Debra Sweet | November 24, 2014 Today Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was sacked. News analysts on MSNBC explained that the Obama administration feels they need a more “war-prepared” secretary to lead the…
Category: Afghanistan & Pakistan
For More Than Ten Years the Richest Country in the World Has Been “At War” With the Poorest Country in the World
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Civilian Drone Deaths Triple in Afghanistan, UN Agency Finds
Alice Ross | February 8, 2014 Civilian drone deaths in Afghanistan tripled last year, according to a report by a UN agency. Forty-five civilians died in drone strikes in 2013. The report, by…
Attacks on Wedding Parties by the United States, a Partial List
Felton Davis | December 16, 2013 “Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding party of the lamb.”– Revelation 19:9 “About two dozen guests had crammed into the three occupied houses…
Afghanistan: The Bilateral Security Agreement and Karzai’s So-called Objections
A World to Win News Service | November 11, 2013 The U.S. and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are currently negotiating what they call a bilateral security agreement to sketch out the framework…
Life Under the Drones in Pakistan
Paul Gottinger & Madiha Tahir | October 2, 2013 Paul Gottinger: Most of the drone strikes are happening in North Waziristan (Northwest Pakistan) along the border of Afghanistan. Could you give us…
Not a “Good War” — A Disaster in Afghanistan
Debra Sweet | October 1, 2013 The U.S. War on Afghanistan — I refuse to call it the “Afghanistan war” because Afghans didn’t start it — is now 12 years old. Longer…
Dispatches: The War in Afghanistan is Escalating, Not Ending
Heather Barr | September 20, 2013 Many people are breathing a sigh of relief to see international combat troops leaving Afghanistan. All foreign combat forces are slated to withdraw by the end-2014…
Leaked Pakistani Report Confirms High Civilian Death Toll in CIA Drone Strikes
Chris Woods | July 22, 2013 A secret document obtained by the Bureau reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of…
The Message Sent by America’s Invisible Victims
by Glenn Greenwald | March 27, 2013 Yesterday I had the privilege to watch Dirty Wars, an upcoming film directed by Richard Rowley that chronicles the investigations of journalist Jeremy Scahill into…
NATO Helicopter Gunfire Kills Two Afghan Children: U.S. General Apologizes
by the Wall Street Journal | March 2, 2013 Two young brothers out gathering firewood died after being shot by weapons from a NATO helicopter, U.S. officials said Saturday. The American commander…