Ray McGovern, Consortium News. November 17, 2009. As Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged 9/11 conspirators go to trial, the corporate media's embargo on the truth about the Bush years will be under great strain.
Derrick Crowe, August 19, 2009. "Rethink Afghanistan, Part Six: Security" includes CIA officers, regional experts, and Afghan leaders who explain how U.S. war policies in Afghanistan undermine American security.
Danielle Kurtzleben, IPS News. August 13, 2009. The Obama Administration is touting a new, broad approach to winning the fight against insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Agence France Presse July 20, 2009. The Taliban released a video over the weekend of a visibly-shaken captive U.S. soldier who was snatched by the Islamist militants in Afghanistan late last month.
Sonali Kolhatkar, New America Media. July 18, 2009. The new offensive is an attempt "to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda." But what will actually be gained such brute force?
Agence France Presse June 15, 2009. Newly released government transcripts reveal more details on the torture inflicted on "high value" prisoners during interrogations.
Agence France PresseJune 9, 2009. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, accused of playing a role in the bombing of two U.S. embassies, arrived in New York on Tuesday.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. May 13, 2009. The suspicious death of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was tortured into lying about an Iraq-al Qaeda connection, raises a series of troubling questions.
Hazim al-Shara, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. April 2, 2009. Suicide bombers struck in Hilla, Baghdad, Mosul and Diyala last month, targeting security forces, civilians and leaders.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. March 17, 2009. Under Obama's Justice Department, "change" means nothing more than turning "enemy combatants" to "Nobodies Formerly Known As Enemy Combatants."
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. February 20, 2009. It's now up to Obama to decide whether to find homes for the Uighurs in the U.S., or to keep them at Gitmo until further notice.
Zofeen Ebrahim, Tomdispatch.com. February 10, 2009. Will Obama continue a policy of targeting al-Qaeda and Taliban elements regardless of sovereignty issues?
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. January 16, 2009. Mohammed El-Gharani arrived at Guantánamo when he was 14 years old and has spent a third of his life in prison.
Anand Gopal, Tomdispatch.com. December 9, 2008. Almost every suicide attack and kidnapping is attributed to "the Taliban." In reality, however, the insurgency is far from monolithic.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 16, 2008. Mohamed was brutally tortured after being rendered by the CIA to Morocco. "We're going to change your brain," one of his captors said.
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. August 30, 2008. More than two years after the government began investigating the suicides of three Guantanamo prisoners, disturbing questions remain.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. August 6, 2008. The source's account seems plausible in light of the Bush administration's extensive record of public deception.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 5, 2008. "Maybe all these sources are just making stuff up. Maybe. But that's a helluva similar pattern of allegations, isn't it?"
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 24, 2008. Obama is showing sound thinking on Iraq, so why does he continue to talk abou tescalating the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan?
Ahmad al-Taii, Azzaman. July 22, 2008. The provincial authorities in the relatively peaceful region have warned of "immediate measures" to avenge the killing.