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Army Colonel Challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan Claims
After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
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Obama's Expansion of Af-Pak War "Has Blown Up in His Face"
(Multimedia) Amid ongoing U.S.-Pakistani tensions and fears of a military coup in Pakistan, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
OPINION - All Media
The Forgotten Wages of War
Ignoring the civilians killed in America’s wars is both a moral and a ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski
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Army Colonel Challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan Claims
After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Despite Taliban threats, Afghan elders conference loya jirga opens amid high security in Kabul
Karzai urged the roughly 2000 delegates to consider both the need for international help and the need to make sure ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Fact checking the South Carolina debate
The GOP candidates met for a debate Saturday night sponsored by CBS and the National Journal, with a specific focus ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
McChrystal: US lacks knowledge to bring end to war in Afghanistan
McChrystal says the US and its allies are only 'a little better than' 50% of the way to reaching their war goals ...Posted by Jack Powers -
Afghanistan and Iraq wars not worth fighting, say a third of US veterans
One in three US veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
10 myths about Afghanistan
In 1988, the Soviet army left Afghanistan after a concerted campaign by the western-backed mujahideen. But since ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Obama's Expansion of Af-Pak War "Has Blown Up in His Face"
(Multimedia) Amid ongoing U.S.-Pakistani tensions and fears of a military coup in Pakistan, we are joined by British-Pakistani ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
What's Happening in the Persian Gulf Explained
The basics: Iran and the United States appear to be heading for a showdown in the Persian Gulf. Amid already-high ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
After the Deficit Committee, A New Propaganda Push from the War Profiteers
Failure of a special congressional committee to strike a deficit-reduction deal is expected to unleash desperate ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
NATO Kills 24 Pakistani Troops in 2-Hour Assault on Pakistani Base, Tensions Flare in Region
(Multimedia) NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two remote Pakistani military outposts on Saturday killing at least 24 ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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The Forgotten Wages of War
Ignoring the civilians killed in America’s wars is both a moral and a strategic failing.Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
U.N. Report Finds Routine Abuse of Afghan Detainees
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The Dead, the Dollars, the Drones: 9/11 Era by the Numbers
Ever since the Twin Towers fell, the United States has been at war. The costs of that decade of conflict have been ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
United Nations: Weak leaders wanted
To save his legacy Ban Ki-moon must refresh his top team with people who understand the UN's founding principlesPosted by Subramanya Sastry -
Obama’s communications gap
A prominent Bush administration official was talking privately about Barack Obama last week: He’s probably going ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
America's 'detainee 001' – the persecution of John Walker Lindh
In 1998, aged 17, my son John Walker Lindh travelled to Yemen to study Islam and learn Arabic. In April 2001 he ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Paul Rieckhoff: A Message to All Candidates: Our Troops Aren't Props
Our troops are many things to many people. Heroes, parents, diplomats, victims, villains, victors. But as the GOP ...Posted by khermie ramirez -
Afghanistan: “The War is Unwinnable: It is a Stalemate. There is No Victory”
(Multimedia) The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, now entering its eleventh year, shows no sign of ending. On Saturday, 12 U.S. ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
The costs of war | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Sobering reflections of the 10 years since 9/11 at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Here's a quote: "Military ...Posted by J Sinclaire -
Exclusive: Julian Assange of WikiLeaks & Philosopher Slavoj Žižek In Conversation With Amy Goodman
(Multimedia) They discuss the impact of WikiLeaks on world politics, the release of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, and ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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the story appears factual and offers both the u.s. military and the pakistani gov't's points of view, which appear to be diametrically opposing. and with no means for those of the two countries involved to discover what actually occurred. what i like is mr greenwald's analysis on this ... More »
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