News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 59
AFRICA-US: Growing Drug Trade Linked to Terror Groups
- Inter Press Service
Drug trafficking was once thought to be a largely Latin American problem, but the international community increasingly finds itself fighting this phenomenon in Africa.
US-CANADA: Shared Border, Unilateral Policy?
- Inter Press Service
Canada and the United States are on different wavelengths when it comes to a shared and increasingly hardening of what had been a sleepy border within North America.
POLITICS-US: Implementing Af-Pak Strategy Is the Hard Part
- Inter Press Service
With the strategic review for U.S. goals in Afghanistan and Pakistan now complete, the administration of President Barack Obama must shift to the more difficult task of choosing and even more daunting implementing policies that seek to quell the militant insurgencies in both countries, says a new report from a think tank here known to be close to the administration.
POLITICS-US: Obama Defends Guantanamo Closure
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama cautiously minced his way Thursday through a political minefield filled with imminent explosions from human rights advocates, national security hawks, and a Congress terrified by the potential political backlash of any move to bring Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the U.S. for trial or detention.
RIGHTS-US: Special ‘Terror’ Courts Worry Legal Experts
- Inter Press Service
The administration of President Barack Obama is considering the creation of a national security court to try cases in which there is enough reliable intelligence to hold a foreign terrorism suspect in preventive detention, but not enough to bring a case in federal court or even through military commissions.
PAKISTAN: U.S. to Aid Civilians Fleeing Embattled Swat Valley
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the provision Tuesday of 110 million dollars in humanitarian aid to assist the mounting number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Pakistan.
POLITICS-US: Pelosi-CIA Contretemps May Spark Wider Probe
- Inter Press Service
Congressional Democrats and many Washington journalists are predicting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s current dispute with the Central Intelligence Agency may ultimately hasten the push toward the last thing Republicans want - a comprehensive investigation of prisoner detention and interrogation during the administration of former President George W. Bush.
U.S.: Lawyers, Rights Groups Outraged by Gitmo Decision
- Inter Press Service
Human rights advocates are furious at President Barack Obama’s decision to prosecute some Guantanamo detainees through the same military commissions he criticised during his campaign as a 'flawed' system that 'has failed to convict anyone of a terrorist act since the 9/11 attacks'.
POLITICS-US: Rights Groups Slam Bid to Suppress Abuse Pics
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama’s decision Wednesday to object to the planned release of photos showing abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan has drawn quiet praise from the military and some in Congress and outspoken scorn from human rights advocates, a number of legal scholars and religious leaders, and many on the left of his Democratic Party.
POLITICS: Will U.S. Make a Difference on Human Rights Council?
- Inter Press Service
Will the election of the United States to the 47-member Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) make a significant difference to the cause of human rights worldwide, or will Washington be thwarted by the Council's politically-repressive countries accused of being serial abusers?
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