Afghan civilian war injuries double in Kandahar conflict
Wounded patients flooding into hospitals, says Red Cross, while fighting is stopping the sick getting basic medical care Nosrait Shoaib/AFP/Getty Images Peter Beaument Guardian The…
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Mission to stop nuclear terrorism
(Editor’s Note: Osama bin Laden’s only form of communication seems to be recorded audio tape, while by the CIA’s own admission there are only 50-100 members…
US quietly testing ‘scary new war in Pakistan’
David Edwards Raw Story Don’t get it twisted, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow essentially told her viewers Thursday night. “Borders matter” and “AfPak” is not the name…
Dwight Was Right: Military-Industrial Complex Does Run The Government
The title “Commander in Chief” is ceremonial, like “Employee of the Month” at your local Burger King. Michael Moore So…it turns out President Eisenhower wasn’t…
Robert Gates: ‘We’re Not Ever Leaving’ Afghanistan
Marcus Baram UrukNet In a shocking indication of a split between the White House and the Pentagon over the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert…
Confession Video: US Soldier Describes Thrill Kill of Innocent Afghans
Matthew Cole and Brian Ross ABC News Dressed in a t-shirt and Army shorts, a 22-year-old corporal from Wasilla, Alaska casually describes on a video…
Democracy is Overrated
Ivan Eland AntiWar American policymakers love to see purple thumbs in the developing world, especially in countries in which the United States has undertaken “nation-building”…
US official: CIA runs elite well-paid Afghan fighting force
Kimberly Dozier and Adam Goodman Associated Press WASHINGTON – The CIA has trained and bankrolled a well-paid force of elite Afghan paramilitaries for nearly eight…
Bombshell From London: Threat from Al-Qaeda and Taliban deliberately “exaggerated”
Eric S. Margolis The Sun Daily THE London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), is the world’s leading think tank for military affairs. It represents…
Twelve U.S. soldiers face trial after Afghan civilians ‘were killed for sport and their fingers collected as trophies’
The Daily Mail A dozen US soldiers are facing trail accused of being part of a ‘kill team’ that allegedly killed Afghan civilians in an…
Pentagon Plan: Buying Books to Keep Secrets
Scott Shane The New York Times WASHINGTON — Defense Department officials are negotiating to buy and destroy all 10,000 copies of the first printing of…
Will Americans Pay to Bailout Yet Another Foreign Bank … in Afghanistan?
Washington’s Blog As I have repeatedly pointed out, American taxpayers have been bailing out foreign banks for years. For example, I noted in May: As the Wall…
Privatizing the Occupation: The Mercenaries and the NGOs
Yves Engler Counter Punch Market extremists argue that the private sector can do almost everything better than governments. The most extreme do not concede the…
Why the Wars Can’t be Won
Prof. John Kozy Global Research Edmund Burke’s statement, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it” is frequently cited, but in truth, even…