Gone are the days of the all-American army hero. These days, the US military is more like a sanctuary for racists, gang members and the chronically unfit by Matt Kennard My journey into the dark underworld of the US military… Read More ›
Anti-War
New study says the Cheonan was sunk by mine, not North Korean torpedo
Scientific analysis shows signs of a powerful underwater explosion By Oh Cheol-woo, science correspondent An article has been published in an international academic journal arguing that the explosion that sank the South Korean Cheonan warship in March 2010 may not… Read More ›
Iraq Executes 21 in a Single Day
US financial and military support for the increasingly authoritarian Maliki government has continued despite rights abuses by John Glaser Iraq executed 21 people convicted of terrorism charges on Tuesday, including three women, according to an Iraqi spokesman for the Justice… Read More ›
Taliban beheadings that weren’t: Behind the Afghanistan headlines
Honest reporting from Afghanistan would tell us there is no prospect of victory for the West, and less and less prospect of an orderly withdrawal leaving a stable state behind. by Lindsey German YOU COULDN’T make it up. Or perhaps… Read More ›
Our officers kill more U.S. troops than the Taliban
Record suicides prove our right to refuse to fight By Michael Prysner The author is a former corporal in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the Iraq war. The U.S. Army revealed that July yielded the highest number of… Read More ›
Western Sanctions Causing Medicine Shortages in Iran
Drug Factories to Shutter as International Trade Grinds to a Halt by Jason Ditz US and international sanctions against Iran don’t include sanctions on food or medication, which are both explicitly exempted. At least that’s the theory. In practice, the… Read More ›
White Supremacists Infiltrating US Military
by John Glaser In the wake of the Sikh temple massacre by a US Army soldier earlier this month, news that warrior racists are infiltrating America’s armed forces: They call it ‘rahowa’ – short for racial holy war – and… Read More ›
Probe: US Burned 100 Qurans in Afghanistan in February
No Criminal Charges for Burners, Officials Say by Jason Ditz The investigation into February’s huge scandal in which US soldiers burned copies of the Quran at the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan has come to an end, with officials… Read More ›
Slap on the Wrist for Troops in Corpse Urination Video
Common Dreams staff Three of the Marines involved in the video that surfaced in January of soldiers urinating on the corpses of Afghans have received “nonjudicial punishment” on Monday for their roles in the incident. Because they received “nonjudicial punishment,”… Read More ›
Cover-Up of Civilian Drone Deaths Revealed by New Evidence
By Gareth Porter, Truthout Editors Note: “The New America Foundation (NAF) pages showing purported numbers for civilian drone casualties that are linked to and discussed in this article were previously public (see cached version). As of August 22, a few… Read More ›
Friend or foe: Afghanistan to re-screen security forces to curb rogue attacks
The Afghan government is going to re-examine the files of 350,000 policemen and soldiers in an effort to prevent attacks on international troops, after the Taliban claimed to have moles in the country’s security forces. The announcement comes after President… Read More ›
Syrian rebels call for no-fly zone
By Hadeel Al Shalchi ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad need the protection of no-fly zones and safe havens patrolled by foreign forces near the borders with Jordan and Turkey, a Syrian opposition leader… Read More ›
Why the world can’t tolerate a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran
Under the UN Charter, neither Israel nor the US would have a legal right to preemptively launch a military attack on Iran. Do we want a world in which leaders are free to launch military attacks on other countries simply… Read More ›
Obama turns back the clock on Guantanamo
By Baher Azmy New rules from the Obama Justice Department threaten to return Guantanamo Bay to the legal black hole it was in during the early days of the George W. Bush administration. The rules, which began trickling out in… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 