Posts Tagged ‘reprisal’

Israeli jets & helicopters strike Gaza Strip in reprisal for rocket attack

Explosions lit up the night sky over Gaza as Israeli fighter jets and attack helicopters bombed several locations inside the Palestinian enclave. Tel Aviv said the strike was a reprisal for a rocket fired into Israel earlier. Reports of the bombing came shortly after 1am local time on Friday, with eyewitnesses sharing videos purportedly showing explosions […]

Fears of an Iranian reprisal for the killing of nuclear chief prompt Israel to warn its own scientists & reactor workers

Israeli nuclear scientists and former staff at its southern Dimona reactor have been warned they may be targeted by Iran after its top nuclear scientist was assassinated last week in what Tehran claims was an Israeli attack. At least one former Dimona scientist has been told by Israeli security officials that Iran is monitoring his […]

Poll: Iranians want resumption of enrichment in reprisal for US withdrawal from JCPOA

FNA- A recent poll, conducted by the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland University (CISSM) and IranPoll, found that the Iranian people want their government to reciprocate US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal by resuming all halted nuclear activities. The new IranPoll data, which was based on telephone interviews of 1,003 Iranians, […]

No fear of reprisal, but need for dialogue: Austria on not expelling Russian diplomats

Austria refrained from expelling Russian diplomats earlier this week, in contrast to its EU neighbors, who chose to rely on the UK’s assertion that Russia was behind the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury. Karin Kneissl, Austria’s top diplomat, said the surprise decision had nothing to do with a fear of countermeasures […]

CIA Psychologists Sued For Developing Torture Techniques Based On Studies Of Abused Dogs

This week, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against two psychologists that were responsible for integrating harsh torture techniques into a CIA program that was intended to extract information from prisoners. Many of the accusations against these psychologists come from the Senate report on CIA interrogations that was released less than a year ago. According to […]

Libyan rebels carry out reprisal attacks

  Simon DenyerThe Washington Post August 27, 2011 TRIPOLI, Libya — Evidence emerged Friday that Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s retreating forces executed scores or even hundreds of political prisoners this week, even as victorious rebel fighters appear to have carried out their own abuses. Survivors of an attack by pro-Gaddafi troops said they had watched as […]

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