- By Ben Fox, Associated Press More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday, as defense lawyers expressed alarm about one of the most sustained protests at the base in several years. There are 28 prisoners on hunger strike, up from 21 a week earlier, including […]
The racism that fuels the ‘war on terror’
March 27, 2013 By
A new Gallup poll finds a majority of Americans oppose the drone-executions of US citizens on foreign soil. Then why do they support the Awlaki killing? – By Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian A new Gallup poll released Monday morning has a surprising finding: amajority of Americans – while supporting air strikes in foreign countries against foreign nationals suspected of […]
Washington Post Prints More Iraq Lies
March 24, 2013 By
- By Peter Hart How long can media keep printing lies about the Iraq War? Today’s Washington Post (3/22/13) provides one answer, since they printed an 0p-ed by former Bush national security adviser Stephen Hadleywhere he argued this: After Hussein was deposed, we did not find the stockpiles of WMDs that all the world’s major intelligence services, the Clinton […]
A U.S soldier who fought in Iraq explains decision to end his life
March 23, 2013 By
The Last Letter A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From: Tomas Young I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the […]
Guantanamo inmates join growing hunger strike
March 21, 2013 By
- By Reuters, AFP, Al-Akhbar More prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have joined a growing hunger strike that their lawyers say reflects hopelessness about their prospects of ever being freed from the US detention center in Cuba. Twenty-four captives were on a hunger strike as of Tuesday evening and eight of those had lost enough weight […]
The FBI’s anticipatory prosecution of Muslims to criminalize speech
March 20, 2013 By
A court ruling in one of the most abusive prosecutions yet highlights the dangers posed by this familiar tactic – By Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian One of the major governmental abuses denounced by the 1976 final report of the Church Committee was the FBI’s domestic counter intelligence programs (COINTELPRO). Under that program, the FBI targeted political […]
U.S still the world’s top arms exporter, but its media more concerned about China jumping the rank
March 19, 2013 By
China becomes world’s fifth largest arms exporter, bypassing Britain in that ranking (Washington Post) – By Associated Press STOCKHOLM — China has bypassed Britain as the world’s fifth largest arms exporter, a Swedish think tank said Monday. The volume of Chinese weapons exports rose by 162 percent in the five years 2008-2012, compared to the previous five-year […]
CIA begins to classify Mujahideen in Syria for its drone killing program
March 16, 2013 By
CIA begins sizing up Islamic extremists in Syria for drone strikes (LA Times) The strategy is part of the agency’s secret contingency planning to protect the U.S. and its allies as the violence there grows. Some militants in Syria are seen as closely linked to Al Qaeda. - By Ken Dilanian and Brian Bennett WASHINGTON — […]
Documentary Exposes US Role in Iraq Sectarian Conflict
March 16, 2013 By
Maggie O’Kane, Executive Producer, tells the story revealed by the Guardian documentary about the role of Col. James Steele in supporting torture, death squads and brutal sectarian conflict during the height of the Iraq war. Steel’s reports went directly to Rumsfeld and Cheney. Related articles Video: Pentagon’s torture centres in Iraq (alhittin.com) Revealed: Pentagon’s link […]
