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Pressure to Close GTMO Puts Some Prisoners at Risk

By | 10.01.09 | 1:11 pm

As the pressure grows on the Obama administration to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay by January, so too does the risk that some of the Guantanamo detainees cleared for release could be returned to countries where they’ll face persecution or torture, More…

So, If Not Manas, What Bases Can We Use for Afghanistan?

By | 02.05.09 | 10:41 am

I didn’t get many specifics from Pentagon when I asked about alternatives to the soon-to-be-lost Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan for resupplying U.S. troops in Afghanistan. And when I asked experts like John Pike and Vikram Singh about using the Dushanbe airport in nearby Tajikistan, the response I got More…