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Major Ground Offensive Begins In Pakistan But Few Expect It To Turn The Tide In The War

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Uprising, Military in Pakistan, War on Terror, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Terrorism, Pakistan Crisis, US Foreign Policy, Taliban, Taliban Pakistan, South Waziristan, World News

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers attacked militant bases in the main al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Satu...

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The President and Afghanistan: The Case for Why He Must Stay

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: White House, General Mcchrystal, General Jones, War on Terror, Afghanistan, President Obama, World News

President Obama has no real choice but to accede to Gen. McChrystal's request and soon; if he does no,t the Taliban and Al Qaeda are willing to outlast our troops on the ground.

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Reflections on Suicide

Christopher Lukas | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Iraq PTSD, US Marines, Survivor, Afghanistan, General Mark Graham, Army Suicide, US Soldiers, War, Suicide, Iraq, Ptsd, Suicide Prevention, US Army, War on Terror, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Books News

The rate of death by suicide in the armed forces is increasing at alarming rates. Death is terrible, no matter how it comes. But death by suicide leaves those left behind, asking Why? How?

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Can Obama Redefine the "Real" in Realpolitik? The Nobel Committee Is Betting That He Can

Mark Levine | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Occupied Territories, Middle East, Pakistan, Israel, Globalization, Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Afghanistan, World News

It is up to Obama to use the Prize as an opening to pursue truly transformational policies on the world stage regardless of the potential political cost to him.

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Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize -- Now Please Earn it!

Michael Moore | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan, Michael Moore, Revolution, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Nobel Peace Prize, Iraq, September 11th, Barack Obama, World News

Freedom can not be delivered from the front seat of someone else's Humvee. You have to end our involvement in Afghanistan now. If you don't, you'll have no choice but to return the prize to Oslo.

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Lawyer Blasts "Congressional Depravity" on Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Lt. Col. David Frakt said Congress is still behaving unconstitutionally with regard to the right of the Executive branch and the Judiciary to order the release of prisoners from Guantanamo.

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Terry Holdbrooks: Guantanamo Bay Prison Guard Converted To Islam; Detainee Was Mentor

The Guardian | Sarfraz Manzoor | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Detainees, Terry Holdbrooks, Guantanamo, Gitmo, War on Terror, Traitor?, Muslim, Army, Guantanamo Bay Prison, Gitmo Guard, Religion, Islam, Al-Qaida, Bin Laden, Tipton Trio, Shahada, Mustafa Abdullah, Publishing, The Road to Guantanamo, Gitmo Guard Muslim, Taliban, Cuba, Books, Terrorism, Ground Zero, Islam at Guantanamo, Errachidi, Converted, Convert, Guard, World News

Terry Holdbrooks arrived at Guant�namo detention camp in the summer of 2003 as a godless 19-year-old with a love of drinking, hard rock music and ta...

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The Questions All Americans Should ask About Afghanistan

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Politics, Obama Afghanistan, Warwire, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Politics News

As casualties increase in Afghanistan, public opinion has swung clearly against the war in that region. The president must make some quick decisions, and make his case to the American public.

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Conflict in the 21st Century

Gary Hart | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Changing Nature of Conflict, Guerilla Warfare, World News

Largely under the threat of weapons of mass destruction, nation-state wars are declining. But irregular, unconventional conflicts are expanding.

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A Domino Effect in the Horn of Africa?

Alex Thurston | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, War on Terror, Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Al Shabab, Somali Civil War, Horn of Africa, East Africa, Refugees, Ogaden, World News

Somalia's civil war constitutes a danger to the whole region, but it is not the only cause of instability. How far will chaos spread, and what is the appropriate US policy response?

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Najibullah Zazi Case Illustrates Al Qaida On Its Way Out: Analysis

Global Post | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: New York, Al Qaida, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, War Wire, Najibullah Zazi, Al Qaida Public Support, Al Qaida Dead, War on Terror, Obama Terrorism, Denver, Terror Muslim, Zazi, Afghanistan History, Peru's Religion, Zazi Sept 30, Al Qaeda on the Way Out, World News

By C.M. Sennott NEW YORK -- The image of Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan-born bus driver from Denver and now a terror suspect, embodies the ...

