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Are We Depending Too Much on the Military’s Media Management?
The Pentagon has spent billions to manage media coverage of the war in Iraq but is imprisoning the one person who made the truth public.
A Field Guide to Losing Friends, Influencing No One and Alienating the Middle East
Obama's Washington is the Rodney Dangerfield of the region.
Putting a Face on Drone Strike Victims
Journalist Rania Khalek talks to Alex Witt about the Pakistani family who testified before congress about the drone strikes that killed their grandmother.
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Toward a WMD-Free Middle East: The Israel Hurdle
Action from Israel could bring about important progress in the banning of weapons of mass destruction.
“These Drones Attack Us and the Whole World Is Silent”: New Film Exposes Secret US War
DN! airs extended clips from the new documentary, “Unmanned: America's Drone Wars,” and speak to filmmaker Robert Greenwald.
Empire Under Obama: Counterinsurgency, Death Squads, and the Population as the Target
Continuity in the imperialistic policies of the United States is especially evident when it comes to the strategy of ‘counterinsurgency,’ notably in Afghanistan.
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Got His Gun – Lost His Legs, Arms and Penis
Statistically, what happens to U.S. troops is almost nothing. In human terms, it's overwhelming.
As US Faces New Scrutiny on Drones, UN Report Finds Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Pakistan
The Obama administrationu2019s drone and targeted killing policy will come under scrutiny at the United Nations today with a report concluding at least 400 Pakistani civilians have been killed …
Afghanistan’s Future Depends on Majority Will, Pakistan and World Cooperation
After four decades of war, a global consensus over Afghanistan and reforms in the Pakistani statehood, with the United Nation's help, is needed following US withdrawal.
Drones: A New Death From Above
Unmanned military drones are wreaking havoc in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. On this edition, we bring you voices from Pakistan of families destroyed by drone strikes.