Monthly Archives: May 2011

CAPTURED: RATKO MLADIC “BUTCHER OF BOSNIA” MUST PAY FOR WARCRIMES   Ratko Mladic, the Serbian General wanted for war crimes including the killing of over 8,000 men and boys around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian conflict was finally … Continue reading →

PORTUGAL PROTESTS FOLLOWING YET ANOTHER BAIL OUT PLAN Earlier this month, as scandal engulfed Dominique Strauss – Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund accused of alleged sexual assaultagainst a hotel housekeeper at a New York City hotel, an assault … Continue reading →

IMRAN KHAN INSPIRES ANTI- DRONE PROTESTORS AT KARACHI DHARNA At the same time as demonstrators gathered in Spain and Portugal this week-end to protest at government cuts, greed and corruption, Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan opposition Party Tehreek- e -Insaf (PTI) … Continue reading →

CAUCASUS EMIRATE: RESPONSE TO DEATH OF BIN LADEN In February of this year Doku Umarov, the Emir (leader) of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate (considered to be a terrorist organisation) threatened “a year of blood and tears” across Russia.  The year … Continue reading →

  In the lead up to local and regional elections this week, it is Spain’s turn for the people to take to the streets in their thousands in mass protests at the state of the economy, spending cuts and a … Continue reading →

DRONES OVER AFGHANISTAN /PAKISTAN: THE BRITISH CONNECTION Last week I wrote an article looking at the impact of unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs, more commonly known as drones, on the region of Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak) see https://activist1.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/pakistan-the-big-drone-debate/  This debate focused … Continue reading →

PAKISTAN: THE BIG DRONE DEBATE The dust has barely had time to settle on the compound in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan where Bin Laden was allegedly assassinated by Navy Seals earlier this week, when the US once again launched … Continue reading →