Patriot Paradox

AFP – For the first time, the United States is granting some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram the right to challenge their detention in the jail dubbed the Afghan Guantanamo, officials said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – The United States will probably need to deploy more troops to Afghanistan despite almost doubling the size of its force there this year, the top U.S. military officer said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – The top U.S. military officer says that winning in Afghanistan will probably mean sending more troops. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Scandalous photographs of contractors at the US embassy in Kabul Monday could hurt US interests in the same way as images of abuse in Iraqi prisons, the head of a US investigating panel said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to challenge their detention, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to challenge their detention, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the military said. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the military said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A US federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq who tried to file claims against private army contractors working in the jail. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – A civilian contractor was shot and killed Sunday on an American military base in the Iraqi city of Tikrit and a U.S. soldier has been detained in connection with the incident, the military said. Read the rest of this entry »