UN’s Big Powers World’s Top Military Spenders
UNITED NATIONS - The world's biggest military spenders last year were countries that were either permanent members of the Security Council or aspiring to hold that privileged rank, according to the latest figures released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace...
Navy Vet Who Foiled Israeli Attack Honored
What's the difference between murder and massacre? The answer is Terry Halbardier, whose bravery and ingenuity as a 23-year-old Navy seaman spelled the difference between the murder of 34 of the USS Liberty crew and the intended massacre of all 294. The date was June...
Cleansing Halliburton
It might be terrible times for so many companies suffering through a global economic meltdown, but in the war zone, there seems to be no recession in sight. In fact, with "Obama's war" in the expanding Afghanistan/Pakistan theater of operations revving up, there's...
Shadow Wars
Iran Freed Saberi; When
Will US Free Jassam?
Hilite title: Iran Freed Roxana Saberi
subhead: When will US free Ibrahim Jassam? asks Jeremy Scahill
read moreUS Soldier: ‘There’s No Way I’m Going to Deploy to Afghanistan’
MARFA, Texas - "It's a matter of what I'm willing to live with," Specialist Victor Agosto of the U.S. Army, who is refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan, explained to IPS. "I'm not willing to participate in this occupation, knowing it is completely...
Neocon Group Calls for Military Strikes on Media
In the era of embedded media, independent journalists have become the eyes and ears of the world. Without those un-embedded journalists willing to risk their lives to place themselves on the other side of the barrel of the tank or the gun or under the air strikes,...
‘This Is Mental Health, Military-Style’
The U.S. military said yesterday that it's charged an American Army sergeant on his third tour in Iraq with murder in connection with Monday's shooting spree that left five fellow soldiers dead in a mental health clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad. Officials said...
Lawmakers Try to Block New Abuse Photos
Civil libertarians are condemning a call by two influential U.S. senators for the White House to block the impending release of photographs showing detainees being abused by U.S. military personnel at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at other U.S. detention...
