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By Dana Priest Shortly after the first CIA paramilitary teams were spirited into Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley in late September 2001 to help topple the Taliban regime, a secretive group of lawyers...
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By Ewen Allison and Robert K. Goldman A conflict between government forces and rebels can be governed by three sets of rules, and the problem for observers is to determine which applies. Gray areas in...
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By H. Wayne Elliott Winston Churchill, himself a former prisoner of war, once wrote, “Prisoner of War! That is the least unfortunate kind of prisoner to be, but it is nevertheless a melancholy state....
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By Jess Bravin Shortly before the first American military commissions held since the 1940s were to begin at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in August 2004, a handful of journalists was shown round the...
View ArticleTerrorism
By Anthony Dworkin Since September 11, 2001, terrorism has emerged as the biggest security concern across much of the world. It has also become a kind of talisman whose invocation seems to absolve...
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