Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 28
Muslim Americans Foil Terror Threats
- Inter Press Service
A new report on violent extremists in the United States finds that terrorism plots by non-Muslims greatly outnumber those attempted by Muslims, and that Muslim-American communities helped foil close to a third of al Qaeda-related terror plots threatening the country since Sep. 11, 2001.
BOOKS-US: Dissecting the Perpetual War Machine
- Inter Press Service
Andrew J. Bacevich emerged in the first decade of the century as this country's most widely read and widely respected critic of U.S. militarism and empire.
Torture Orders Were Part of U.S. Sectarian War Strategy
- Inter Press Service
The revelation by Wikileaks of a U.S. military order directing U.S. forces not to investigate cases of torture of detainees by Iraqis has been treated in news reports as yet another case of lack of concern by the U.S. military about detainee abuse.
Military Jury Tried to 'Send a Message' in Khadr Case
- Inter Press Service
A military jury at Guantanamo Bay sentenced a 'child soldier' to 40 years in prison — unaware that Omar Khadr's defence and prosecution lawyers had already agreed on an eight-year sentence and further agreed that the United States would send the Canadian home next year.
U.S.: Guilty Plea for Child Fighter Averts 'Publicity Nightmare'
- Inter Press Service
With tongue in cheek, constitutional experts congratulated the U.S. government Tuesday for negotiating a plea deal with Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr, thus avoiding a trial in the military commission 'puppet theatre' of a defendant who was just 15 at the time of his offences.
Wikileaks Paints Grim Picture of Iraqi Civilian Casualties
- Inter Press Service
Two revelations await the reader of the Wikileaks section dealing with civilian deaths in the Iraq War: Iraqis are responsible for most of these deaths, and the number of total civilian casualties is substantially higher than has been previously reported.
Leaked Report, New Iraqi Alignment Reveal U.S. War Failure
- Inter Press Service
A newly released Wikileaks document on Iraq and the new political alignment between Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki both provide fresh evidence that Gen. David Petraeus's war against Shi'a militias in 2007-2008 was a futile exercise.
More Iraqi Prison Abuses Exposed on Wikileaks
- Inter Press Service
The publication of a motherlode of secret field reports from the Iraq War are shining a bright light on heretofore unknown or underreported suspicions about the power of private security contractors and the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by their fellow Iraqis, often with their U.S. military counterparts 'turning a blind eye'.
AFGHANISTAN: Do Peace Talks Have Traction?
- Inter Press Service
Reports over the past 10 days of high-level talks between the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and senior representatives of the Taliban have spurred growing speculation here about whether Washington is looking for a speedy exit to the longest foreign war in its history.
U.S.: Think Tank Calls for 'Bold Leap Forward' in India Ties
- Inter Press Service
On the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's maiden voyage to India early next month, an influential think tank is calling for 'a bold leap forward' in ties between the two nations.
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