War on Terror

As 'Dark Stain' of Guantánamo Begins 20th Year, Groups Demand Biden Close Offshore Prison
For several years, critics of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp have dressed in orange jumpsuits at demonstrations calling for its immediate closure. (Photo: Amnesty International)
'Oldest Play in the Book': Critics Warn New Domestic Terror Laws Aimed at Pro-Trump Mob Would Be Used Against Legitimate Protest
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"History shows that legislation going after 'domestic terrorism' will primarily be used to target Black organizers, Muslim communities, immigrant communities."
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Lawyers Supporting ICC Afghan War Crimes Probe
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda during a trip to Sudan on October 18, 2020. (Photo: Mahmoud Hjaj/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
"National security concerns must not become a talisman used to ward off...
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Senior UN Human Rights Official 'Deeply Concerned' by Trump's Pardons for Mercenaries Who Massacred 17 Iraqi Civilians
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Survivors of the 2007 Nisour Square massacre survey its aftermath on September 16, 2007. (Photo: Ali Yussef/AFP/Getty Images)
"Pardoning them contributes to impunity and has the effect of emboldening...
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NDS troops escort alleged Taliban fighters in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on January 23, 2019. (Photo: Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)
Investigative Reporting Details Massacres, Reign of Terror by US-Backed Death Squads in Afghanistan
Civilian casualties have soared in Afghanistan during the tenure of President Donald Trump. (Photo: Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images)
Report Blames Trump Admin for 330% Rise in Afghan Civilian Casualties
A group of Somalian troops trained by the U.S. military stand at attention at a graduation ceremony. (Photo: U.S. Africa Command)
Pentagon Says Almost All US Troops to Leave Somalia—But Military Operations Will Continue
Antony Binken (R) speaks after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden for secretary of state. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Disdain and Disbelief After Biden Claims 'Significant' Progressive Presence in Administration
Mosul, Iraq under U.S. aerial bombardment on July 9, 2017. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
Washington Post Publishes Names and Details of 1,400 Civilians Killed in US-Led Bombings of ISIS
The United States was the subject of the United Nations Human Rights Council's review on November 9, 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo: Getty Images)
From Police Violence at Home to Killing Civilians in Unending Wars Abroad, US Faces Human Rights Reckoning at UN
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a press conference in Tehran on June 10, 2019.
At UN, Iranian Foreign Minister Blames US War on Terror for 'Countless Broken Societies'
U.S. troops search an Iraqi family near Baquba on October 5, 2007. (Photo: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)
10 Years After Iraq War Logs, It's Impunity for War Criminals, War on Whistleblowers
Two officers and their supervisor at Oklahoma County Jail in Oklahoma City are facing charges of cruelty and conspiracy for allegedly torturing inmates with the popular children's song "Baby Shark." (Photo: Getty Images)
'On the Level of Guantánamo': Oklahoma Jail Guards Accused of Torturing Inmates With 'Baby Shark' Song
CodePink activists Maggie Huntington and Toby Blomé unfurl a banner and block traffic during an anti-drone protest at Creech Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada on October 2, 2020 (Photo: Codepink)
Peace Groups Blockade Creech Air Force Base to Protest 'Illegal and Inhumane Remote Killing' by US Drones
A U.S. airstrike hits a neighborhood in densely-populated Mosul, Iraq on July 9, 2017 (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
With Focus on Assange, Belmarsh Tribunal Puts 'US War Crimes on Trial'
There was a dramatic increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims after 9/11. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
NYT's Krugman Pilloried on 9/11 Anniversary for Claiming No 'Mass Outbreak of Anti-Muslim Sentiment' in US After 2001 Attacks

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