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Amnesty accuses Britain of unlawfully deporting Afghans during deadliest year on record
Britain and other EU countries have been accused of breaking international law for the mass...
‘Calm before the storm’: Trump baffles White House press pool
Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 03:27
President Donald Trump left many in the media perplexed during...
Tony Blair tipped to become mediator between Catalonia & Madrid
Despite Tony Blair’s failure to secure peace in the Middle East and his launching of...
The Violence Comes Home Again
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, as in the wake of all the high-profile mass shootings that preceded it, the big question...
Damn, I don’t want Rahman to end up being killed
by Dr. Hakim / October 4th, 2017
Sultan, Ali’s brother, was killed in August 2016.
Hussein, Bismillah’s uncle, was killed in April 2017.
I don’t want Rahman,...
Veterans Express Dismay At "Vietnam War" Series
St. Louis, MO. - With the conclusion of the Burns/Novick “The Vietnam War” series, veterans express dismay over the lack of attention paid...
America Not Immune from Chaos
“Exceptional” America views itself as largely immune from devastating storms and the violence that infect much of the world, but...
Britain doesn’t have clout to influence Yemen crisis, ex-defense attaché to Saudi tells RT
Fifty years since it abandoned its imperial foothold in Aden, Britain is again involved in...
Movies of the Semi-Great Depression
95 million Americans are out of the workforce, millions are losing their wholly inadequate Obamacare, half can’t afford a $400 emergency and the Satanic...
Wars Are Not Fought To ‘Protect Your Freedoms’
A number of years ago I was at an antiwar protest in St. Petersburg, FL where one of my fellow protesters was holding a...
Wars Are Not Fought To ‘Protect Your Freedoms’
A number of years ago I was at an antiwar protest in St. Petersburg, FL where one of my fellow protesters was holding a...
‘Sorry it was a mistake’ not enough: Afghan decries US strike that wounded 6...
Published time: 28 Sep, 2017 23:21 Edited time: 29 Sep, 2017 10:49
Haji Rabbani witnessed a...
'Wasn’t trying to be Snowden’: Suspected NSA leaker who smuggled files in pantyhose tells...
Accused NSA leaker Reality Winner told the FBI she had smuggled the classified report on ‘Russian...
Ken Burns’ Vietnam War: An Object Lesson in the Failures of the Objective Lens
In Ken Burns’ introduction to The Vietnam War, bombs fly back into airplanes and flames leap off of houses into flamethrowers.
If journalism resigns itself...
In Case You Missed…
Some of our special stories in August focused on Official Washington’s growing hostility toward dissent, the Trump administration’s drift toward...
Lessons From Stop the Draft Week 50 Years Ago
In 1967, protesters filled the streets of Oakland to stop the draft. Seven faced serious charges – and their message still resonates today
October marks...
Prince Philip 'unfaithful' to the Queen & Harry 'can’t actually fly a helicopter,’ claims...
Published time: 27 Sep, 2017 09:02
Labour MP Emma Dent Coad is facing backlash after...
Bernie Sanders Thinks War Is Overrated, And He’s Right
When Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was a candidate for president, he seemed uninterested in talking about foreign policy.
Instead, Sanders cast himself as a progressive...
Bernie Sanders Thinks War Is Overrated, And He’s Right
When Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was a candidate for president, he seemed uninterested in talking about foreign policy.
Instead, Sanders cast himself as a progressive...
Refugees depart Australian camps for US in deal slammed as 'dumb' by Trump
The first 52 refugees to be accepted by the US from Australia have left their Pacific...
Rockets land in & around Kabul Airport after US Defense Secretary Mattis arrives for...
Published time: 27 Sep, 2017 08:09 Edited time: 27 Sep, 2017 08:42
Several rockets landed in...
Unhappily ever after: 'Brides' march in NYC against domestic violence
Over 200 women, many dressed in bridal gowns, joined the Brides March through Manhattan on Tuesday,...
ISIS challenges Prince Harry to a fight… ‘if he’s man enough’
Published time: 25 Sep, 2017 09:54
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has challenged Prince Harry...
Masters of War: Senate Defense Budget Set to Exceed One Third of Global Military...
Photo by The U.S. Army | CC BY 2.0
Come you masters of warYou that build all the gunsYou that build the death planesYou that...
‘US designed a force unable to provide national security’: Report slams American training of...
The Pentagon has spent billions outfitting Afghan forces without giving them proper training, failing to understand...
Trump keeps eyes on Afghan mineral prize in meeting with Ghani
President Donald Trump and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have voiced support for US companies developing Afghanistan’s...
Global Women Leaders Call On UN Secretary-General Guterres to Appoint Special Envoy to...
INTERNATIONAL - In response to President Trump’s threat “to totally destroy North Korea,” at the United Nations General Assembly, nearly 300 women leaders and...
Soldier watched ‘Cops’ to learn to train Afghan police – watchdog
A government watchdog tasked with studying the effects of reconstruction in Afghanistan finds US forces to...
Wing and a prayer? US Air Force may ground aging 100 A-10s
The US Air Force may ground around 100 of its A-10 Warthog jets already in 2018...
NYT Lets Think Tank Funded by Gov’t and Arms Industry Claim Huge US Military...
The New York Times (9/18/17) quoted CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman saying that Sen. John McCain “has lived with underfunding of the military, seen the impact...
Trump’s UN Speech
I listened to part of Trump’s UN speech this morning. I was so embarrassed for him and for my country that I had to...
American President Trump v. Iranian President Rouhani, at the U.N.
Eric Zuesse
On September 19th, America’s President Donald Trump stated his American case to the United Nations General Assembly.
On September 20th, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani...
'Complete failure': US organizations unite to decry Trump's UN speech on N. Korea
Donald Trump's speech at the UN, in which he threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if...
Distorted Views of the Enemy and Bush’s “Axis of Evil”
Many years ago, while the war in Vietnam still raged, the psychologist Ralph K. White wrote a book entitled Nobody Wanted War that has...
Antifa and neo-Nazis in Ukraine
“I knew some anarchists resisting in the Black Bloc, who never seem to set foot on any black blocks.” - hip hop artist Son...
Senate approves $700bn military budget
Published time: 18 Sep, 2017 23:01 Edited time: 19 Sep, 2017 00:17
In an overwhelming 89-to-8...
US Navy sacks more commanders after deadly warship collisions
The US Navy has dismissed an admiral and a captain in connection with two deadly accidents...
Veteran Group Reacts To First Episode Of Burns/Novick Vietnam Series
WASHINGTON - Veterans For Peace (VFP) members in every U.S. time zone and beyond tuned in to watch the first episode of Ken Burns...
America’s Slow-Motion Military Coup
In a democracy, no one should be comforted to hear that generals have imposed discipline on an elected head of state. That was never...
Harvard’s Cowardice on Chelsea Manning
Exclusive: In an abject display of intellectual cowardice, Harvard’s Kennedy School withdrew a fellowship from Chelsea Manning after hearing protests...
Profiteering in War: the Case Against Mercenaries
Photo by The U.S. Army | CC BY 2.0
Opening the August 30 New York Times, I was surprised (and personally appalled) to find Erik Prince on...
South Asia: 1,300 Dead, 40 Million Impacted in Climate Change-Linked Flooding
We turn to the devastating floods in South Asia, where more than 41 million people have been battling floods and displacement. More than 1,300...
Assange trolls ‘triggered’ Pompeo for ‘WikiLeaks an enemy of the US’ claim
Published time: 15 Sep, 2017 14:02
WikiLeaks is an enemy of the US, according to CIA...
London Parsons Green IED 'similar to Boston Marathon bomb,' only partially detonated
Police have confirmed the explosion on a packed rush hour tube train at Parsons Green...
Pentagon falsifying paperwork to send arms worth $2bn to Syria, report finds
The Pentagon continues to ship billions of dollars of weapons to Syria, according to a damning...
Anti-war argument 'winning' despite setback in Congress – Ron Paul to RT
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Kentucky) fight to repeal post-9/11 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF) went...
Ron Paul on Sen. Rand Paul Forcing Vote On 16-Year Undeclared War
Sen. Rand Paul has forced a vote on his amendment to repeal the 2001 Afghanistan war authorization and the 2002...
‘Unlimited war’ and transgender troops: Amendments seek limits to military spending bill
A rushed Senate vote on a military and defense spending will consider amendments on transgender troops...
The Divine in the Resistance
This past year, through my work with Veterans For Peace I was given the opportunity to stand in solidarity with resistance movements in Okinawa,...
Watch Monday: Special American Conservative Live Webcast on 9/11 Anniversary
From The American Conservative:
Don’t miss a very special live webcast on You Tube at 12 p.m. EST on Monday as we explore “Who Watches...
‘We allowed standards to drop’: US Navy officers testify on warship collisions
The US Navy has compromised its standards in order to meet high operational demands, a top...
What America’s Aristocracy Want
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
The American aristocracy want inequality of rights, with two basic polar-opposite classes: the ‘elite’, with themselves at the top...
