The quiet enforced on Tehran’s streets by the postelection crackdown was shattered on July 9 in dramatic clashes between opposition activists and security forces.
Iran: New Opposition Demonstrations Bring New Violence
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Pakistan: Alleged terrorist detained
One of the three suspects detained Friday in Islamabad has been identified as Fida Ullah, a terrorist who recruited suicide bombers here, police said in a news release. Two young men suspected of involvement in two Islamabad suicide attacks this year led police to Fida Ullah, the release said Monday
Cheney’s lying about what’s in CIA memos, Levin says
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says former Vice President Dick Cheney is lying when he claims that classified CIA memos show that enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding worked.
UK appeals for release of British hostages in Iraq
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has appealed for the release of five British hostages in Iraq as the second anniversary of their capture approaches.
Clinton celebrates journalist’s release from Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with freed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi on Wednesday, a week after her return from a 100-day ordeal in an Iranian jail.
Analysis: Do war clouds loom over Lebanon vote?
Shortly after 8 a.m. on July 12, 2006, Hezbollah fighters snatched two Israeli soldiers after carrying out an ambush on their patrol.
Obama, Cheney offer competing views on national security
President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney offered competing views on how to keep America safe in back-to-back speeches Thursday. Obama said his administration is trying to clean up “a mess” left behind by the Bush administration. He defended his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, his ban on torture, the release of Bush-era interrogation memos and his objection to the release of prisoner photos.
Abu Ghraib photos were ‘big shock,’ undermined U.S. ideals
The photograph was shocking: a hooded detainee, in U.S.
Abuse photos put U.S. in ‘double catch-22’
The one-star general almost yells when asked to talk about the infamous Abu Ghraib photos showing U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi detainees.
Obama orders stop to detainee photo releases
President Obama has ordered government lawyers to object to the planned release of additional detainee photos, according to an administration official. The Defense Department was set to release hundreds of photographs showing alleged abuse of prisoners in detention facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. “Last week, the president met with his legal team and told them that he did not feel comfortable with the release of the [Defense Department] photos because he believes their release would endanger our troops, and because he believes that the national security implications of such a release have not been fully presented to the court,” the official said