Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 31
/UPDATE*/: Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-eight minors have been documented as victims of last month's four-day raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), U.N. officials told reporters here today. Children, including one 12-years old boy were identified. The Walikale victim toll has risen to over 240.
Further Victims Revealed in DRC Mass Rapes Case
- Inter Press Service
The number of women raped by rebel groups during last month’s raid of more than a dozen villages centred around Walikale, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has risen to over 240, U.N. officials told reporters here today.
Secret ‘Kill Lists’ Fly in the Face of US and Int’l Law
- Inter Press Service
Two of the nation’s most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s authority to carry out 'targeted killings' of U.S. citizens located far from any armed conflict zone.
Billion Dollar Audit Missed by Pentagon Watchdog
- Inter Press Service
Military auditors failed to complete an audit of the business systems of an Ohio- based company - Mission Essential Personnel - even though it had billed for one billion dollars worth of work largely in Afghanistan over the last four years.
US-MIDEAST: Light At End of Tunnel Elusive Despite Obama’s Efforts
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama will try this week to underline his progress in extricating the United States from the morass his predecessor's 'global war on terror' in the Greater Middle East.
FBI: No Probable Cause Required For Surveillance
- Inter Press Service
The bitter controversy over the building of a Muslim community centre and mosque near the site of the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, is sparking new fears of government snooping on Islamic holy places - which it now claims it can do without a warrant.
Media Didn’t Buy Petraeus Command’s Story of Low Taliban Morale
- Inter Press Service
In an effort to introduce a story of 'progress' into media coverage, Gen. David Petraeus’s command claimed last week that the Taliban is suffering from reduced morale in Marjah and elsewhere, despite evidence that the population of Marjah still believes the Taliban controls that district.
Groups Praise U.S. Rights Report as Good First Step
- Inter Press Service
In the first ever U.N.-mandated self-assessment of the United States' human rights record, the Barack Obama administration has reaffirmed its commitment to closing the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay and to fixing the country's 'broken immigration system'.
Climate-related Security Predictions Coming True in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
Analysts have been warning for several years that the impacts of climate change directly relate to the national security of the U.S. and other countries, but the link has never been so clear as it is today in northwest Pakistan.
AFGHANISTAN: Ouster of Contractors Throws U.S. Strategy in Doubt
- Inter Press Service
Charging that U.S. private security contractors are 'mafia- like groups' being financed by U.S. taxpayers to carry out 'terrorist activities' with the support of the U.S. government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a four- month phaseout of all private security companies in his embattled country.
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