January 14, 2012
The News of Empire Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 “Mr. Obama and his senior national security advisers have sought to reassure allies and answer critics, including many Republicans, that the United States will not abandon its commitments in the Persian Gulf even as it winds down the war in Iraq and looks [...]
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November 14, 2011
Colonel Morris Davis, Former Chief Prosecutor Guantanamo Military Commissions. (Photo: Crimes of War) Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: “A Pair of Testicles Fell Off the President After Election Day” Sunday 13 November 2011 by: Jason Leopold, Truthout | Report Morris Davis speaks bluntly about some of President Barack Obama’s policy decisions. “There’s a pair [...]
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November 14, 2011
Obama used to refer to longtime Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak as a ‘friend’ of the US – and not as a dictator [EPA] During the past few months, Barack Obama has come under increasing pressure from his would-be Republican opponents, not for secretly subscribing to the faith of the enemy (Obama Muslim-baiting is so 2010), [...]
Tags: Arab Spring, BarackObama, Hosni Mubarak, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Tunisia, United State, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
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November 10, 2011
Insanity, not logic, guides Israel‘s leadership The mens’ men who are threatening Iran now are the real cowards’ cowards. The brave ones are in fact those who are trying to thwart the insanity, from former Mossad chief Meir Dagan to Interior Minister Eli Yishai. By Gideon LevyTags: Iran Iran nuclear Tehran Eli Yishai Palestinian Authority Muammar [...]
Tags: Eli Yishai, Iran, Israel, Meir Dagan, middle east, Nuclear program of Iran, Saddam Hussein, Tehran
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November 9, 2011
Any fossil fuel infrastructure built in the next five years will cause irreversible climate change, according to the IEA. Photograph: Rex Features World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly changed, the world will ‘lose for ever’ the chance to avoid dangerous climate change [...]
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November 2, 2011
Israel‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) gestures as he speaks at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem Oct. 31, 2011. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun) JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel test-fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, Israel Radio said, amid a heightened public debate over the possibility of an Israeli [...]
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Iran, Israel, Jericho, Knesset, middle east, Nuclear program of Iran
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October 25, 2011
Image via Wikipedia Ray McGovern on Activism and the Military Industrial Complex http://warisacrime.org/content/ray-mcgovern-activism-and-military-industrial-complex The past 50 years have shown that President Eisenhower was spot on, as we would say today, about the Military Industrial Complex and what to expect if Americans were not vigilant, which, of course, we have not been — until maybe now. [...]
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, George W. Bush, Israel, John Yoo, Ray McGovern, Thomas Aquinas, United States, White House
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October 18, 2011
America’s Foreign Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger President Obama’s reaction to the alleged Iranian assassination plot reflects, once again, the dictatorial powers that the president of the United States now wields in foreign affairs. As many commentators are noting, the whole scheme appears to be as bogus as a 3-dollar bill, but that isn’t really [...]
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September 25, 2011
Netanyahu and Obama Spurn Peace By Stephen Lendman - Posted on 25 September 2011 Netanyahu and Obama Spurn Peace – by Stephen Lendman As a belligerent modern-day Sparta, Israel is a pariah state. Netanyahu exceeds the worst of Ariel Sharon. His government is Israel’s worst ever. His majority Knesset allies are rogue, racist criminals, operating outside [...]
Tags: Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, Palestine, Palestinian people, United Nation, West Bank
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September 21, 2011
The Racial Divide Is There and Waiting AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais One should never forget the presence of racism in politics. Perhaps most of all it should always be at the forefront that the racist elements are usually quite well represented in the governments that are the first to proclaim their intent to keep [...]
Tags: African American, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Hispanic and Latino Americans, John McCain, Latino, New Hampshire, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Republican, U.S. News & World Report, United States, White House
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September 21, 2011
none of what follows should surprise anyone that the US wants to be able to annihilate anyone it can say is an enemy terrorist, or supporter, or follower. What the hell what we say goes, you get in the way you die. George Ikners ikners.com Obama Team Split Over Use of Lethal Force The expansive [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Obama administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Somalia, United State, United States Department of State, Yemen
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August 30, 2011
Night Raids and War Crimes John Glaser, August 29, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Just wanted to quickly draw attention to this WikiLeaks State Department diplomatic cable which details a horrible war crime committed by the US in Iraq in 2006. The cable excerpts a letter written by Philip Alston, [...]
