May 21, 2005 | 12 Rabi al-Akhir 1426 Hijriah
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The ClipboardAfghanistan: The forgotten conflict
There are daily reports of continuing ferocious clashes between Coalition forces and native insurgents. The brave men and women who have accepted the task of helping to restore order to their own land are repeatedly picked off, brutally and mercilessly,...
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veiled4allahdoes the Quran really command killing unbelievers?
Hesham Hassaballa looks at the question: are Muslims really supposed to "kill all the unbelievers"? Time and again, over and over and over again, I either read or hear from people that Islam calls for the murder of "infidels," or...
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The ClipboardNew Swedish Documents Illuminate CIA Action
So began an operation the CIA calls an "extraordinary rendition," the forcible and highly secret transfer of terrorism suspects to their home countries or other nations where they can be interrogated with fewer legal protections. The practice has generated increasing...
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The ClipboardUS abuse of Afghan prisoners 'widespread'
US soldiers carried out widespread abuse of detainees at the US-run Bagram prison camp in Afghanistan, according to a confidential US army report revealed today in the New York Times. Seven soldiers have been charged in connection with abuse at...
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The ClipboardSecret Way to War
As Americans watch their young men and women fighting in the third year of a bloody counterinsurgency war in Iraq -- a war that has now killed more than 1,600 Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqis -- they are...
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The ClipboardUS 'backed illegal Iraqi oil deals'
The United States administration turned a blind eye to extensive sanctions-busting in the prewar sale of Iraqi oil, according to a new Senate investigation. A report released last night by Democratic staff on a Senate investigations committee presents documentary evidence...
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The ClipboardStaying What Course?
But the Iraq war has, instead, demonstrated the limits of American power, and emboldened our potential enemies. Why should Kim Jong Il fear us, when we can't even secure the road from Baghdad to the airport? At this point, the...
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The ClipboardThe Bush-Bolton Plan to Bomb Bushehr
"Republicans are hoping to shame Democrats into a quick vote on Mr. Bolton. They argue that he needs to be in place by June so that the United States will have the latitude it needs to press its concerns about...
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The ClipboardRevealed: Israel plans strike on Iranian nuclear plant
Israel has drawn up secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if diplomacy fails to halt the Iranian nuclear programme. The inner cabinet of Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, gave "initial authorisation" for...
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