The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of "Coercive Management Techniques" for possible use on prisoners, including "Sleep Deprivation," "Prolonged Constraint" and "Exposure." ...more

July 2, 2008

Hundreds of Taliban fighters invaded villages just outside Afghanistan's second-largest city Monday, forcing NATO and Afghan troops to rush in while frightened residents fled. ...more

June 17, 2008

The political turmoil in Pakistan is threatening to undermine a new long-term counterinsurgency plan by the U.S. military aimed at strengthening Pakistani forces fighting Islamic extremists in the country's tribal areas, according to senior military officials. ...more

November 9, 2007