Monday, February 8, 2010

Muslim expert who taught Fort Bliss soldiers about Islam is suspended pending inquiry (ABC 7 El Paso)

An experienced military trainer who taught Fort Bliss soldiers about his Muslim faith has been suspended from working on military bases pending a continuing criminal inquiry, according to a report in the

More Blackwater Contractors Than Cops In Pakistan\'s Capitol (CommonDreams.org)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- There are more private security contractors from Xe, formerly Blackwater, operating in Islamabad than capital police, a religious leader said. Maulana Fazal-ur-Rahman, the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a Deobandi political party in Pakistan, said there were as many as 9,000 Xe contractors working in Islamabad, compared with just 7,000 capital police, Pakistan\'s News ...