US May Keep Gitmo Detainee Even If Acquitted The US government told the accused planner of the USS Cole bombing he may be detained indefinitely even if he is found not guilty
Local NTC Fighters Refuse to Disarm Sporadic fights between various armed tribal factions throughout the country continue to undermine the embryonic post-war political process
Afghan Security Forces Unprepared to Take Over for US, NATO Afghan MPs and security officials agree they are helpless without US-NATO support, which augurs poorly for the end of the war
Bahrain Probe Finds Torture Was Systematic The commission has investigated thousands of individual cases of abuse and will fully release the findings later this month
Dual US-Libyan Citizen Appointed New Libyan Prime Minister Abdurraheem el-Keib spent his career in academia and has at least some tenuous ties to the energy sector
New Kyrgyzstan President Wants US Military Base Closed The president-elect promised to let the lease on the base, which provides a supply route to troops in Afghanistan, expire in 2014
Honduras Becomes Cocaine Transit Hub The Obama administration continues to support the illegal coup government as well as the elite thugs with ties to the drug trade
Leader of “Kill Team” Pleads Not Guilty Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs was described by one of his comrades as homicidal, as "evil incarnate"
