As of Sunday evening, the number of Tomahawk missiles dropped by NATO forces — mainly from the U.S. thus far — on Libya stands at 124, according to Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, director of the U.S. Joint Staff, and as reported by multiple news outlets.
This one is sure to get the attention of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.).
The Associated Press reported yesterday that BP has decided to delay drilling in Libya until later this year. The delay comes as Menendez and three other Senate Democrats are probing alleged efforts by BP to push More…
An executive from BP will be asked to testify at a July 29 hearing on the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of organizing the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Senate Democrats have accused BP of helping to coordinate the release of al-Megrahi More…
BP has responded to allegations by four Senate Democrats that the company worked behind the scenes to help coordinate the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in order to finalize plans for a major drilling project.
A BP spokeswoman acknowledges to TWI that the company voiced concerns to the More…
Four Democratic senators are calling on BP to suspend all drilling operations in Libya so the State Department can conduct an investigation into allegations that the company worked behind the scenes to help coordinate the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in order to finalize plans for drilling in the More…
As the pressure grows on the Obama administration to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay by January, so too does the risk that some of the Guantanamo detainees cleared for release could be returned to countries where they’ll face persecution or torture, More…
Check out this Bmaz post at Emptywheel about a rumor circulating through Arabic-language media that Ibn Shaikh al-Libi, a member of al-Qaeda who was tortured at the behest of the United States before claiming that Saddam Hussein had lent material support to the terrorist movement, has committed suicide in More…
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