By using terror to fight terror, the abuses at Guantanamo Bay not only deny justice to the inmates, but to the whole world argues George Monbiot.

On Tuesday, Binyam Mohamed, a 29-year old British resident in Guantánamo, sued the British government for refusing to produce evidence which, his lawyers contend, would demonstrate that he was tortured for 27 months by or on behalf of US forces in Morocco and Afghanistan, that any “evidence” against him was only obtained through torture, and that the British government and intelligence services knew about his torture and provided personal information about him — unrelated to terrorism — that was used by the Americans’ proxy torturers in Morocco. Andy Worthington reports.

Washington’s severe problems in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading it to refocus military attention on Tehran argues Paul Rogers.

The US and several European countries have presented erroneous information to the IAEA and UN regarding Iran’s nuclear program in order to maintain unlawful pressure on Tehran argues Gordon Prather.

The public would prefer to see their taxes spent on health and education – rather than on an £850m state subsidy for the arms industry argues Symon Hill.

Iran is facing increasing threats from the US in the form of a belligerent Republican party, military commanders and presidential hopefuls. _Justin Raimondo_argues that now is the time for Barack Obama to truly represent public opposition to further invasions.

The facts of the Nakba (catastrophe) are now well documented and beyond dispute. Yet Nakba denial remains widespread, and is as vile as denial of any other historic crime. Mike Marqusee reports.

Amy Goodman talks to Jan Tamas, from the Czech Republic, founder of the No Bases Initiative, a coalition against the proposed US missile system in Eastern Europe, and Olivier Bancoult of the Chagos Refugee Group, expelled at the age of four from his native Diego Garcia, the site of a US military base since British forces expelled native islanders in the early 1970s.

It is the US’s insistence on domination, rather than any legitimate national security worries, that underlies Washington’s obsessive push to marginalize and destabilize Iran argues Rostam Pourzal.

Perry Anderson traces the history of the small island which has consistently defied the efforts of its colonial masters.

The BAE ruling will check the government’s ruse of invoking national security to avoid scrutiny, say Eric Avebury and Susan Hawley.

A.G. Noorani reviews ‘The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain’, by Nicholas B. Dirks.

Tony Blair caved in to the Saudis’ demand to halt the BAE inquiry. Today’s court ruling shows just how groundless his excuse was. Richard Norton-Taylor reports.

CAAT reports on the recent ruling by the High Court that the Serious Fraud Office acted unlawfully in halting an investigation into BAE arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

The uncertain and fragile security situation in Iraq challenges the view that the war is being won, says Paul Rogers.

Kate Hudson summarises a year of developments on Trident replacement

An organisation which discriminates against non-Jews is having a ‘charitable’ dinner at Windsor Castle, writes Tony Greenstein.

Kim Howells’ photograph alongside Colombian armed forces responsible for the execution and torture of trade unionists reveals the dark side of British foreign policy, writes Johann Hari.