Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 738
PERU: Decades On, Women Remain Last in Line for Justice
- Inter Press Service
Investigations of the raping of women in the 1980s during Peru's counterinsurgency war have ground to a halt, even though the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission filed the respective complaints in 2004. Not one sentence has been handed down for the soldiers alleged to have committed the rapes, while more victims come forward.
Peace Must Be 'Afghan-led and Afghan-owned', Diplomats Say
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. move to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan may be seen in Washington as the only effective and viable strategy to stabilise the country, but not everyone in the diplomatic community here at U.N. headquarters agrees.
U.S. Plan for High-Risk Raids into Pakistan Is More Than Psywar
- Inter Press Service
This week's leak to the New York Times of a proposal for U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids against Afghan insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan may be intended to put more pressure on the Pakistani military to take action against those sanctuaries.
BOOKS-IRAQ: Partition Accomplished
- Inter Press Service
Few in Washington want to talk much about Iraq these days.
Gains in Kandahar Came with More Brutal U.S. Tactics
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration's claim of 'progress' in its war strategy is based on the military seizure of three rural districts outside Kandahar City in October.
PAKISTAN: Locals Rue Price to Pay for Role in U.S. Intervention
- Inter Press Service
Kareem Khan probably expected his wife to break down once he brought their 18-year-old son’s body to the women’s section. But when she saw their dead boy, she just smiled and wished him farewell.
Yemen Funneled U.S. Aid to Insurgency War
- Inter Press Service
Yemen is diverting U.S. military counterterrorism assistance to an abusive military campaign unrelated to terrorist threats, a prominent human rights group has learned from Wikileaks.
Q&A: 'More Women Peacekeepers Is Not the Solution'
- Inter Press Service
For two decades, women around the world have marked 'Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence', which fall between the International Day Against Violence Against Women on Nov. 25 and International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.
An Overeager Petraeus Ignored Danger Signs on Taliban Imposter
- Inter Press Service
The revelation that the man presumed to be a high-ranking Taliban leader who had met with top Afghan officials was an imposter sheds new light on Gen. David Petraeus's aggressive propaganda about the supposed Taliban approach to the Hamid Karzai regime.
As U.N. Peace Missions Multiply, Civilians See Disconnect
- Inter Press Service
Many United Nations peacekeepers are not only failing to meet the needs of civilians, but they are also perceived as unresponsive once civilians convey their needs, says a new report by Oxfam International.
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