Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 23
Maliki's Doubts Threaten Post-2011 Troop Presence Plan
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama has given his approval to a Pentagon plan to station U.S. combat troops in Iraq beyond 2011, provided that Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki officially requests it, according to U.S. and Iraqi sources.
U.S. Treads Cautious Line on Yemen Protests
- Inter Press Service
United States officials reaffirmed their support for a peaceful transition of power in Yemen, but stopped short of publicly calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh's immediate abdication as clashes between protesters and Yemeni security forces, which began in late January, violently escalate.
Rights Groups Deplore Order to Try 9/11 Suspects at Guantanamo
- Inter Press Service
U.S. human rights groups reacted angrily to the Justice Department's announcement Monday that the self-acclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on Lower Manhattan and the Pentagon will be tried before a military commission at the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba.
U.S.: Long-term Afghan Presence Likely to Derail Peace Talks
- Inter Press Service
The announcement by U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defence Michele Flournoy in Congressional testimony Mar. 15 that the United States would continue to carry out 'counter-terrorism operations' from 'joint bases' in Afghanistan well beyond 2014 signaled that President Barack Obama has given up the negotiating flexibility he would need to be able to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban leadership.
New Bid to Break Afghanistan Stalemate
- Inter Press Service
As the Barack Obama administration seeks to limit its involvement in a third Muslim conflict in Libya, efforts are intensifying to help it find a political solution to the longest U.S. war — in Afghanistan.
U.N. Reported Only a Fraction of Civilian Deaths from U.S. Raids
- Inter Press Service
The number of civilians killed in U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids last year was probably several times higher than the figure of 80 people cited in the U.N. report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan published last week, an IPS investigation has revealed.
MIDEAST: Obama Besieged by Policy Challenges
- Inter Press Service
Rarely, if ever, has a post-World War II U.S. president been beset by so many foreign policy challenges and uncertainties in one key geo-strategic region at the same time.
U.S. Hearing on 'Radical Islam' Opens
- Inter Press Service
Al-Qaeda is targeting Muslim Americans for recruits to terrorism and the community must do more to combat radicalisation, a U.S. politician has said as he opened hearings in Washington that have been criticised as a witch hunt.
Ancient Buddhas Will Not Be Rebuilt — UNESCO
- Inter Press Service
Afghanistan's historic Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed by the Taliban 10 years ago, will not be reconstructed despite claims the 1,500-year-old statues could be repaired, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said Thursday.
YEMEN: Death Toll Rising at Peaceful Protests
- Inter Press Service
Despite an ongoing dialogue between U.S. officials, human rights groups and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh regarding concerns over the use of lethal force to quell anti- government protests throughout the Persian Gulf state, the death toll continues to rise in Yemen's port city of Aden and in other locations.
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