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How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?
Laura Flanders: If you think American weapons are a problem in the US, look at the damage they're doing abroad.
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Military Judge Refuses to Toss Out Charges Against Bradley Manning: Calls His Pretrial Punishment Illegal
Manning trial set for March 6.
Chuck Hagel Faces Tough Confirmation from Senate Hawks for Rejecting Party Line on Israel, Iran
A Vietnam War veteran and three-term member of the Senate, Hagel has faced criticism from right-wing foes over his positions on Israel and dealing with Iran
Will Americans Be Able to Watch Al Jazeera America?
A double-standard for objecting to bias in cable news media is coming to the fore since Jazeera bought Current.
Drone Strikes Are Causing Child Casualties
While US drone warfare is a tragedy for all, given recent events in Connecticut the reality that 178 children have been killed in drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen …
New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, as Pakistan Faces Fallout from US-Led Vaccination Plot
Today we look at the capture of Osama bin Laden u2014 the focus of the controversial new movie, “Zero Dark Thirty,” which was released this week.
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A Way to Stop the Violence
The violence that we can easily end looks very much like the violence we find so difficult to address at home.
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If the Pope Called for a Christmas Ceasefire in Afghanistan, Could “Ceasefire!” Enter Mainstream Debate?
Why not take a page from the
Nobel Laureate Goes to Afghanistan to Demand Ceasefire and Negotiation
Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire addresses many in a speech calling for peace.
Picking Up a $170 Billion Tab: How US Taxpayers Are Paying the Pentagon to Occupy the Planet
David Vine decided to make sense of what garrisoning the planet means to our pocketbooks.