POLITICS-GUINEA: Uncertainty Prevails Under Increasingly Isolated Junta
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Saliou Samb
CONAKRY, Oct 8 (IPS) – Under growing pressure ten days after a violent crackdown, killed 157 civilians, Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara has announced an independent committee of inquiry into the deaths.
The junta continues to insist that only 57 people died, mostly [...]
AFGHANISTAN-US: Military Translators Risk Low Pay, Death
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By Pratap Chatterjee*
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (IPS) – Murtaza "Jimmy" Farukhi was killed while on patrol with the U.S. Marine Corps on Sep. 9, 2008, at the age of 23. He was not a soldier, but a local translator employed by Columbus, Ohio-based Mission Essential Personnel [...]
STRIDE–2009— CHINA’S LARGEST EVER LONG-RANGE MILITARY EXERCISE
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B.RAMAN
Four Divisions of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China with a total strength of about 50,000 troops and drawn from the Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou military regions have embarked on a military exercise code-named Stride— 2009 since August 11,2009. The exercise is due to last [...]
