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Former Guantanamo Psychiatrist Promotes Dubious Drug Theory on Afghan Killings
A tag team of two contributors to Time Magazine's Battleland blog have misrepresented the facts concerning the possibility that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales may have been under the influence …
Is Peace Getting in the Way of Our War Plans?
What a bizarre circumstance this is. The irrational Iranians are behaving too reasonably. The unmovable Iranians seem to be compromising too readily. This past weekend, the United States and …
Report on Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa Distorts Its History
Washington - The Barack Obama administration's new interest in the 2004 religious verdict, or “fatwa”, by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banning the possession of nuclear weapons, long …
Dozens Killed in Wave of Attacks Across Iraq
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Baghdad - A string of deadly explosions and other attacks shook Iraq on Thursday, with …
Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry, Part III: The Payoff
In this third installment of our series, we will go back and find out where their fellow government protagonists went after shamelessly helping KBR to the detriment of the …
Latin America v. Obama: U.S. Policy on Cuba, Drug War, Economy Under Fire at Colombian Summit
Historian Greg Grandin analyzes the U.S.-Colombia “free trade” deal and the deepening split between much of Latin America and Washington following the Summit of the Americas in Colombia. The …
First They Come for the Muslims
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Tarek Mehanna, a U.S. citizen, was sentenced Thursday in Worcester, Mass., to 17½ years in …
Shutting Down a Military Recruiting Office Near Little Kabul: Afghans for Peace Protest US War on Afghanistan
Friday, March 30, Fremont CA: Outraged by the March 11 massacre of 17 villagers in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, people took to the streets of Fremont, California in a bold …
European Airlines Silence Palestine Protest
Jerusalem - As 60 percent of the international activists set to land at Ben Gurion airport Sunday had their plane tickets cancelled, organisers of the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ fly-in …
Attacks Hit US Embassy, Government Offices in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan — Insurgents took over a high-rise building on Sunday and began firing rocket propelled grenades and assault weapons at government buildings and towards the U.S. Embassy. The …