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Empire Under Obama: Barack Obama’s Global Terror Campaign
America is waging a global terror campaign through the use of drones, killing thousands of people, committing endless war crimes, creating fear and terror in a program expected to …
More Than 2,500 Killed by Drones in Pakistan, Names of Victims Now Available
Medea Benjamin: US government claims drone victims are mostly militants, but about half identified victims thus far are civilians and children.
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Refocusing Anti-Drone Activism
Drones aren't the problem. The problem is the Global War on Terror's tactics of targeted assassinations, kill lists, signature strikes, violations of the sovereignty of nations, etc.
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Old Game, New Obsession, New Enemy: Now it’s China
More than jihadism or Iran, China is now Washington's obsession in Africa and beyond.
Government Shutdown Spares Military but Hurts Children and the Poor
Rania Khalek: Government shutdown means halting social services while maintaining NSA spying, deportations and continuing drone strikes in Afghanistan.
Is the State Department Trying to Silence Pakistani Drone Victims by Delaying Their Attorney’s Visa?
Shahzad Akbar says the State Department is delaying his visa so he won't be able to travel to a congressional hearing.
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Drone Warfare Reveals Failure to Imagine Geography
The USu2019s dependency on drone warfare reveals a laziness in properly imagining geography.
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Border Security Plans Secure Contractors’ Profits
While current immigration policy “reform” proposals enthuse neither immigrant communities nor labor, they represent a bonanza for private defense contractors, which are lobbying with millions of dollars for militarization …
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Is Capitalism to Blame for the Syrian War Drive?
The real motive for war in US foreign policy is shielded, protecting the super rich Americans who relentlessly warmonger for profit.
The Coming Domestic Drone Wars
State lawmakers across the U.S. are introducing legislation that would restrict the use of unmanned drones.