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Veterans Resist: Deploying Art to Oppose Militarism
More veterans and service members are turning destructive energy and military training into acts of creative resistance.
![Soldiers with Task Force Devil, 82nd Airborne Division, on a convoy headed to Kakaran, Afghanistan, May 27, 2003. A new study from Brown University's Costs of War Project found that the US's "war on terror" has killed half a million people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/11/3047333534_51070839b7_o-400x300.jpg)
New Report Finds Half a Million Killed by Global “War on Terror”
This new body count signals that, far from diminishing, the war is only intensifying.
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The Forever Prisoners of the US’s Forever War
For 17 years, the US has used the unjustifiable detention of “terror suspects” to carry out its endless war on terror.
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Insider Attacks: Blowback From US Policy in Afghanistan and Beyond
Washington’s military policies since 9/11 have alienated tens of millions of Muslims across the Greater Middle East.
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Senator John McCain, Republican War Hawk, Dead at 81
McCain's pro-war record includes aggressively pushing for the 2003 illegal invasion of Iraq.
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with White House National Security Advisor John Bolton before a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House, on June 7, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/07/GettyImages-969215420-400x300.jpg)
Bolton and Pompeo Reportedly Lead Push to “Foment Unrest” in Iran
Two ultra-hawks with a firm grip on the US foreign policy apparatus are seeking to destabilize Iran.
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Corporate Media Reprise Iraq in Beating War Drums for Trump Attack on Syria
No alternatives to military action have even been discussed on cable news.
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Trump Finds Fellow Bully in Bolton
The dangers inherent in following Bolton's favored policies cannot be overestimated.
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Fifteen Years After the Iraq Invasion, What Are the Costs?
We spend $32 million per hour on wars started during the Bush administration.
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The Staggering Death Toll in Iraq
The US public must come to terms with the scale of the violence we have unleashed.