Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 26
Yemen Funneled U.S. Aid to Insurgency War
- Inter Press Service
Yemen is diverting U.S. military counterterrorism assistance to an abusive military campaign unrelated to terrorist threats, a prominent human rights group has learned from Wikileaks.
Govt Accused of Fuzzy Math in Gitmo Report
- Inter Press Service
A prominent public interest law firm that has defended numerous Guantanamo Bay detainees charged Thursday that a recent government report on a high rate of recidivism among former inmates is loaded with 'vague and unsubstantiated claims and misinformation'.
Judge Declines to Rule on Targeted Killings of U.S. Citizens
- Inter Press Service
A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a court challenge to the policy of the administration of Barack Obama to target and execute U.S. citizens outside combat zones who do not pose an imminent threat.
U.S.: Govt Forced to Release Docs on Spying Programme
- Inter Press Service
Last week's release of 900 pages of U.S. government documents dealing with the implementation of the nation's primary surveillance law suggests that the government has been systematically violating the privacy rights of U.S. citizens.
U.S.-WEST AFRICA: Report Urges Enhanced Maritime Security
- Inter Press Service
The United States and its allies should give much more attention - and resources - to ensuring that weak West African governments along the oil- and gas-rich Gulf of Guinea can protect their territory and coastal regions from terrorists, drug and human traffickers, and other threats, according to new report by an influential think tank released here this week.
German Govt ‘Crying Wolf’ on Terrorist Attacks
- Inter Press Service
Government officials in Germany are being accused of manipulating threats of terrorism to induce public hysteria, even while warning against such reactions. The self-contradictory approach has prompted German citizens to call the terror warnings 'farcical' and 'negligent.'
Wikileaks Bolsters Claim of Deadly U.S. Attack in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
A diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks corroborates images released earlier by Amnesty International (AI) showing that the U.S. military carried out a missile strike in south Yemen in December 2009 that killed dozens of local residents, including women and children, the rights group says.
U.S.: No Top Secrets, but Damaging Nonetheless
- Inter Press Service
While the massive dump of some 250,000 internal U.S. diplomatic communications by Wikileaks includes none marked 'top secret', their dissemination is already causing considerable embarrassment and may well inflict longer-term damage on Washington's foreign relations.
Leaked Cables Cast Light on Bungled CIA Kidnapping
- Inter Press Service
Wikileaks' spectacular paper dump of U.S. diplomatic cables may not yet have produced any blockbusters, but many of the restricted or secret documents released to the world on Sunday have served to peel back the scabs of serious injuries inflicted by the administration of George W. Bush.
An Overeager Petraeus Ignored Danger Signs on Taliban Imposter
- Inter Press Service
The revelation that the man presumed to be a high-ranking Taliban leader who had met with top Afghan officials was an imposter sheds new light on Gen. David Petraeus's aggressive propaganda about the supposed Taliban approach to the Hamid Karzai regime.
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