NATO Takes Out 2nd-Highest al Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan

Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The U.S. led-NATO forces chalked up a major score in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda’s second-highest Afghan leader, Sakhr al-Taifi, was killed by a NATO airstrike in eastern Kunar province on Sunday, reports the AP. Al-Taifi, also known as Mushtaq and Nasim, commanded foreign insurgents in Afghanistan and directed attacks against NATO and Afghan…

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FBI Has Reason to Doubt Pedro Hernandez Confession to Killing Etan Patz

Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Like the rest of the Etan Patz disappearance, the murder confession of Pedro Hernandez is not an open-and-shut case. Lack of evidence, inconsistencies in the suspect’s story, and mental health issues are bringing Hernandez’s confession into doubt, according to the NY Daily News. Since the 6-year-old Patz went missing in 1979, there…

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