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A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ahmed Al-Darbi, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Fbi, War on Terror, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape, World News, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, False Confessions, Cia, Sere, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Fouad Al-Rabiah, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Fouad Al-Rabia, Guantanamo Bay, US Torture, Guantanamo Torture, Korean War, Sleep Deprivation, Advocacy, Torture, Politics News

The U.S. government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth.

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For Liberty Examines the Kingmakers

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Boaz, War on Terror, Rasmussen Poll, Antiwar Movement, Grassroots, Markos Moulitsas, Ron Paul, George W. Bush, David Kirby, Thomas Jefferson, Libertarian, Campaign for Liberty, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, CNN Poll, Arianna Huffington, Afghanistan War, Daily Kos, Iraq War, Nicholas Sanchez, Joe Scarborough, Tax Day Tea Parties, For Liberty, David Brooks, Alternative Media, Grover Norquist, Tea Party, Republican Party, Swing Voters, Republicans, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Politics News

The documentary For Liberty beautifully shows us what Markos Mousitlas called the only true people-powered campaign in 2008: Ron Paul's campaign.

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U.S. Pledges Billions More For Pakistan Despite Doubts

McClatchy | Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: War Wire, US Pakistan, Us Pakistan Aid, War on Terror, Pakistan, UN General Assembly, World News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The U.S. Senate approved legislation Thursday to triple civilian financial aid to Pakistan to $7.5 billion over five years, und...

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Al-Qaida Video Predicts Obama's Fall By Muslim Nation

AP | PAUL SCHEMM and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida 9/11 Video, Jihad, War on Terror, Muslim Nations, Middle East, President Obama, Al Qaeda Video, Muslim, September 11th, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda, World News

CAIRO — Al-Qaida on Tuesday released a new 106-minute long video predicting President Barack Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world. ...

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9/11 Trial At Guantanamo Delayed Again: Can We Have Federal Court Trials Now, Please?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Col. Peter Masciola, House of Representatives, Congress, David Kris, Col. Stephen Henley, World, War on Terror, Walid Bin Attash, Terrorism, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, David Hicks, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, 9/11, Guantanamo, Salim Hamdan, Justice Department, Barack Obama, World News, Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, Politics News, Senate, Capt. John Murphy, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Bay, Maj. David Frakt, Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Politics News

Scarcely in its history has the United States entertained such a shabby and shamelessly politicized travesty of justice as the Military Commissions.

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What This Week's Terrorism Arrests Reveal About the Post-9/11 Strategy

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fbi, Law, Justice Department, War on Terror, Crime, Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Najibullah Zazi Terror Probe, Najibullah Zazi, Politics News

One thing is certain, authorities have powerful tools to get people off the streets in the array of statutes that they have at their disposal. They also have an extraordinarily difficult job of balancing their obligations.

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Judge Orders Release From Guantanamo of Kuwaiti Who Met Bin Laden

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Guantanamo, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Justice Department, Military Commissions, Dick Cheney, Afghanistan War, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, John Bellinger, Jane Mayer, Cia, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Fouad Al-Rabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Sleep Deprivation, Torture, Gitmo, World News

Following Judge Kollar-Kotelly's ruling, the DOJ did not indicate whether it will appeal the decision, but I sincerely hope that the government follows the judge's advice and repatriates al-Rabia.

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Guantanamo Envoy: U.S. Should Have Taken Cleared Prisoners; Some Should Never Have Been Held

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

To my mind, President Obama missed a golden opportunity to bring 17 Uighur prisoners to the U.S. in his early days in office.

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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Geneva Conventions, Us Constitution, World, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Rendition, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, CIA Rendition, Bagram Detainees, Cia, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Bagram Habeas Corpus, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Leon Panetta, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

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9/11: Good War, Bad War, No War

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Cia, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, Iraq, September 11th, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan War, World News

Today, America needs to reassess what has been done in the name of the victims of 9/11: two horrible and unwinnable wars.

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Is the Age of Terror Over?

Gary Hart | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Terrorism, Age of Terror, Gary Hart, Human Bombs, Richard Clarke, 9/11, Barack Obama, War on Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, World Trade Center, Al Qaeda, World News

By abandoning the "war on terrorism" paradigm, President Obama has helped us understand that acts of terrorism will continue in parts of the world, and that we must continue to make such acts as difficult as possible here in the United States.

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No Escape From Guantanamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Rulings made by District Court judges in the habeas corpus appeals of prisoners held at Guantánamo seemed to confirm that the courts were uniquely placed to deliver justice to the prisoners.

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