Israel has again attacked Gaza. In its aerial and ground assault that began on Saturday, November 10th, at least 7 Palestinians have been killed, 5 of them civilians, 3 of whom were children. Up to 52 others, including 6 women and 12 children, have been wounded. As in...
"Two weeks after American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a drone in Yemen his sixteen year old son Abdulrahman was also killed, according to Obama adviser Robert Gibbs, because "he should have a far more responsible father." --Kill Lists Will Continue by...
Antiwar.com Newsletter | November 9, 2012 IN THIS ISSUE Top News Opinion and analysis Iranian Jets Fired on US Predator Drone: The drone was fired upon but not hit, and the Obama administration did not disclose information about the incident, keeping it from the...
The US already spends more on its "intelligence budget" than almost any nation spends on their entire military. Umpteen spy agencies track terrorists, dissidents, money launderers, and spy on virtually every nation on the planet. What was originally a pretty limited...
JEREMY SCAHILL: ...you were one of only half-a-dozen members of Congress -- not a single senator -- to simply state on the record that American citizens have the right not to be assassinated by their own government without due process. REP. DENNIS KUCINICH: ...it's...
Via Electronic Intifada: This is an area of intense Israeli settlement activity, where some villages, such as Susya, have been ordered totally destroyed by the occupation forces. Video shot by Operation Dove (website) shows bulldozers, accompanied by Israeli...
It seems very odd to me that this CNN reporter Pentagon spokesperson can say with a straight face that Iran fired unprovoked. Just imagine how Washington would respond to Iranian drones flying over US airspace.
Probably the most dominant rhetorical pitch thrown about by politicians and media pundits regarding defense cuts is that they will cost the country much-needed jobs. Actually, the number of jobs in the military industrial complex that would be lost as a result of the...
In 2010, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed to provoke Iran into a war with Israel that would eventually drag in the United States. Yossi Melman at Al-Monitor: The truth is that Netanyahu and Barak did not order the military to plan a direct, all-out...
Not even a full day had passed before newly reelected President Obama ordered another drone strike in Yemen. A U.S. drone strike targeted a group of al-Qaida militants on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday night, killing at least three terrorists,...
