Outside the gates of Tehran's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently – some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner. The improvised picnic area has become a second home to the families of those arrested in...
Friday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded
US Lawmakers Call For Supporting Terrorists In Iran
The Obama administration should be doing more to support Iranian resistance groups -- including the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK), a "cult-like" terrorist organization that has engaged in suicide attacks against their own countrymen, according to the U.S. State...
UN-Backed Troops Abusing Congo Civilians
United Nations-backed Congolese armed forces conducting intensified military operations in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have failed to protect civilians from brutal rebel retaliatory attacks and instead are themselves attacking and raping...
In Afghanistan, 4,000 Marines to ‘Drink Lots of Tea’
After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented -- including a surge of troops and attempts to curtail the poppy trade that allegedly funds insurgents. But some aspects of...
US Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
The Barack Obama administration has given new prominence to a Bush administration charge that Iran is providing military training and assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which no evidence has ever been produced, and which has been discredited by data...
Future of Fatah in Doubt
RAMALLAH -- The future of Palestinian unity talks is far more complex than the bitter rivalry, bloodshed and division which represent the yawning chasm separating Palestine's two main political factions, Hamas and Fatah. There are serious issues within Fatah that need...
A Modest Proposal for Garrisoned Lands
The Lingering Effects of Torture
Like many of the other inmates interrogated at Guantánamo Bay, Adeel's personal nightmare did not end when he returned home. Today, in his native Pakistan, the sound of approaching footsteps or the sight of someone in a uniform can trigger bad memories and set off a...