June 4, 2011
War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity The brutality with which the US government exercises its “war on terror” is condemned both by the court of international public opinion and by the principles of international law governing human rights. The wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan and the torture of [...]
Tags: Geneva Conventions, Hague, Libya, Nuremberg Trials, Presidency of George W. Bush, Ratko Mladić, Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Syed Fahad Hashmi, United States, War crime, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Warfare and Conflict
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June 4, 2011
John Glaser, June 02, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Iraq has been perhaps the least covered country in the Middle East throughout the Arab Spring. Popular protests and demonstrations there have been discreet, but only relative to Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, etc. This comparative quiet is no excuse for the [...]
Tags: Arab people, Baghdad, Iraq, Maliki, middle east, Nouri al-Maliki, Politics of Iraq, Saddam Hussein
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June 3, 2011
The unbearable lightness of killing Earth to Gaddafi and Saleh: Your time is up, stop murdering your people. Marwan Bishara Last Modified: 02 Jun 2011 19:19 Email Print Share Send Feedback Colonel Gaddafi’s forces have unleashed a campaign of carnage against pro-democracy fighters in Misurata and beyond, but Libyans continue to resist [AFP] Ali Abdullah Saleh [...]
Tags: Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab world, Human rights, Libya, Marwan Bishara, middle east, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, President of South Africa
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May 31, 2011
Silencing Bahrain’s journalists Lamees Dhaif tells Al Jazeera: “They can stop us from telling stories now, but they can’t stop us forever.” Matthew Cassel Last Modified: 31 May 2011 14:23 Since the uprising began in Bahrain, journalists such as Dhaif have been targeted and arrested by the government [Picture: Matthew Cassel / Al Jazeera] Women and [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Amnesty International, Bahrain, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, United States
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May 31, 2011
Russia arrests suspected Politkovskaya killer Rustam Makhmudov is the suspected assassin of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead in 2006. Last Modified: 31 May 2011 15:02 Politkovskaya was well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and criticism of Vladimir Putin [AFP] Russia has arrested Rustam Makhmudov, the suspected assassin of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was [...]
Tags: Anna Politkovskaya, Chechnya, Federal Security Service, Moscow, Novaya Gazeta, RIA Novosti, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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May 31, 2011
Colombia to compensate victims of armed conflict Historic law to financially redress up to four million victims of decades-long internal conflict including those of the state Share19 Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogota guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 May 2011 14.45 BST Article history Colombia’s compensation law will apply to victims of the internal conflict. Relatives carry urns [...]
Tags: Álvaro Uribe, Colombia, Germán Vargas Lleras, Internal conflict in Peru, Juan Manuel Santos, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Latin America, Law, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, War
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May 31, 2011
Inside the FARC: Colombia‘s guerilla fighters Despite many of their leaders being killed in recent years, armed rebels show no sign of giving up their fight. Karl Penhaul Last Modified: 30 May 2011 17:51 Fire spits from the muzzle of a Russian-made machine gun. Assault rifles join the fray. Leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]
Tags: Colombia, Guerrilla warfare, Manuel Marulanda, Military Forces of Colombia, Raúl Reyes, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Víctor Julio Suárez Rojas
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May 30, 2011
America’s Coming Nakba Obama knows America is threatened by this subservience. By William A. Cook ‘From the moment we took on a role that included the permanent military domination of the world, we were on our own—feared, hated, corrupt and corrupting, maintaining ‘order’ through state terrorism and bribery, and given to megalomanic rhetoric and sophistries [...]
Tags: Arab world, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, middle east, Palestine, Palestinian people, United Nations General Assembly, United States
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May 27, 2011
Photo: Jose Claudio Ribeiro’s hands. Maria Elena Romero/Al Jazeera. By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on Thu, 05/26/2011 – 14:16. Photo: Jose Claudio Ribeiro’s hands. Maria Elena Romero/Al Jazeera. The family home of Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva is a simple, modest 3 bedroom brick building on a dusty side road in [...]
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May 27, 2011
If a vote were held in Canberra do you think it would be anything other than extremely close to unanimous. That’s what you get for lovin’ the US. House Call to End Afghan War Suffers Narrow Defeat Massive Swing From 2010 Vote Shows Growing Antiwar Sentiment by Jason Ditz, May 26, 2011 Email This | Print [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Canberra, Jim McGovern, Pakistan, Republicans, United States, United States House of Representatives, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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May 26, 2011
There is Much More to Say Noam Chomsky ZNet, May 2011 After the assassination of bin Laden I received such a deluge of requests for comment that I was unable to respond individually, and on May 4 and later I sent an unedited form response instead, not intending for it to be posted, and expecting [...]
