Afghanistan

25/04/2008 > PAKISTAN

Durra - the world’s largest illegal firearms market

Gunfire echoes in the streets of Durra, Pakistan. Test firing a 9mm handgun or a Kalachnikov AK-47 rifle in the village’s main market is an every day sight. Read more...

The contributors

Nasir

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02/04/2008 > USA

Torture is "self-defense" according to the Pentagon

In 2003 the U.S. Justice Department sent a memo to the Pentagon in which it conceived torture as a "self-defense" for the purpose of interrogating an "enemy combatant". An Iraqi deputy and a French colonel specialised in the Algerian War react to the document, declassified yesterday and published here in full. Read more...

The contributors

Michel Goya

Haytham Manna

Izzat Shahbandar

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04/02/2008 > UNITED STATES

The cost of war comes as “a total surprise”

With the presidential election well under way in the United States, the cost of war is a sensitive subject for the ruling Republicans. And every penny counts. The Center for Arms Control and NonProliferation tallies up every cent spent on the main U.S wars and publishes its findings online. We spoke to the creator of the project about why he feels it's important to publish the figure. Read more...