War on terror

5 questions for America's next spymaster

Today, Obama's choice for CIA chief must come clean about torture, targeted killings and more [more]

5 questions for America's next spymaster

Dreaming in infrared

A US drone pilot is haunted by the death he's seen, and caused ...

A long hard road for Mali

The UN approves an African-led force to combat Islamist militants in suffering Mali ...

Obama writing 'rulebook' for drone strikes

Say what? US administration makes a mockery of international law ...

Karzai orders Afghan forces into 'Guantanamo's evil twin'

The US still won't let go of the notorious Bagram prison. What have they got to hide? ...

As Obama celebrates, Yemen is hit with a drone strike

Hours after Obama won, did he authorise a strike that killed three people? ...

Welcome to the drug capital of west Africa

Since last April's coup, the drugs trade in Guinea Bissau has boomed. Here's why this matters ...

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Death from above US drone war gains momentum, but at what price? ...	Licence to kill Who should die this week? Obama and his top counter-terrorism adviser decide ...
What's left behind Nato has a firm timetable for getting out of the unwinnable war. And after that? ...	Sudan: it must be war More bombings as UN secretary general pleads for talks between the two countries ...
Licence to torture – but don't introduce yourself US supreme court rules only individuals, not corporations or foreign political bodies, can be sued for torture ...	Libyan rebel leader sues UK over torture Victim of Gaddafi says British foreign minister personally signed off his rendition ...
Taliban commander turns himself in – for the reward Wanted posters – and poverty – may be best weapons Nato has ...	Weary of war, America's allies bail Nato support crumbling in face of intractable problems and Taliban offensive ...
Bombs shower Sudan, world turns away Damning evidence of deliberate assault on civilians, using weapons made in Iran and Greece ...	US draws up plans for nuclear-powered drones Terrifying prospect of robot weapons that can circle for months without refuelling ...
In Somalia, hunger gets deadly help from politics and paranoia Millions at risk as militia 'taxes' combine with US anti-terror laws to make a famine ...	Rick Santorum's war on words Republican presidential hopeful blasts Obama apology for Qur'an burning ...
No safety for Syria \| Taliban talks peace \| Big win for tigers Big cats get protection from international community – Syrians, not so much ...	Another Valentine's Day trapped in Bagram Yunus Rahmatullah is one of 3,000 imprisoned in America's notorious Afghan prison ...
Urinating Marines bring sadness, more than rage Reaction to the Americans' acts is muted, across the Muslim world ...	Watch: US Marines desecrate Afghan corpses A clip of what appear to be snipers urinating on dead men finds its way to YouTube ...
Inside Guantánamo's evil twin Ten years on, Guantanamo still a stain on US: but there are much worse places ...	Pakistan: 'enough' to US war inside its borders A deadly strike by Nato on remote checkpoints might be the last straw ...

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