A bombing in the Iraqi town of Bathaa on Wednesday was the latest in a series of attacks in recent weeks — a wave of violence seen by many as an attempt to destabilize Iraq in advance of a drawback of American troops at the end of this month.
At least 28 people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack, which officials say is the first attack against civilians in the Shia region in two years.
John Nagl, the president of the Center for a New American Security and a former army officer who served in Iraq, joins Martin Savidge to discuss preparation for the troop pullout and a national referendum coming up in July on the Iraqi-American security agreement.
World leaders gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday for the 19th annual World Economic Forum on Africa.
Mojubaolu Okome, a professor of political science from Brooklyn College, joins Martin Savidge to discuss the forum and how the global economic crisis has impacted African countries.
As Defence Ministers of all countries that support the NATO force in Afghanistan meet in the Dutch resort town of Valkenburg, Natochannel.tv makes available to broadcasters this report on a recent operation by British troops called Mar Lewe.
The Valkenburg ministerial meeting takes place not far from a NATO joint forces headquarters headquarters in Brunssum, formerly known as AFCENT NORTH, or the American forces central command for northern Europe. From the bunkers built in a former coal mine in this suburban Dutch village, NATO manages several operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The above is a web presentation from the Sergio Fajardo for President campaign instructing Colombians on how to sign his petition signatures. Mr. Fajardo is the former mayor of Medellín. He forms part of civic movement in Colombia and is running as an independent.
Ahmed Ghailani, a detainee from the Guantánamo Bay Detention Center, arrived in the US on Tuesday and was brought to a federal prison in New York to stand trial. He is the first detainee brought to the mainland.
He faces charges that he helped build the bombs used in the 1998 al-Qaeda attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, where 224 people were killed, including a dozen Americans.
Victoria Toensing, a former deputy assistant US attorney general in the criminal division during the Reagan administration, discusses her view on the potential closing of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay.