One of the many unfortunate consequences of all the breaking news from the Obama administration's war in Libya, is that many of the details that expose the contradictions of US empire get crowded out in the media. How many know, for example, that the Bahraini Arab...
Today's Washington Post reports details on a guy who the FBI hired to provide expert anti-terrorism training: William G. Hillar billed himself as a hero and a patriot, a 28-year veteran of the Army Special Forces who shared his knowledge of counterterrorism by...
The Associated Press brings to our attention a morbid 1940s medical experiment on Guatemalans (apparently considered less than human at that time), in which hundreds of people were unknowingly infected with venereal diseases: From 1946-48, the U.S. Public Health...
There are various reports of a vast torture regime in Libya under Muammar Gadhafi, including this graphic CNN report on some in Gadhafi's immediate family throwing boiling hot water on their nanny. It is always useful to maintain a skeptical eye when the US media...
After publishing tens of thousands of additional diplomatic cables since last week, the WikiLeaks website is apparently under attack. The twitter account announced it tonight a number of times (and asked for help from supporters). Raw Story: The online assault came...
A wonderful presentation by Angela Keaton on The Daily Caller TV. Antiwar.com director of operations appeared on The Daily Caller's series for the anniversary of 9/11. Check it out:
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has recently been informed that she is the target of an IRS lawsuit. She posted the following on her Facebook page: I just got a notice from the IRS that I owe them 104 grand and they are going to levy my bank accounts and property. I...
Just wanted to quickly draw attention to this WikiLeaks State Department diplomatic cable which details a horrible war crime committed by the US in Iraq in 2006. The cable excerpts a letter written by Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or...
And now for today's extreme war propaganda from the paper of record, the New York Times. It would be premature to call the war in Libya a complete success for United States interests. But the arrival of victorious rebels on the shores of Tripoli last week...
