Stories tagged "waronterrorism"

Philippe Sands has a new book out - Torture Team - which investigates the top down decision to negate and circumvent the Geneva Conventions on torture. Thus, the author suggests that US lawyers worked in concert with this administration to justify and con

The Pentagon has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, setting the stage for proceedings to begin before a military commission...

When historians in a hundreds time looks back at the 2000 – 2010 they will probably call the decade for “the Decade where the west lost its incenses”. Two major themes have dominated this decade – The War on Terror and Global warming.

Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant also blasted Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas over their reported readiness to consider a peace deal with Israel.

In America's "war on terrorism," her precedent-setting case is chilling, and president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner, explained it: Its "purpose....was to send a message to lawyers who represent alleged terrorists that it's dange

LONDON, Feb. 29 -- Prince Harry will be immediately brought home from Afghanistan, where he has spent the last 10 weeks fighting on the front lines, the British Defense Ministry said Friday.

The trial of nine men accused in Australia's largest alleged terrorist conspiracy started Monday, but was dominated by discussion of the undersized courtroom rather than the facts of the case.

President Bush said Saturday that Democratic leaders in the House are blocking key intelligence legislation so trial lawyers can sue phone companies that helped the government eavesdrop on suspected terrorists after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers' carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she has seen progress in Afghanistan during the past few years, despite a determined Taliban insurgency that has disrupted security and prompted concerns that the NATO-led military campaign is failing.