By Amy Goodman, Truthdig, Nov. 16, 2010 “Gitmo is going to remain open for the foreseeable future,” said an unnamed White House official to The Washington Post this week. For guidance on the notorious U.S. Navy base in Cuba, President…
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Factory, coal mine show connections matter most in Afghan business
By Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 14, 2010 KARKAR COAL MINE, Afghanistan — Shovel-wielding miners in rags and plastic shoes, some with the protruding ribs and work-ravaged pallor of labor camp prisoners, toil deep inside this remote northern mountain,…
Iraq: War Crimes and Atrocities
By Felicity Arbuthnot, Global Research, Nov. 8, 2010 Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the latest, vast cache of documents from Wikileaks, is that anyone was surprised at the revelations. For Iraqis, Afghans and the region, and Iraq and Afghanistan…
Nicaragua in America’s cross-hairs again
By Stan Goff, Feral Scholar, Nov. 3, 2010 Rio San Juan del Norte empties into the Caribbean Sea along the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The river is renowned for its biodiversity, and is surrounded on the Costa Rican…
Canada’s role in the persecution of child soldier Omar Khadr
By Keith Jones, Global Research, Nov. 1, 2010 The military commission trial of child-soldier Omar Khadr and the plea bargain that the Obama administration and the Pentagon coerced from him this week have been widely and rightly condemned. Now just…
The persecution of Omar Khadr
America and Obama Hit Bottom: Pressuring Child Soldier to Plead Guilty to Murder Violates International Law and Basic Common Decency By Dave Lindorff, Oct. 25, 2010 As the author of The Case for Impeachment (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), I never…
War monger in charge of Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel’s Pro-Military Agenda and the Future World Order By Yoichi Shimatsu, New America Media, Oct. 18, 2010 In its most recent selections of peace laureates Barack Obama and Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has been pushing the strategic…
US to build £8bn super base on Pacific island of Guam
By Praveen Swami, Diplomatic Editor, Telegraph – UK, Oct. 25, 2010 The US is building an £8 billion super military base on the Pacific island of Guam in an attempt to contain China’s military build-up. The expansion will include a…
Peace delegation to Iran says: Stop U.S. war plans
By John Parker, International Action Center, Oct 24, 2010 A people-to-people delegation that included two members of the International Action Center arrived in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 9 to increase solidarity with the people of Iran, defend Iran’s sovereignty and stop…
More than 1 million Iraqis may have been killed in the war
Deaths Revealed by Wikileaks Are the “Tip of the Iceberg” A woman and other relatives cry over the body of a man killed in Baquba in September 2006 (Reuters: Helmiy al-Azawi) By Nicolas Davies, Global Research, Oct. 25, 2010 The…