As London lures Saudi oil giant, RT looks at UK’s history of rule-bending for...
Serious questions are being raised over controversial proposals that could lure the multi-trillion share listing...
The Left Calls Out the Left
As an antiwar activist, I feel a responsibility to denounce the conduct of many of my colleagues with whom I generally share common ideologies. Their actions,...
Jihadism Won’t Be Allowed To Die
A serious working hypothesis is being discussed for a while now among independent geopolitical analysts. Here it is, in a nutshell.
Daesh may be dying...
Enforcing Empire Through a Global Surveillance State
(Photo: Ep_jhu)
Historian Alfred W. McCoy's new book peels back layers of secrecy to tell how the United States used covert intervention, surveillance, torture, trade...
‘Women Were in Fact Pioneers in Computing Work’
Janine Jackson interviewed Marie Hicks about Google and women in tech for the August 25, 2017, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited...
Victory at Last! In the US's Wars, Failure Is the New Success
White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly looks on as President Trump speaks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower, August 15,...
Edinburgh student who ridiculed ISIS online investigated for Islamophobia
A law student has become subject of an investigation by his university after allegedly mocking...
Neocons About To Run Amok
In the past few days, it became quite clear to me that Donald Trump made a deal with the Neocons in Washington. He traded part of...
9,400 resumes of US military & intel contractors exposed in massive security lapse –...
Thousands of files containing personal data on former military, intelligence and government workers have allegedly been...
An Empire Upside Down
In the early months of the Trump administration, high-profile White House visits from foreign leaders from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East garnered headlines...
Let Me Tell You About the 1950s
The great thing about being a historian is that you can write about almost anything and get away with it. Everything that happened in...
Time To Listen to South Korea
Old Chinese saying: ‘when elephants battle, ants get crushed.’ Think of the current crisis on the Korean Peninsula in which the government in Seoul...
US warns citizens of terrorist attacks threat at European tourist hotspots
The US has extended a European travel alert for its citizens, warning that terrorists continue to...
‘This Has Always Been a Failed and Failing War’
Janine Jackson interviewed Phyllis Bennis about Trump’s Afghan War escalation for the August 25, 2017, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
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YouTube Economically Censors
Former US Congressman Ron Paul has joined a growing list of independent political journalists and commentators who’re being economically punished by YouTube despite producing...
The Last of the Mad Pirates?
Exclusive: President Trump’s erratic behavior and careless bellicosity could have dire consequences for the world, but he also demonstrates the...
How Media Obscure US/Saudi Responsibility for Killing Yemeni Civilians
A coalition of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, with minor support from several other Middle Eastern...
The Same Ol’ Afghan War Fallacies
Unless President Trump can pull off a peace deal with the Taliban, his Afghan War policy is following the same...
NYT Only the Latest Corporate Media Outlet to Give Free Publicity to Mercenary Profiteer
In the print edition, the headline was “A Third Way for Afghanistan.”
The New York Times (8/30/17) decided to turn over a large chunk of...
Video: Kabul explosion: Suspected suicide blast kills at least 5 near US embassy
At least five people have been killed in an explosion in central Kabul, Afghanistan. The suspected suicide bombing hit an area near the US...
Tarnished brass: 5 high-ranking US officers discharged over scandals
A US Air Force lieutenant-colonel has been removed from service on charges of fraternization and negligence,...
As US Empire Fails, Trump Enters a Quagmire
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A quagmire is defined as a complex or unpleasant position that is difficult to escape. President Trump’s recently announced...
Trump Continues Invasions that Can’t Succeed
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Do you remember the Vietnam War, which produced somewhere between 1,450,000 and 3,595,000 deaths? What good did America’s invasion...
The CIA Heroin Ratline
The Persian Gulf harbors an array of extremely compromising secrets. Near the top is the Afghan heroin ratline – with the United Arab Emirates...
No end in sight: Pentagon awards $727mn contract to support Afghan Air Force
The Pentagon has awarded a contract worth over $727 million in support of the Afghan Air...
‘Economic censorship’: YouTube bans advertisers from Ron Paul videos
YouTube stands accused of censorship, following the company’s decision to bar former Congressman Ron Paul and...
Deep State Banishes Bannon and Company
My take on Steve Bannon’s recent firing is at odds with the celebratory tone I detect from others, especially those claiming it’s a victory...
Scott Horton’s Fool’s Errand on Kindle!
Scott Horton’s new book Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan is now out in Kindle format.
The book...
The Structure of Power
According to a 1950s political theory The Structure of Power in American Society is mainly build on three elite groups, the high military, the corporation executives and the...
As US Empire Fails, Trump Enters A Quagmire
A quagmire is defined as a complex or unpleasant position that is difficult to escape. President Trump’s recently announced war plans in Afghanistan maintain that quagmire....
What Still Unites Us?
Decades ago, a debate over what kind of nation America is roiled the conservative movement.
Neocons claimed America was an “ideological nation” a “creedal nation,”...
An Interventionist Foreign Policy Blurs the Line of Demarcation Between Neoconservatives and Neoliberals
President Trump’s address to the nation on August 21, 2017, in which he underscored his government’s stance vis-a-vis South Asia, gave me a sense...
How the Deep State Ties Down Trump
America’s Deep State players have tied down President Trump on Russian sanctions and other foreign and economic policies but that...
Will Trump Last the Year?
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on US military involvement in Afghanistan at the Fort Myer military base on August 21, 2017, in Arlington, Virginia....
Counterterrorism advisor Gorka out of White House, following Bannon & Scaramucci – reports
Sebastian Gorka is no longer a deputy assistant on counterterrorism to President Donald Trump. Gorka reportedly...
The Possible Education of Donald Trump
Exclusive: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is ratcheting up war tensions in Syria again, but President Trump reportedly is not happy...
Ho Ho Ho
Here is a list of 14 warnings from Mr. Trump on how the U.S. government must get out of Afghanistan.
On Monday, August 21, President Trump...
The War That Time Forgot
Photo by Jordi Bernabeu Farrús | CC BY 2.0
If it’s Independence Day, then you can count on John McCain to be bunkered down in...
Understanding Trump’s Foreign Policies
Eric Zuesse
According to both the Washington Post and Politico, U.S. President Donald Trump is now in the thrall of the U.S. military-industrial complex, because...
British ex-soldier who joined Kurdish militia in Syria charged with terrorism offenses in Turkey
Published time: 25 Aug, 2017 10:37
Turkish authorities have charged British ex-soldier Joe Robinson with...
Video: Pakistani Journalist: Why Is Trump Pushing For Failed Military Solution Instead of Diplomacy?
https://democracynow.org - On Monday President Trump announced an escalation of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. He also issued a warning to Afghanistan's ...
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In Phoenix, Trump Says "Love" but Spews Racism
Donald Trump speaks to supporters at the Phoenix Convention Center during a rally on August 22, 2017, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Ralph Freso /...
Video: Military-led nation building no more: Trump announces strategy change
Donald Trump says restrictions on fighting terrorists in Afghanistan have been lifted, and the US is no longer focused on nation-building, in a speech...
‘We are one people’: Trump pushes civic nationalism in American Legion speech (VIDEO)
President Donald Trump outlined his principles of patriotism in a speech to the American Legion, saying...
Video: ‘Fire & Fury’: Trump switches to full war hawk mode amid top team...
The major change in US military strategy in Afghanistan comes amid a shake-up in Donald Trump's inner circle, his controversial chief strategist, Steve Bannon,...
How Life got Intolerable for Ghulam’s Mother and his Afghan Family
by Dr. Hakim / August 23rd, 2017
Ghulam (second from left) working on our community’s greenhouse, together with Zek, Khamad and Ali
Ali, Zekerullah, Khamad and...
Reporting on Trump’s Afghan Escalation Omits Dead Afghan Civilians
Coverage of Trump’s Afghan speech rarely mentioned how many civilians have been killed since the US launched the Afghan War in 2001.
As President Donald...
Trump calls on May to join Afghan troop surge… but what can cash-strapped Britain...
British troops could once again march into the ‘graveyard of empires’ as US President Donald...
Is Trump’s Agenda Being Eclipsed?
“I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire,” said Winston Churchill to cheers...
Donald Trump’s Defining Moments
Donald Trump’s “reality TV” presidency revolves around his penchant for ignoring diplomatic tradition and brushing aside political decency in favor...
A Personal Message from Daniel Ellsberg
When the folks at Antiwar.com asked me to write a note to help them raise funds I immediately accepted for...
Ron Paul on 16 Years of Infamy
By Ron Paul Mises.org August 23, 2017
On Twitter, Ron Paul reacted to President Donald Trump’s speech last night calling for increasing US presence in Afghanistan.
Register...
Unrepentant Trump fires back at media over Charlottesville, hints at Arpaio pardon in Phoenix
President Donald Trump hammered the “very dishonest media” as he repeated his statements on deadly political...
