Whistleblowing website prepares to release some 400,000 classified US military documents on the war in Iraq. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 18 Oct 2010 03:04 GMT The Pentagon has assembled a 120-member team to prepare for the expected publication of some 400,000 Iraq war documents on the Wikileaks website. The documents are thought to concern battle [...]
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Britain Reaffirms Support for Afghanistan Effort
By JOHN F. BURNS New York Times – 9 June 2010 LONDON — Faced with what it sees as a crucial six months to show that its strategy in Afghanistan is working, the Obama administration has reached out in recent days to its closest military ally,Britain, in a bid to head off any weakening of allied [...]
Is Erdogan Strong Enough to Take on the Generals?
By Daniel Steinvorth DER SPIEGEL - 01 March 2010 Last week’s arrest of military brass amid allegations of a plot against the Turkish government have dealt a serious blow to the country’s secular elite. But some are asking if Prime Minister Erdogan has bitten off more than he can chew. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend [...]
CIA declassifies report on Israel’s nukes
The 1960 report defends Israel’s nuclear ambitions, offers guidance on handling today’s nuclear-hopefuls. By Walter Pincus Washington Post “We do not believe that Israel will embark on the development of nuclear weapons with the aim of actually starting a nuclear war,” reads the declassified 48-year-old CIA Special National Intelligence Estimate. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend [...]
Paul Craig Roberts : Who Spent All That Money For What? Fear Rules
Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.He can be reached at: PaulCraigRoberts@yahoo.com CounterPunch The power of irrational fear in the US is extraordinary. It ranks up there with the Israel Lobby, the military/security complex, and the financial [...]
Global weapons spending hits record levels
Richard Norton-Taylor guardian.co.uk Worldwide spending on weapons has reached record levels amounting to well over $1tn last year, a leading research organisation reported today. Global military expenditure has risen by 45% over the past decade to $1.46tn, according to the latest annual Yearbook on Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security published by the [...]
Inside Lebanese Hezbollah militia
By Natalia Antelava BBC News, Beirut Ahead of key elections in Lebanon, BBC News has gained rare access to a fighter of the powerful military wing of Hezbollah, which stands a strong chance of making political gains via the ballot box. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe [...]
US Colonel Advocates US ‘Military Attacks’ on ‘Partisan Media’ in Essay for Neocon, Pro-Israel Group JINSA
Jeremy Scahill ”The point of all this is simple: Win,” writes Col. Ralph Peters. “In warfare, nothing else matters. If you cannot win clean, win dirty. But win.” In the era of embedded media, independent journalists have become the eyes and ears of the world. Without those un-embedded journalists willing to risk their lives to [...]
World Agenda: Israel’s war effort gains religious imperative
James Hider and Yonit Farrago From Times Online May 26, 2009 During the Gaza war this year, Schmuel Kaufman, a military rabbi from a West Bank settlement, used to stride between the Israeli soldiers’ tents and urge them to fight what he deemed an “obligatory war” ordained by ancient scripture. Bookmark [...]
Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr: Now at last it’s time for Shell to atone for my father’s death
The son of the executed activist faces the oil giant in a human rights trial this week. He seeks understanding rather than retribution
The Trials of Ehren Watada
As Americans are inundated with revelations about the lies, torture and other crimes that accompanied the US-led war in Iraq, many who resisted continue to be punished for refusing to participate in those crimes. First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, won a significant legal victory last week when the US Department of Justice dropped efforts to retry him after a bungled court-martial. But his legal problems continue.
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