Stories tagged "waronterror"

Hoover, the FBI, and Aafia Siddiqui view story

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Tariq Ali: Musharraf was rambling and impervious to tormented cries from his people - The Independent view story

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Afghanistan: 76 civilians die in airstrike, ministry claims | The Guardian view story

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• 13 days ago
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US-led coalition forces killed 76 Afghan civilians in western Afghanistan yesterday, most of them children, the country's Interior Ministry said.

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Report: U.S. using contractors in Iraq at unprecedented rate view story

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• 20 days ago
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The United States spent $85 billion on contracts in Iraq and other countries in the first four years of the war and is relying on contract employees at a greater rate than in any other war, according to a government report released Tuesday.

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Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intelligence view story

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• 22 days ago
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When she was arrested in Afghanistan last month, Aafia Siddique allegedly had in her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system and the animal disease center on Plum Island

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I Was a Victim of the Absurd War on Terror view story

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• 23 days ago
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Clearly, the security program is not about protecting the flying public, or the nation's tall buildings. That could be done much more cheaply by putting air marshals on all flights, the way they do at El Al, the Israeli airline that has never had a succes

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UK refuses to compensate families of Afghan casualties view story

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• 25 days ago
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Defence officials are refusing to compensate the families of hundreds of Afghans killed, wounded or left homeless in fighting involving British troops.

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Detained at Guantanamo Bay view story

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• 28 days ago
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Radio show. Dick Gordon talks to Adnan's lawyer, Marc Falkoff - Marc is a law professor at Northern Illinois University who represents 17 Yemeni men.

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Mystery of 'ghost of Bagram' - victim of torture or captured in a shootout? view story

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• 29 days ago
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Mother of three in court after five-year disappearance ends in Afghanistan amid conflicting claims.

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The New Colossus: The "Wars" on Terror and Drugs view story

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In short, if you read the inscription on the base of the Statue of Liberty, and think that phrases like "your huddled masses" might apply to you, start thinking hard about real estate in Canada.

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