Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 5
U.S. Probe of Border Attack Hardened Pakistani Suspicions
- Inter Press Service
The Pakistani military leadership's response to the U.S. report on its helicopter attack on two Pakistani border posts Nov. 26 assailed the credibility of the investigation by Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven Clark and expressed doubt that the attack could have been 'accidental'.
U.S. Condemns Boko Haram Attacks
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. State Department Tuesday 'strongly' condemned recent lethal attacks carried out by the Islamist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, but also warned against an excessive reaction by the government's security forces.
HONDURAS: Pressed by the U.S., Lobo Amends Extradition Laws
- Inter Press Service
Following a surprise meeting between President Porfirio Lobo and U.S. government officials, Honduran lawmakers voted to amend the constitution to allow extradition of its nationals.
PAKISTAN: Taliban Bombs Get Deadlier
- Inter Press Service
In their efforts to kill and injure more people as part of a terror campaign in northern Pakistan, the Taliban militia have resorted to lacing bombs with toxic chemicals that leave survivors with complicated wounds.
PAKISTAN: Forests Fall Victim to the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
The forests of northwestern Pakistan have become the latest victim of the Taliban’s increasingly desperate quest for resources to sustain and fund its military programme.
PAKISTAN: New Price Tags on Stranded NATO Supplies
- Inter Press Service
From a distance, the neatly stacked red, blue and orange containers suggest that business is good at Karachi’s Kemari port.
U.S.: A Decade in the Purgatory Called Guantanamo
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of protesters, dozens outfitted in orange jumpsuits and black hoods, took to the streets outside the White House on Wednesday to demonstrate against torture and indefinite detention on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
PAKISTAN: Girls Defuse This Taliban Bomb
- Inter Press Service
Suicide bombing is down, bomb attacks are fewer, but the Taliban are keeping up attacks on girls’ schools. In retaliation, a growing number of girls are going for school education — without school buildings.
Nigeria on Edge Trying to Avert North-South Clashes
- Inter Press Service
Africa’s top oil producer is on edge, poised to deter possible sectarian clashes between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south, while Christians are becoming more vulnerable to attacks from Islamist militants.
Defence Act Affirms Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens
- Inter Press Service
Civil liberties groups and many citizen activists are outraged over language in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) that appears to lay the legal groundwork for indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial.
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