U.S. soldier in Iraq arrested in contractor killing

U.S. soldier in Iraq arrested in contractor killing

A U.S. soldier in Iraq was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead a civilian contractor on the U.S. military's Camp Speicher, its main base in northern Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman said.

Osama bin Laden warns Americans in tape: website

Osama bin Laden warns Americans in tape: website

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden issued an apparently new audio tape on an Islamist website on Monday, warning the American people over their government's close ties to Israel.

Venezuela to buy Russian short-range missiles

Venezuela to buy Russian short-range missiles

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said yesterday that his country is buying Russian missiles with a range of 186 miles as part of a series of arms deals with Moscow.

Triple Canopy Employee Killed in Iraq of Apparent Electrocution, Family Searches for Truth

Triple Canopy Employee Killed in Iraq of Apparent Electrocution, Family Searches for Truth

The private military contractor Triple Canopy is at the center of a new controversy in Iraq. A twenty-five-year-old employee named Adam Hermanson died ten days ago after apparently being electrocuted while taking a shower in his living quarters at Triple Canopy’s base inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. Hermanson’s family is alleging Triple Canopy misled them about how he died, perhaps to cover up faulty electrical wiring at the firm’s facilities. In a Democracy Now! exclusive broadcast, we speak with Adam Hermanson’s mother Patricia, his seventeen-year-old brother Jesse, and with investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, who broke the story in The Nation magazine.