The links below show you various forms of graphical data on international issues in the news. You can find information regarding business ties between the U.S. and Iran, facts about specific Guantanamo detainees or U.S. service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Five Fronts in the War in Afghanistan

A breakdown of the military's five main points of focus in Afghanistan with color coded maps displaying which area is more sympathetic to the government or the insurgency

Profiting from Iran and the U.S.

Companies that have done business with both Iran and the U.S. in the last decade are listed here, along with the nature of the deals. 

C.I.A. Interrogations of Terror Suspects

A time line of the evolution of C.I.A. interrogations of terror suspects from September 17, 2001 through July 2007

For a time line of Political discourse regarding the interrogations

The Guantanamo Docket

Wide-ranging set of information related to the detention of 779 men at Guantanamo since 2001-2002 as obtained from political, legal, media, and other sources.  Primarily organized by detainees’ names, citizenship held, and transfer countries, with a timeline of arrivals, transfers, captures, and deaths broken down by year included.

Faces of the Dead

A hyperlinked photo mosaic of all U.S. service members who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, ordered by date of death.  Age, service branch, hometown, and theater given; searchable.

Sudan In Crisis

A map of Sudan and its border countries with a dipity timeline of key events in the country’s history and clickable bubbles containing facts of the people, land, politics and history

Faisal Shahzad

An interactive time line of significant events in the life of the failed Times Square bomber of 5/1/2010