Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 35
Canadian Rendition Probe Expands to U.S., Syria
- Inter Press Service
The Canadian government has quietly been conducting an international criminal probe of the actions of Syrian and U.S. authorities in the case of Maher Arar, the Canadian who was arrested in 2002 by U.S. officials and then rendered to a Syrian jail where he was held incommunicado and tortured for 10 months before being released without charge, it was revealed Monday.
Peace Groups Slam High Court Ruling on 'Terror Support'
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of Monday's Supreme Court decision upholding a law making it a crime to provide any 'material support' to an organisation designated as a 'terrorist' by the U.S. government, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter charged that the law 'actually threatens our work and the work of many other peacemaking organisations that must interact directly with groups that have engaged in violence'.
Hearings Reveal Lapses in Private Security in War Zones
- Inter Press Service
Jerry Torres, CEO of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, has a motto: 'For Torres, failure is not an option.' A former member of the Green Berets, one of the elite U.S. Army Special Forces, he was awarded 'Executive of the Year' at the seventh annual 'Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards' in November 2009.
U.S. High Court Derails Rendition Victim's Lawsuit
- Inter Press Service
The quest for justice for a Canadian who was mistakenly tagged as a terrorist by U.S. authorities and shipped off to a Syrian prison for close to a year of abuse came to an abrupt halt Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his case.
MALAYSIA: Counsel Hold Out Hope for Youth on Death Row in Singapore
- Inter Press Service
A Malaysian youth is languishing in death row awaiting hanging after Singapore’s judiciary found him guilty of possessing heroin weighing 47 grams, lawyers fighting to save him tell IPS.
Timing of Leak of Afghan Mineral Wealth Evokes Scepticism
- Inter Press Service
The timing of the publication of a major New York Times story on the vast untapped mineral wealth that lies beneath Afghanistan's soil is raising major questions about the intent of the Pentagon, which released the information.
McChrystal Faces 'Iraq 2006 Moment' in Coming Months
- Inter Press Service
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal confronts the spectre of a collapse of U.S. political support for the war in Afghanistan in coming months comparable to the one that occurred in the Iraq War in late 2006.
AFGHANISTAN: The News is Bad
- Inter Press Service
While U.S. officials insist they are making progress in reversing the momentum built up by the Taliban insurgency over the last several years, the latest news from Afghanistan suggests the opposite may be closer to the truth.
Concerns Grow over Bagram's Prison within a Prison
- Inter Press Service
The administration of President Barack Obama is considering using Afghanistan's U.S.-run Bagram Air Base prison to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects captured far from a battlefield and who have not been charged with a crime - without any judicial oversight.
Health Agency Urged to Probe CIA Torture Claims
- Inter Press Service
Human rights groups are turning to an obscure government agency to investigate allegations that medical professionals on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) helped the agency to perform experiments on detainees in U.S. custody following the terrorist attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, in an effort to make 'enhanced interrogation techniques' more efficient and provide them with legal cover.
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