It didn’t take long. Only 11 days after Barack Obama entered the Oval Office, a Newsweek cover story proclaimed the Afghan War "Obama’s Vietnam." And there wasn’t even a question mark. As John Barry and Evan Thomas wrote grimly in that January piece, "[T]here is this stark similarity: in Afghanistan, as in Vietnam, we may …
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In a ruling that could have widespread implications for government contractors overseas, a federal court has concluded that four former Abu Ghraib detainees, who were tortured and later released without charge, can sue the U.S. military contractor who was involved in conducting prisoner interrogations for the Pentagon in Iraq. U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, …
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Updated at 11:00 a.m. EDT, April. 17, 2009
Iraq suffered yet another suicide bombing, this one in Anbar province. Officials contradicted each other over the number of casualties but approximately 21 Iraqis were killed and 61 more were wounded across the country, including the suicide bombing. Meanwhile, a U.S. soldier was given a life sentence for the deaths of four Iraqis in his custody.
Gareth Porter on deadly terror war mistakes
Mel Frykberg on a progressive play
Daniel Luban reports signs of vindication
William Lind asks why lessons are never learned
Updated at 10:15 p.m. EST, Apr. 15, 2009
At least 16 Iraqis were killed and 27 more were wounded in a pair of incidents in Kirkuk and Baghdad. No Coalition deaths were reported.
Michael Scheuer reviews a doomed plan for Afghanistan
This “success” may backfire, says Justin Raimondo