Ron Paul on Trump’s ‘New’ Afghan Strategy: Protect The Empire!
President Trump said his gut tells him to get out of Afghanistan, but after giving it some more thought – with the help of...
Trump and the Geopolitics of Crazy
The United States has beaten its head against the wall of North Korea for more than 70 years, and that wall has changed little...
William Astore on Trump’s Afghan War Speech: More of the Same, With More Killing
As a private citizen and presidential candidate, Donald Trump railed against the Afghan war. A waste, he said. Americans should withdraw, he said. But...
Video: War Addiction: Afghans’ opioid production boosted after US invasion
The US war in Afghanistan also appears to be fueling America's opioid crisis. RT's Caleb Maupin has more. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT!
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Tillerson: US supports Afghan peace talks that result in Taliban 'legitimacy'
Published time: 22 Aug, 2017 02:06 Edited time: 22 Aug, 2017 02:25
Secretary of State Rex...
Truth and Lives vs. Career and Fame
Exclusive: As President Trump considers sending more troops to Afghanistan, it’s worth recalling the modern U.S. dynamic of politicians and...
Trump set to announce Afghan strategy after ‘rigorous’ review of options
Donald Trump is expected to announce his long-overdue military strategy for Afghanistan Monday evening according to...
How (Not) to Challenge Racist Violence
As white nationalism and the so-called “alt-Right” have gained prominence in the Trump era, a bipartisan reaction has coalesced to challenge these ideologies. But...
'Economic war with China is everything': Trump’s chief strategist in candid interview
Ethno-nationalism is for ‘losers’ but winning the economic war with China means everything for the United...
The Saudi-Israeli Alliance
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
Two of the U.S. government’s supposed allies are supposedly not allies of each other but enemies of each other,...
Cultural Marxism
What are blind spots? They are lacunae in the minds of excellent analysts. My stock in trade is political economics, so I will confine...
La guerre sale
We fear the night
We praise the day
Watch the beach
Evade the wave
It’s the somewhat rich
that we somewhat adore
It’s the harmless
non-white,
the poor, we deplore.
We issue medals
(oh,...
Kim vs. Trump, “Behavior” vs. “Misbehavior”, Who are the Lunatics? Bringing a Peaceful End...
United States president Donald Trump said of North Korea: “We want to talk about a country that has misbehaved for many, many years, decades…”...
Let's Save the Word "War" for Actual Wars
When we declare war on phenomena like crime, drugs, or terror, instantly militarizing such problems, we severely limit our means for understanding and dealing...
Video: Cost of War: Afghans fear not only ISIS & Taliban but US ‘friendly...
Locals in Afghanistan's Nangahar province claim a US air strike hit a civilian vehicle and there were no terrorists in the vicinity. Here are...
Vassal Aristocracies Increasingly Resist Control by U.S. Aristocracy
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at The Saker
The tumultuous events that dominate international news today cannot be accurately understood outside of their underlying context, which...
US govt spends $76bn to arm & equip Afghan forces – new report
The Pentagon has spent $76 billion on weapons and equipment for the Afghan army and police...
‘Deep state’ memo that rattled McMaster’s National Security Council finally released
A controversial memo penned by a former National Security Council staffer has been released. The document...
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Urges Trump to Privatize Afghan War and Install Viceroy to...
The White House is considering an unprecedented plan to privatize the war in Afghanistan at the urging of Erik Prince, founder of the now-defunct...
‘Best of bad options’: US has plan to strike N. Korea nuclear sites with...
The US reportedly has a plan for a preemptive strike on North Korean missile sites with...
Bergdahl court-martial: Prosecutor won’t use alleged Army deserter’s statements against him
Statements made by Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl during his five-year captivity by the Taliban will not be...
Video: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Urges Trump to Privatize Afghan War & Install Viceroy...
https://democracynow.org - The White House is considering an unprecedented plan to privatize the war in Afghanistan at the urging of Erik Prince, founder of...
‘No US warplanes over Syria’: Congress & Pentagon hit with 68k petition signatures
A CIA whistleblower and ex-Marine Corps captain are among the outspoken leaders of a campaign to...
Migrants & refugees have tried to breach UK border 17,000 times this year –...
Migrants and refugees have made up to 17,000 attempts to jump aboard UK-bound lorries and...
Insouciance or Respect for Human Life?
What is the level of respect for the sanctity of human life?
A respect for the sanctity of all human life has seemingly not evolved...
Polls: U.S. Is ‘the Greatest Threat to Peace in the World Today’
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
It has happened again: yet another international poll finds that the U.S. is viewed by peoples around the world...
You Cannot Begin a Crime in Good Faith
This morning we handed out flyers on Kellogg Boulevard in St. Paul. We encountered very few who knew why it is called that. Frank...
Time to End the Lost Afghan War
Media reports claim President Donald Trump let loose on his generals behind closed doors, blasting them royally for their startling failures in Afghanistan, America’s...
Appeals court overturns Blackwater guard murder conviction, orders new trail
The murder conviction of a former Blackwater security guard was thrown out by a Washington DC...
The CIA Bamboozled the Public
There are the important questions which matter and should be asked of anyone who discusses “politics.” Unfortunately, most people are oblivious to seeking these...
Trump, Emulate Gorbachev
APPIP ERROR:nodata[ (0) NO DATA APPIP ERROR:nodata[ (0) NO DATA Media reports claim President Donald Trump let loose on his generals behind closed doors,...
Globalist McMaster Purges Trump Loyalists, Protects Obamaites
President Donald Trump's controversial National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster (shown), a Bilderberg attendee and a member of the globalist swamp known as the Council on...
Court Throws Out Blackwater Guards' Sentences for 2007 Baghdad Massacre
A federal appeals court on Friday threw out lengthy prison sentences of three former operatives for private mercenary firm Blackwater Worldwide—and ordered a retrial...
More UK children fearing forced marriage – protection charity
Published time: 4 Aug, 2017 13:52
The number of children in the UK who fear...
‘All for nothing?’ British soldier’s rage as Taliban attack Afghan towns he once helped...
Published time: 4 Aug, 2017 14:27
Gereshk, a town in southern Afghanistan where British troops...
Swamp for Trump: Third US President vows to win 16-year Afghan War
Clearly frustrated by the Pentagon’s ineffective strategies, Donald Trump has vowed to fire some of his...
British Army must stop recruiting child soldiers, veteran tells RT
Britain should raise the military recruitment age from 16 to 18 because joining the services...
With Gen. Inch in Charge, We Can Expect Further Militarization of the Prison System
A man at the Mule Creek State Prison sits on his bunk bed in a gymnasium that was modified to house prisoners, August 28,...
Video: Trump Considers Prolonging Afghan War to Secure $1 Trillion in Untapped Mineral Deposits
https://democracynow.org - On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan after a suicide car bomber rammed a NATO-led convoy near a major U.S. base...
Video: ‘Pentagon should declassify report on ‘child sex abuse’ by Afghan forces’ – Govt...
'Pentagon should declassify report on 'child sex abuse' by Afghan forces' – Govt watchdog The US government's Afghanistan watchdog has urged the Pentagon ...
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The Tyranny of the Courts: The Case of Omar Khadr
Trump supporters are still reeling from the ability of the courts to paralyze his presidency. This is due to a thoroughly biased...
Wings for hire? Ex-Blackwater CEO Erik Prince reportedly offering private air force for Afghan...
Former Blackwater founder Erik Prince, who earlier urged Donald Trump to appoint a US “viceroy” to...
Global Polling: Which Nations Are Happiest? Unhappiest?
Eric Zuesse
Results have recently been published from surveys of 68,759 people in 69 countries around the world during 2016 by WIN/Gallup International, which organization...
Just How Evil Is John McCain?
As soon as John McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer, a bipartisan chorus of praise for the career politician emerged.
Whether McCain is the good...
Canada: Flexing Military Might is Capitulation to Trump, Despite Liberal Spin
Even after The Economist magazine ran an article headlined “Tony Blair is not a poodle,” the British prime minister was unable to shake the...
War on weed: Veterans’ access to medical marijuana blocked by Republicans
Veterans hoping to use medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder have had their hopes extinguished...
British veteran who fought ISIS with Kurdish militia arrested on beach in Turkey
Published time: 29 Jul, 2017 12:32
A former British soldier who fought against ISIS in...
Migrants “Convert” to Christianity to Avoid Deportation from Finland
When in Finland, do like the Finns do. This must be the logic of Muslim asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq...
Body Count Comeback
AP story on CBS‘s site (8/10/16) on how many ISIS fighters have been “taken off the battlefield.”
One of the hoariest methods of modern...
What Role Should the Military Play in the Fight for Transgender Rights?
While President Trump's ban on transgender people from military service has been widely criticized even by fellow Republicans, it has reignited a debate within...
‘Wars Are Not Fought to Liberate Women’
Peter Hart interviewed Sonali Kolhatkar about women in Afghanistan for the October 10, 2010, episode of CounterSpin, an interview that was rebroadcast on the...
