Private contractors at record in Afghan war: US report
© AFP Adek Berry AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The number of private security personnel working for the US military in Afghanistan rose to 18,919 at…
© AFP Adek Berry AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The number of private security personnel working for the US military in Afghanistan rose to 18,919 at…
General David Petraeus & Robert Gates © AFP/POOL Mandel Ngan AFP KABUL (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered a personal apology to President…
© AFP Adek Berry AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US military has begun pulling soldiers out of the Pech valley in eastern Afghanistan, a location…
© AFP/File Marwan Ibrahim AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012…
© AFP Shah Marai AFP/Activist Post KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that he was in talks with the United States about…
Tom Englehardt Lew Rockwell Washington’s 30-Year High If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in,…
Government Lies, Contrived Wars, and Why Muslims and Victims of Our Empire Hate Us David Redick — Activist Post Preamble The first version of this…
Poll: Opposition To War In Afghanistan Hits All-Time High Amanda Terkel Huffington Post BUFFALO, N.Y. — Opposition to the war in Afghanistan is at an…
Michael felt he could not serve after learning the truth about the Afghan war, but the navy mocked him. Maybe now he’ll be heard Lillian…
Reuters KABUL – War-torn Afghanistan lacks basic national infrastructure, yet on Sunday the government unveiled plans for a $100 million electronic identification system with cards…
Editor’s Note: American taxpayer dollars hard at work — something to remember around tax time. Tech Dirt One refrain we keep hearing against Wikileaks is…
A US military court has spared an American soldier from an early discharge from the US Army after he admitted to shooting unarmed Afghan civilians…
Ruthenium, a rare metal related to platinum Niall Firth Daily Mail Scientists have discovered how a rare metal is able to absorb sunlight and store…
Afghanistan War, Nightmare without End for Troops, Innocent Civilians and US Taxpayers Dennis Kucinich Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, a leading proponent of peace, today…