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The U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership: Hold the Applause

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Karzai, United States, Bagram, Indefinite Detention, Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Troops Afghanistan, US Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement, World News
Daphne Eviatar

Having been in the country for the past decade and seized and imprisoned thousands of suspected fighters, the United States has an obligation to help the Afghan government establish a justice system that will treat them fairly. It will surely be blamed later if it doesn't.

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Angry Afghans Protest Quran Disposal At U.S. Air Base

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Islam, Video, Ahmad Zaki Zahed, Bagram, Afghanistan, Quran, Bagram Air Field, Ahmad Kabir, John Allen, Bagram Air Base, Quran Burning, World News

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. apologized Tuesday for the burning of Muslim holy books that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention cente...

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Max J. Rosenthal

'It Gets Better,' Even While You're At War

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: It Gets Better Project, Gays in the Military, Gays in Military, Video, Gay Rights, Bagram, Military It Gets Better Video, Afghanistan, Dadt Repeal, Afghanistan It Gets Better Video, Dadt, It Gets Better, Bagram Air Base, Outserve, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Now that gays and lesbians can serve openly in the military, some service members are attempting to help others through struggles simila...

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The Latest Skirmish in Afghanistan: Hate to Say We Told You So

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Hamid Karzai, International Law, Afghanistan, Bagram, Parwan, Due Process, U.S. Military, Indefinite Detention, Torture, Defense Authorization Bill, Ndaa, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

The U.S. government can't credibly insist that the Afghans improve their justice system and treatment of detainees if the U.S. military doesn't first get its own detention house in order.

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Promises, Promises: President Obama's NDAA Signing Statement

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: John McCain, Human Rights, Guantanamo Bay, Signing Statements, Afghanistan, Detention, Ndaa, President Obama, New Year's Eve, Bagram, Congress, Lindsey Graham, President Bush, Indefinite Detention, Executive Power, National Defense Authorization Act, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

Back when he was a candidate, then-Senator Obama criticized President George W. Bush for his frequent reliance on signing statements to circumvent Congressional intent. What a difference executive power makes.

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Iran Claims It Arrested Suspected U.S. Spy

AP | By ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: U.S. Spy, United States Spy, Iran Spy, Video, Iran, Bagram, Iran Intelligence Ministry, World News

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Saturday that its agents have arrested a person of Iranian origin on suspicion of spying for the Uni...

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A Bad Day (and New Year) for U.S. National Security

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Retired Military Leaders, Panetta, National Defense Authorization Act, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Congress, Barack Obama, Dod, General David Petreaus, Mueller, National Security, Ndaa, Bagram, Parwan, Indefinite Detention, Fbi, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

Politically, there may be reasons why Congress has supported the National Defense Authorization Act, including the many earmarks that bring costly projects to members' districts. But as a matter of national security and American principles, the bill is a disaster.

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Eleanor Goldberg

Air Force Major Returns Home To Family, Newborn For Thanksgiving

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Holidays, California, C-130, Troops Homecoming, Afghanistan, Thanksgiving, Matthew Glynn, Video, Bagram, Slidepollajax, Megan Glynn, Thanksgiving Troops, Troops Thanksgiving, Iraq, Ventura, Troops Home for Holidays, Impact News

Once Maj. Matt Glynn stepped off the plane and into the arms of his wife and three sons on Thanksgiving eve, the Air National Guard pilot all but forg...

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NYC 'Terror' Suspect Out-Geneva's Manhattan DA

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Iraq War, Bagram, Detention, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Jose Pimentel, Civilian Casualties, New York, Abu Ghraib, Jose Pimentel Entrapment, Jose Pimentel Arrested, Jose Pimentel Bomb, Politics News
Matthis Chiroux

And as long as the U.S. remains "at war" either literally or rhetorically, either directly or by proxy, we will continue to present our infrastructure as legitimate targets to our adversaries. If we want to be safe, we have to end the wars!

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Michele Bachmann: Obama Was Wrong To Ban Waterboarding

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Michele Bachmann 2012, Gop Foreign Policy Debate, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo, Elections 2012, Michele Bachmann Waterboarding, GOP Candidates, Afghanistan War, Gop Foreign Policy, u.s. Foreign Policy, Video, Michele Bachmann, Bagram, Waterboarding, GOP Debates, Bagram Air Base, Michele Bachmann Torture, Torture, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is accusing the Obama administration of committing "strategic blunders" that have hampered U.S. eff...

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Taking Responsibility for Torture in Afghanistan

Chris Rogers | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Bagram, Counterterrorism, Isaf, Detention, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Nato, United Nations, Detainee Abuse, International Law, Taliban, Detainees, Afghanistan War, Torture, World News
Chris Rogers

There are no easy solutions to the detention dilemmas of international forces in a country where torture by the host government is widespread.

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Extreme Secrecy Undermines the U.S. Effort in Afghanistan

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Aclu, William-Lietzau, Bagram, Afghanistan, War on Terror, Gwot, Terrorism, Lawsuit, David Petraeus, World News
Daphne Eviatar

While some secrecy is obviously necessary in the conduct of a war, the U.S. government's extreme secrecy about its detention of thousands of Afghans without charge or trial at the U.S.-run Bagram Air Base is actually creating a threat to U.S. troops, not alleviating one.