Former US Marine killed fighting ISIS in Syria
A former US Marine who traveled to Syria to fight with a Kurdish militia group against...
Which do you trust: CNN, or Tass?
Eric Zuesse
On Tuesday July 25th, Russia’s official Tass News Agency bannered "Diplomat blasts US media reports on Russia's alleged arms supplies to Taliban: The...
The Hidden Costs of “National Security”
You wouldn’t know it, based on the endless cries for more money coming from the military, politicians, and the president, but these are the...
Mattis scolds Pentagon for wasting $28mn on Afghan army camouflage uniforms
Published time: 25 Jul, 2017 04:03
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis criticized Pentagon officials for spending millions...
Conservative defense cuts now a national security threat, MPs warn
Cuts to troop numbers carried out under Tory rule have left the UK in a...
Trump and the Christian Fascists
Donald Trump's ideological vacuum, the more he is isolated and attacked, is being filled by the Christian right. This Christianized fascism, with its network...
Over a dozen Afghan forces killed in US ‘friendly fire’ airstrike – police
Published time: 21 Jul, 2017 16:34 Edited time: 22 Jul, 2017 09:00
Up to 16 Afghan...
The Unending Failure of the Afghan War
Afghanistan has been a disaster for U.S. policymakers since Presidents Carter and Reagan started funding Islamists almost four decades ago...
Kowtowing to the Military
The neo-cons in Canada are all a-twitter that their government is going to give Omar Khadr some $10 million in damages in payment for...
Dismantling McCain’s Distastrous Legacy
It is hard to estimate how much influence over U.S. domestic and foreign policy John McCain had. With his illness upgraded to a glioblastoma...
The US Turns Its Back on Human Rights
Twenty years ago, the U.S. State Department opened an office charged with seeking justice for victims of human rights atrocities like the genocides in...
Trump’s Slide into Endless-War Syndrome
Much like President Obama, President Trump was elected as the relative “peace candidate” but – once in office – has...
Video: 9/11 Afghan invasion was unprovoked aggression to undermine UN, outflank Russia, grow opium
The civilian deaths in Afghanistan have hit a new high in the first half of 2017. According to the United Nations, some 1600 were...
Empire of Destruction: Precision Warfare? Don’t Make Me Laugh
You remember. It was supposed to be twenty-first-century war, American-style: precise beyond imagining; smart bombs; drones capable of taking out a carefully identified and...
Afghan girls win courage medal at robot competition
An all-girl team from Afghanistan was awarded a silver medal for “courageous achievement” at an international...
Auguries of Innocence & Navel-Gazing
Does our understanding of freedom depend on how we respond to two contra cosmological paradigms…namely the interaction between the ‘particular’ and the ‘universal’ …or...
‘Shocking’ Violence Against Police as Riots, ‘Migration Background’ Sexual Assaults Grip German Summer Festival
A German folk festival in Schorndorf in Baden-Württemberg was rocked this weekend by riots and a number of sexual assaults by men...
Obama’s AWOL Anti-War Protesters
Photo by Debra Sweet | CC BY 2.0
Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008 as a peace candidate. He signaled that he would...
A Terrorist’s Big Payday, Courtesy of Trudeau
Canada’s prime minister hands millions to Omar Khadr, whose victims may not be able to collect. Omar Khadr pulled the pin from...
Former Diplomats Urge Tillerson to Keep Refugee Office Where It Belongs
In a letter sent to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, more than 50 former U.S. diplomats and foreign policy experts urged the secretary to...
Let’s Have More Death and Destruction
On Friday the House overwhelmingly approved a massive increase in military spending, passing a $696 billion National Defense Authorization bill for 2018. President Trump’s...
The US Empire, the CIA, and the NGOs
An interview with F. William Engdahl
The Ancient Greeks knew: “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and...
Trump’s Road to Debacle in the Greater Middle East
The superhighway to disaster is already being paved.
From Donald Trump’s first days in office, news of the damage to America’s international stature has come...
Trump intervenes to get visas for Afghan robotics girls' team
A team of Afghan girls will be allowed into the US to participate in an international...
Moral Corrosion of Drone Warfare
Exclusive: The U.S. government uses drones to eliminate risk to its soldiers and thus domestic opposition to war, but that...
Tough vetting for new refugees entering US after 50,000 yearly limit reached
Published time: 14 Jul, 2017 00:02 Edited time: 14 Jul, 2017 19:51
President Donald Trump’s administration...
Former soldier-turned-Corbynite MP to head Parliament’s drones committee
Published time: 13 Jul, 2017 15:06
Afghanistan veteran and pro-Corbyn Labour MP Clive Lewis has...
US soldier’s widow seeks cash from husband’s alleged killer after Canada ‘paid him $8mn’
Published time: 13 Jul, 2017 11:56
The widow of a slain US soldier is fighting to...
Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations
I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about...
William Astore on War as Art and Advertising
Consider this article a work of speculation; a jumble of ideas thrown at a blank canvas.
A lot of art depicts war scenes, and why...
2 Americans, 1 British volunteer killed fighting alongside Kurds against ISIS in Syria
Six volunteer fighters, two from the US and one from the UK, were killed in Syria...
Trump’s Empty Promise on War Savings
Although President Trump promised to avoid unnecessary wars, he still is seeking a major increase in the already gigantic U.S....
Risk of Unleashing ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis
Exclusive: Despite a constructive meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G-20, Official Washington’s hawks still hold a...
The Twelve Safest Countries in the World
The think tank Institute for Economics and Peace recently published the Global Peace Index 2017, which reveals the safest — as well as...
End the Korean War
“I have some pretty severe things we’re thinking about,” Trump said of North Korea at a news conference in Warsaw. “Doesn’t mean we’re going...
Vatican Police 'Break up Gay Orgy' at Home of one of Pope Francis' Advisors
Editor's Note: For the mainstream media, it is quite fashionable to cast aspersions on the Catholic Church while ignoring the transgressions of...
North Korea vs. America: Trump’s Better Things to Do?
by Kim Petersen / July 7th, 2017
Following a successful ICBM test by the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK, also referred to as North Korea),...
‘Very fine place’: AG Sessions visits Guantanamo detention camp
Published time: 7 Jul, 2017 17:49
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein,...
U.S. Soldier, Widow to Seek Injunction to Halt Ottawa’s Payout to Terrorist, Omar Khadr
The widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan and another former U.S. soldier partially blinded by a hand grenade plan to...
A Bipartisan Vote to Put the Brakes on War
One of the few things I recall fondly about the Trump campaign — a short list, I’ll admit — was the candidate’s apparent glee...
Special forces officers accused of war crimes against unarmed Afghan civilians
Britain’s Royal Military Police are investigating allegations that SAS soldiers executed unarmed Afghan civilians.
...
In OtherWords: July 5, 2017
Here in Washington all eyes were on health care last week, where Senate leaders were trying to move along a health bill that could...
The Price of America’s Endless Wars
Official Washington likes to think of its wars as “humanitarian,” supposedly bringing “democracy” to faraway lands, but the wars really...
For the US and Its Allies, the Road to Tehran Runs Through Damascus and...
When Trump’s UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, asserts – as she did recently – that the US is sending “not only Assad” but also “Russia and Iran...
What Does War Generate?
At an April, 2017 Symposium on Peace in Nashville, TN, Martha Hennessy spoke about central tenets of Maryhouse, a home of hospitality in New...
Howard Zinn’s July 4 Wisdom Stands the Test of Time
Editor’s note from The Progressive: The late historian and Progressive columnist Howard Zinn shared these words with us back in 2006. Eleven years later,...
Grim Lessons from a Faraway War
Exclusive: At a key juncture of the Vietnam War, the Battle of Hue shocked Americans with scenes of brutal urban...
Patriotism in the Trump Era
In one of his first official acts upon taking office, President Trump designated the day of his inauguration a "National Day of Patriotic Devotion."...
Happy 4th of July! And a Global War on Something
I live in a fairly posh area of America. A place where people have vacation “cottages” with pools, a “destination” place for some, especially...
Youngest ever Guantanamo prisoner to receive $8mn from Canadian govt – reports
Published time: 4 Jul, 2017 12:41 Edited time: 4 Jul, 2017 13:23
Canada will apologise and...
Rockets’ Red Glare and Bombs Bursting in Air
A June 27 Pew Research Center poll says world opinion of the United States has plummeted since Donald Trump took office. Surveying people in...
Rockets’ Red Glare and Bombs Bursting in Air
A June 27 Pew Research Center poll says world opinion of the United States has plummeted since Donald Trump took office. Surveying people in...
‘Rogue’ SAS squadron investigated over executions of unarmed Afghan civilians – paper
“Credible” evidence indicates that Special Air Service troops executed unarmed civilians during night raids in...
France’s Macron
Bravo Monsieur le president Macron! You have gotten off to a most impressive start. France’s five-year national depression – known as ‘morosité – has...
