Posts Tagged ‘War Crimes’
Does Israel Make Us Safer?
The Daily Beast | By Thaddeus Russell | 4 July 2010 Israel just announced it has loosened Gaza blockade rules to allow in consumer goods and Turkey is demanding an apology for the flotilla raid. As Obama and Netanyahu await tomorrow's meeting, historian Thaddeus Russell argues that it's time to ask if the country makes Americans safer—even [...]
Restrepo: A Look at the War in Afghanistan
Ares | By Paul McLeary | 6 July 2010 Update: See a critical review by Nick Turse During the 90 minutes it took for an invited audience to sit though a screening of Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s new documentary about the war in Afghanistan last Monday night, the Department of Defense announced the deaths of six more American [...]
Iranians Mourn Victims of U.S. State Terrorism
China Daily | 4 July 2010 Iran remembers victims of airliner shot down by US BANDAR ABBAS, Iran – Iranian helicopters scattered flowers into the Persian Gulf waters on Saturday as family members and relatives remembered the 290 passengers killed when a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner 22 years ago. About 250 relatives of victims [...]
Unmanned Drones: Targeted Killing or Collateral Murder?
Antiwar | By by Thalif Deen | 30 June 2010 When a Pakistani-U.S. national pleaded guilty last week to a failed attempt to detonate explosives packed in a vehicle in the heart of New York City, he admitted that one of the reasons he targeted the busy Times Square neighborhood was to “injure and kill” as many people as [...]
Deadliest month yet for NATO in Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor | By By Jonathan Adams | 29 June 2010 June 2010 is now the most deadly month of the nine-year Afghanistan war, with more than 100 NATO troops killed. The sobering number comes amid growing debate over strict rules of engagement for US soldiers. More than 100 foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan have already died [...]
McChrystal was fired for being too soft
WSWS | By Patrick Martin | 29 June 2010 The “Hitler” option in Afghanistan The removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the US commander in Afghanistan and his replacement by Gen. David Petraeus is not, as portrayed by Obama’s political apologists, a principled defense of civilian control over the military. Nor is it, as the official [...]
DoD Briefing on McChrystal and Petraeus
The Pentagon | 24 June 2010 Department of Defence Briefing “I do not believe we are bogged down” – Gates Source: The Pentagon Channel
Afghan strategy needs review
Irish Times | 25 June 2010 “After nine years of war, the Taliban simply remains too strongly entrenched for the US military to openly attack. The very people that counter-insurgency seeks to win over – the Afghan people – do not want us there. Our supposed ally, President Karzai, used his influence to delay the offensive, and the [...]
Text of Obama’s Announcement Sacking McChrystal
The White House Blog | 23 June 2010 President Obama on Afghanistan, General McChrystal & General Petraeus Listen to Audio Transcript The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release | June 23, 2010 Statement by the President in the Rose Garden Rose Garden 1:43 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. [...]
The Rolling Stone Story that Got Gen. McChrystal Sacked
UPDATE: Obama kills two birds with one stone! 13:20 EST: McChrystal sacked, Petraeus to take over Had Gen. Colin Powell said of Bush what McChrystal said of Obama, would it have been called just "poor judgment"? McChrystal is no fool; he saw the Rolling Stone story in draft and cleared it for publication. Having failed in Marjah and [...]
