Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 132)
Extraordinary rendition’s day in court
Natasha Lennard
As "Zero Dark Thirty" debate rages, European court rules in favor of man sent to secret Afghan prison by the CIA
A tweeted tale of drone strikes
Natasha Lennard
One Twitter user offers a short history of U.S. drone attacks, which looks endless across social media
ACLU seeks human rights probe into Padilla case
Associated Press
The civil liberties group are asking the Organization of American States to investigate the U.S. government
California paid a psychiatrist $822,000 last year
Alex Halperin
The Golden State has some very highly paid employees, but that's not the whole story
Obama’s community organizing: Occupy the globe
David Vine
Since the onset of the Global War on Terror, the US has spent trillions on bases in countries you'd never expect
Who’s most susceptible to PTSD?
Kevin Charles Redmon
A staggering number of returning soldiers are affected with the disorder, yet we still don't entirely understand it
Navy SEAL killed rescuing US doctor in Afghanistan
Associated Press
The American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul five days ago
Egypt may not be an Islamic state after all
Jonathan Adelman
The Muslim Brotherhood faces a long, uphill battle as it seeks to consolidate its power
Jailer: Bradley Manning needed to tell me he wanted out of solitary
Associated Press
The officer says the alleged source of Wikileaks documents was stripped naked every night for his own good
I was a teenage conservative
Steve Erickson
Right-wing politics offered its own form of rebellion in the 1960s. Later, I realized I was only betraying myself
Don’t hold your breath for bilateral discussions with Iran
Pepe Escobar
Between pressures from Israel, the Pentagon and Washington elites, the nation will likely remain Obama's top threat
Pentagon begins planning for massive budget cuts
Lolita C. Baldor, Donna Cassata
The Defense Department is preparing for the $500 billion in cuts that will take place without a budget deal
Blackwater still making major deals with U.S. in Afghanistan
Natasha Lennard
The contractors, now named Academi, own and operate U.S. Commandos' new base
Senate passes $631 billion defense bill
Donna Cassata
The legislation authorizes money for weapons, aircraft and ships, as well as a pay raise for military personnel
Tehran says it has material evidence of U.S. drone capture
Associated Press
U.S. Navy says all drones in the region are accounted for, but Iran says it will release proof
Retired generals urge Obama to keep Gitmo promise
Natasha Lennard
In a letter to the president, 27 former military leaders call for renewed efforts to close the facility
Majority of homeless Iraq and Afghanistan vets have PTSD
Natasha Lennard
A new Yale study looks at the demographics of homeless vets and finds care lacking
Dear Barack: Stop terrorizing the planet
Tom Engelhardt
An open letter to the president to end his lethal -- and ever-expanding -- drone wars
Fox News president reportedly tried to get Petraeus to run for president
Jillian Rayfield
“It’s never going to happen,” Petraeus says in an audio recording
America’s gun industry is booming
Jennifer Wilmore
A recent Gallup survey indicates 47 percent of American adults keep guns -- the most since 1993
“Drones are not a security solution”
Don Hazen
Progressive filmmaker Robert Greenwald details his experiences interviewing the Pakistani victims of U.S. attacks
“Three Cups of Tea” co-author David Oliver Relin dies at 49
Associated Press
Relin committed suicide on Nov. 14
Is feminism worth defending with torture?
Andrew O'Hehir
How Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling Osama-hunting saga faces the thorniest moral dilemmas of the "war on terror"
A Facebook lesson for terrorists
Andrew Leonard
Be careful when you "like" that video of a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. The FBI is watching
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