"I Saw Pieces of Bodies": Afghan Civilians Describe Terrorization by US Drones
Predator drone with Hellfire missiles on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Edney-Browne)
The Trump administration's "drone policy,"...
How Accidental Are America’s Accidental Civilian Killings Across the Middle East?
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has said “civilian casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation,” referring to America’s war...
Washington Has Been At War For 16 Years: Why?
For sixteen years the US has been at war in the Middle East and North Africa, running up trillions of dollars in expenses, committing...
Corbyn Defied Media Rules by Linking UK Wars to Terrorism
When a terrorist killed 22 at a May 22 concert filled with young people in England’s Manchester, most journalists—especially US ones—assumed it would help...
No Wonder Trump’s Approval Rating Is Plummeting
Apparently President Trump wonders why he’s getting the lowest job-approval ratings from the public in modern presidential history. Maybe he should actually look at...
In OtherWords: June 28, 2017
Here are two interesting numbers: The Senate health care bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, would throw 22 million...
Troops Wrongly Prescribed Damaging Drugs Before Deployment due to Failures in IT System, Senior...
Troops preparing to deploy overseas are being wrongly prescribed damaging anti-malarial drugs due to failures in the Ministry of Defence’s medical IT...
A Very Scary Week in the Middle East
What a scary week in the Mideast. The epicenter of the world’s energy resources and the land-bridge between Asia and Africa is spinning out...
Video: Blame Game: US calls Pakistan main external reason for Afghan instability
After America's defence secretary admitted US failings in Afghanistan last week, the Pentagon seems to have been looking for somebody to blame. And it's...
Wake Up
by Chris Time Steele / June 22nd, 2017
I recently released this new track called Wake Up with Bobby Sanchez:
Here is the link to the...
‘Dr. Death’: Oklahoma doctor charged with murder over 5 opioid deaths
A Oklahoma doctor has been charged with second-degree murder for prescribing excessive amounts of opioids and...
The CIA’s Drug Smuggling Airline
If you’re familiar with the American war on drugs, then it may not surprise you to learn that the CIA represents one of the...
Video: Unfriendly fire: Increasing number of green-on-blue attacks on US advisers by Afghan soldiers
Afghanistan witnesses growing numbers of local soldiers turning their guns on US military advisers, with three American soldiers killed and seven wounded in ...
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Why I Reject Western Courts and Justice
There is a small courthouse from the ‘British era’, standing right in the center of Hong Kong. It is neat, well-built, remarkably organized and...
Syria the Latest Case of US ‘Stumbling’ Into War
A recent headline in The Atlantic (6/9/17) earnestly pondered if the US was “Getting Sucked Into More War in Syria.” “Even as Washington potentially...
Michigan Airport Knife Attacker Shouted 'Allahu Akbar', says FBI
Authorities are treating the stabbing of a police officer at an airport in Michigan as an act of terrorism. The suspect, Amor...
Another Troop Surge in America’s Longest War
President Trump might have dodged military service in his youth, but he certainly is militaristic — he’s bellicose, likes to issue commands, and is...
Our President’s Word Wars
These days I find myself thinking often about a cartoon by the late Theodore Geissel.
In it, a woman with a sweater that reads “America...
Pentagon wasted $93 million on 'forest' camouflage uniforms for Afghan troops – report
The Pentagon spent $93.81 million over the past decade to provide Afghan troops with uniforms of...
In OtherWords: June 21, 2017
This week in OtherWords, we take a closer look at foreign policy.
Olivia Alperstein observes that the president seems almost over-eager to pick fights with...
Thank You for Your Service
One of the most interesting bromides to enter the American political lexicon after the 9/11 attacks has been the line that Americans have been...
Video: RAW: Afghan sappers perform controlled explosions
Local sappers find bombs & perform controlled blasts in Afghanistan. Afghanistan remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. RT LIVE...
Trump Complies with War-Hawk Wishes
President Trump is plunging ahead with expanded Mideast wars, with emerging escalations in Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere, building on the...
Violence Abroad
The mainstream media is publishing the standard, predictable explanations for the latest shooting rampage, this one against Republicans playing baseball in a park in...
Video: 7 US soldiers injured in inside attack at Afghan military camp
The US has confirmed that seven American service members have been injured in an insider attack in Afghanistan. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT!
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Trump Dashes Hopes for Afghan Peace
By handing off Afghan War decisions to “his generals,” President Trump may be conceding his unfitness as commander in chief,...
Qatar Today, Saudi Arabia Tomorrow?
As the world watches the rapid transformation of Qatar from wealthy trusted ally in the West’s War on Terror and host to US CENTCOM,...
‘Long-haul’ Afghan war to turn into ‘generational struggle’ involving US troops – Petraeus
Americans may stay on Afghan soil for a “long-haul” mission that could evolve into several decades...
The Mouse That Roared
Tiny Qatar, the mouse that roared, has now managed to enrage the larger part of the Arab world and defy the newly-minted Mideast expert,...
Feed the Hungry, Treat the Sick: A Crucial Training
On June 15, 2017, the New York Times reported that the government of Saudi Arabia aims to ease the concerns of some U.S. legislators...
9 of the World’s 10 Least Peaceful Nations
The annual Global Peace Index, recently released for June 2017, has found that while the world is more peaceful now than last year, violence...
Truth-free, Fact-free Foreign Policy
Lies, distortions and self-serving obfuscations are to be expected when political and business leaders discuss far away places.
In a recent Toronto Star column Rick...
The Russians Didn’t Do It
The Russians did not overthrow the government of elected Iranian leader Mohammed Mossadegh in order to put Shah Reza Pahlavi on the Peacock Throne,...
Trump’s Twitter Bombs
Donald Trump missed his opportunity to become a General Patton-style military commander and glorious war hero back in the Vietnam era. He surely would’ve...
William J. Astore on Trump and the Afghan War
A concept that you learn quickly in the military is that you can delegate authority but not responsibility. The buck stops with the guy...
Why This Year's UK Election Feels Like a Victory After 20 Years of Neoliberalism
Jeremy Corbyn campaigns in West Kirby, England, May 20, 2017. (Photo: Andy Miah)
In 1997, I voted for the first time in a British general...
Liars Lying About Nearly Everything
The United States has been using lies to go to war since 1846, when Americans who believed in manifest destiny sought to expand to...
Pentagon chief wants excess bases closed, but warns cuts put ‘troops at greater risk’
Making their plea to Congress, top Pentagon officials testified that the military budget must be increased...
Peter Van Buren on Understanding the Cost of War: Moral Injury
“My guilt will never go away,” former Marine Matthew Hoh explained to me. “There is a significant portion of me that doesn’t believe it...
An Interesting View of Foreign Politics
Eric Zuesse
For many years, I have been reading — but not yet citing as documentation for my own articles regarding U.S. international policies —...
Saudi Arabia is Destabilizing the World
Just a few months ago, the governor of Indonesia’s largest city, Jakarta, seemed headed for easy re-election despite the fact that he is a...
Brief Analogies
President Obama is to real change as
President Bush was to true peace
Republican senators are to family values as
Family values have been to domestic violence
Fire...
Video: 3 US soldiers killed by Afghan Army soldier claimed as Taliban militant
Three American soldiers in Afghanistan have been killed by an Afghan soldier serving along side them. The Taliban has claimed responsibility. READ MORE: ...
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How I know that the Sauds did the 9/11 attacks
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
As a historian, I recognize that everything we know about history is from sources, and depends upon the reliability...
The Resurrection of Jeremy Corbyn: Truth Can Be an Effective Political Weapon
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK’s Labour Party, has made a remarkable comeback after his political obituary had been written and widely accepted as...
Leaking US military files was ‘responsibility to public’ – Manning in first interview after...
It was her responsibility to reveal classified military documents to the public, Chelsea Manning told ABC...
Daesh Claims Responsibility for Unprecedented Terror in Tehran
Twin attacks left 12 civilians dead and at least 46 wounded in Tehran on Wednesday. In the almost simultaneous attacks claimed by ISIS just...
2 US soldiers killed after Afghan Army soldier opens fire on them – local...
Published time: 10 Jun, 2017 14:30 Edited time: 10 Jun, 2017 16:14
An Afghan official said...
Trump’s World Order
Photo by Antti T. Nissinen | CC BY 2.0
President Donald Trump has failed to reassure members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) that...
Nostalgia and British Politics
Three days before the British election, The Independent’s headline title read: “Majority of British voters agree with Corbyn’s claim UK foreign policy increases the risk...
The US Hand in the Libyan/Syrian Tragedies
Exclusive: The Obama administration’s “regime change” debacles in Libya and Syria are spreading terrorist violence into Europe, but they have...
All Islamic Terrorism Is Perpetrated by Fundamentalist Sunnis,
Except Terrorism Against Israel
Eric Zuesse
My examination of 54 prominent international examples of what U.S. President Donald Trump is presumably referring to when he uses...
