Feb 22

Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib prison reopens (AFP)

AFP – Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, made notorious by graphic pictures of abuse of inmates by US jailers, has reopened with top-of-the-range facilities and a new name, the justice ministry said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

Feb 22

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 581 (AP)

AP – As of Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at least 581 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EST. Read the rest of this entry »