Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 39
POLITICS: Nuclear Security Summit Boosts Disarmament Agenda
- Inter Press Service
On the second and last day of the largest gathering of world leaders ever in Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama connected the commitments made here on securing vulnerable nuclear materials to the broader goal of a 'nuclear-free world'.
POLITICS: Yemen Refuses to Hunt Al-Awlaki for U.S.
- Inter Press Service
Last weekend, authorities in Yemen said they would not participate in the extrajudicial killing of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was recently targeted by military and intelligence agencies in Washington.
U.S.: Guantanamo Detainee Ordered Freed
- Inter Press Service
After nine years in captivity, a U.S. federal court has ordered the release of a Guantanamo prisoner once described as the 'highest-value detainee at the facility' - and set off a firestorm of protest from Republican lawmakers.
U.S.: Ignorance of Afghan Society Led to Botched Raids
- Inter Press Service
A Special Operations Forces raid on Feb. 12 on what was supposed to be the compound of a Taliban leader but that killed three women and two Afghan government officials demonstrated a fatal weakness of the U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan: after eight years of operating there, the U.S. military still has no understanding of the personal, tribal and other local socio-political conflicts.
POLITICS: Afghan Official Says U.S. Raiders Hid Killings
- Inter Press Service
The head of the Afghan Ministry of Interior investigation said publicly for the first time his investigators had accepted the testimony of family members of the victims of the Feb. 12 raid by U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) that the U.S. troops had dug bullets out of the bodies of their victims in an apparent effort to cover up the killings and that Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal had agreed with the team's conclusions.
RIGHTS-US: Suit Challenges Ultra-Restrictive Prison Units
- Inter Press Service
Two U.S. federal prisons are being used overwhelmingly to hold Muslim prisoners and prisoners with unpopular political beliefs, and are practicing religious profiling, retaliation and arbitrary punishment, according to a lawsuit filed by the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR).
POLITICS-US: Judge Rebukes Bush-Era Spying Programme
- Inter Press Service
The efforts of the Barack Obama administration to maintain the secrecy of the counterterrorism policies of its predecessor, the administration of former President George W. Bush, hit a major speed bump last week.
RIGHTS-US: Legality of Drone Strikes Still in Question
- Inter Press Service
While welcoming an initial effort by the administration of President Barack Obama to offer a legal justification for drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists overseas, human rights groups say critical questions remain unanswered.
POLITICS: Obama Expands Military Involvement in Africa
- Inter Press Service
When Pres. Barack Obama took office in January 2009, it was widely expected that he would dramatically change, or even reverse, the militarised and unilateral security policy that had been pursued by the George W. Bush administration toward Africa, as well as toward other parts of the world.
LEBANON: 'Roumieh Prison Breeds Criminality Not Reform'
- Inter Press Service
Lebanon’s notorious Roumieh prison, the scene of a stand-off between inmates and security personnel this month, is no stranger to rioting, escapes, corruption and abuse.
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