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Geoffrey Robertson, Helmut Schmidt, Noam Chomsky, Osama bin Laden, Terrorism, Terrorist Organizations, United State, United States Navy SEALs, Wall Street Journal, White House, Z Communications
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May 25, 2011
“We Will Continue Working Even if Julian Assange Is in Jail” Natalia Viana, Independent Collaborator of WikiLeaks in Brazil, Speaks on the Organization’s Ability to Transform the Core Principles of Journalism By Tadeu Breda Class of 2011, School of Authentic Journalism May 22, 2011 November 2010. While leading secret meetings in the interior of England, a [...]
Tags: Bradley Manning, Brazil, England, Guardian, Julian Assange, Nelson Jobim, New York Times, United States, WikiLeaks
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May 23, 2011
US troops jointly operating with Pak forces since 2009: Leak Updated yesterday KARACHI: US special operation forces had been deployed along with Pakistan forces for joint operations within Pakistani territory in September 2009, said a US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks on Saturday. Earlier in the summer of 2009, the US special operation forces had [...]
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May 23, 2011
Petraeus warns of increased attacks on coalition forces By Chelsea J. Carter, CNN May 21, 2011 — Updated 1044 GMT (1844 HKT) Gen. David Petraeus says insurgents will be attempting to demonstrate their ability to strike. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Commander of NATO-led coalition warns troops of increased attacks over the summer Gen. David Petraeus says insurgents will [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Hamid Karzai, International Security Assistance Force, NATO, Osama bin Laden, United States
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May 22, 2011
Gunmen storm Afghan government building Three Afghan police killed as group of men wearing suicide vests shoot their way into compound on edge of Khost Share3 Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 May 2011 10.54 BST Article history Smoke rises from the Afghan traffic police headquarters in Khost. Photograph: Rasool Adil/AFP/Getty Images At least three Afghan [...]
Tags: Afghan National Police, Hamid Karzai, Khost, Osama bin Laden, Politics of Afghanistan, President of Afghanistan, Taliban, United States Armed Forces
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May 22, 2011
Barack Obama says he would repeat Pakistan raid Barack Obama says he respects Pakistani sovereignty but would go after another ‘very high-value target’ if found to be there Share98 Press Association guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 May 2011 10.03 BST Article history Andrew Marr interviewed Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. Photograph: [...]
Tags: Andrew Marr, Andrew Marr Show, Barack Obama, Mohammed Omar, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Taliban, United States
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May 21, 2011
Syria‘s defiant women risk all to protest against President Bashar al-Assad Women on the frontline of demonstrations against Syria’s brutal regime are now being targeted by security forces Share147 Comments (35) Peter Beaumont guardian.co.uk, Saturday 21 May 2011 18.45 BST Article history ‘The regime has been rattled’. A human rights activist and lawyer describes the [...]
Tags: Activism, Assad, Banias, Bashar-al Assad, Damascus, Daraa, Free (Desperate Housewives), Hasan ibn al-Nu'man, Homs, Human rights defender, Latakia, middle east, Protest, Syria
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May 21, 2011
Is Leon Panetta a Saint—or a War Criminal? by David R. Henderson, May 17, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum David R. Henderson’s Introduction: The first part of this article’s title is absurd, right? How could the head of the CIA, a man who sends drones to kill alleged terrorists and ends up [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Baitullah Mehsud, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, List of Pakistani intelligence agencies, Monterey College of Law, Monterey County Herald, Osama bin Laden, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, United States
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May 21, 2011
Nothing we can’t do, Obama tells CIA PRESIDENT Barack Obama has visited CIA headquarters to congratulate US intelligence workers for the years of effort that led to the discovery and killing of Osama bin Laden. Mr Obama also thanked them for their daily work in protecting the United States, telling workers that he’d never [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Langley Virginia, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, United States, United States Navy SEALs
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May 21, 2011
The View From Afghanistan http://warisacrime.org/content/view-afghanistan Editor’s Note: Asking Afghans what they think of U.S. Taliban “peace talks” produces answers one doesn’t encounter in the United States. Here’s a response to that question from Hakim, a.k.a. Teck Young Wee, of Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers.-DCNS By Hakim BAMYAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN — The Obama administration (and NATO) [...]
Tags: Afghan government, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Haqqani network, middle east, Politics of Afghanistan, Taliban, United States
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May 19, 2011
This is a first rate article on the media and the Middle East it is written by, Nir Rosen, who is an American journalist who writes on current and international affairs. He has contributed to The New Yorker and Rolling Stone, among others. His latest book is Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America’s Wars in the Muslim [...]
