By Craig Considine The death toll of yesterday’s US/NATO air strike on a caravan of buses ’suspected’ of transporting militants has risen from original reports of 19 to at least 27….
Category: Iraq
Surge of Violence: U.S. Launches Massive Offensive in Southern Afghanistan
by Larry Everest On Saturday, February 13, the U.S. and its allies launched their largest military offensive in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion in 2001. Some 6,000 U.S. and Afghan government…
The Lying Language of Occupation: Murdered Civilians in Marjah are Human Beings, not “Human Shields”
By Kevin Gosztola The narrative was set up from the beginning: the U.S.-NATO offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan would be one where not killing civilians would be at the forefront of conversation…
NATO Commanders on Afghan Civilian Deaths: Rockets “Hit Their Intended Target”
By Craig Considine As I highlighted in a previous article, this past weekend two NATO HIMARS rockets intended for hostile Taliban fire hit a home in Marjah and killed 12 civilians – 10 of which…
10 Civilians Killed in U.S. Led Raid in Iraq
by Jason Ditz A member of the Maysan Province parliament in southeastern Iraq reports that at least 10 civilians were killed and five others wounded in a raid by US and Iraqi…
Civilian Deaths Mounting in Marjah Offensive
NATO forces said Tuesday that three more civilians had been killed in separate incidents, bringing the total number of Afghan civilians killed since the coalition assault on Marjah began four days ago to…
U.S. Officials Insist Invasion of Marjah Going “According to Plan”
by Jason Ditz The Battle of Marjah was supposed to be the centerpiece of the Obama escalation, showcasing NATO’s firepower against the farming community while emphasizing strategic changes designed to…
Afghanistan: 12 Civilians Killed by US Rockets
editors note: U.S. led forces have begun a military offensive on the Afghan city of Marjah that the New York Times describes as “the largest offensive military operation since the American-led…
The Reaper and the Predator Drone – ‘Twin Terrorizers’ of the U.S. and U.K.
By Craig Considine A recent report from The Guardian UK indicates that the British Royal Air Force (RAF) increasingly depends on US manufactured drones to kill suspected ‘high level targets’ in…
Making Enemies; Or, the Murderous Hypocrisy of Drone Strikes
By Craig Considine Drone strikes are considered by Washington elites and Senator Lieberman particularly as ‘a critical element in our effort, our campaign, and our strategy to deny the terrorists who…