‘Burn down the White House’: Reality Winner pleads not guilty to espionage charges
The first whistleblower to stand trial for leaking classified information to the media under the Trump...
Corporate Media Hope Labour’s Corbyn Loses Election—and Badly
Millions of people across the United Kingdom are voting in an early general election on June 8.
For the first time in several decades, voters...
Rep. Walter Jones to Congress: Stop Funding Afghan War!
Rep. Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC) has looked at war from both sides. As he has readily shared with us, he was hoodwinked by the...
Terrorist threat now ‘completely different,’ new strategy needed – police chief
Britain must come up with a new strategy combining spies, tech firms, police and communities to deal with the unprecedented danger now posed by...
McMaster Urges Another Afghan ‘Surge’
Exclusive: The failure to hold the Iraq War perpetrators accountable has led to false narratives about “successful surges” that never...
Honoring Soldiers of the Exceptional Nation
Apparently I have missed Memorial Day by being on the road in Guanajuato. I gather I should have thanked Our Boys for their service...
Europe vs. Trump
Germany: ‘bad, very bad.’ Trump tweet.
France’s brainy new president, Emmanuel Macron, said it was too bad that Donald Trump was not part of the...
We are looking for a few good eccentric billionaires, big foundations, or corporate megaliths…but...
Peacemongers,
Our matching funds are here: $32,000 that must be matched dollar for dollar for us to receive the full amount. Now is the time...
Trump's next Apprentice: Who does US president want as British prime minister?
Britain and America’s so-called ‘special relationship’ haunts every UK election, perhaps now more so than...
Video: Kabul blast: At least 90 killed & 400 wounded in explosion in Afghan...
Ninety people have been killed and 400 injured in a powerful car bomb blast that ripped through a diplomatic district in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul,...
America’s Iran Hysteria
“Everywhere you look, if there is trouble in the region,” Secretary of Defense James Mattis told reporters on a mid-April visit to Riyadh, Saudi...
Kabul Blast a Reminder That Civilians Bearing Brunt of War, Says Expert
The deadly truck bombing that struck the diplomatic area Afghanistan's capital during rush hour on Wednesday is a grim reminder of the ongoing horrors...
Video: Afghan News Director: Kabul Bombing “Tragic & Huge,” Victims Mostly Working-Class Civilians
https://democracynow.org - We go live to Kabul to speak with Lotfullah Najafizada, news director for TOLOnews, Afghanistan's 24-hour news channel, about the ...
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How the 1989 War on Manuel Noriega’s Panama Super-Charged US Militarism
Manuel Noriega is dead at 83. He seems like a sad footnote to the last disastrous quarter century, but the December 1989 US invasion...
We Can’t Let Britain Become a Vast ISIS Recruiting Station
Photo by KeithJustKeith | CC BY 2.0
The massacre in Manchester is a horrific event born out of the violence raging in a vast area...
Terrorist suspects should be locked up in internment camps, says ex-police chief
Thousands of suspected terrorists should be placed in internment camps, as the threat of terrorism...
Stop Vilifying Iran
A government handout photo of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with military commanders in Tehran, Iran, February 7, 2017. (Photo: Office of...
The Real Story of Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter, died Friday at a hospital in Virginia at the age of 89. Though the...
Alleged Russia-Taliban Arms Link Disputed
Exclusive: Recent Russia-bashing has included U.S. claims that Moscow is arming the Afghan Taliban, but a senior U.S. intelligence official...
Iran and the 9/11 Attacks
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
The official U.S. government line is that Iran is the main country responsible for the 9/11 attacks in America....
President Trump gives Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery
President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to perform one of the most solemn duties as commander-in-chief—laying a wreath at the...
The Afghan Toll
The American war in Afghanistan will soon enter its 16th year. Over this period, the United States and its allies have lost close to...
William J. Astore asks: Will America’s Wars Ever End?
In late 2009, I wrote the following article for Huff Post under the title, “One Grizzled Veteran’s Dream.” This Memorial Day Weekend, I’d like...
Video: ‘We saw reports but have no proof’: NATO claims Russia supports Taliban
One of NATO's US commanders continues to claim Russia is supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan – even though no proof of direct support has...
DAPL Company Hired War on Terror Contractors to Suppress Native Uprising
The years-long, Indigenous-led fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) briefly captured the nation's attention last fall as images of peaceful resisters being sprayed...
New World Order Globalist and Grey Cardinal Zbigniew Brzezinski Dies at 89
May 27, 2017 By Henrik Palmgren | redice.tv Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish New World Order strategic theorist, died on Friday at a...
Zbigniew Brzezinski, US Cold War national security advisor, dies at 89
Zbigniew Brzezinski, one of the most influential US political thinkers at the height of the Cold...
Veterans On the March: Memorial Day in D.C.
Veterans On the March!Stop Endless War • Build for Peace!
“War is a racket: A few profit, the many pay!”~ Major General Smedley Butler, USMC
May...
Terrorist attacks caused by foreign wars & police budget cuts – Corbyn
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will go on the offensive on Friday, connecting terrorist attacks at...
Manchester Proves War on Terror a Flop
Given that the Manchester terrorist was a product of the interventions in Libya and Syria, it’s time to have an adult discussion about what...
Veterans On the March: Memorial Day actions in DC
by Brian J. Trautman / May 25th, 2017
The United States is the most militarized and jingoistic nation on earth. Its foreign policy is guided...
What We Can Learn from War Memorials
In Dryden, New York, a proposed solar farm recently caused a stir.
Thousands of solar panels — enough to power 7,500 homes — are scheduled...
Which government dominates U.S.-Saud alliance?
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
With America’s sale of $350 billion of its weapons to Saudi Arabia during the next ten years, which side...
Lessons From a Modern Greek Tragedy
Trump has just inked a deal for $110 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia. The first installment of a longer term $350 billion deal....
Getting Julian Assange
Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, obstructed justice and should be prosecuted. Her...
Does the Washington Post Have Fake News?
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
There are two kinds of fake news:
One is a report of something that actually didn’t happen, which for...
Congressional News Conference on Ending Funds for Afghan War: Wednesday 5/24
Wednesday, May 24: Congressmen Walter B. Jones (R-NC) and John Garamendi (D-CA), along with House cosponsors of H.R. 1666, will...
Getting Julian Assange
Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, obstructed justice and should be prosecuted. Her...
Double, Double Toil and Trouble
`Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.’ The witches in Macbeth.
President Trump’s administration is now at a high boil as he...
The Nixonization of Donald Trump
The comparisons are multiplying. There was Trump’s appeal to the “silent majority” during the presidential election, his later adoption of the “mad man” theory...
Video: Whistleblower Chelsea Manning finally freed from US military prison after 7 years
Chelsea Manning, the whistleblower who leaked documents to WikiLeaks on US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was released from military prison on Wednesday.
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What does the Tory manifesto pledge on foreign policy? Not much, say critics
Brexit, soft power, redefined aid and warship-backed free trade – all of these featured in...
"Whatever Is Ahead of Me Is Far More Important Than the Past": Chelsea Manning...
The source for some of the most explosive revelations in a generation walked free from a military prison on Wednesday morning.
Army Private Chelsea Manning...
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning freed from US military prison after 7 years
Chelsea Manning, the whistleblower who leaked documents to WikiLeaks on US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
Majority of military discharges for misconduct linked to brain injury, mental health – GAO
More than six in 10 service members who were discharged for misconduct had a brain injury...
Ron Paul on ‘Russiagate’ – National Security Threat… Or Just Politics?
The latest “Russiagate” breathless revelation is that President Trump revealed secret information to the Russians in the Oval office....
The Hazards of Military Worship
More, more, more.
I was guilty of it myself. Commanding a small cavalry troop of about 85 soldiers in southwest Kandahar Province back in 2011,...
William J. Astore on Icons of American Militarism
At this moment, it’s hard to think of a better symbol of American militarism than a giant bomb with a U.S. flag on it....
The LGBTQ Movement is an Intersectional Fail
Photo by Tara Schmidt | CC BY 2.0
In recent years “intersectionality” has been the biggest buzz word in progressive circles, liberally sprinkled in activist...
McMaster’s Civilized War for Civilization
There is idiocy and there is idiocy with a purpose. The recent news stories regarding an escalation of the US occupation and war in...
Osama Bin Laden’s son ‘bent on avenging father’s death’ – ex-FBI agent
Published time: 14 May, 2017 15:55
Osama Bin Laden’s son is set to become the new...
‘We went to Iraq to overthrow Saddam, not bring democracy’ – ex-State Secretary Condoleezza...
The primary US objective during the 2003 invasion of Iraq was not bringing democracy to the...
Making Trump an Endless War President
A politically embattled President Trump is under pressure to reverse his campaign promise to finally bring U.S. troops home and...
‘I’m no pacifist,’ but Britain’s ‘bomb first, talk later’ policy must end, says Corbyn
Published time: 12 May, 2017 09:45 Edited time: 12 May, 2017 11:48
Labour leader Jeremy...
