Mexican Drug Lord Killed By Soldiers

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com These days Mexico chalks up far more defeats than victories when it comes to battling the increasingly violent drug cartels. But Thursday, Mexico authorities declared a major victory when one of the  top three leaders of Mexico’s  most potent drug cartel, Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, was killed in a gunfight with soldiers,…

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Pakistani Scientist Accused of Trying to Shoot American Soldiers and FBI Agents Found Guilty in NY

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Pakistani neuroscientist, who disrupted her New York trial with multiple outbursts, was convicted Wednesday of attempted murder for trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Authorities charged that Aafia Siddiqui, 37, of grabbing grabbed an M4 rifle in an Afghanistan police station…

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