Refueling a Doomed War on Drugs: Flawed Policy Feeds Growing Conflict

Refueling a Doomed War on Drugs: Flawed Policy Feeds Growing Conflict

Within days following September 11, the international chorus of heartfelt concern for the victims and their families was followed by
Caught in an Anti-Terrorist Web

Caught in an Anti-Terrorist Web

Men and women dressed in stripes, with numbers on their chests; young people, old people, some yelling slogans about the
Democracy and Plan Colombia

Democracy and Plan Colombia

President George W. Bush has asked the American people to “be patient” so that Iraq can become like Colombia—so that
Counter-Revolutionary Software Keeps up with Hardware in U.S. World Policing Effort

Counter-Revolutionary Software Keeps up with Hardware in U.S. World Policing Effort

The U.S. arsenal of techniques for suppressing or manipulating people in the Third World is being stocked through the efforts
Counterinsurgency = Impunity

Counterinsurgency = Impunity

THE WAR AGAINST SENDERO LUMINOSO HAS become synonymous with the systematic violation of human rights. About half of the nearly
Washington's Addiction to the War on Drugs

Washington’s Addiction to the War on Drugs

When Republican Congressional leaders intro- duced a S2.6 billion drug-war proposal July this year, including S300 million for the construction