The True Cost of 9/11: Trillions wasted on wars, a fiscal catastrophe, a weaker America

09-01-2011 • Joseph E. Stiglitz, Slate

Al-Qaida, while not conquered, no longer appears to be the threat that loomed so large in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. But the price paid in getting to this point, in the U.S. and elsewhere, has been enormous—and mostly avoidable. The legacy will be

The Lew Rockwell Show - 220. Against War and Empire

09-01-2011 • www.lewrockwell.com

The Lew Rockwell Show - Covering the US government's economic depredations, police state enactments, and wars of aggression.

WikiLeaks cable: U.S. troops handcuffed, shot Iraqi children in raid

09-01-2011 • www.rawstory.com

According to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks, U.S. troops massacred an Iraqi family in the town of Ishaqi in 2006, handcuffing and then shooting 11 people in the head including a woman in her 70's and five children ages five and under.

WikiLeaks: Iraqi children in U.S. raid shot in head

09-01-2011 • www.thestar.com

A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks suggests that U.S. troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence, during a controversial 2006 i

Let's have a budget war on war budgets

09-01-2011 • www.startribune.com

The return on investment is poor -- and that's just the acknowledged costs.

Gadhafi vows no surrender in Libya

09-01-2011 • http://hosted.ap.org/

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi warned from hiding Thursday that tribes loyal to him were well-armed and preparing for battle, hours after rebels hoping for a peaceful surrender extended the deadline for loyalist forces to give up in the longt

Discovery of ‘Megrahi letter’ casts further doubt on claims he knew about Lockerbie

09-01-2011 • www.newsnetscotland.com

A letter discovered in the offices of Libya’s former Intelligence Chief Abdullah al-Senussi appears to cast more doubt on claims that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was involved in the Lockerbie atrocity.

Deadly car bomb hits Pakistan's Quetta city

08-31-2011 • english.aljazeera.net

Pakistani police say ten people were killed after a car bomb exploded outside a mosque following Eid prayers.

America has wasted $60bn fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq through poor planning and fraud

08-31-2011 • Associated Press

As much as $60billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in the past decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has been claimed. The billions have been lost through lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and payoffs to warlor

Russian Firm Got No-Bid Pentagon Contract After Selling Arms to Iran

08-31-2011 • By Sharon Weinberger, Wired.com

For 2 years, the US regarded Rosoboronexport, Russia’s official weapons exporter, as an international pariah for selling arms to Iran and Syria. Then, the US suddenly lifted sanctions against it. Now the Pentagon has awarded the company a no-bid cont

Widow says Ranger killed self to avoid 9th tour

08-30-2011 • www.azcentral.com

Army Ranger Jared Hagemann had served eight combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, with another deployment to Afghanistan looming.

US Overthrowing Non-Fundamentalist Arab Regimes

08-29-2011 • Lew Rockwell

Why? To make trouble, to make money, and to divide and rule. First Iraq, then Libya, next Syria. Christians have had religious freedom in such regimes (and yes, they are ruled by bad guys, though surely no worse than Bush or Obama). But when the US-a

The Era of Carriers Is Ending

08-29-2011 • LewRockwell.com - Eric Margolis

The mighty US Navy won’t say so publicly, but it’s increasingly worried by China’s development of new anti-ship missiles. The chief worry is China’s new DF-21D whose primary target is America’s huge aircraft carriers.

Weird, Birdlike Mystery Drone Crashes in Pakistan

08-29-2011 • Wired.com

It looks a bit like silver bird. It probably was used to spy on insurgents. And now it’s in the hands of the Pakistanis.

Libya Truth (DnB Soundtrack)

08-29-2011 • YouTube

"Qaddafi since the brutal, illegal invasion of Libya by Rothschild owned NATO forces."

Defeating the Tyranny of the ‘Conventional Wisdom’

08-29-2011 • original.antiwar.com

Another world is possible...

The Era of Carriers Is Ending

08-29-2011 • Eric Margolis via lewrockwell.com

The mighty US Navy won’t say so publicly, but it’s increasingly worried by China’s development of new anti-ship missiles. The chief worry is China’s new DF-21D whose primary target is America’s huge aircraft carriers.

Syrian unrest raises fears about chemical arsenal

08-28-2011 • Washington Post

In 2008, a secret State Department cable warned of a growing chemical weapons threat from a Middle Eastern country whose autocratic leader had a long history of stirring up trouble in the region. The leader, noted for his “support for terrorist organ

Ron Paul Interview On Fox News Sunday: Talks Fema, Libya, Mises & More

08-28-2011 • Fox News via YouTube

He simply hit every pitch out of the park he was thrown. He crystallized his message and hit moonshots. This interview is going to be a land mark in his campaign.

Afghanistan: The high cost of war

08-27-2011 • William Marsden, The Gazette

In the past two years they have spent $24 billion on AC. That means that coalition forces spend more to keep themselves cool each year than Afghanistan’s GNP!. Every drop of fuel, drinking water as well as every morsel of food consumed on NATO bases