Of all the charges against Bradley Manning, the most pernicious — and revealing — is “aiding the enemy.” by Norman Solomon A blogger at The New Yorker, Amy Davidson, raised a pair of big questions that now loom over the courtroom at Fort Meade and over the entire country: “Would it aid the enemy, for example, to expose war crimes committed […]
The whistleblower has allowed us to scrutinise the hidden realities of US power by Owen Jones (The Independent) It has launched illegal and unjust wars with catastrophic human consequences; it has helped overthrow democratically elected governments; it arms and backs some of the most brutal dictatorships on the face of the earth; and it has a track record of supporting […]
By Joe Emersberger ComRes, a professional polling company, asked a nationwide sample of UK citizens to estimate the death toll from the war in Iraq that began in 2003. The results provide a searing indictment of the British media. Two questions were asked. The first question was: How many Iraqis, both combatants and civilians, do you think have died as […]
As NATO terror front collapses in Syria, US attempts to justify intervention by drumming up familiar WMD lies by Tony Cartalucci The last two weeks have seen a series of victories for the Syrian Army across Syria. It appears that 2 full companies of so-called “Free Syrian Army” fighters have been annihilated near Damascus, while government forces have restored order […]
A wave of clashes between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Muslim protesters has resulted in the deaths of at least 53 people by RT Violence sparked as the military raided a protest camp in Hawija, near Kirkuk. Tuesday’s unrest has become the deadliest in Iraq since December, when thousands of Sunni Muslims started protesting against Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki […]
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ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity by Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 […]
Video Documentary By John Pilger “The War You Don’t See” is a 2010 documentary film written, produced and directed by John Pilger. “If the people really knew the truth, the war would be stopped tomorrow.” – British Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s comment to Guardian editor C. P. Scott A powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war, […]
Soldier relives infamous WikiLeaks video by Russia Today It was the video that put WikiLeaks on the map: “Collateral Murder” turned the tide of war in Iraq and landed Private first class Bradley Manning in military detention. But for Army veteran Ethan McCord, it was just another day on duty. “The helicopters were approximately a mile and a half away […]
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The United States leaves an indelible impression on the peoples that come in contact with it: in the case of Iraqis, a legacy of death by bombs, bullets, incineration, starvation, disease and genetic damage. The U.S. didn’t invent war crimes, but its global reach and high tech style of killing makes America […]
by Greg Mitchell The Washington Post killed my assigned piece for its Outlook section this weekend which mainly covered media failures re: Iraq and the current refusal to come to grips with that (the subject of )–yet they ran this misleading, cherry-picking, piece by Paul Farhi claiming the media “didn’t fail.” I love the line about the Post in March 2003 carrying some skeptical pieces […]
British Personnel Reveal Horrors of Secret US Base in Baghdad by Ian Cobain Detainees captured by SAS and SBS squads subjected to human-rights abuses at detention centre, say British witnesses British soldiers and airmen who helped to operate a secretive US detention facility in Baghdad that was at the centre of some of the most serious human rights abuses to […]
