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Pentagon Leaders Admit Defense Funding “Wish Lists” Are a Bad Practice
Defense officials have been required to submit a budgetary “wish list” every year since 2017.

Pentagon’s Proposed 2024 Budget Reflects Arms Industry’s Capture of Congress
Pentagon wants $842 billion for next fiscal year. Reining in this spending is essential to the safety of the world.

Putin to Station Russian Nukes in Belarus in “Dangerous Escalation”
The move follows controversial new UK plans to provide Ukraine with arms containing depleted uranium.

ICC Charges Putin With War Crimes While US and Israeli Leaders Enjoy Impunity
The U.S. celebrates the charges against Putin, but pressures the ICC to refrain from prosecuting Israelis and Americans.

US Bombs Syria 2 Weeks After House Voted Against Withdrawing Troops
Thursday's airstrikes were among several Biden has approved without congressional authorization since taking office.

The US Owes Iraq “Just Compensation,” Says Founder of Muslim Peacemakers Group
The war in Iraq has “left scars and a visible legacy” among Iraqis, says Sami Rasouli.

For 20 Years, Team Bush Has Escaped Prosecution for Their War Crimes in Iraq
One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes.

Iraqi Writers Reflect on US Invasion 20 Years Later
Sinan Antoon and Feurat Alani look back at how the unprovoked U.S. invasion devastated Iraq.

Fascists Are Attempting to Win Followers by Rebranding as Antiwar
Fascist activists are seeking to exploit a fracture on the left over the war in Ukraine to grow their movement.

20 Years After Illegal US Invasion of Iraq, Its Architects Are Still Cashing In
Corporations and universities helped launder the reputation of war criminals who are still profiting from the invasion.

Biden Announces Support for Senate’s Iraq War Authorization Repeal
The AUMFs have long been used as justification for further military action even after the U.S.’s supposed withdrawal.

Blinken Visits Niger as Biden Moves to Counter China and Russia in Africa
The U.S. has about 800 military personnel in Niger and a drone base in the city of Agadez.

Russia-US Drone Encounter Is “an Incendiary Development,” Says Jeremy Scahill
A U.S. drone crashed in international waters after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea.