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Corruption: Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and other countries to improve governance in Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries remain among the world's most corrupt nations, according to the latest edition of Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).

U.S.: Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group

Monday, November 16, 2009

According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are 'definitely' too low.

Rights: Iraqi Minorities Dying Over Turf War

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Iraqi minority groups are caught up in a power struggle between the country's Arab-dominated central government and the Kurdish-controlled regional government over the oil-rich Nineveh province - and they are paying with their lives, according Human Rights Watch.

U.S.: 'War Comes Home' with Ft. Hood Shootings

Friday, November 06, 2009

While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident 'brings the war home'.

Rights-US: Lawsuit Probes Role of Psychologists in Terror War

Monday, November 02, 2009

The state board responsible for licensing - and disciplining - psychologists in Louisiana is accused of turning a blind eye to serious allegations of abuse against one of its members, including complicity in beatings, religious and sexual humiliation, rape threats and painful body positions during his service as a senior advisor on interrogations for the U.S. military in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

Iraq: U.S. Diplomatic Adviser's Troubling Role in Oil Politics

Saturday, October 17, 2009

In 2003, U.S. diplomatist Peter Galbraith resigned at the end of a distinguished, 24-year government career. Over the years that followed, he worked as a contract-based adviser to leaders in Iraq's Kurdish community, while also arguing passionately in public media that Iraq's Kurds should be given maximum independence from Baghdad - including full control over any new sources of oil.

Iraq: Stormy Times as U.S. Withdraws

Friday, September 04, 2009

Political violence in Iraq killed 456 Iraqis in August, the highest monthly death toll since July 2008. And with the U.S. showing no sign it plans to reverse the troop withdrawal that is now well underway, numerous struggles for power are shaping up inside Iraq.

Rights-US: CIA Probe Should Go Farther, Groups Say

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder's decision Monday to investigate whether interrogators from the Central Intelligence Agency or its contractors violated any federal laws in applying 'enhanced interrogation techniques' to detainees in U.S. custody overseas triggered immediate criticism from human rights advocates and appeared to widen the partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats.

Rights-US: Justice to Probe Detainee Abuses

Monday, August 24, 2009

The issue of detainee interrogation and abuse – lately eclipsed by the debate over U.S. health care reform – bubbled back to the surface Monday in a number of headline-making developments.

Books-US: Soldiers Who Just Say No

Monday, August 17, 2009

Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, the U.S. public's display of antiwar sentiment has faded to barely a whisper.

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