Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 37
U.S. Drone Strikes Draw Int'l Scrutiny
- Inter Press Service
On the heels of reports that the Barack Obama administration altered a new manual on military commission rules to accommodate an illegal drone programme, a senior United Nations official is expected to call on the U.S. this week to stop Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone strikes against people suspected of belonging to al Qaeda.
Legal Groups Protest Probe of Guantanamo Lawyers
- Inter Press Service
The American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, and numerous other legal organisations are demanding that the Senate Armed Services Committee reject a provision in a House of Representatives bill that would mandate an investigation into lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Rights Groups Condemn Ruling on Bagram Detainees
- Inter Press Service
Human rights advocates are expressing shock at a federal court ruling that detainees held by the United States in Afghanistan do not have the right to challenge their detention in a U.S. federal court - and dismay that their path to a successful appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court may be blocked.
McChrystal Strategy Shifts to Raids - and Wali Karzai
- Inter Press Service
Gen. Stanley McChrystal's team once talked openly about the need to remove Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother and the most powerful man in Kandahar, from power.
U.S. Towns Open Doors to Cleared Gitmo Prisoners
- Inter Press Service
As Congress stiffens its resistance to moving any Guantánamo prisoners anywhere near the continental U.S., some communities are putting out the welcome mat.
Obama, Karzai Still Split on Peace Talks with Taliban
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to portray a united front on the issue of a political settlement with the Taliban in their joint press conference Wednesday. But their comments underlined the deep rift that divides Karzai and the United States over the issue.
U.S. Urged to Probe Alleged 'Second Prison' at Bagram
- Inter Press Service
Pressure is mounting on the U.S. government to investigate reports that inmates from the notorious prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan have been moved to a second separate facility - known as the Tor Jail, which translates as 'black jail' - where they say they were held in isolation in cold cells with a light on day and night and deprived of sleep by U.S. military personnel.
US: Court Reins in Govt Powers to Shut Down Charities
- Inter Press Service
In a major decision overturning a George W. Bush-era policy that has been continued by the administration of President Barack Obama, a federal court ruled that it is unconstitutional for the U.S. Treasury Department to freeze a charity's assets - effectively putting it out of business with virtually no due process.
Pentagon Faces Battle in Effort to Reverse Military Contracting
- Inter Press Service
Pentagon chief Robert Gates has called for a cutback of 15 billion dollars in wasteful military spending on contractors as well as government bureaucracy, or risk not being able to pay for its current force.
High Court Nominee Already Drawing Fire from Left and Right
- Inter Press Service
The question of whether U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will move the court to the right or the left continued to be among the main points of contention among legal scholars Monday.
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