Tags: Australia, Barack Obama, egypt, middle east, Muslim world, New Yorker, Nir Rosen, Rolling Stone
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May 19, 2011
Trigger happy murderers in NATO are basically the new cancer on the block in the Middle East. These European invading barbarians know nothing but killing as far as the troops are concerned. Fresh from glory of several thousand years in the killing fields of Europe by air land and sea these new SS Regiments havea true obedience [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Bundeswehr, Hamid Karzai, middle east, NATO, Protest, Takhar Province, Taloqan
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May 17, 2011
Pt. 2 of Interview with Adam Hochschild on Voices of Dissent amidst the Din of War Share77 Historian and author Adam Hochschild talks to Democracy Now! about his latest book, To End All Wars, and the comparison between pacifist struggles in World War I-era Britain to the U.S. during Vietnam and Afghanistan and Iraq today. We also [...]
Tags: Adam Hochschild, AMY GOODMAN, Belgian Congo, Congo Free State, History, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa, Leopold II of Belgium, World War I
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May 17, 2011
Subscribe to FFF Email Update Subscribe to Freedom Daily DONATE TO FFF Hornberger’s Blog Monday, May 16, 2010 Hornberger’s Blog Index Information about RSS REMINDER: The Jacob Hornberger Show every Saturday at 7-8 pm EST. Listen and watch live on the Internet: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-future-of-freedom-foundation America’s Post-9/11 Turn toward Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger Among the most potent [...]
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May 15, 2011
15 Palestinians killed on Nakba remembrance day with 3 comments Palestinians crossing border: ” We are going back to Palestine.” Edmund Sanders reporting from Jerusalem, with Ahmed Aldabba in Gaza City; this report first appeared in theL.A. Times, with pictures from the L.A. Times available here: Israeli soldiers opened fire Sunday on throngs of Palestinian refugees and [...]
Tags: Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Israel Defense Forces, Majdal Shams, Maroun al-Ras, Nakba Day, Palestinian people, Syria
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May 14, 2011
UK to control its Afghanistan drones from England Friday, May 13, 2011 Print E-mail Share Comments (3) Font | Size: 16 (05-13) 06:29 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) – Britain’s military says that it is bringing its drone controllers back from the western United States and setting them at an air base in northern England. [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Air Chief Marshal, Creech Air Force Base, England, Ministry of Defence, Nevada, Royal Air Force, United States
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May 14, 2011
Have knees will crawl the US and Mining magnates a specialty If you believe the official line the US did not see 911 coming and somehow have managed to blunder their way along playing the good guys against the forces of darkness. Yet they would have everyone believe their CIA possesses intelligence beyond the [...]
Tags: Australian Uranium, Julia Gillard, Libya, Meet the Press, Muammar al-Gaddafi, National security, NATO, NBC, United States, White House
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May 14, 2011
Adam Gadahn: America’s next assassination target Al-Qaeda propaganda man faces the wrath of US security forces By Philip Jacobson LAST UPDATED 12:35 PM, MAY 13, 2011 Share With Osama bin Laden’s mugshot on the FBI’s Most Wanted website now bearing the stark label “deceased”, US counter-terrorism specialists are turning their attention to an American citizen who [...]
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May 14, 2011
Afghanistan: war without end? Obama promised no open-ended occupation – and to draw down forces from July. A 2.5% cut is hardly an encouraging start Share68 Comments (94) David Swanson guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 May 2011 19.31 BST Article history General David Petraeus, commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, greets US defence secretary [...]
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May 13, 2011
Very often the imperial project wants to deliver a message to those who might be considering opposing its murderous plans for the future. In Viet Nam the lesson was very clear. If you attempt disobedience we can and will bomb you back into the stone age, turn your lands into a nightmare for future growth create free [...]
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May 13, 2011
Defense Intelligence Staff chief blows British cover for Iraq War Submitted by NicolasDavies on Fri, 2011-05-13 01:13 Iraq Paul Pillar, a senior CIA analyst who worked on the 25-page “summary of intelligence” presented to Congress in 2002, later told PBS, “The purpose was to strengthen the case for going to war…I regret having had a [...]
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May 13, 2011
The totally cold hearted and bloodthirsty imperial project can perhaps even if for some ulterior reason produce something like a good result. For those of you who think that worse is better try looking at those affected and think about grabbing even the most meagre of forced concessions with open arms. No doubt anyone allowed [...]
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May 10, 2011
In any assessment you need some information from the source of the problems in the area you are looking at, in Afghanistan the military will suffice. As they carry out the orders of the many agendas at work what they think, do and say becomes perhaps instructive as to why so many are dying for [...]
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May 10, 2011
The Targeted Assassination of Osama Bin Laden By Marjorie Cohn http://warisacrime.org/node/57786 When he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a Navy Seal team in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said, “Justice has been done.” Mr. Obama misused the word “justice” when he made that statement. He should have said, “Retaliation has been [...]
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Much More To Say. A post Bin Laden Death article by Noam Chomsky
There is Much More to Say Noam Chomsky ZNet, May 2011 After the assassination of bin Laden I received such a deluge of requests for comment that I was unable to respond individually, and on May 4 and later I sent an unedited form response instead, not intending for it to be posted, and expecting [...]
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