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Groups Reject Holder's Defence Of Targeted Assassination

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Two days after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the statutory justifications for 'targeted killings', civil liberties groups here continue to question the legality of the Obama administration's policy, particularly as it applies to the rights and very lives of both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.

Pakistan's Hospitals That Come Home

Sunday, March 04, 2012

With no money to see a doctor, Gul Lakhta,50, had resigned himself to blindness when a ‘mobile hospital’ drove into his village in the Bajaur Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), on Pakistan’s rugged border with Afghanistan.

Karzai Demand On Night Raids Snags U.S.-Afghan Pact

Monday, February 20, 2012

Nearly a year after the Barack Obama administration began negotiations with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, both sides confirmed last week that the talks are still hung up over the Afghan demand that night raids by U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) either be ended or put under Afghan control.

Thailand Charges Iranian Suspects Over Blast

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Two Iranians have been arrested and charged with plotting a bomb attack in Bangkok, according to Thailand's foreign minister.

While Israel Blames Iran For India, Georgia Bombings, U.S. More Reserved

Monday, February 13, 2012

While Israel and its allies here blamed Iran for Monday's two nearly simultaneous car bomb incidents in the capitals of India and Georgia, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama echoed local authorities in both countries who said they were not sure who the perpetrators were.

Israeli Envoys Targeted In India And Georgia

Monday, February 13, 2012

Israeli diplomats have been targeted by car bombs in India and Georgia, leaving three injured and Israel's foreign minister promising a response.

Army Officer's Leaked Report Rips Afghan War Success Story

Saturday, February 11, 2012

An analysis by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, which the U.S. Army has not approved for public release but has leaked to Rolling Stone magazine, provides the most authoritative refutation thus far of the official military narrative of success in the Afghanistan War since the troop surge began in early 2010.

U.S.: Muslim 'Terror Threat' Belied by Numbers

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

The threat of terrorism carried out by Muslim Americans appears to have been exaggerated by U.S. officials in recent years, according to a new study on domestic terrorism released Wednesday.

Early End To U.S. Combat Role In Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion

Thursday, February 02, 2012

U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions, as well as a fair bit of confusion, from both critics and supporters of the 11-year-old war here.

Bangladesh: Coup Bid Reveals Extremism Within the Army

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Bangladesh’s army has won paludits as leading United Nations peacekeepers, but the January coup attempt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has exposed lurking religious extremism within its ranks.

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