by Dahr Jamail, Truthout, July 14, 2009 US Army Specialist Victor Agosto served a 13-month deployment in Iraq with the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. “What I did there, I know I contributed to death and human suffering,” Agosto told Truthout…
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UK revokes selected Israeli arms licenses
U.K.: We revoked Israel arms licenses, but it’s no embargo By Barak Ravid, Haaretz, July 13, 2009 The British Embassy in Tel Aviv confirmed Monday that the United Kingdom has revoked a number of arms export licenses to Israel following…
After the Honduran Coup
Latin America Asks: Are the Gorillas Back? by John Ross, Counterpunch, July 12, 2009 The June 28th coup d’etat in Honduras that toppled leftist president Mel Zelaya sends us back to the bad old days of the “gorillas” – generals…
Prisoner abuse at Bagram, Afghanistan
Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse by Ian Pannell, BBC News, June 24, 2009 Allegations of abuse and neglect at a US detention facility in Afghanistan have been uncovered by the BBC. A number of former detainees have alleged they were beaten,…
Agent Orange Continues to Poison Vietnam
By MARJORIE COHN, Counterpunch, June 15, 2009 From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed Vietnam with Agent Orange, which contained large quantities of Dioxin, in order to defoliate the trees for military objectives. Dioxin is one of the most…
Obama’s Afghan War: The New Metric of Civilian Casualties
By Eneko in Diagonal Periódico by Professor Marc W. Herold, Global Research, June 12, 2009 During 2009, seven out of ten civilians killed by the Obama and NATO military machines have been women and children. Clearly, the Obama regime has…
Afghanistan to ‘try criminal foreign troops’
by Press TV, June 6, 2009 Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, has accused foreign troops based in the country of war crimes, urging a trial for the criminals. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul Sattar Khawaasi told reporters that…
Allegations that Israel used depleted uranium weapons in Gaza invasion
Lawyers: Israel uses uranium in Gaza offensive GAZA, June 11 (Xinhua) — Lawyers investigating possible war crimes by Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Thursday said the Jewish state used uranium in recent offensive on the blockaded territory. Findings indicated…
Amnesty International calls for human rights abuse probe in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka urged to allow international probe of human rights abuses By CBC, June 11, 2009 The Sri Lankan government’s failure to seriously address reports of human rights abuses during 25 years of civil war is even more glaring in…
US staging area for Afghanistan war to close
Kyrgyzstan Insists U.S. Base to Close By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ, New York Times, June 11, 2009 MOSCOW — Kyrgyzstan appeared Thursday to rebuff an appeal by President Obama for closer cooperation as Washington sought to retain an American air base that…