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The regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh has off and on switched between its use of rubber bullets against protesters and live ammunition, and now, doctors say, it is swapping out traditional tear gas for a banned nerve agent of some sort.
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Drew Phillips and Nick Barnett join Ernest in studio - Today's News
NATO has launched around-the-clock surveillance flights of Libya as it considers various options for dealing with escalating violence in the war-torn country, America's ambassador said. Establishing a no-fly zone in Libya -- part of growing campaign
War is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This speech by two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient exposes war profits that benefit few at the expense of many. Throughout his distinguished
Head of Libyan rebels tells Al Jazeera Gaddafi "will not be pursued" if he quits within 72 hours and ends the fighting.
A disturbing video surfaced on Monday allegedly showing Libyan soldiers who were killed for refusing to shoot rebels.
The US media, perfectly described by Israeli thinker Uri Avnery as "a mixture of propaganda, news and entertainment," is steaming with righteous indignation over the awfulness of Libya’s wicked Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, and is once again baying for hi
Corporal Frank Buckles, the last remaining American veteran of World War I, died last week, just short of his 111th birthday. Rather than a big pageant in Arlington cemetery, or a solemn state funeral procession in the capital rotunda, we should do w
Eight SAS soldiers have been detained by rebels in Libya, according to Sky News sources. Rebel sources told Sky that the group are being held in Libya’s second city in Benghazi.
Sources confirmed that The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, had been placed on heightened readiness, prepared to deploy to North Africa at 24 hours’ notice.
The wars abroad are less popular than ever. Now is the time to give people that are not on the left in their thinking a place to go to engage in activism for peace. Hopefully, Focus on Peace will fulfill that vital role.
Ray McGovern: My Take
If the Mafia comparison strikes you as a tad over the top, perhaps a seven-year trip down memory lane may prove instructive.
Major media willful distortions and misinformation including about non-existent air strikes
Leaders failing to prevent attacks on coalition forces
Nation of Islam leader says his comments on Jews are meant "to pull the cover off Satan" and "Zionists dominate the US government and banks."
Ray McGovern: My Take
He stood silently with his back turned to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she delivered her address on Feb. 15 at George Washington University, in which she insisted other governments around the world not stifle free expression.
“We are against any foreign intervention or military intervention in our internal affairs,” insisted Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, a human rights lawyer and the spokesman for one of the protesters’ major organizations.
US Special Forces have reportedly landed in Libya to train anti-Gaddafi rebels as a western-backed coup d’état in the oil-rich nation nears, with British and French “defense advisors” also arriving to set up training bases in the rebel-controlled eas
Major media are promoting war on Libya
Join us for our first action! A sign wave for peace. While many think that the war in Iraq is over the facts on the ground there say otherwise. With 50,000 US troops and countless mercenaries still deployed there, the US is in reality still fighting
The United States government cannot get enough of war. With Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s regime falling to a rebelling population, CNN reports that a Pentagon spokesman said that the U.S. is looking at all options from the military side.
WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY, New York — Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Friday against committing the US military to big land wars in Asia or the Middle East, saying anyone proposing otherwise "should have his head examined."
Despite angry threats from PM Nouri al-Maliki against the possible demonstrations, such protests were held nationwide today, prompting the resignations of a number of local officials and violent crackdowns by the nation’s security forces
As insane as it might sound, the United States may soon be getting involved in another war in the Middle East. According to White House spokesman Jay Carney, “no options” have been taken off the table when it comes to the situation in Libya.
A day after the US imposed unilateral sanctions against Libya, the UN Security Council prepared to consider imposing international sanctions, including an arms embargo, an asset freeze and a travel ban against Qaddafi, his relatives and key members o
[preparing the public] If the U.S. military were to intervene in an increasingly chaotic Libya, it would most likely be part of a NATO action in which Libyan bloodshed has reached a humanitarian crisis, analysts said Thursday.
US Marine Corp Major General Smedley Butler accurately described in his book, "War Is A Racket" how the American military is often forced to make war far more for Wall Street and big corporation profits than the false reasons usually provided for the
Wednesday night, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Jon Stewart on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for a surprisingly polite conversation. Watch their complete extended interview here.
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Ernest Hancock
Helen Benedict - Military Sexual Assault Against Female Soldiers - Author of "The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq" / Adam Kokesh - Him and others were stopped and searched... I wonder what they found?!! Jeanne Manwiller -CPAC
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Ernest Hancock
Helen Benedict - Military Sexual Assault Against Female Soldiers - Author of "The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq" / Adam Kokesh - Him and others were stopped and searched... I wonder what they found?!! Jeanne Manwiller -CPAC