North Korea Is A Major Opium Producer
MINNEAPOLIS– (Analysis) When the U.S. overthrew the Taliban in the wake of 9/11 as part of its newly launched “war on terror,” it set...
The War on Terror Is a War of Chaos
Here’s a footnote to America’s present wars that’s worth pondering for a few moments. The U.S. Air Force is running out of ordinary bombs,...
Sex abuse & sham marriages: Reality for Eastern European women trafficked to Scotland
Women from Eastern Europe are being smuggled into Scotland for sexual exploitation and sham marriages at the hands of human traffickers, according to a...
Cop sues police after he was fired for refusing to shoot suicidal black man
Published time: 10 May, 2017 23:50
A former police officer is suing the City of Weirton...
Westminster terrorism suspect refuses to recognize charges in 1st court appearance
Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after being arrested just yards from Downing Street on April 27, allegedly in...
Who Says They’re Not United??
GLENN GREENWALD: You know, it’s just such a somber reminder of the fact that while there are huge differences between Republicans and Democrats, …there...
Soon-to-released Chelsea Manning wants to help others after prison
Published time: 10 May, 2017 00:38
Whistleblower, Chelsea Manning, has issued her first statement since President...
The US Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker: Never Has a Society Spent More...
US Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Matrine, a crew chief with the 159th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, cleans the canopy on an F-15C Eagle aircraft...
History and Hypocrisy: Why the Korean War Matters in the Age of Trump
The DPRK’s recent missile test is a “provocation” according to US state sources. A provocation indeed. Firing things into the air that go bang...
British ISIS recruiter Sally Jones on US drone ‘kill list’ but ‘using son as...
British punk rocker-turned-jihadi bride, Sally Jones, was placed on the Pentagon’s “high priority kill list”...
The "Stamp of Guantánamo" Brands Russian Former Prisoners for Life
A staged prison cell in the now-closed Camp 5 of the US prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, during a press tour, September 1,...
Killer Drones in the Empire State
At dusk I stood on a residential street with trim lawns and watched planes approach a runaway along the other side of a chain-link...
How the United States Ultimately Talks with Its “Enemies”
Enemies of the United States come and go, but the longer they espouse revolutionary ideals and thus defy the United States, the longer they...
It’s Time to Reawaken the Spirit of Occupy for the Starving Millions
The world is now facing an unprecedented emergency of hunger and famine, with a record number of people requiring life-saving food and medical assistance...
Trump wants allies to commit more ‘blood & treasure’ to fighting terrorism
Published time: 6 May, 2017 14:25
A draft of the new counterterrorism strategy penned by the...
Finding New Homes for Lethal Drones
America’s expanded use of drone warfare to kill targets half a world away is spreading from a base outside Las...
A Victory for Theresa May Will See Britain Dragged Further Towards War with Russia
British Prime Minister Theresa May has been warned by various political leaders in Britain not to rush to attack Syrian government forces if she...
Muslim Diaspora
Mohamud (Tarzan) Nur
US policy in Somalia, Ethiopia and Afghanistan from 1979 on helped reduce all three countries to failed states. It created massive refugee...
Imperialism and the Logic Of Mass Destruction
As throughout much of its war-obsessed history, the United States is currently engaged in military conflict – or threatening such action – across a...
There’s More Oil in the Golan Heights Than in Saudi Arabia
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong I live in Israel and today I listened to your podcast with Macrovoices. At some point you mentioned that there is...
Killer Drones in the Empire State: Norman Solomon
At dusk I stood on a residential street with trim lawns and watched planes approach a runaway along the other side of a chain-link...
Dennis Kucinich asks: War or Peace?
There is a dangerous condition in Washington, DC where people in positions of influence and great power are, at this very moment, pushing this...
Powerful images of US soldier's final moment released (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
Published time: 3 May, 2017 16:16
The US Army has released astounding photos taken by an internal...
The Only Way To Win America’s Wars Is To End Them
Today, I saw another article on why America is losing its wars in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. The gist of this and...
Government Has Allowed Corporations to Be More Powerful Than the State
Both Republicans and Democrats are responsible for letting corporations run roughshod over all attempts at regulation. (Photo: Pixabay / Flickr)
Disaster, poverty and misfortune have...
Middle Eastern Surgeon Speaks About “Ecology of War”
Dr. Gus Abu-Sitta is the head of the Plastic Surgery Department at the AUB Medical Center in Lebanon. He specializes in: reconstructive surgery. What...
Who Benefits From Prolonged Warfare?
In The Art of War the Chinese General Sun Tzu asserted that “There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare” and many of...
Canadian Global Affairs Institute: A Think Tank Driving Militarist Foreign Policy
A registered “charity” with buckets of donations from arms manufacturers and other corporate sources is aggressively trying to push Canadian foreign policy further towards...
Reckless in the White House
Within a week, United States President Donald Trump authorised two major strikes—one against the Syrian Air Force and the other against an ISIS base...
100 Days of Media Hoping for a New, Improved Trump
Nearly 100 days into the Trump presidency, corporate media are still struggling to reckon with the man that occupies the White House. An administration...
Democrats seek to re-establish congressional war powers against ISIS
Ten Democratic lawmakers are backing a bill that would Introduce a new authorization for using military...
Jeremy Corbyn Is Britain’s Best Hope
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has suggested the UK could join US military action against the Syrian government without parliamentary approval. Johnson said he and PM...
Middle Eastern Surgeon Speaks About the “Ecology of War”
Dr. Gus Abu-Sitta
Dr. Gus Abu-Sitta is the head of the Plastic Surgery Department at the AUB Medical Center in Lebanon. He specializes in: reconstructive surgery....
Trump’s Hundred Days of Rage and Rapacity
The Lawless-loving corporatists have worked overtime to besmirch the word “regulation” (or law and order for corporations) and edify the word “deregulation,” to help...
Trump authorizes Pentagon to manage number of troops deployed to Iraq & Syria
US President Trump has given the Pentagon authority to independently set troop levels in Iraq and...
One Hundred Days of Deconstruction: Part 3
Also see Part 1 and Part 2.
Trump promised to be a transformational leader. It wasn't an idle threat. He has assembled an unprecedented governmental wrecking crew. This...
Peter Van Buren Reviews National Bird: Looking Deeply into the Drone War’s Abyss
National Bird, a documentary film about America’s drone wars by filmmaker Sonia Kennebeck, airs May 1 at 10 pm on most local PBS stations...
World War Whatever
Check out the real situation/Nation war against nation/Where did it all begin?/When will it end?
— Bob Marley, “Real Situation”, from the album Uprising
Where is the outrage...
At Reuters, ‘Not Refuting’ Is the Same as ‘Seeing’
Top US general in Afghanistan does not say what Reuters‘ headline says he said.
“Top US General in Afghanistan Sees Russia Sending Weapons to Taliban”...
Mad-Dog Mattis Going Rabid
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
On Monday, April 25th, the AP headlined, "US general in Afghanistan suggests Russia arming the Taliban” and reported that...
Video: 140 soldiers killed in deadliest ever Taliban attack on Afghan army
The number of people killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in Afghanistan has risen to 140. That makes it the deadliest...
The Answer to American Troubles
Now that we see that Donald Trump is going to abandon the platform on which he won his election, and return the Republican Party...
The Madder Trump Gets, the More Seriously the World Takes Him
The more dangerous America’s crackpot President becomes, the saner the world believes him to be. Just look back at the initial half of his first 100 days: the crazed...
Spin It To Win It: The High Cost of Trump’s Military ‘Strategy’
As the end of Trump’s first 100 days in office approaches, we can already see the novice commander-in-chief’s approach to military action. The approach...
Trump Is a Chameleon President and His Latest Shade Is War
US Army soldiers conduct a security halt during a foot patrol at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, January 28, 2017....
US military spending grew for 1st time in 6 years in 2016 – study
Published time: 24 Apr, 2017 12:10Edited time: 24 Apr, 2017 12:10
While US military spending grew for...
Tell Us Why We’re At War, President Trump
People speak of Afghanistan as “our generation’s” Vietnam, a quagmire, a war that goes on simply because it has been going on.
The Afghan war...
‘Hang gliding jihadist’ has US citizenship revoked for plotting terrorist bombing campaign
Published time: 24 Apr, 2017 12:28
A man convicted of being a member of an Egyptian terrorist...
Trump’s presidential approval rating after 100 days in office lowest since 1945
As President Donald Trump is approaching the 100-day benchmark in the White House, his approval rating...
Trump and Global Warming Destroy Rivers
Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair
One of the least understood aspects of global warming is entire countries threatened by loss of major rivers, for example,...
This Vote, She Is Very Serious
I watched the final French presidential debate last Thursday night with fascination and even a measure of admiration. France has some very intelligent, well-educated...
Roaming Charges: Dude, Where’s My War?
Photo by Marc Nozell | CC BY 2.0
Based on the evidence of the last few weeks, when it comes to his role as Commander...
