Articles about torture in today's NY Times

In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/us/politics/22detain.html

Report Gives New Detail on Approval of Brutal Techniques
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/us/politics/22report.html

Obama Won't Bar Inquiry, or Penalty, on Interrogations
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/us/politics/22intel.html

Aid for Afghanistan; "non-combat" in Iraq

Very edifying and informative reports today on Democracy Now about Afghanistan and Iraq.

Afghans Urge Obama to Send Aid, Not Troops, to Afghanistan
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/26/afghans_urge_obama_to_send_aid

Report: Despite Obama's Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraq
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/26/report_despite_obamas_vow_combat_brigades

Recent articles

Interesting war / war crime related stories I've come across recently.

1. Afghanistan

Afghan opinion hardens against US
http://www.theage.com.au/world/afghan-opinion-hardens-against-us-20090222-8enj.html?page=-1

Obama's War: US Involvement in Afghanistan, Past, Present & Future
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/2/23/obamas_war_us_involvement_in_afghanistan

2. Iraq

Iraq's queer underground railroad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/25/iraq-gay-rights

Despite Celebrated Speech, Has Obama Really Ordered an End to US
Occupation of Iraq?
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/4/despite_celebrated_speech_has_obama_really

3. Torture & detainee abuse

Guantanamo abuse has worsened since Obama -lawyer
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLP43575

Lawyer: Freed Gitmo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed Experienced "Nightmare We
Can't Imagine"
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/2/26/lawyer_freed_gitmo_prisoner_binyam_mohamed

Interviews Of Terror Suspects Challenged: Foreign Agents Violated
Human Rights, U.N. Says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022603325.html

Thai military deny secret US jail
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7925731.stm

4. Recent nuclear near-catastrophe

On this point in general, see Stanford professor Martin Hellman's
website, nuclearrisk.org . Yes, that's Hellman of Diffey-Hellmann,
public key cryptography and all, for the mathematicians / electrical
engineers / computer scientists out there.

The Nuclear Risk: How Long Will Our Luck Hold?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1880702,00.html

When Nuclear Subs Collide
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/opinion/24tue2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Bennis on Iraq Withdrawal

Good analysis by Bennis of the antiwar movement's situation now. From ZNet.

Contested Terrain: Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan and the Peace Movement
Mar 08, 2009 By Phyllis Bennis
URL: http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/commentaries/3797

Discussion on Afghanistan..

... on Democracy Now today. Quite thorough, and timely, on the eve of Obama's address to Congress. Also timely, as the US formally admits that yet another missile strike --- the most recent one, on Saturday --- on a tent encampment, killed mostly civilians. Obama continues to press ahead with plans to escalate.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/2/23/obamas_war_us_involvement_in_afghanistan