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Veterans Day 95 Years On: The Enduring Folly of the Battle of the Somme
In a country that uses every possible occasion to celebrate its u201cwarriors,u201d many have forgotten that todayu2019s holiday originally marked a peace agreement.
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Amid Lingering Hunger Strike, Guantanamo Abuses Press On
While the president professes to wish to close Guantanamo, rendition, indefinite detention and black sites continue to operate.
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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 …