Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 34
'This Is Worse Than Guantanamo'
- Inter Press Service
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner at a refugee detention centre in Slovakia has said he is prepared to die in hunger strike after living five months in conditions he says are worse than in the infamous U.S. prison.
Britain to Probe Collaboration with CIA Renditions
- Inter Press Service
Breaking from President Barack Obama's insistence on 'moving forward, not backward' in investigating U.S. detainee torture, the British government appears poised to investigate its own complicity with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 'rendering' British citizens and residents and subjecting them to 'enhanced interrogation' techniques.
U.S.: Stuck in No-Fly Limbo
- Inter Press Service
Ten U.S. citizens or lawful residents are suing the government for placing them on the 'no-fly' list without notice or due process and then giving them no way to get their names off the list.
Unmanned Drones - Targeted Killing vs. 'Collateral Murder'
- Inter Press Service
When a Pakistani-U.S. national pleaded guilty last week to a failed attempt to detonate explosives packed in a vehicle in the heart of New York City, he admitted that one of the reasons he targeted the busy Times Square neighbourhood was to 'injure and kill' as many people as possible.
Inspectors Call Afghan Police Tracking System a Failure
- Inter Press Service
A system designed to track the success of Afghan police training is deeply flawed, says a report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR).
US-AFGHANISTAN: What Now?
- Inter Press Service
Nearly a week after the abrupt demise of Washington's top commander in Afghanistan, U.S. strategy for reversing the flood of bad news that has been recently pouring out of that strife-torn country remains as unclear as ever.
POLITICS: All Quiet on the Australian Front on Role in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
The lack of debate here concerning Australia’s military involvement in Afghanistan is unlikely to change in the near future despite the recent deaths of five Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel in the war-ravaged nation.
Switch to Petraeus Betrays Afghan Policy Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Despite President Barack Obama's denial that his decision to fire Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan and replace him with Gen. David Petraeus signified any differences with McChrystal over war strategy, the decision obviously reflects a desire by Obama to find a way out of a deepening policy crisis in Afghanistan.
U.S. Private Security in Afghanistan 'Pay Off Warlords, Taliban'
- Inter Press Service
Every day, as many as 260 trucks filled with supplies for U.S. troops - from muffins to fuel to armoured tanks - are driven from the Pakistani port of Karachi across the Khyber pass into Afghanistan.
BOOKS-US: The More They Promise Change…
- Inter Press Service
A year and a half into the presidency of Barack Obama, any hopes that he would usher in a dramatic rethinking of U.S. foreign policy have been more or less definitively dashed.
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