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On This Day — Saddam Hussein is Executed (December 30 2006)

Posted on December 30, 2018 by L

“No one can know what would have happened to Iraq had Saddam stayed in power. With that question unanswerable, many Iraqis look back at the death and destruction of the past 15 years, and in a haze of nostalgia for … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering CIA Elizabeth Hanson ( February 14 1979 – December 30 2009 )

Posted on December 30, 2018 by L

“Those who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism. We owe them our deepest gratitude, and we pledge to them and their … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering CIA Jennifer Matthews ( December 6 1964 – December 30 2009 )

Posted on December 30, 2018 by L

“Those who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism. We owe them our deepest gratitude, and we pledge to them and their … Continue reading →

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On This Day — President Obama Announces Tough Sanctions Against Russia For Elections Interference (December 29 2016)

Posted on December 29, 2018 by L

“I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our allies or partners. Using this new authority, I … Continue reading →

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China — Former Intelligence Chief Jailed for Life

Posted on December 29, 2018 by L

“The defendant Ma Jian’s bribery amount was extremely large, and the national and people’s interests suffered a particularly heavy loss, which seriously infringed on the integrity of civil servants.” Statement from the Court (December 2018) China’s ex-intelligence chief Ma Jian … Continue reading →

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Rwanda — French Investigators Drop Habyarimana Plane Shooting Probe

Posted on December 28, 2018 by L

“We have to interpret this decision by French judges as a form of resignation faced with a political context which prosecutors did not know how to fight. Rwandan authorities have never sought to help bring the truth to light.” Philippe … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Netherlands : US Ambassador’s ‘Fake News’ Claim Backfires

Posted on December 28, 2018 by L

“The Islamic movement has now gotten to a point where they have put Europe into chaos. Chaos in the Netherlands. There are cars being burned, there are politicians that are being burned. And yes, there are no-go zones in the … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Czech Republic : “Centre Against Terrorism and Hybrid Threats” Set Up to Fight Fake News

Posted on December 28, 2018 by L

“The key goal of Russian propaganda in the Czech Republic is to sow doubts into the minds of the people that democracy is the best system to organise a country, to build negative images of the European Union and Nato, … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Pan Am 103 Debris Show Evidence of Plastic Explosive (December 28 1988)

Posted on December 28, 2018 by L

“I need not go into the rest of the story and the explosion, except to say that some of us believe that, within hours, the Americans had guessed, at a very high level, what had gone wrong. It is a … Continue reading →

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