While human rights and legal advocacy groups applauded President Barack Obama's decision to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay within a year, many immediately raised another thorny question: "What about Bagram?" The answer came as a shock. In a...
Hours after President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, the New York Times printed the news that he plans to gradually withdraw "American combat forces" from Iraq during the next 18 months. The newspaper reported that the advantages of the...
Update at 7:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 25, 2009A jet plane carrying a Sunni legislator accused of sectarian violence was forced to return to Baghdad when the lawmaker's immunity was lifted. Meanwhile, two Iraqis were killed and another nine were wounded in an unusually quiet...
A leading human rights organization charges that, contrary to recent U.S. government reports that found prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, being treated humanely, they are in fact "deteriorating at a rapid rate" due to "harsh conditions that continue to this day,...
In Afghanistan, Pakistan, and throughout the Middle East [.pdf], America's name is mud, thanks to the Bush administration and its predecessors. During the Bush era, our international standing took a huge hit, with millions wondering what crazed act of aggression was...
Updated at 6:45 p.m. EST, Feb. 24, 2009One U.S. soldier was killed and three others were injured during an armed attack in Mosul. At least five Iraqis were killed and 15 others were wounded across the country. Meanwhile, a Sunni lawmaker is demanding parliament form a...
Monday's call by Sen. Richard Lugar for a major reassessment of Washington's nearly half-century effort to isolate Cuba increases the likelihood that U.S. President Barack Obama will make substantial changes in policy toward Havana beyond those he promised during his...
As British resident Binyam Mohamed stepped off a plane at RAF Northolt on Monday Feb. 23, six years and 10 months since he was first abducted by the Pakistani authorities at Karachi airport, it was impossible not to sympathize with the words written in a statement by...
"If you know neither your enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." - Sun Tzu Sun Tzu maintained that proper planning secures victory before the battle begins. Carl von Clausewitz insisted that war must focus on the political aim. How is it,...
Updated at 4:25 p.m. EST, Feb. 23, 2009Three U.S. soldiers were killed in combat along with their interpreter. At least 11 Iraqis were killed and 23 more were wounded across Iraq today. Three U.S. soldiers were killed in combat in Diyala province today. Their Iraqi...
