[Obama] had called it a dumb war. Now he says it made us safer. If it was dumb, was he dumber? What is he trying to say? By David Swanson In the…
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Western Justice: The Power to Assassinate Without Disclosing Evidence
by Glenn Greenwald On Saturday in Somalia, the U.S. fired missiles from a drone and killed the 27-year-old Lebanon-born, ex-British citizen Bilal el-Berjawi. His wife had given birth 24 hours earlier and…
Blood in My Eye: Supporting Obama, Supporting Mass Murder
by Chris Floyd Lately there has been a minor imbroglio in the blogosphere between progressive stalwart Roy Edroso and Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald. The former took umbrage at the latter’s comparison of…
Feeding the Monster: Militarization and Privatized Security in Central America
by Annie Bird Last week, the Honduran National Congress passed a law allowing the military to perform police functions, and Assistant Secretary of State Maria Otero visited Honduras with Deputy Assistant Secretary…
An Endless War on Terror
by Joanne Mariner It might seem an odd moment for the War on Terror to expand. The 9/11 terrorist attacks are now ten years in the past; Osama bin Laden is sleeping…
An American Teenager in Yemen: Paying for the Sins of His Father?
An image of Abdel Rahman al-Awlaki, the son of Anwar al-Awlaki, posted on a Facebook page dedicated to his memory. by Tom Finn and Noah Browning A wave of CIA drone strikes…
Revoke Obama’s Peace Prize
by Margaret Kimberley Every year the Norwegian Nobel Committee bestows its peace prize on esteemed persons and organizations who, “shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations,…
Family Values: Obama’s Death Squad and the Murder of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki
To kill a teenager is just unbelievable, really, and they claim that he is an al-Qaeda militant. It’s nonsense by Chris Floyd It is not enough for the Peace Laureate to murder…
Absence of Evidence: The Progressive Policy of Imperial Murder
by Chris Floyd The president of the United States murdered two American citizens this morning. He had some nameless functionary — who was sitting comfortably and safely at a computer console somewhere…
Towering Lies and Hypocrisy: The White House’s 9/11 Approach to “Remembering and Recovering”
Will Americans Remember Them? by Jill McLaughlin View this and more art memorializing the victims of the "Global War on Terror" at 911globalmemorial.net By Jill McLaughlin As the 10th anniversary of September…