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Bin Laden's Death Sparks Rethinking of US Policy in Afghanistan

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War, Human Rights, Afghanistan, Prisoners, David Petraeus, Rule of Law, Bagram, Defense Department, Due Process, Osama Bin Laden, U.S. Military, Detainees, World News
Daphne Eviatar

The death of the world's most wanted terrorist is building up pressure on the United States government to end our country's longest-running war. The question now is whether the American public and its leaders are willing to invest in a long-term strategy for peace.

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Justice Remains Elusive for Many at U.S. Prison in Afghanistan

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Icrc, Kabul, Pakistan, Yemen, COIN Strategy, Congress, Hamidullah Khan, United States Military, Guantanamo Bay, Awal Gul, National Security, Afghanistan, Bagram, Defense Department, Justice, Indefinite Detention, Counterinsurgency, Detainee Review Boards, Parwan Justice Center, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

As the war in Afghanistan drags into its tenth year, the United States doesn't need more martyrs. It does need to do a much better job of winning regional support for its mission. Sending innocent prisoners home would be a good start.

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Slouching Towards Tyranny

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Revolution, Law, Civil Liberties, Philosophy, Cia, Homeland Security Committee, Material Assistance, President Obama, Fbi, Founding Fathers, War Crimes, Kidnapping, National Security, President Bush, Imperialism, Constitution, Predator Drones, Peter King, US Constitution, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Pakistan, State Secrets, United States, Empire, Military Commissions, Patriot Act, Bagram, Counterterrorism, Edward Gibbon, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, Hessians, Politics News
Bruce Fein

The state of civil liberties and national security in the United States is alarming. In the American Empire, the former are routinely crippled or lacerated in the false name of the latter.

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U.S. Mid-Term Elections: The Death of Hope and Change

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, President Obama, War on Terror, Torture, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Elections 2010, Bagram, Terrorism, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

To be brutally honest, those of us concerned with "national security" issues could tell by May 2009 that "hope" and "change" were dead in the water.

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Judge Hides Evidence of Torture from Gitmo Jury

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, Military Commissions, Omar Khadr, Federal Court, Bagram, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Gitmo, Torture, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

In ruling today, Judge Patrick Parrish seemed confused and unmoved by the argument that the jury is entitled to hear the conditions of Omar Khadr's confinement and his treatment during interrogations.

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U.S. Government Witness Testifies Gitmo Prisoner's Religiosity Makes Him Dangerous

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Muslim, Guantanamo, Gitmo, Michael Welner, Bagram, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Harry Potter, Child Soldier, Omar Khadr, Nicolai Sennels, Religious, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

The Obama administration has neatly washed its hands of the serious legal problems with its first military commissions trial. But it cannot so neatly solve the problem of having violated its international legal obligations.

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Bagram's Evil Twin

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Counterterrorism, Detention, Detainee Abuse, Obama Administration, Bagram, Detainees, Afghanistan War, Bagram Air Base, World News
Jonathan Horowitz

When the U.S. military opened a new detention facility in Bagram, I gave credit where credit was due. But a report released today focuses on allegations of inhumane treatment at a smaller facility, co-located on Bagram Air Base.

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Media Buys into Political Frame of National Security Case

Dave Saldana | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Bagram, Terrorism, Abu Ghraib, Media News
Dave Saldana

Those of us who believe in the Rule of Law are equally invested in protecting our national safety and in capturing and convicting those who have done us harm.

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Can Pakistan Be Held Accountable for American Crimes?

Crofton Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bagram, Afghanistan, Bagram Air Base, World News
Crofton Black

This week in Lahore, Pakistan, the legal charity Reprieve has launched a lawsuit against the Pakistani government for helping the US military to abduct and imprison seven Pakistani nationals without trial or charge.

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Barbaric: 86-Year Sentence for Aafia Siddiqui

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Bagram, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Juvenile Prisoners, Pakistan, CIA Torture, Black Sites, Aafia Siddiqui Trial, Secret Prisons, Al Qaeda, Aafia Siddiqui, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

I can hardly express sufficiently my shock at the news that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has been sentenced to 86 years in prison.

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Afghanistan: Hearts and Minds and Blood and Anger

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Cost of War, Troops, Anti-War, Longest War, Coin, Pakistan, Hearts and Minds, Protests, War, Violence, Peace, Spencer Ackerman, Ct-Plus, Riots, Soldiers, Nato, Rethink Afghanistan, Seamus O'Sullivan, Afghanistan, Bagram, Politics News
Josh Mull

I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...

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Five Absurd Things That Simply Can't Happen in Wartime Washington

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Bagram, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

What if Washington declared a ceasefire in Afghanistan, expressed a desire to withdraw all its troops from the country in good order and at a reasonable pace, and then just left?

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Khadr Lawyer Collapses as Historic War Crimes Trial Gets Underway

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Crimes, Military Commissions, Bagram, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Guantanamo Bay, Omar Khadr, Gitmo, War on Terror, U.S. Military, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

The trial of Omar Khadr is the first one before a military commission under the Obama administration, and the first alleged child soldier to be tried by a Western country since World War II.

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