With US General David Petraeus's eagerly anticipated final report on Iraq due on Sep. 15, supporters of the troop surge are busily trying to set the stage for the report that they believe will refute their opponents. The media blitz in Washington is unfolding under...
Abu Ghraib Justice Ends With Enlisted Soldiers
Tuesday's acquittal of Lt. Col. Steven Jordan on charges related to the Abu Ghraib prison abuses means that no officers have been found criminally responsible for the mistreatment of prisoners at the Iraqi prison near Baghdad. During Jordan's week-long court-martial...
Experts: Surge, War on Terror Failing
Washington's policymakers are growing dissatisfied with the Bush administration's troop surge in Iraq and a majority agrees that the world is becoming more dangerous for the United States, according to a poll released Monday. The nonpartisan poll, called "The...
As Iraq Costs Soar, Contractors Earn Record Profits
In a report to lawmakers earlier this week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the war in Iraq could cost US taxpayers over a trillion dollars when the long-term costs of caring for soldiers wounded in action, military and economic aid for the...
Bill Shields Pentagon Aid Boost from Oversight
Newly proposed legislation would expand existing Pentagon security and military aid programs in Iraq and Afghanistan to "coalition partners" in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Building Global Partnerships Act of 2007 would authorize the secretary of...
Record Military Budget Ignores Security ‘Big Picture’
Although 57 percent of the U.S. public now believes that sending troops to Iraq was a mistake, the military budget request that President George W. Bush submitted to Congress is the largest since World War II – and little money is earmarked for domestic security....
US Nukes Plan Viewed as Provocative
The announcement earlier this month that the United States will pursue the design and construction of new nuclear weapons has not been warmly embraced by the rest of the world. In fact, most people outside the country view the move as more evidence of a policy...
Gitmo Trials ‘Designed to Convict’
Pre-trial hearings that began Tuesday at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, of prisoners taken in the U.S. "war on terrorism" are "designed to convict," says one expert. The lack of attorney-client confidentiality, absence of an...
War Overtakes Economy as US Voters’ Top Concern
The war in Iraq and other foreign affairs are more important to voters in the coming presidential election than the economy, marking the first time since the Vietnam era that U.S. citizens are putting more weight on foreign policy than domestic concerns, according to...
US Military to Reach Into ‘Arc of Crisis’
U.S. President George W. Bush unveiled Monday one of the largest planned troop redeployments since the onset of the Cold War 50 years ago. In a speech to a veterans' group in Ohio, where he faces a tight race to win November's presidential election, Bush said the move...