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Richard Rouget, a gun for hire over two decades of bloody African conflict, is the unlikely face of the American campaign against militants in Somalia. A husky former French Army officer, Mr. Rouget, 51, commanded a group of foreign fighters duri
Marine Corps Gen. John Allen told a Pentagon news conference that an F-16 airstrike Monday took out fewer than 10 insurgents involved in the attack on the Chinook helicopter.
Verification that NATO's recent bombing in Libya killed and injured a large number of civilians appears out of a reputable news service (AFP). Reporters saw multiple corpses buried at mass funerals and more in the hospital morgue.
"My God, what have we done?" ~ Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay
The Brandywine Peace Community strikes again, this time protesting against Lockheed Martin building parts for nuclear missiles on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The protest went well with speeches, musi
Libya’s rebels said Friday they have reports that Moammar Gadhafi’s youngest son, who commands one of the regime’s strongest military brigades, was killed in a NATO airstrike in the western town of Zlitan. NATO said in a statement that it was awar
NATO's lost Libya war
Bad news in the five-year-old U.S. proxy war against al-Qaida–allied Somali insurgents. Half of the U.S.-supplied weaponry that enables cash-strapped Ugandan and Burundian troops to fight Somalia’s al-Shabab terror group is winding up in al-Shabab’s
Any agreement for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal would require the Iraqi parliament to agree to grant American soldiers legal immunity, the top U.S. military officer said on Tuesday. Immunity for Americ
Corporate media deception
Rebel disarray
War crimes
Today, to escape the hectic stress of life for a moment, I took a stroll through the cemetery in the town where I grew up. I saw lots of names I knew, but the main thing I noticed was how many American flags were adorning gravesites.
Though on many occasions the Iraqi government has appeared to be on the verge of grudgingly acquiescing to the repeated demands, so far they have not approved of keeping US troops in Iraq beyond December.
Residents describe armed groups firing indiscriminately and 13 killed overnight in Syrian city, activists say.
Representatives of Moammar Gadhafi's embattled government held face-to-face talks with U.S. officials in neighboring Tunisia over the weekend, a Libyan government official said Monday, describing the meeting as a first step in opening dialogue.
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Ernest Hancock
Drew Phillips - updates us on Freedom Fest in Las Vegas / Angela Keaton - Development Director - Antiwar.com - ComeHomeAmerica.us and The Letter / John V. Walsh, MD - Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems - University of Massachusetts
Host:
Ernest Hancock
Drew Phillips - updates us on Freedom Fest in Las Vegas / Angela Keaton - Development Director - Antiwar.com - ComeHomeAmerica.us and The Letter / John V. Walsh, MD - Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems - University of Massachusetts M
Lawless aggression against Libya
The first six months of 2011 were the deadliest for civilians in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, a UN report has found.
In broad comments regarding the ever-stalemated Libyan War, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox conceded that his government has no clue how much longer the war will last, and that military commanders are preparing for several more months.
As the investigations into the serial blasts progress, it becomes clear that the police were caught napping despite warnings and alerts from the Intelligence Bureau over the past couple of months.
Wasted and stolen trillions for war
War crimes
Pakistan’s defense minister said they might withdraw thousands of troops from its volatile border areas in response to a suspension of US military aid, ... a sign Pakistan is likely to react to the decision with defiance rather than cooperation.
In suspending aid, the United States is showing it will no longer give the benefit of the doubt to Pakistan's military after a long debate on how to handle the powerful institution.
The latest in a growing number of such incidents, Afghan officials today confirmed that NATO air strikes in the Logar Province killed some 16 civlians. NATO confirmed the strikes but provided no indication of civilian deaths.
President Barack Obama has ordered the suspension of $800 million in aid to the Pakistani military, his chief of staff said Sunday, as part of what experts say is a tougher line with a critical U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism.
US, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Norway are becoming embroiled in disputes over boundaries on land and at sea.
The United States and France have set a deadline of September 2nd to topple Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, with NATO powers ready to inflict a crushing blow if Gaddafi refuses to step down peacefully, according to Israeli intelligence sources
