war on terror

What the officers did to George Floyd has shocked the conscience of America, but it is painfully familiar to me—after countless experiences of being kneeled upon U.S. soldiers in my GITMO cell.

A retired U.S. Army colonel draws upon the anniversary of the Six Day War to discuss the forever war against radical Islamic terrorism.

There is a curious lack of recognition in Washington of just how effective the U.S. intelligence and military apparatus has become since 9/11.

The current cost to the federal government for operations in Iraq is an estimated $1.922 billion, including interest and additions to the base budget.

Department of Defense officials released the names of two airmen killed in a Air Force plane crash in Afghanistan on Monday.

I am a nobody: a taxi driver from Karachi held without charges in Guantanamo Bay, tortured, forever separated from my son. But I hope the two psychologists responsible for what was inflicted on me will stop by my cell. I'll be waiting.

James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen designed the "enhanced interrogration" program used against detainees during the initial stages of the War on Terror.

Khan lamented the huge human and economic cost of the War on Terror, noting that Pakistan "took a real battering."

This decision risks creating two Watchlists for two classes of people—Muslims in the U.S. and Muslims everywhere else.

The group warned Trump that multiple historical empires have taken the dream of victory in Afghanistan "to the grave."

"US 'aid' was a miniscule $20 bn," Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote on Twitter.

The prisoners were not permitted to travel to Washington, D.C., to be present at their hearing.

"Between us, we have spent close to 90 years imprisoned without charge or trial," the letter says.

Britain is expected to be criticized for its role in rendition.

A man and his pregnant wife were abducted in Thailand and sent to Libya to be imprisoned and tortured.

The number of children killed by gunfire in the United States since the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School is greater than the total of U.S. soldiers killed in overseas combat since 9/11, according to a Department of Defense report.

According to its latest "Cost of War" report, the Pentagon spent $1.46 trillion on the War on Terror from 9/11 through June of 2017.

The airstrikes were conducted in northeastern Somalia.

Washington has been fighting Al-Shabab for a decade in Somalia, but there's no end in sight.

On September 11, 2001, Donald Trump said he "would be taking a very tough line" on the attackers if he were president.

A bipartisan group of Congress members are calling for a debate on whether Trump's strategy is any good.

Omar Khadr launched a civil suit alleging the country was complicit in torture with the U.S.

Taliban fighters don't have to look too hard to find their government enemies.

If confirmed by the Senate, Bradbury would become chief lawyer to the Department of Transport.

Africa has become a major theater for Islamist violence.

From his clumsy comments to the travel ban, the president is giving jihadis exactly what they want.

Trump has boasted he will "load it up with bad dudes."

"Defeating Al-Qaeda" is no longer a meaningful frame for the struggle to make the world safe.

In decades past, the CIA had reporters on its payroll. Now the press can inadvertently do its bidding.

Bombing ISIS may be "cheap" now, but the war on terror is expanding, and costs are hardly all accounted for.