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August 29, 2011
dick be in chains Cheney: Bush Leaked Iraq Strategy Debate Slams Bush for Doing ‘Disservice’ to Troops by Jason Ditz, August 28, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The latest in a number of revelations coming out of his new book, former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed that a 2007 leak to [...]
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August 29, 2011
Ron Paul’s Best Week by Kelley B. Vlahos, August 23, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Campaign season’s here and the time is right, for bombast in the street. Right here on Main Street, USA, every day, they’re bloviating in the street. Invoking Martha & the Vandellas might be fun, but the prospect of [...]
Tags: Ames Straw Poll, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, United State
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August 25, 2011
My President Had My Father Arrested Today By davidswanson - Posted on 24 August 2011 0digg davidswanson’s blog Login or register to post comments Email this page Printer-friendly version Tags Environment Nonviolent Resistance The arrests today. Submitted by sandiegowoman on Wed, 2011-08-24 21:44. I know Neil Swanson. He is a friend of mine. He would not take getting arrested [...]
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August 24, 2011
The disgraceful US imperial presence in South America has been very accurately chronicled for decades. It involved the whole gamut of the imperial destruction of the South. Everything took pace from, torture, to phoney regime change, to the destruction of workers’ unions and the death of dissidents including priests and teachers. All these measures were needed to enforce absolute [...]
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August 17, 2011
The Obama administration decided that it was not concerned about drone strikes upsetting Pakistanis EPA] Pakistani civilian and military leaders are insisting on an effective veto over which targets US drone strikes hit, according to well-informed Pakistani military sources here. The sources, who met on condition that they not be identified, said that such veto [...]
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August 15, 2011
Virginia Militarized By David Swanson with Shepherd Johnson http://warisacrime.org/content/virginia-militarized The U.S. military is a permanent and pervasive presence in Virginia. Were the state of Virginia to ban participation in wars of aggression, weapons sales to brutal dictatorships, and the manufacture of aggressive and illegal weapons, the Military Industrial Complex would be obliged to help itself [...]
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August 14, 2011
Aspen, Colorado. [Photo: Glenn Gabel] All tension with Pakistan aside, the US shows no sign of stopping its use of unmanned drones to kill al-Qaeda members in Pakistan’s tribal areas. Top national security officials fled the steamy debt debate in DC to take part in the Aspen Security Forum in cool Colorado last week, but they [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Douglas Lute, Husain Haqqani, North Waziristan, Pakistan, United States
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August 14, 2011
Pakistani police officials declined to speculate on the motive for the abduction of Warren Weinstein in Lahore [AFP] An American aid expert has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the Pakistani city of Lahore after gunmen stormed his residence and overpowered security guards. The US embassy on Saturday identified the victim as Warren Weinstein, a consultant for [...]
Tags: American Refugee Committee, John McCain, Lahore, Law enforcement in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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August 9, 2011
Obama Vows to Continue Afghan War Panetta also backs continuing war, seeking to ‘honor troops’ by Jason Ditz, August 08, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In separate comments related to the deaths of 30 US troops in a helicopter downing over the weekend, President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta both [...]
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August 8, 2011
European markets stabilised after the ECB began buying Italian and Spanish debt on Monday [AFP] The stock market ‘woes’ are symptomatic of the immorality of allowing people to deal in a created commodity like a company or corporation while they make no contribution to the company. The company or corporation only exists [...]
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August 8, 2011
The US is making a mistake in demonising Iran, says Patrick Seale. Obama should have seized the chance to engage. Obama’s Hopeless Iran Strategy Why GOP Must Back Obama on Iran Why Iran Misses Bin Laden Iran and the P5+1: Dual Track Clash Flotilla Fiasco Boon for Iran It’s now widely accepted – and lamented [...]
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August 7, 2011
A Wall Street sign in front of the New York stock exchange. Recent events have changed the US as an unassailable economic superpower. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters When India joined China in criticising America’s chaotic handling of its hefty debts this weekend, describing the challenges facing the White House as “grave”, it was the clearest indicator yet [...]
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August 7, 2011
Afghanistan‘s innocent victims U.S. drone strikes continue to leave a trail of devastated families and communities in their wake Share Comments 1 By Mary Meehan12:56 p.m. EDT, August 4, 2011 I used to think of Vice President Joseph Biden as a nice guy. Good old Joe. Down-to-earth, nice sense of humor, great family man. But last year [...]
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August 5, 2011
Pierre Van Peteghem, treasurer of the African Development Bank, addresses the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the Congress Center in Lisbon, Portugal on 07 June 2011 [EPA] Perhaps for the first time in modern history, the future of the global economy lies in the hands of poor countries. The United States [...]
