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After Bales’ Arrest, Military Tried to Delete Him from Web
Washington - Besides waiting nearly a week before identifying the Army staff sergeant who's accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers, the U.S. military scrubbed its websites of references to …
Lockheed: The Ultimate Pay-to-Play Contractor
Loren Thompson is one of those people in Washington, DC, circles that wears several hats. He is the chief operating officer for the nonprofit Lexington Institute, a think tank …
Details of Talks With IAEA Belie Charge Iran Refused Cooperation
Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says that the February talks came close to a final agreement. (Photo: Dean Calma / IAEA) Vienna - The first …
Ed Rendell Investigated over Lobbying Efforts Regarding a Foreign Terrorist Organization
This post originally appeared on Right Web's Militarist Monitor. In a controversial 6-3 ruling on Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project in 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the executive’s right under the …
Army Threatens to Fire Whistleblower for Talking to McClatchy
Washington - The military's embattled crime lab is trying to fire an outspoken whistleblower who's spotlighted its problems. Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory warned its …
Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President
I kept thinking to myself that when he got briefed on the history of Afghanistan and the oft-proven ability of Afghan “militants” to drive out foreign invaders — from …
The People’s Resolution: A Sane Response to the Iranian “Crisis“
I and other Veterans For Peace from Long Island will be lobbying members of Congress first to educate them regarding what is problematic, irresponsible, and even dangerous about Senate …
Resistance Builds to NATO’s Threat of Permanent War and Nuclear Dominance
Demonstrators protest against NATO in Strasbourg, France, April, 2009. (Photo: Jos van Zetten) The leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the gently named but dangerous …
Karzai Calls on US to Pull Back as Taliban Cancel Talks
Kabul, Afghanistan - Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows on Thursday as President Hamid Karzai demanded that the United States confine troops …
Speaking Truth About Power
(Photo: The U.S. Army / Flickr) A willingness to speak truth to power is an essential civic virtue for the well-being of a democratic-republic. Equally virtuous and …