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War & Terrorism NewsU.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combatFriday, May 9th, 2008 By Gregg Zoroya | More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.
This reliance on troops found medically "non-deployable" is another sign of stress placed on a military that has sent 1.6 million servicemembers to the war zones, ...
Ex-MI5 chief warns over detentionThursday, May 8th, 2008 BBC News | MPs should work together to agree a detention limit for terror suspects and ensure the matter is not a political football, a former MI5 chief has said. Ministers want to be able to hold suspects without charge for 42 days, rather than the current 28-days.
The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and many Labour MPs oppose the change.
Dame Stella ...
US/IRAQ: Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains “Surge”Thursday, May 8th, 2008 By Jim Lobe | Growing impatience in Congress over the enormous costs being racked up by the Iraq war, as well as the Pentagon's belief that it needs more troops in Afghanistan to fight insurgents there, is putting the vaunted success of the George W. Bush administration's "surge" strategy to the test.
Although the House of Representatives appears poised to ...
Suicide bomber was in Guantánamo, says USThursday, May 8th, 2008 By Ewen MacAskill | The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that a Kuwaiti released from the US detention camp at Guantánamo Bay three years ago carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq last month. The involvement of an ex-Guantánamo detainee will make it harder for civil rights lawyers in the US and Britain, who have been fighting for the release ...
John Bolton: US should bomb Iranian campsWednesday, May 7th, 2008 By Damien McElroy | Mr Bolton said that striking Iran would represent a major step towards victory in Iraq. While he acknowledged that the risk of a hostile Iranian response harming American’s overseas interests existed, he said the damage inflicted by Tehran would be “far higher” if Washington took no action.
“This is a case where the use of military force ...
The Pentagon vs. AmericaWednesday, May 7th, 2008 By Scott Ritter | I recently heard from an anti-war student I met while I was speaking at a college in northern Vermont. The e-mail included the following query: “I told you about how I wanted to build a career around social activism and making a difference. You told me that one of the most important things was to make myself ...
Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change after 9/11Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 By Gareth Porter | Three weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks, former U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld established an official military objective of not only removing the Saddam Hussein regime by force but overturning the regime in Iran, as well as in Syria and four other countries in the Middle East, according to a document quoted extensively in then Undersecretary ...
‘Torture memo’ author, former attorney general, to testifyWednesday, May 7th, 2008 AP | A former Justice Department lawyer who wrote a now-repudiated memo allowing harsh interrogations of military prisoners has agreed to testify to Congress about those practices, say House Judiciary Committee officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the panel has not yet made the announcement.John Yoo, now a law professor at University of California-Berkeley, has agreed to testify ...
Iraqi alleges Abu Ghraib torture, sues US contractorsTuesday, May 6th, 2008 AP | An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. Emad al-Janabi's federal lawsuit, filed Monday in Los Angeles, claims that employees of CACI International Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. punched him, slammed him into walls, hung him from a ...
US Navy Deploys Around Latin AmericaTuesday, May 6th, 2008 By Lamia Oualalou | It's now official: The Pentagon is going to resuscitate its Fourth Fleet, with the mission of patrolling Latin American and Caribbean waters. Created during the Second World War to protect traffic in the South Atlantic, the structure was dissolved in 1950. "By reestablishing the Fourth Fleet, we acknowledge the immense importance of maritime security in this region," declared ...
Iraq ‘Divide and Rule’ Strategy Called ShortsightedMonday, May 5th, 2008 Inter Press Service | Five years since U.S. President George W. Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech, critics say the administration has yet to show a credible way to actually "accomplish" the mission that could see a peaceful Iraq and a return home of U.S. troops.
Though the 2007 revamping of the counter-insurgency strategy, known as the "surge," has markedly reduced violence, ...
America’s Chemically Modified 21st Century SoldiersMonday, May 5th, 2008 By Clayton Dach | Amphetamines and the military first met somewhere in the fog of WWII, when axis and allied forces alike were issued speed tablets to head off fatigue on the battlefield.
More than 60 years later, the U.S. Air Force still doles out dextro-amphetamine to pilots whose duties do not afford them the luxury ...
Renditions Ruin the EU CaseMonday, May 5th, 2008 By David Cronin | Collusion between European Union governments and a secret U.S. torture and kidnapping programme has damaged the EU's efforts to promote human rights throughout the world, an internal paper drawn up by Brussels officials has admitted.
In 2001, the EU approved guidelines on how diplomats representing it should raise concern over the ill-treatment of detainees with the ...
Pentagon Documents Highlight Torture MethodsFriday, May 2nd, 2008 By Adam Goldman | New York - The military continued to use abusive interrogation methods on detainees after a 2003 directive meant to end such practices, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday after reviewing newly released documents.The Department of Defense documents shed light on the use of psychologists in military interrogations and the failure of medical workers to report abuse of ...
Leader: US spreading insecurity, terrorismFriday, May 2nd, 2008 Press TV | The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has said that Iran's armed forces are like a strong fortress that defends people's security and tranquility. Addressing the armed forces commanders and officers in Fars province, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that Iran's military should become stronger everyday through its innovations.
Referring to the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, the ...
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