Contrary to popular belief, the US actually has 189,000 personnel on the ground in Afghanistan right now—and that number is quickly rising. by Jeremy Scahill A hearing in Sen. Claire McCaskill’s…
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Obama’s Afghan Escalation, and the Challenge to the Resistance
The three articles below address, from varying perspectives and with different focuses, the escalation of the U.S. war upon the people of Afghanistan announced by President Barack Obama in a series of…
No to Guantanamo Moving to the Mississippi
Statement from the Center for Constitutional Rights on Guantanamo Transfer On December 15, 2009, in response to the announcement that the Obama administration would be transferring detainees from Guantánamo to the…
Obama’s War Speech: The Questions It Raises… And The Answer That Must Be Given
By Larry Everest On Tuesday, December 1, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, President Barack Obama announced that he would send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. He also called for…
Cabinet of Warlords
By Gareth Porter The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to…
Behind the “Debate” Over Afghanistan: Suffering, Death, and the Needs of Empire
By Larry Everest October 7 marked the eighth year of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, making it one of the longest wars in U.S. history, and the end is nowhere…
Depleted Uranium Weapons = Dead Babies in Iraq and Afghanistan
by Dave Lindorff The horrors of the US Agent Orange defoliation campaign in Vietnam, about which I wrote on Oct. 15, could ultimately be dwarfed by the horrors caused by the depleted uranium…
Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes
by: Matt Renner President Obama promised to usher in a new era of government transparency when he was sworn into office nine months ago. On January 21, Obama signed an executive…
Report: Obama Poised to Announce 45,000 Troop Escalation in Afghanistan
British Government’s Troop Surge Came Amid Claims of US Assurances by Jason Ditz The Obama Administration has reportedly told the British government that it intends to announce an escalation…