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Governments everywhere are still raising the amount of money they dedicate to war machines while poverty increases. more...
Canada Handed Detainees to Torturers
Evidence emerges that, despite its denials, the Canadian government knew about the torture of battlefield detainees it transferred to Afghan security officials. more...
Is Henry Kissinger a War Criminal?
American Attorney General Eric Holder is looking into torture allegations against Bush administration officials; an older case remains unanswered. more...
Is Dick Cheney a War Criminal?
The Geneva Conventions expressly forbid the torturing of prisoners of war, so will U.S. officials be brought to account over the issue of waterboarding? more...
Inter-state wars are rare, the war on terror is an entirely new conflict, and some battles are just struggles between criminal gangs. It's time to rewrite the rules. more...
Modernizing the Geneva Conventions
Twenty years after the adoption of the Geneva Conventions, civil armed conflicts and wars of liberation made the need for changes acute. more...
Updating the Geneva Conventions
The bombing of cities, genocide, and atrocities during World War II prompted governments to find new ways to make conflict more humane. more...
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The War on Terror is Counter-productive
By: Lynn Bird
A recent survey of Al Qa'ida facts and figures contradicts the argument that continuing occupation of Afghanistan will prevent terrorism. more...
Al Qaeda's Role in the 2008 Mumbai Attacks
By: Adam C'DeBaca
An official dossier from Pakistan's government singles out the Pakistani militant group Lashkar E-Taiba as responsible for the attacks, with direct links to Al Qaeda. more...
The Essentials of the Current War on Terror
By: Paul Hamilton
U.S. Commanders in the field are sounding the alarm concerning Afghanistan, while hastening the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and trying to block a nuclear Iran. more...
The Role of Smallpox in Disaster Preparedness
Two generations of children have reached adulthood in the United States without smallpox vaccinations. As immunity declines, nearly all Americans are susceptible. more...
A Brief Overview of Terrorism Since the 1970s
By: Barry Vale
Terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction have changed from time to time and with some of the profound political changes since the 1970s. more...
North Korea News: Missile Threat Reasons
North Korea news is about nuclear threats. Dictator Kim Jong-Il is promoting its North Korea missile launch program. Three think tank experts speculate on the reasons. more...
North Korea and the Nuclear Threat
By: Natasha Malinda
The world's most reclusive country, is once again defying the international community - reaffirming its isolationist policies and amplifying the nuclear threat. more...
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