Three weeks ago was Naqba Day the day on which Palestinians inside and outside Israel commemorate their "catastrophe" the exodus of more than half of the Palestinian people from the territories occupied by Israel in the 1948 war. Each side has...
The NSA’s Technotyranny: One Nation Under Surveillance
We now have a fourth branch of government. As I document in my new book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, this fourth branch came into being without any electoral mandate or constitutional referendum, and yet it possesses superpowers, above and...
Tariq Aziz Dies in Prison; 18 Killed across Iraq
The Child Veterans of South Sudan
Originally posted at TomDispatch. It’s been an incredibly quiet show. In recent years, the U.S. military has moved onto the African continent in a big way – and essentially, with the exception of Nick Turse (and Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post), just about...
Ukraine’s Tragicomedy
Remember that "imminent" Russian invasion of Ukraine that was supposed to take place over a year ago? Well, it's still "imminent"! President Poroshenko has just announced that the Russians are about to undertake a "full-scale" invasion of his country and that...
Demands in US-Iran Nuclear Talks as Political Kabuki Theater
In the final phase of the negotiations with Iran, the US-led international coalition is still seeking Iran’s agreement to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit any military facilities it deems suspicious and to interview a selected list of...
Knowing What We Don’t Know About War
For the past month, the media has managed to remember the fact that the Iraq war was bad. Or rather, would-be and official candidates for the 2016 presidency are being asked about their stance on that war, and whether they would have supported it at the time. This is...
Is ISIS Coming to Damascus?
That question, which has bedeviled U.S. experts on the Middle East, may need updating to read: Who rises when Assad falls? For the war is going badly for Bashar Assad, whose family has ruled Syria since Richard Nixon was president. Assad's situation seems more...
Airstrike Toll Revised; 309 Killed across Iraq
Neither Freedom nor Safety
In their continuous efforts to create the impression that the government is doing something to keep Americans safe, politicians in Washington have misled and lied to the public. They have violated their oaths to uphold the Constitution. They have created a false sense...


