US-supported Afghan militias are committing widespread human rights abuses, but neither Washington or Kabul are holding them accountable or changing policy in light of the crimes, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. The report “documents serious abuses, such as killings, rape, arbitrary detention, abductions, forcible land grabs, and illegal raids by irregular armed [...]
Breaking Ties: Libyan Rebel Coalition Splinters | Gadhafi defectors ratchet up rhetoric against Islamists
Iraqi detainees were severely tortured, beaten, and raped in an Iraqi National Police detention complex in 2006, according to a confidential State Department cable released by WikiLeaks. Discovery by US officials of the abuse did not lead to criminal investigations of the perpetrators and much of the mistreatment was permitted to continue. On May 30, [...]
Before American involvement in NATO’s attack on the Gadhafi regime began, the administration insisted there would be “no US boots on the ground” in Libya. That promise has been stretched under the presence of CIA agents, but today the first publicly admitted uniformed American soldiers are now in fact on the ground, boots and all. [...]
US Drone Strike Against North Waziristan Kills Five | Toll may rise as rescue workers continue to search rubble
Sadr: Any US Troops in Iraq After December Will Be Attacked
12 Slain as Rebel Factions Clash in Libya | ‘Ancient rivalries,’ weaponry cited in attacks
Evidence Grows of Libyan Rebel Regime’s Torture of Prisoners
A Look Back: Taliban Offered Bin Laden Trial Before 9/11
For Officials, 9/11 Means Gushing About Wars and Demanding Continued Funding | Mullen touts decade of wars as ‘vengeance’