Tags: Dani Rodrik, International political economy, McKinsey & Company, People's Bank of China, Project Syndicate, Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel, United State, World economy
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August 4, 2011
Rumsfeld Iraq ‘torture‘ suit given go-ahead Former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been represented by the justice department Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bush ‘should face torture probe’ Rumsfeld defends US war in Iraq Profile: Donald Rumsfeld A US judge has ruled that a former American military contractor who claims he was tortured [...]
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August 2, 2011
World Beat by JOHN FEFFER | Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Vol. 6, No. 31 O U R L A T E S T AUG 2 | Afghanistan: U.S. and Pakistan Seek to Reinforce a Border That Was Arbitrary to Begin With Conn Hallinan AUG 1 | Islamophobes Insinuate Their Way Into U.S. Intelligence Paul [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, Kabul, Leon Panetta, Taliban, United State
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July 31, 2011
US congressman Peter King has been holding hearings on the ‘radicalisation’ of the American Muslim community, and has refused to widen the hearings’ scope to include other, non-Muslim terrorism threats [GALLO/GETTY] The frightful mass murder in Norway on July 22, 2011 and the instant, knee-jerk reaction of a number of leading European and American news organisations – including the BBC, The [...]
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July 30, 2011
Progressives don’t need more reasons to be disappointed with President Barack Obama’s handling of the deficit talks, but here’s another failing that has not gotten much play: The administration has been so timid on defense cuts that some leading Republicans are now well to the president’s left on this issue. (Flickr/gregwest98) SHARE THIS STORY. [...]
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July 30, 2011
As for the comments of General Lute in the post on this page read this and see for yourself where these alleged Al Qaeda connections are and how foolish it is to suggest that some sort of knockout punch can be delivered in Pakistan. As long as the US keeps its extremely close links to [...]
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July 29, 2011
ISRAELIS DEBATE ON THE WEB: DID NORWAY GET WHAT IT DESERVED? WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011 AT 11:23PM GILAD ATZMON Gilad Atzmon: Read it for yourself. Israelis show their real face. If psychopathy is defined as a sever lack in empathy, we are clearly dealing here with a psychotic collective. http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/140297/ Israelis Debate on the Web: Did [...]
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July 29, 2011
WASHINGTON — Though the withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan will save the nation billions of dollars a year, another cost of war is projected to continue rising for decades to come: caring for the veterans. Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times When you embark on an immoral, illegal and criminal act like a war [...]
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July 26, 2011
PALESTINE, ISRAEL, GERMANY- THE BOUNDARIES OF OPEN DISCUSSION MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011 AT 1:46PM GILAD ATZMON This is a very important conference!!! http://paltagefreiburg2011.blogspot.com/ September 10-11, 2011 Freiburg, Germany Freedom of speech and expression are recognised by many as primary human rights. However, when it comes to discussion on topics concerning Palestine, Israel and Germany we often face rigid [...]
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July 26, 2011
Mike Davis, The Coming Economic Disaster Posted by Mike Davis at 8:15am, July 26, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: A heartfelt thanks to all of you who, in these dog days of summer, contributed $100 or more for a personalized, signed copy of Christian Parenti’s cutting-edge new book, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography [...]
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July 26, 2011
For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]
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July 26, 2011
How Would Murdoch’s Downfall Affect Israel? Don’t Ask the US Media by JAMES M. WALL on JULY 25, 2011 JTA columnist Ron Kampeas has been a lone voice in sounding the alarm to his Jewish readers: “Pro-Israel leaders in the United States, Britain and Australia are warily watching the unfolding of the phone-hacking scandal that is threatening to [...]
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July 26, 2011
Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen points out, there’s more to the story: The latest revelations in the UK about phone hacking, bribing the police, and frightening political leaders are just [...]
Tags: Fox News Channel, George W. Bush, Gulf Daily News, Reel Bad Arabs, Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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July 26, 2011
The war in Iraq created another ‘puppet’ regime. (Zoriah.net) By James Petras Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance [...]
Tags: British Empire, History, Imperialism, James Petras, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Osama BinLaden, United State, Warfare and Conflict, World War II
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July 26, 2011
NATO Strike Kills 7 at Libya Hospital Engineering school also hit, Brits call it ‘spy HQ’ Jeremy Sapienza and Jason Ditz, July 25, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum A NATO airstrike killed seven people in a hospital in Zlitan, western Libya, on Monday, according to locals and government officials. Medical equipment [...]
