Ian Cobain and Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 November 2011 15.38 GMT UK military faces judge-led inquiry into detentions and interrogations after appeal court rules in favour of 140 Iraqis More than 140 Iraqis who were imprisoned by British troops in the years following the 2003 invasion have won a court of [...]
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Video: Michele Bachmann Wants Iraq to Pay US for Being Invaded
ThinkProgress6 November 13, 2011 During an interview on Sunday with ‘Meet the Press’ (video below), Rep. Michele Bachmann said that the Iraqshould pay Americafor invading , occupying and destroying their country . “It’s over 800 billion dollars that we have expended [in Iraq]. I believe that Iraq should pay us back for the money [...]
Iraq Syndrome
by Robert C. Koehler Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. His new book, Courage Grows Strong at the Wound is now available. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at commonwonders.com. Published on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by CommonDreams.org This won’t beVietnam, exactly. No helicopter whisking the [...]
New Drone Can Be Stored in Soldiers’ Backpacks
Drone technology is advancing and their use is proliferating exponentially, as the public and the law lag behind by John Glaser Antiwar Forum October 19, 2011 Drone technology is advancing faster than the public or the legal system has time to catch up to their now ubiquitous use inAmerica’s many war zones. US troops inAfghanistanwill [...]
Herman Cain’s Divisive War Rhetoric
By Conor Friedersdorf Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction. The Atlantic Oct 16 2011, 11:22 AM ET How would a President [...]
Robert Fisk: Assad, his raids on Lebanon, and Syria’s slow slip into civil war
In Damascus, the regime presents a picture of vast rallies of support. But as tensions rise on the nation’s borders, cracks are showing. In Beirut, Robert Fisk peers behind the propaganda Independent Monday, 17 October 2011 Cross-border tank incursions; four Syrian opponents of the Damascus regime kidnapped in Lebanon, supposedly in a vehicle belonging [...]
The Rebellious Media Conference, London, October 8-9 – A Reflection.
THE REBEL GRIOT Wednesday, 12 October 2011 Who better to open a conference on “Rebellious Media” than Noam Chomsky? The arch-rebel of USacademia and proponent of the ‘propaganda model’ of the media, at 82 years old he is now not only the best-known but probably also the longest-serving celebrity critic of USforeign policy in [...]
US had ‘frighteningly simplistic’ view of Afghanistan, says McChrystal
General who led Obama’s ‘surge’ strategy says even now the military does not have the local knowledge to end the conflict Declan Walsh in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 October 2011 09.17 BST One ofAmerica’s most celebrated generals has issued a harsh indictment of his country’s campaign inAfghanistanon the 10th anniversary of the invasion [...]
Brown University study examines cost of War on Terror
By Bryan Rourke Projo.com 01:00 AM EDT on Friday, October 7, 2011 PROVIDENCE— The war on terror continues; so does the cost and the chronicling. “You can’t make informed decisions without this information,” said Catherine Lutz ofBrownUniversity. Lutz is co-director of the Eisenhower Project at Brown’s Watson Institute for International Studies. [...]
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