News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 56
RIGHTS: Afghan Prisoners at U.S. Airbase in Legal Limbo
- Inter Press Service
Following a loss in federal court, the organisation representing detainees held by the U.S. without charge at Bagram prison in Afghanistan called on the Barack Obama administration to 'reverse the flawed policies of the previous Bush White House' and end the indefinite detention without trial of Afghan civilians held in U.S. custody.
RIGHTS-US: Muslim Groups Seek Reform of Charity Blacklisting
- Inter Press Service
While President Barack Obama conceded in his speech in Cairo last month that U.S. rules on charitable giving 'have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation', civil rights advocates are pressing the president to turn his words into action.
POLITICS: Negative Views of U.S. Persist Despite Faith in Obama
- Inter Press Service
A new survey of global opinion reveals strong negative feelings toward U.S. foreign policy, even as an average of 61 percent of those polled have at least some confidence in President Barack Obama to make sound decisions.
RIGHTS: Muslims Under Scrutiny Despite Waning of 'Terror War'
- Inter Press Service
When the administration of President Barack Obama formally abandoned the longstanding U.S. 'war on terror' - perceived by some as a codeword for 'war against Islam' - there were hopes of a new relationship between the United States and the Muslim world after eight long years of political friction.
US-AFGHANISTAN: Four Thousand Marines to 'Drink Lots of Tea'
- Inter Press Service
After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented including a surge of troops and attempts to curtail the poppy trade that allegedly funds insurgents.
POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration has given new prominence to a Bush administration charge that Iran is providing military training and assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which no evidence has ever been produced, and which has been discredited by data obtained by IPS from the Pentagon itself.
PAKISTAN: Public Backs Army’s Push Against Taliban, Poll Finds
- Inter Press Service
Pakistani public opinion remains supportive of the military’s fight against the Pakistani Taliban, said a new poll released Wednesday. However, Pakistanis roundly reject the U.S. military campaign in the region.
RIGHTS: U.N. Slams U.S. on Racial Profiling
- Inter Press Service
Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in the White House is himself of African American descent.
US-IRAQ: Troops Leave Cities, as Questions Remain
- Inter Press Service
U.S. combat troops pulled out of most Iraqi cities Monday, a day before the Jun. 30 deadline for their withdrawal in accordance with the Status of Force Agreement (SOFA) ratified by the Iraqi parliament in November 2008.
PAKISTAN: U.S. Urged to Boost Emergency Aid to Displaced
- Inter Press Service
Newly released research from experts and refugee advocates paints a clearer and perhaps surprising picture of the plight of Pakistan’s rapidly growing population of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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