Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 22
U.S.: Bin Laden's Killing Could Alter Af-Pak, Other Policies
- Inter Press Service
Sunday's killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by a small, helicopter-borne team of U.S. Navy Seals could result in significant impacts on U.S. relations and strategy both in Pakistan, where the raid was carried out, and neighbouring Afghanistan, where it was launched, according to policy experts here.
Dramatic End to Long Hunt
- Inter Press Service
In the middle of the night, in an affluent suburb a little over 50 kilometres north of Islamabad, Pakistan, Osama bin Laden was gunned down in a compound shielded by barbed wire-topped walls up to five-and-a-half metres high. He resisted, United States officials say, fighting till the death as he had vowed he would.
‘Good News’ on Holocaust Anniversary
- Inter Press Service
Israelis woke up in the morning of Holocaust Remembrance Day, switched on their radio, and heard unexpected 'good news'.
‘Transformational Moment’ for Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
Shabbir Hasan, 49, was woken up in the dead of the night to the sound of the 'roar of a really low-flying helicopter.' Hasan, a businessman, has lived in the hill station in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province all his life. The sleepy town is known for its educational institutions - and military establishments.
Osama Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is dead. U.S. president Barack Obama said bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the U.S. list, had been killed on Sunday in a U.S. operation in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, about 150km north of Islamabad.
SPAIN: ETA Announces End to 40 Years of Extortion
- Inter Press Service
The Confebask business association in northern Spain reported that it received a letter from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, announcing the cancellation of 'the revolutionary tax' that it has charged businesses over the last 40 years.
Wikileaks Files Reveal Failures of U.S. Intelligence
- Inter Press Service
Was Adel Hamlily an agent for MI6, the British secret services, and simultaneously a 'facilitator, courier, kidnapper, and assassin for al-Qaida'? Was there a secret al Qaeda cell in Bremen that even the German government knew nothing about? And could it be possible that an 11-year-old Saudi villager was leading a terrorist cell in London?
Why U.S. and NATO Fed Detainees to Afghan Torture System
- Inter Press Service
Starting in late 2005, U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan began turning detainees over to the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), despite its well-known reputation for torture.
U.N. Chief Powerless to Pursue War Crimes in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admitted Monday he is not empowered to establish an international war crimes tribunal to probe the 'serious violations' of international humanitarian and human rights law committed during the concluding stages of the decades-long conflict in Sri Lanka in May 2009.
Pakistan Moves to Curb More Aggressive U.S. Drone Strikes, Spying
- Inter Press Service
The Pakistani military's recent demands on the United States to curb drone strikes and reduce the number of U.S. spies operating in Pakistan, which have raised tensions between the two countries to a new high, were a response to U.S. military and intelligence programmes that had gone well beyond what the Pakistanis had agreed to in past years.
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