UN Reported Fraction of Afghan Civilian Deaths in US Raids
WASHINGTON/KABUL - The number of civilians killed in U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids last year was probably several times higher than the figure of 80 people cited in the U.N. report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan published last week, an IPS...
Taking the ‘War’ Out of Air War
Thursday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 24 Wounded
Updated at 11:14 a.m. EDT, Mar. 18, 2011
Light violence left at least four Iraqis dead and 24 wounded in Baghdad and Mosul. A car bomber was stopped at the entrance to Kut.
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Wednesday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 46 Wounded
At least three Iraqis were killed and 46 more were wounded in new violence. Meanwhile the Council of Ministers honored the victims of a chemical massacre in Halabja 23 years ago during a minute-long observance today.
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has been one busy official of late. Last week, on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, he managed to apologize for U.S. helicopters killing nine boys collecting wood on a hillside in Kunar Province, even as he announced that a negotiating...
Saudi Intervention Likely to Bring Regional Blowback
Saudi Arabia's incursion into neighboring Bahrain is a risky move that could further inflame domestic unrest in both countries and give a propaganda boost to Tehran's campaign to cultivate the Arab street. Saudi authorities and officials from the United Arab...
Another Imperial Quagmire?
Unbelievably, after experiencing 10 years of quagmire in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American foreign policy establishment is now clamoring for the institution of a no-fly zone in Libya. Luminaries on both the Left and the Right have endorsed the concept: for example,...
