The United States and Britain have gravely endangered not only the Iraqis and their own troops, but the entire world. In the first invasion, at least 320 tons of Depleted Uranium were exploded into Iraq, at least 1500 tons were … Continue reading →

“Garzón is being politically targeted because he is an international symbol in the fight against impunity,” said ICTJ president emeritus Juan Méndez. “His ground-breaking work in investigating serious crimes has opened the door for long-awaited redress for victims in Argentina, … Continue reading →

Currently we live with net neutrality, so there is no perception of real danger. You pay an internet service provider for access and the content you post is available to viewers who are accessing the internet with competing providers. There … Continue reading →

#4 – Post it. Facebook just passed Google as the most visited US website, which means friends’ recommendations can be a huge force in effecting social change. So use your Facebook and Twitter accounts to post that riveting article you … Continue reading →

Four Afghan civilians were killed and 18 others wounded Monday when US troops opened fire on a passenger bus they believed was a threat to a military personnel working to remove roadside bombs from a highway near Kandahar. In a … Continue reading →

In 2001 Shaker was in Afghanistan doing voluntary work for an Islamic charity when he was captured by Northern Alliance fighters and handed over to the US army. He was subsequently transferred to Guantánamo Bay, where he remains to this … Continue reading →

A completely new trend has emerged that, in many ways, is more dangerous than the trends under Bush. Extrajudicial killings and targeted assassinations will soon become the main point of contention that Obama’s administration will need to justify. Although Bush … Continue reading →

why we MUST withdraw from afghanistan: “If we aim to create and leave behind a reasonably secure society in Afghanistan, we must set a firm and reasonably prompt date for withdrawal. Only thus can we dissociate humanitarian aid from counterinsurgency … Continue reading →

We, the undersigned, call upon the Norwegian Nobel Academy to rescind its award of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace to US President Barak Obama. Sign here.

“The Day the Internet Lost” read a full-banner headline on Huffington Post yesterday. The New York Times held a wake for the Internet reporting that Internet service providers can now “block or slow specific sites” and demand that content producers … Continue reading →

General McChrystal agrees: “We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat”. At last the mask slips. We get a dash of straight talking about the cruelty and futility … Continue reading →

Over one million Iraqis have met violent deaths as a result of the 2003 invasion, according to a study conducted by the prestigious British polling group, Opinion Research Business (ORB). These numbers suggest that the invasion and occupation of Iraq … Continue reading →

The Obama administration is using mercenaries with the firm formerly known as Blackwater to kidnap and assassinate high value targets in Pakistan, according to a published report. The program, operated out of the US Joint Special Operations Command, “is so … Continue reading →

protecting iraqis from saddam and bringing stability to iraq – for what will happen when we leave? A secret video showing US air crew falsely claiming to have encountered a firefight in Baghdad and then laughing at the dead after … Continue reading →

On February 12 of this year, U.S. forces entered a village in the Paktia Province in Afghanistan and, after surrounding a home where a celebration of a new birth was taking place, shot dead two male civilians (government officials) who … Continue reading →

talking of justifiable american presence in south asia predicated on the need for stability: “We accept the attacks on the American consulate. This is revenge for drone attacks,” Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Azam Tariq told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed … Continue reading →

hard at work liberating the women of afghanistan: The Times of London reported Sunday night that Afghan investigators also determined that American forces not only killed the women but had also “dug bullets out of their victims’ bodies in the … Continue reading →

This is a perilous moment. The individualist, greed-driven free-market ideology that both our major parties have pursued is at odds with what most Americans really care about. Popular support for either party has struck bottom, as more and more agree … Continue reading →

According to the non profit Americans for Financial Reform, Wall Street is paying itself $150 billion in compensation and bonuses -enough to solve the budget crises of every one of the 50 states, or prevent all foreclosures for four years, … Continue reading →

The one-state solution has long had advocates among the Palestinian diaspora, from Edward Said to Ghada Karmi and Ali Abunimah. However, there has recently been an exponential rise in mainstream Israeli media of articles that seriously consider the one-state arrangement. … Continue reading →

The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration had made about “high-value” detainee Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo prisoner who at one time was said to have planned the 9/11 attacks and was the No. 2 … Continue reading →

The man in the bomber jacket doesn’t press the buttons that fire the missiles and drop the warheads, but he gives the orders that make it all possible. One way or another, we’re used to seeing presidents display such tacit … Continue reading →

excellent interview with dan ellsberg about the staggering similarities b/w the wars in afghanistan and vietnam. “What a counterinsurgency strategy ignores is that the recruiting tool of our adversaries there is predominantly the presence of foreign troops. And when we … Continue reading →

pls read this – as american citizens we don’t have a choice about whether we want to get involved with the war or not – we are already complicit. “If the U.S. public looked long and hard into a mirror … Continue reading →