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Afghanistan’s “Closed” Partnership Agreement with US Proclaimed
“Today, Afghanistan and the U.S. initialed and locked the text of the strategic partnership agreement,” said Karzai's spokesman, Aimal Faizi. “This means the text is closed...” Why ‘lock’ or …

Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control
Medea Benjamin: Drones kill innocent civilians and antagonize whole populations.

Understanding Iran’s Diplomatic Strategy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Jose Marti Airport in Havana, on January 11, 2012. (Photo: Jose Goitia / The New York Times)In January 2009, just before Gary Samore …

You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It?
(Photo: isafmedia / Flickr) You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. …

The Dalai Lama on Peace, War and the Aloha Spirit
When His Holiness Dalai Lama XIV visited Hawaii in mid-April to launch the Pillars of Peace Hawaii initiative, audiences rose in anticipation each time he shuffled onto stage, always …

Wars of Attrition: Green Zones of the Mind, Guerrillas and a Technical Knockout in Afghanistan
Recently, after insurgents unleashed sophisticated, synchronized attacks across Afghanistan involving dozens of fighters armed with suicide vests, rocket-propelled grenades, and small arms, as well as car bombs, the Pentagon …

More Secrets on Growing State Surveillance
In part two of our national broadcast exclusive on the growing domestic surveillance state, we speak with National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney and two targeted Americans: Oscar-nominated filmmaker …

Class Warfare on Two Fronts: From Afghanistan to Middle America, the Untold Story of Sgt. Bales
This past Thursday, a Modesto, California, man whose house was in foreclosure shot and killed the Sheriff's deputy and the locksmith who came to evict him from his condominium …

Beating the Drug-War Addiction
Buenos Aires - In January, US President Barack Obama nominated Marine Corps Lieutenant General John F. Kelly to head the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). Based in Miami, Florida, …

National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance
In his first television interview since he resigned from the National Security Agency over its domestic surveillance program, William Binney discusses the NSA's massive power to spy on Americans …