• Blair accused of fuelling terrorism and undermining war on poverty

  Ben Russell and Nigel Morris Tony Blair is accused today of fuelling terrorism and undermining the campaign against world...

   

• Hizbullah accuses US of secret war

  - Cheney sanctioned covert operations, says leader - Militant group does not rule out clashes with Israel Clancy Chassay...

   

• U.K. Bans Sailors From Selling Accounts of Iran Ordeal to Media

  Scott Hamilton The military personnel have been banned from selling stories to the media pending a review of the existing...

   

• US jets bomb Iraq’s Diwaniya city

  US aircraft have carried out air strikes in the city of Diwaniya in central Iraq, as clashes between armed groups and security...

   

• More than 650,000 civilians dead in Iraq

  With more than 650,000 civilians dead in Iraq, our government must take responsibility for its lies Richard Horton Our collective...

   

• Of Confessions and Torture

  Counterpunch None of the Democratic Contenders Has Called for the Closure of the Guantanamo Prison Guantanamo is awash in...

   

• Guantanamo conditions ‘worsening’

  Conditions for detainees at the US military jail at Guantanamo Bay are deteriorating, with the majority held in solitary...

   

• Iran charges Washington with sponsoring terrorist attacks

  Bill Van Auken A leading government official in Teheran charged Thursday that the Bush administration is sponsoring terrorist...

   

• AP: U.S. interrogating at Africa’s secret prisons

  CIA, FBI agents looking for al-Qaida militants at notorious Ethiopia jails CIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaida militants...

   

• A Falklands War in the Persian Gulf

  By Kaveh L Afrasiabi “Rejoice! Rejoice!” Those were the words of the British “Iron Lady”, then-prime...

   

• Israeli forces violate international law, attack ambulance driver

  Israeli forces severely beat an ambulance driver in the northern West Bank, reports the Jenin branch of the Union of Palestinian...

   

• Protests at UK embassy in Tehran

  Petrol bombs and rocks have been thrown at the British embassy in Tehran during a rally supporting the detention of 15 British...

   

• Listen Up, Mr. President

  Fred Kaplan Two myths have sprung up around the House and Senate bills that require President Bush to withdraw U.S. forces...

   

• Terror suspect alleges torture for confession

  Lolita C. Baldor A suspected Saudi terrorist testified at a military hearing that he was tortured into confessing he was...

   

• Fake Maritime Boundaries

  Craig Murray The British Government has published a map showing the coordinates of the incident, well within an Iran/Iraq...

   

• Woman sailor ‘confesses’ on Iranian TV

  Sam Knight Iran has broadcast a film of the lone woman among 15 Royal Navy personnel seized in the Gulf last week, in which...

   

• American raid and arrests set scene for capture of marines

  Patrick Cockburn At 3am on 11 January US military forces raided the Iranian liaison office in the Kurdish capital Arbil and...

   

• Shssh! Don’t Tell Americans How We Treat “Enemy Combatants”

  Jacob G. Hornberger The case of accused terrorist Jose Padilla is moving toward a jury trial on April 16 in U.S. District...

   

• 7/7 and 21/7 began at al-Qaida camp, court told

  - Failed attack’s alleged chief admits Pakistan visit - QC claims direct link with London suicide bombings Sandra Laville Direct...