Rights Groups Slam Bid to Suppress Abuse Pics
President Barack Obama's decision Wednesday to object to the planned release of photos showing abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan has drawn quiet praise from the military and some in Congress – and outspoken scorn from human rights advocates, a...
Judge Condemns ‘Mosaic’ of Gitmo Intel and Unreliable Witnesses
The Private Contracting Surge Into Afghanistan
McChrystal Choice Suggests Special-Ops Strikes to Continue
The choice of Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal to become the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been hailed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and national news media as ushering in a new, unconventional approach to counterinsurgency. But McChrystal's background sends a...
Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak
Back in March, Pepe Escobar, that itchy, edgy global reporter for one of my favorite online publications, Asia Times, began laying out the great, ongoing energy struggle across Eurasia, or what he likes to call Pipelineistan for its web of oil and natural gas...
Stop ‘Helping’ Af-Pak
From Phnom Penh to Islamabad
Last September, during the American presidential campaign, I wrote a column declaring that the United States had again invaded Cambodia, only this time "Cambodia" was Pakistan. President George W. Bush had ordered U.S. ground attacks on the Taliban inside...
Saigon Again?
Americanada? No Thanks
"The way to get the Americans to trust the border is to give them confidence that both countries have the will and ability to protect it. "The security leg of this agreement, then, would include common rules for accepting refugees, joint inspection of containers...
