA Attempted to Recruit Bomber
January 1st, 2010Via: BBC:
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan had been courted by the US as a possible informant, US intelligence sources have said.
They said he had not undergone the usual full body search before entering the base in Khost province, and so was able to smuggle in an explosive belt.
The attack was [...]
CIA Officers Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attack
December 31st, 2009Via: BBC:
Eight Americans reportedly working for the CIA have died in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, the worst against US intelligence officials since 2001.
A bomber wearing an explosive vest entered Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost Province, near Pakistan.
A Taliban spokesman said one of its members who was working for the Afghan army carried out [...]
Murder of Antonio Ferrigno
December 28th, 2009Update 2: 1/1/2010: Trying to Get Reuters to Cover It
I sent Reuters a note, letting them know about this and how there’s no mainstream coverage of the story in English.
—End Update—
Update 1: Cryptogon Reader Contributes English Translation of the Story Below:
Thanks Domi:
Murdered inhabitant of Rijswijk appears to be nuclear physicist
monday december 28 2009 11:59
The 54 [...]
U.S. Air Force Confirms ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Drone
December 9th, 2009Via: AFP:
The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the “Beast of Kandahar,” a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy.
The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed “to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to forward deployed [...]
The Death of Mike Connell
December 5th, 2009Via: Brad Blog:
On December 18, 2008, Bush IT expert Mike Connell, a highly skilled pilot, was killed in a sudden crash while flying his small aircraft from Washington DC to his Akron/Canton home airport. The cause of the crash is still unknown and under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Although mainly un-reported, there’s a [...]
Reporter Associated with Bloomberg Lawsuit Against Federal Reserve Dies
November 29th, 2009Via: Bloomberg:
Mark Pittman, the award-winning investigative reporter whose fight to open the Federal Reserve to more scrutiny led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died Nov. 25 in Yonkers, New York. He was 52.
Pittman suffered from heart-related illnesses. The precise cause of his death wasn’t known, said his friend William Karesh, vice [...]
Senior Government Officials Killed in Russian Train Attack
November 29th, 2009Via: Guardian:
Russia was tonight coming to terms with its most deadly terrorist attack in years after investigators confirmed that a powerful improvised bomb caused Friday’s devastating train crash in which at least 26 people, including several top government officials, were killed.
The head of Russia’s FSB counter-terrorism agency, Alexander Bortnikov, said the bomb, hidden on the [...]
Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan
November 26th, 2009Via: The Nation:
At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, “snatch and grabs” [...]
Officials: Census Worker Bound His Hands, Feet and Mouth with Duct Tape, Wrote “Fed” on His Chest and Hung Himself
November 25th, 2009Oh, ok.
Via: Washington Post:
The Census Bureau employee found dead in September killed himself and staged his death to look like a homicide, state and federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
William E. Sparkman Jr. died of asphyxiation and was found with hands, feet and mouth bound with duct tape, a rope around his neck and the [...]
Transsexual Linked to Italy’s Sex Scandal ‘Found Dead’
November 23rd, 2009Via: Guardian:
A Brazilian transsexual named in a sex scandal involving a former Italian politician is believed to have been killed in a fire in her Rome flat.
The media said a bottle of whisky was found near the body of the woman, known as Brenda. There is no confirmation.
She was linked to the case of Lazio [...]
