Super Committee Senator Rules Out Military Spending Cuts
Super Committee Senator Rules Out Military Spending Cuts | Panetta seeks to reassure arms makers
Rights Group: CIA Rendition Base Under Mogadishu Presidential Palace
Rights Group: CIA Rendition Base Under Mogadishu Presidential Palace | Somali transitional govt rejects report
9/11 Serves as Reminder for Iraqis of Excuse for US Occupation
9/11 Serves as Reminder for Iraqis of Excuse for US Occupation
Black Women Report Rape by Rebel Forces in Libya Refugee Camps
The news doesn’t get better for thousands of black Africans trapped in Libya, besieged by racist rebel fighters. In addition to chronic suspicion of being mercenaries for Gadhafi, women in one internal refugee camp say they are dragged off at night and raped by Libyans who fight under the flag of the new authorities. “They [...]
Final Assault?: Libyan Rebels Attack Loyalist Town
Final Assault?: Libyan Rebels Attack Loyalist Town | Rebel official says attack to ‘protect civilians’
US Soldiers See Afghan War Continuing Long Past 2014
US Soldiers See Afghan War Continuing Long Past 2014 | Ten years in, is war closer to end or beginning?
Top Officials Shake Fists at Vague Threat
It’s as if we’ve already been attacked, and the last ten years of war never happened. In response to somewhat vague warnings of a tenth-anniversary terror plot on the United States, security is up in target cities like New York and Washington, DC — and so is official rhetoric. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, in [...]
US Mulls Putting Combat Troops in Kuwait for Iraq Attacks
US Mulls Putting Combat Troops in Kuwait for Iraq Attacks | ‘Pre-positioned’ attack troops would allow forces in Iraq to be kept deceptively small
Cairo Protesters Sack Israeli Embassy, Toss Documents Out the Window
Cairo Protesters Sack Israeli Embassy, Toss Documents Out the Window | State media reports 187 wounded in clashes
New York Militarizes for 9/11 Anniversary
On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, New York watches and waits. As the clock ticks closer to the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the hysteria meter rises as well. But there are mixed signals from officials eager not to overplay what may be a [...]
