Pentagon warns Congress: accounts running dry
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday it may be forced to take extreme measures — like not paying salaries — if the Democratic-led Congress fails…
Afghanistan
Gen. Casey: Wars to Last Another Decade
CNN The United States may still be in the Afghanistan and Iraq region for another ten years, according to Gen. George Casey. “The types of…
Operation Enduring War
William Astore and Tom Engelhardt Campaign For Liberty Some words have a way of enduring. Take “endure.” As the Bush administration headed into Iraq in…
National Guard Troops Invading Neighborhoods to ‘Fight Drugs’
Matt Ryan Information Liberation Fox News 23 out of Albany, NY is airing a story at ten covering National Guard troops being sent to local neighborhoods…
Kucinich: ‘We are losing our nation to lies about the necessity of war’
Stephen C. Webster – Raw Story In Afghanistan, corruption is rife. It is so abundant, in fact, that a senior US lawmaker declared on Monday…
McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan
By JENNIFER LOVEN and ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sacked his loose-lipped Afghanistan commander Wednesday, a seismic shift for…
Addicted To War: The Trillion Dollar Racket
The U.S. War Addiction: Funding Enemies to Maintain Trillion Dollar Racket By David DeGraw – AlterNet A few recent news items help expose the true drivers of…
US may ‘microwave’ Afghan targets
PressTV The US military may be testing a controversial weapon that focuses microwave energy with a so-called “goodbye effect” on targets in Afghanistan, a report…
Army Preps ‘Unblinking Eye’ Airship for Afghanistan
Noah Shachtman Wired God smiles when the Army spends a half-billion dollars on spy blimps the size of a football field. I believe that’s the…
Feel The Pain (Ray)
U.S. Testing Pain Ray in Afghanistan Wired The U.S. mission in Afghanistan centers around swaying locals to its side. And there’s no better persuasion tool…
Entering the Soviet Era in America
Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch — Mark it on your calendar. It seems we’ve finally entered the Soviet era in America. You remember the Soviet Union, now almost 20…
John McCain Hypnotizes Gen. David Petraeus to SLEEP during hearing
U.S. Cooperates with China for Afghanistan Resource Grab
Michael Edwards Activist Post The latest public relations stunt to shore up support for the ongoing war in Afghanistan is the “new” discovery of minerals…
Afghanistan Mineral Deposits Was “Economic Prize” All Along – Brzezinski
Eric Blair Activist Post News of the “Stunning discovery” of vast minerals in Afghanistan, first reported by James Risen in Sunday’s New York Times article,…