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July 26, 2011
Robbie Williams: Scotland Yard told his solicitor that a number of his clients were referred to in Glenn Mulcaire‘s documents. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters Now it’s the turn of lawyers and the legal process to be sucked into the phone-hacking vortex. The Law Society has even suggested justice itself is under threat, implying messages could have been [...]
Tags: Andy Coulson, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Harbottle & Lewis, Metropolitan Police Service, News of the World, News of the World phone hacking affair, Solicitors Act 1974, Solicitors Regulation Authority
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July 25, 2011
After Oslo was rocked by a deadly explosion and a shooting massacre killed dozens on Utoya Island, initial speculation blamed ‘Islamic terror groups’ – revealing fears and prejudices inherent to many in the West [REUTERS] A few years ago, the respected Cambridge scholar T J Winter, also known by his Muslim name of Abdal Hakim [...]
Tags: Al-Aqsa Mosque, Denis Michael Rohan, Fundamentalist Christianity, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Muslim, Muslim world, Western world
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July 25, 2011
Even Birds Have Withdrawn From Afghanistan By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/58598 Comparing the brain sizes of migratory birds and U.S. presidents may not help explain this one. Birds have been avoiding Afghanistan for some years now. Afghans with higher educations have been leaving for decades. War profiteers, and occupation profiteers, and “reconstruction” profiteers seem to know [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Barack Obama, Chris Harman, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Howard Zinn, Joe Biden, Ryan Crocker, September 11 attacks, Soviet Union, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Taliban, United State, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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July 25, 2011
Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press The suspect behind the attacks in Norway said he believed multiculturalism to be a threat. Here, mourners at Oslo Cathedral.More Photos » By SCOTT SHANE Published: July 24, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT SINGLE PAGE REPRINTS SHARE The man accused of the [...]
Tags: Islam, Islamophobia, Jihadwatch, Muslim, Norway, Oslo Cathedral, Robert Spencer, United States
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July 24, 2011
The imperial project as we have seen it unfold on the part of the US and other countries around the world has always come hand in hand with the destruction of any and all existing free, democratic or libertarian institutions that exist in the target countries. In order to strip these countries of the resources [...]
Tags: Chalmers Johnson, Max Boot, middle east, Noam Chomsky, Oxford University Press, Robert Kagan, Thomas Dunne Books, United State, Warfare and Conflict, World Trade Center
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July 21, 2011
Boehner, the House speaker, said it is time for Obama to ‘step up’ his efforts to find a solution to the debt crisis [AFP] Watching the pretences of the political underlings to the elite pretending to have any real say in what will happen to the monster cancer of capital would be amusing if the effects [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Jay Carney, John Boehner, Republicans, Speaker (politics), United States, White House
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July 21, 2011
How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East Washington’s Singular Accomplishment By Tom Engelhardt In the method, there is madness; in the comedy, nightmare; in the tragedy, farce. And despite everything, there’s still good news when it comes to what Americans can accomplish in the face of the impossible! No, not a debt-ceiling deal [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, Hamid Karzai, New York Times, President of Afghanistan, Tom Engelhardt, United State, United States, United States Armed Forces, Washington Post
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July 19, 2011
Hamid Karzai‘s authority under threat after the assassinations of two close allies. Photograph: EPA The assassination of a close ally and mentor of Hamid Karzai a week after the killing of the president’s powerful half-brother has raised new questions over whether Afghanistan‘s precarious power structure could collapse even before the departure of western combat troops in 2014. [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, David Petraeus, Hamid Karzai, NATO, Orūzgān Province, Provinces of Afghanistan, Taliban
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July 15, 2011
In Shadow of Death, Iraq and U.S. Tiptoe Around a Deadline Spencer Platt/Getty Images American soldiers stopped to talk with an Iraqi during a patrol this week in Babil Province. Lately, American combat deaths have been increasing in Iraq. By TIM ARANGO Published: July 14, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER COMMENTS SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE [...]
Tags: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi security forces, New York Times, Nouri al-Maliki, United State, United States Armed Forces, United States Army
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July 15, 2011
Mourners carry the coffin of a killed Libyan rebel fighter in Zintan. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters The six barefooted men trooped into the school library, their faces uneasy and downcast. Not so long ago this room, with its Arabic texts and Webster’s dictionary, was for studious children. Now it is home to prisoners of war. [...]
Tags: AK-47, Ammar, Gharyan, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Nafusa Mountains, Tripoli
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