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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Uganda, America’s Pit Bull, Wants to Lead a Larger War in Somalia
by Glen Ford America’s top hit man in Africa, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, is calling for a much larger air, sea and land war in Somalia – with Museveni’s forces on point. The saber-rattling follows on the heels of Uganda’s and Rwanda’s threats to withdraw from UN “peacekeeping” missions, such as in Somalia. What’s up? [...]
‘I would gladly kill Arabs – even slaughter them’
In new bid to defend publishing controversial images, former IDF soldier Eden Abergil writes on Facebook ‘In war there are no rules.’ By Haaretz Service Haaretz Fri, August 20, 2010 Eden Abergil, the former Israel Defense Forces soldier who has been criticized for publishing controversial images on Facebook, allegedly wrote on her Facebook page on [...]
Low al Qaeda count stirs new war debate
By Rowan Scarborough The Washington Times – August 15, 2010 With the American public growing more pessimistic about Afghanistan, war proponents are renewing their case in the face of new estimates that say no more than 100 al Qaeda operatives remain in the country. In one of his first statements to Congress after being picked in [...]
The Weak Case for War with Iran
Jeffrey Goldberg’s new article in the Atlantic is deeply reported — and deeply wrong about the Middle East. But it’s his misunderstanding of America that is most dangerous of all. BY FLYNT LEVERETT, HILLARY MANN LEVERETT FOREIGN POLICY - AUGUST 11, 2010 Amid widespread skepticism that sanctions will stop Tehran’s nuclear development and grudging, belated recognition [...]
U.S.-backed War in Somalia Comes to Uganda, Threatens to Set Whole Region Aflame
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford BAR executive editor Glen Ford can be contacted at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com. Black Agenda Radio July 24, 2010 The bombs that exploded in Kampala earlier this month, killing 76 people and unleashing a wave of arrests and deportations by the Ugandan regime, are chickens coming home to roost from [...]
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