by Jeffrey St. Clair, Counterpunch, May 15, 2009 hings go missing. It’s to be expected. Even at the Pentagon. Last October, the Pentagon’s inspector general reported that the military’s accountants had misplaced a destroyer, several tanks and armored personnel carriers,…
Category: International
More civilians killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan
After US Strikes, Afghans Describe “Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;” Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More Troops An injured Afghan child from the Bala Baluk, district of Afghanistan, is seen on a bed at the hospital in Farah…
Hunting Afghans for Jesus
Al Jazeera Strikes Back at Pentagon, Releases Unedited Footage of US Soldiers’ ‘Bible Study’ in Afghanistan By Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, May 5, 2009 Hours after Al Jazeera first broadcast a video showing US soldiers in Afghanistan being instructed by…
Stop the attacks on the Tamil people
New testimony by a group of Sri Lankan refugees appears to counter government claims that it has stopped shelling its so-called safe zone in the north of the island. Al Jazeera’s David Chater reports from Colombo. The Canadian Peace Alliance…
A toxic war
Iraq’s Wrecked Environment By Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank, Counterpunch, May 1, 2009 The ecological effects of war, like its horrific toll on human life, are exponential. When the Bush administration (parts one and two) and its congressional allies…
Obama’s Unwinnable Wars
Al Jazeera’s Washington-based current affairs program, Empire, examines the war path from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan. This 47 minute special looks at recent developments in each country and features a discussion involving host Marwan Bashiri and a panel of…
Iraq: The U.S. withdrawal starts when?
Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/Associated Press Exceptions to Iraq Deadline Are Proposed By Rod Nordland, The New York Times, April 26, 2009 BAGHDAD — The United States and Iraq will begin negotiating possible exceptions to the June 30 deadline for withdrawing American…
Investigating Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
Gaza Strip, April 22, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) – Siege on the Gaza Strip is still chasing Palestinians into the grave. A Palestinian man in his mid fifties died an hour ago due to inability to access needed medication and treatment.…
Interview with Malalai Joya
Message to Obama: Anti-women law is outcome of U.S. policy in Afghanistan by Derrick O’Keefe, rabble.ca, April 20, 2009 News of a recent law aimed at codifying the oppression of Shia women in Afghanistan has sparked international attention, and protest…
Cold blooded murder in Kunduz, Afghanistan
by Paul S. Graham, April 18, 2009 Last month, I posted an Al Jazeera video shot in the aftermath of the March 22nd dawn raid on the town of Kunduz, Afghanistan, by troops believed to be U.S. Special Forces that…