Global War on Terror

It’s official:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Obama administration has stopped using “war on terror,” breaking with the Bush administration’s terminology in describing the conflict with al Qaeda and militant Islam.
“The administration has stopped using the phrase, and I think that speaks for itself,” Mrs. Clinton told reporters as she traveled here for a [...]

In case there were any lingering doubts as to just how Kafkaesque the U.S. detention policy for Guantanamo Bay prisoners has become, the latest chapter in the long and tragic saga of 17 Chinese Uighurs held at the facility should lay them to rest.
The Washington Post reports that a federal appeals court today blocked the [...]

The Swat valley in Pakistan might actually be the center of the war on terrorism. Nestled in the Northwest Frontier Province, Swat is home to the psychotic Pakistani Taliban, affiliated extremists, and quite possibly, senior Al Qaeda and Taliban officials. In recent days, the Pakistani military has undertaken a major operation against the insurgents in [...]

CNN reports that a jury has convicted five men for conspiring to bomb American soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J., but acquitted the men of attempted murder. The men, who each face life in prison, are slated for sentencing in April.