Video: More than 50 feared dead after attack on Afghan base in Taliban ...
Taliban fighters disguised as soldiers have stormed an army base in northern Afghanistan. Afghan military officials say at least 50 soldiers were killed.
Via Youtube
What’s Wrong With This Picture? Fawning Praise of Bush’s Veteran Art Ignores Iraqi Victims
George W. Bush’s recent public relations tour, designed to rebuild his image as a tortured artist wrestling with the demons—a flawed but morally introspective...
‘Role model’? Fallon hails arms manufacturer who sold missiles to Yemen-bombing Saudis & Gaddafi
UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has called missiles producer MBDA, known for controversial arms sales...
"We're Not Leaving": US Weighs Helping Saudis Bomb Yemen Even More
The U.S. is looking to increase support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen, officials said Wednesday—a move that some see as another signal...
Is Trump Taking Us to War Everywhere?
No one ever expected Donald Trump to be a peace-loving president. On the campaign trail, he endorsed torture, said he’d bomb the families of...
How to Lose the Next War in the Middle East (Short Answer: Fight it!)
Make no mistake: after 15 years of losing wars, spreading terror movements, and multiplying failed states across the Greater Middle East, America will fight...
First woman to run Boston Marathon does it again 50 years later (VIDEO)
The first woman to ever compete in the Boston Marathon crossed the finish line again a...
America Must Start Looking How to End All the Wars It Has Started
Photo by DVIDSHUB | CC BY 2.0
War-whoops and loud applause from foreign policy establishments and their media supporters have greeted President Trump’s missile strike...
Iraq vet sues Army in class-action suit over PTSD-related discharges
A decorated veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following the Iraq war has filed a class-action...
Through the ‘War on Terror’ Looking Glass
Exclusive: The U.S. government’s 15-year-long “global war on terror” has spread death and chaos across entire regions – while also...
‘We have no choice’: Trump justifies US strikes, military buildup & posturing
The US has “no choice” but to continue boosting its military power, Donald Trump has said,...
Trump: China working with US on N.Korean problem
Published time: 16 Apr, 2017 19:48
US President Trump has said that China is working on the...
‘Right weapon for right target’: Top US commander defends use of ‘mother of all...
The US’ top military commander in Afghanistan has defended his decision to drop the ‘mother of...
US army makes largest deployment of troops to Somalia since ‘Black Hawk Down’
Published time: 16 Apr, 2017 14:47
The US army has deployed dozens of troops to Somalia to...
Chocolate Cake, the MOAB and Hexavalent Chromium: Let the Good Times Roll!
“It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was a...
US successfully tests new nuclear gravity bomb
Published time: 14 Apr, 2017 18:08Edited time: 15 Apr, 2017 18:39
As the world’s attention was on...
Video: U.S. Drops Its Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb on Afghans, Already Traumatized by Decades of...
http://democracynow.org - In Afghanistan on Thursday, the United States military dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever—the Massive Ordnance Air ...
Via Youtube
Video: Afghans Respond to Insult of U.S. Dropping Massive Bomb: “Would a Mother Do...
http://democracynow.org - The "Mother of All Bombs" is the nickname for the bomb the U.S. dropped Thursday on Afghanistan, but our guests in Kabul...
Afghans Respond to Insult of US Dropping Massive Bomb: "Would a Mother Do That...
The "Mother of All Bombs" is the nickname for the bomb the US dropped Thursday on Afghanistan, but our guests in Kabul say civilians...
Video: MOAB strike is a ‘demonstration to anyone who defies US dictates’ – Answer...
US forces in Afghanistan have dropped America's biggest non-nuclear weapon on Islamic State positions on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. US Senator ...
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Easy To Threaten War
“If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will.”
So thundered President Donald Trump last week. Unfortunately, neither China nor North Korea appeared...
Devastating capabilities of mega-bomb raise questions over official death toll
Doubts have been cast over reports that the MOAB dropped by US forces in Afghanistan killed...
1st video released of US mega-bomb strike against ISIS
Published time: 14 Apr, 2017 11:43Edited time: 14 Apr, 2017 12:28
US Forces in Afghanistan have released...
‘Brought to you by agency which produced Al-Qaeda & ISIS' – Assange trolls CIA...
Published time: 14 Apr, 2017 09:23
Julian Assange has responded to CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s accusation that...
2017 Amerika: A New Reich?
by Philip A. Faruggio / April 11th, 2017
In Joachim Fest’s fine biography of Adolf Hitler, aptly titled Hitler, we learn many things never before...
Thomas Friedman’s Perverse Love Affair With ISIS
Thomas Friedman urges Donald Trump to be “utterly cynical”–not unlike a Thomas Friedman column.
For the second time in as many years, Thomas Friedman has...
1 dead, 4 injured in explosion at US Army ammunition plant
Published time: 11 Apr, 2017 23:35
At least one person has died and four others have been...
The Scary Temptation of War in Syria
The incoherence of President Trump’s foreign policy – and his reliance on “the shows” to get his military advice –...
Bomb the Usual Arabs
It seems that every new US president has to prove his machismo…or make his bones, as wiseguys say…by bombing the usual Arabs. By now,...
Why Tax Resistance Under Trump Needs Its Antiwar Edge
There have always been fights about taxes — stretching back to the crates of over-taxed tea tossed into the Boston Harbor and a thoughtful...
Ground Killer Drones: Shut Down Creech!
CODEPINK invites all who love peace to join its Campaign of Non-violent Actions to Ground Killer Drones.
The drone era of endless war began in...
The War on Islam: Irrational U.S. Behavior or Calculated Zionist Plan?
Part 3: Readings in the Jewish Zionist Control of the United States: Interviews with Francis Boyle, James Petras, and Kim Petersenby B.J. Sabri...
Torturing Language to Put Best Light on Police Misconduct
FAIR (7/11/16, 3/30/17) has noted media’s use of vague or passive-voice framing to obfuscate police wrongdoing, but a recent example by Miami CBS affiliate...
From Syria to Monsanto: A Moribund System of Deceit and Destruction
Today, as the dominant global power, the US rolls out its brand of unfettered capitalism across the world. US citizens constitute just five percent...
Forgotten Americans
Photo by Robert Couse-Baker | CC BY 2.0
Clarity about the the value of government comes through its budget allocations. If there is more money...
Invisible, polished, solar walls among bids for Trump’s border wall
The deadline for bids for President Donald Trump’s multi-billion dollar border wall with Mexico has passed....
The Hollowed-Out Empire
John Batchelor interviewed Michael Vlahos, Naval War College. The topic was “Imagining the Fall of the American Empire.” Vlahos doesn’t just imagine it –...
British ‘secret warfare’ unsustainable in information age – report
Britain’s secret war-fighting operations using special forces, drones and similar clandestine methods are folly in...
Media Spin Headlines to Downplay US Responsibility for Mosul Massacre
ABC News (3/25/17)
If you read the headlines of major corporate media outlets, you’d think hundreds of Iraqi civilians coincidentally died in the same location...
British military funding crisis could see Royal Marines cut to pay for aircraft carriers
Published time: 31 Mar, 2017 14:49
Up to 500 commandos could lose their jobs if military...
Media Spin Headlines to Downplay US Responsibility for Mosul Massacre
ABC News (3/25/17)
If you read the headlines of major corporate media outlets, you’d think hundreds of Iraqi civilians coincidentally died in the same location...
Ron Paul on Escalation Everywhere: Will Trump’s Foreign Policy Succeed?
Across the globe, there is not a single “hot spot” where the Trump Administration is not escalating conflict. Drone strikes are up over 400...
Royal Marine who killed unarmed Afghan insurgent could walk free in weeks
Royal Marine commando Alexander Blackman, who killed a wounded and unarmed Afghan insurgent, will likely be freed from prison in a matter of weeks.
He...
Advocate of Saddam/Al Qaeda Conspiracy Will Save Us From Fake News
The New York Times promotes an unlikely champion of the cause of truth.
The New York Times‘ Jim Rutenberg (3/26/17), alarmed by right-wing websites with...
Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury ‘praying’ for killer commando’s freedom
A former Archbishop of Canterbury has said he is praying for the release of ex-Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, whose sentence for killing an unarmed...
America Digs Its Own Afghan Grave
Afghanistan has long been called the “graveyard of empires,” the site of failed invasions. But the U.S. – in its...
Cornerstone of Afghan Reconstruction Effort – Roads – Is Near-Total Failure
One of the planned cornerstones of the 15+ year Afghan Reconstruction Effort was to be an extensive, nationwide network of...
Convicted businessman uses David Cameron’s criticism of ‘fantastically corrupt’ Nigeria to appeal
Published time: 24 Mar, 2017 16:52Edited time: 24 Mar, 2017 17:05
A businessman convicted of corruption...
Sangin: Afghan district where over 100 British soldiers lost their lives retaken by Taliban
Published time: 23 Mar, 2017 14:17
The deadliest district of Helmand Province in terms of UK...