Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.
No punishment for US troops who slaughtered 10 Afghan civilians, says Pentagon chief
“If the Pentagon wants to come clean about this horrific event, it will release documents and videotapes that show who was responsible for key decisions and what technological failings were responsible.”
US hawks call for action against Iran following attack on troops in Jordan
Amidst escalating tensions, US lawmakers call for a strong response to Iran after a drone attack on American troops in Jordan intensifies calls for action.
Memory loss in the garden of violence
How Americans remember (and forget) their wars.
FLASH! Pentagon fails audit! (again!)
The Washington money pit...
With Afghanistan withdrawal underway, new report reveals costs of post-9/11 wars for US allies
“Americans do not fully understand, do not acknowledge, the sacrifices that allies made in Afghanistan,” said the report’s author.
Mapping the American War on Terror
All told, it should be clear that another kind of grand plan is needed to deal with the threat of terrorism both globally and to Americans – one that relies on a far smaller U.S. military footprint and costs far less blood and treasure.
Israel/Palestine coverage presents false equivalency between occupied and occupier
Corporate media have presented Israel’s killing spree as defensive, as a reaction to supposed Palestinian aggression.
The War on Terror has targeted Muslims almost exclusively
The war on terror was supposed to be about making our country safer. As a Muslim American, I don’t feel safer at all.
Strikes Gaza as six newborns succumb to fuel shortage at Al-Shifa Hospital
Does this situation shines a spotlight on the urgent need for humanitarian intervention and an end to the ongoing crisis in the region?