Written by Nicolas J.S. Davies | AlterNet Day after day, U.S. air strikes have conclusively answered the familiar question of 9/11: “Why do they hate us?” Many people around the world are disturbed by U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan,… Read More ›
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The 13-Year War
by PAUL WALDMAN As we draw closer to the withdrawal in Afghanistan promised at the close of 2014, a look back at America’s longest war. In October 2001, George W. Bush told the country he was sending the American military to… Read More ›
List of children killed by drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen
Compiled from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports PAKISTAN Name | Age | Gender Noor Aziz | 8 | male Abdul Wasit | 17 | male Noor Syed | 8 | male Wajid Noor | 9 | male Syed Wali Shah |… Read More ›
The War on Mali. What you Should Know: An Eldorado of Uranium, Gold, Petroleum, Strategic Minerals …
By R. Teichman The French government has stated that: “it would send 2,500 troops to support Malian government soldiers in the conflict against Islamist rebels. France has already deployed around 750 troops to Mali, and French carriers arrived in Bamako on… Read More ›
CIA drones have already killed at least 40 since the start of the year
The CIA has escalated its use of drones in Pakistan, launching seven deadly strikes during the first 10 days of 2013 and killing at least 40 people, 11 of which may have been civilians. The flurry of strikes has raised… Read More ›
The Sacred Cow of American Defense Spending
Would You Feel Safer With a Nuclear Missile Silo in Your Neighborhood? 2012 headlines were full of horrible depressing news: cuts on the federal, state, county and the city level. The nation was subjected to a full time diet of… Read More ›
Next-gen US drone: Now equipped with ‘death ray’ laser
The next generation of military drones, unveiled by a leading US manufacturer, will not just carry a limited supply of rockets – but will likely be fitted with an ultra-light laser, capable of repeatedly destroying objects at the speed of… Read More ›
US Marine reduced to lower rank and fined for urinating on dead Afghans
A US Marine has had his rank reduced and been fined $500 fine for urinating on corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan after pleading guilty at a special court martial in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Staff Sgt Joseph W. Chamblin… Read More ›
Army Seeking Death Penalty in Massacre of 16 Afghans
By KIRK JOHNSON SEATTLE — The United States Army will seek the death penalty against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. Sergeant Bales’s court-martial will consider 16 counts of premeditated murder, six… Read More ›
Court Rules Antiwar Activists Can Sue Government Spies
The legal action is against a US military agent used by Homeland Security to spy on peace activists. A federal appeals court involving antiwar activists who were secretly infiltrated by US military spies has ruled in favor of the activists, marking the… Read More ›
Unexploded Ordnance Kills 10 Afghan Children
Ten Afghan girls between the ages of 9 and 13 were killed, and two others wounded in critical condition Ten Afghan girls, aged from nine to 13, were killed on Monday when an unexploded bomb or landmine detonated as they were out… Read More ›
Dark Secret of the US Military — Neo-Nazis and Criminals Are Filling Its Ranks
How the armed services have become a sanctuary for racists and the mentally unfit. The following is an excerpt from “Irregular Army: How The US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, And Criminals To Fight The War On Terror,” by Matt… Read More ›
Gilad Sharon, Son Of Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Writes Op-Ed: ‘We Need To Flatten Entire Neighborhoods In Gaza’
Gilad Sharon, son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, wrote an op-ed on Sunday calling for even more aggressive Israeli strikes in Gaza. “We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza,” states Sharon in The Jerusalem Post…. Read More ›
Bradley Manning demands dismissal of his case due to inhumane punishment
Bradley Manning is expected to testify in a pretrial hearing that he has been punished illegally by being locked in solitary confinement. The whistleblower hopes that his inhumane punishment is grounds for having all charges against him dismissed. Manning, who… Read More ›
The Humiliation of Bradley Manning
by Ray McGovern It is a bitter irony that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, whose conscience compelled him to leak evidence about the U.S. military brass ignoring evidence of torture in Iraq, was himself the victim of cruel, inhuman, and degrading… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 