SAN DIEGO (AP) – The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that a sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS. Use of the SS symbol… Read More ›
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Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs was described by one of his comrades as homicidal, as “evil incarnate”
Leader of “Kill Team” Pleads Not Guilty by John Glaser, October 31, 2011 The US Army staff sergeant in charge of the notorious “Kill Team” in Afghanistan admitted in court on Monday to cutting the fingers off of the corpses… Read More ›
Marine Corps probe after video emerges showing American troops ‘urinating on dead Afghan bodies’
The anonymous person who put it online wrote, ‘Scout sniper team 4 with 3rd battalion 2nd marines out of camp lejeune peeing on dead talibans’ By Daniel Bates Last updated at 9:15 PM on 11th January 2012 The U.S. Marine… Read More ›
Marines: Video shows troops urinating on corpses
Editor’s note: This post contains language and imagery that some might find offensive. By Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News A video posted on YouTube shows four combat Marines urinating on the corpses of three dead men in Afghanistan,… Read More ›
Bagram “worse than Guantanamo,” says rights attorney
Some surprisingly good CBS reporting on Bagram Airbase as the new legal black hole, secret prison of the Obama administration: Begram: the Other Guantanamo There are now 3,000 detainees in Bagram, up from 1,700 since June (!) and five times… Read More ›
Sanctioning Syria
Who is the Real Loser? by ELIAS AKLEH Economic sanctions are arrogant open acts of war against other nations. Their goal is to devastate the lower and middle classes and to weaken the country. The regime of the imposing country… Read More ›
Execution by secret WH committee
By Glenn Greenwald Here is what the Democratic President has created and implemented, and what many party loyalists explicitly endorse (when there’s a Democrat in the White House) — from Reuters: American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a… Read More ›
On “Islamofascism” & Islamophobia
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has seen the explosive growth of an industry of anti-Muslim pundits, many of whom appear as regular commentators on cable news and print media. A number of these individuals have… Read More ›
U.N.: “Systematic” Torture of Afghan Detainees
By Joshua Partlow and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL — Prisoners handed over by international forces to Afghan custody are being subjected to “systematic’’ torture by Afghan interrogators seeking intelligence in the war against the Taliban, according to a United Nations report… Read More ›
Celebrating Genocide!
Dan Brook Many people annually get as stuffed as their turkeys in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is a quintessentially American holiday, so much so that it is not just a holiday, but really is (as the etymology implies)… Read More ›
Soldier found guilty of murdering Afghan Civilians
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (CNN) — A military court-martial Thursday found Army Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs guilty of murdering three Afghan civilians, illegally cutting off pieces of their corpses to keep as “souvenirs” and planting weapons to make the men… Read More ›
US Deaths in Afghanistan: Obama Doubles Entire Bush-Era Total
Figures Show Overwhelming Increase in Military Casualties by Jason Ditz, October 17, 2011 A grim new milestone was reached in the US occupation of Afghanistan this week, as the death toll in less than three years under President Obama has… Read More ›
Afghans protest in run-up to war anniversary
Ten years after invasion that ended Taliban rule, hundreds in Kabul say country will be safer when US forces leave. Hundreds of Afghans have marched through the capital, Kabul, on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the invasion of… Read More ›
How US firms profited from torture flights
Court documents illustrate how US contracted out secret rendition transportation to a network of private companies The scale of the CIA’s rendition programme has been laid bare in court documents that illustrate in minute detail how the US contracted out… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 