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U.S. Has Detained 2,500 Juveniles as Enemy Combatants
The United States has detained approximately 2,500 people younger than 18 as illegal enemy combatants in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay since 2002, according to a report filed by the Bush administration with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Charges Against 9/11 Suspect Dropped
U.S. authorities have long considered Mohammed al-Qahtani one of the most dangerous alleged terrorists in U.S. custody, a man who could have been the 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11, 2001, plot if he had not been denied entry into the country.
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Defense Secretary Urges Military to Mold Itself to Fight Iraq-Style Wars
COLORADO SPRINGS, May 13 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates implored the U.S. military Tuesday to prepare more for fighting future wars against insurgents and militias such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, rather than spending so much time and money preparing for conventional conflicts.
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Caught Between Forces Vying for the Soul of a Country
BAGHDAD, May 13 -- Inside his olive-green tent, Abbas Laibi Sadoon unveiled the fresh scar on the right shoulder of his 7-year-old son, Ali. It was caused, Sadoon said, by a U.S. airstrike targeting Shiite militiamen in the capital's Sadr City enclave. That was why his family fled their home six days ago.
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The War Over the War
Readers joined Washington Post military reporter Thomas E. Ricks on Tuesday, May 13 at noon ET to discuss the latest developments and the debate in Washington among government, military and intelligence officials about what course to follow in Iraq.
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American Admiral Takes Plea To Burma
BANGKOK, May 12 -- The head of the U.S. Pacific Command flew into Burma on Monday aboard the first U.S. military aid flight, to press for a full-scale international relief operation for victims of Cyclone Nargis. Facing mounting international pressure to open their country's borders, Burmese officials promised to consider the request.
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Delicate Deal Helps Decrease Violence in Baghdad's Sadr City Enclave
BAGHDAD, May 11 -- Violence in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City subsided Sunday as a deal took hold to end fighting between Shiite militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi forces. But U.S. military officials and militia commanders said that a truce had not yet been reached, underscoring the fragility of the agreement.
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Deal Reached to End Fighting in Sadr City
BAGHDAD, May 10 -- A top aide to Moqtada al-Sadr said Saturday that the influential Shiite cleric had reached an agreement with lawmakers aligned with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to end fighting in the Sadr City district of the capital.
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Some War Dead Were Cremated at Facility Handling Pets
The U.S. military has, since 2001, cremated some of the remains of American service members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere at a Delaware facility that also cremates pets, a practice that ended yesterday when the Pentagon banned the arrangement.
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Frustration and Deceit on U.S.-Iraqi Patrol in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq -- An hour before sunrise, under a star-studded sky, 1st Lt. Michael Baxter's soldiers packed their gear into Bradley Fighting Vehicles, heading out to patrol neighborhoods where fighting insurgents often seems like warring with shadows.
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Bush Plans Call to Chinese Leader Over Burma's Stance on Aid
President Bush plans to call Chinese President Hu Jintao in coming days to seek his help pressing the Burmese government to accept more disaster assistance, U.S. officials said yesterday, after a lower-level diplomatic push this week yielded Burmese permission for one U.S. relief plane, which is scheduled to land Monday.
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U.S.: Man Held is Not Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 9 -- A U.S. military spokesman said a man detained Thursday in northern Iraq is not wanted terrorist Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, the leader of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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Pentagon Is Open to Moving More Marines to Afghanistan
The Marine Corps may begin shifting its major combat forces out of Iraq to focus on Afghanistan in 2009 if greater security in Iraq allows a reduction of Marines there, top Pentagon officials said yesterday.
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader Arrested In Mosul, Iraqi Police Announce
BAGHDAD, May 9 -- Iraqi police announced early Friday the capture of Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, the leader of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq, but the U.S. military said it could not confirm the report.
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U.N. Aid Aircraft Reach Burma, Where Storm Toll Steadily Rises
BANGKOK, May 8 -- Two U.N. transport planes loaded with cyclone relief supplies landed in Burma on Thursday, as international leaders heightened pressure on the country's secretive military government to fully embrace foreign help. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's top general to press the case personally.
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Naval Hospital Expansion Starts Soon
The Bethesda naval hospital's multimillion-dollar expansion will get underway in the next two weeks as the military moves to consolidate medical operations in the area and create a world-class trauma center.
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Museums
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The Challenge Of Creating A Lasting Peace
BAGHDAD -- The most powerful man in Adhamiyah suddenly appeared out of the darkness, sweeping into the alley behind a wall of bodyguards.
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Justice System For Detainees Is Moving At a Crawl
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- At the end of a tattered, sunbaked runway dotted with large green tents here is a building aptly called the Expeditionary Legal Complex Courtroom, surrounded by coils of concertina wire, where the most notorious alleged terrorists in U.S. custody are supposed to face charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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In Southern Iraq, an Upgrade for U.S. Facilities
The United States is moving south in Iraq, planning to upgrade facilities at Camp Delta and the Al Kut Air Base, which is about 140 miles southeast of Baghdad and just 35 miles from the Iranian border.
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U.S. Seeks Contractors To Train Iraqi Military
U.S. commanders in Iraq are for the first time seeking private contractors to form part of the small military teams that train and live with Iraqi military units across the country, according to a notice for prospective bidders published last week.
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5 U.S., 2 Georgian Troops Die in Iraq, Officials Say
BAGHDAD, May 4 -- The American-led coalition announced Saturday the deaths of seven troops, as the fight for control of the capital's Sadr City district continued with missiles aimed at Shiite militiamen striking near a hospital.
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Remembrances of life's cruelties.
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9/11 Charity Held Up as Model Of How Best to Help Bereaved
Nearly seven years after a hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon, the largest charity established to help Washington area victims and their families is closing, becoming the last major Sept. 11-related charity to shut down.
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Military Stressing Veterans' Counseling
Applicants for government security clearances will no longer have to declare whether they sought mental health counseling after serving in combat zones, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced yesterday.
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