Top of The World: A group of suicide bombers have attacked another Shiite mosque in Afghanistan. And, The Lebanese government has called for a national day of mourning on Friday after heavy gun battles in Beirut left at least seven people dead. Also, The Biden administration is planning to reinstate the controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy in November.
U.S. officials are trying to come to terms with the rise in so-called green-on-blue, Afghan on NATO, attacks lately. Some experts suspect a rise in PTSD among Afghan soldiers may be a cause of the violence.
Defense Secretary Panetta spoke Wednesday about tensions in Afghanistan. He touched on the issue of attacks by Afghan soldiers on coalition soldiers: so-called Green on Blue attacks.
Paula Lerner was a talented photographer whose photos of Afghan women earned her an Emmy award. Lerner died of cancer earlier this month.
The Frenchman suspected of a spate of shootings in the Toulouse area planned more killings, prosecutors have said.
An American unmanned aerial vehicle was lost over Iran recently, and Iranian officials say it was a top secret RQ-170. They displayed what they said was the drone on state TV recently.