Thousands of giant billboards favorably depicting Iran's supreme leader are posted up throughout neighboring Iraq, in a reminder of how much influence Iran has gained in Iraq as a result of the US war there since 2003. The major geopolitical blunder of the Bush...
Obama at UN: US ‘Will Do What We Must’ to Block Iran Nukes
Obama: Time ‘Not Unlimited’ on Iran Diplomacy | At UN, Obama leaves out context of Iran nuclear issue
At UN, Obama Falsely Claims America Sides With Democratic Change in Mideast
Obama Lies on US Aid to Dictatorships | At UN, Obama claims US sides with democracy
Study: ‘Counterproductive’ Drone War ‘Terrorizes’ Civilians in Pakistan
Study: Drone War Terrorizes Civilians | Strikes are ‘counterproductive and kill innocents
Two Marines Court-Martialed for Afghan Urination Video
Two US Marines who were caught in a viral Internet video urinating on Afghan corpses while fighting in Afghanistan will be court-martialed, charged with "violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice." The charges against Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Chamblin and Staff...
Ahmadinejad: Israel Bullying US Into Attacking Iran
Ahmadinejad: Israel Bullying US into War | Iran President claims Israeli threat not serious
Palestinians Displaced by Israeli Demolitions at 18 Per Week in 2012
Israeli Demolitions Displace 676 Palestinians | In 2012, up to 18 people per week are displaced
Panetta Tries to Convince China US Military Buildup Not Aimed at Containment
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on a recent trip to China tried to downplay America's militarism in Asia-Pacific and convince the Chinese that it is not an attempt to contain China's rise. "Our rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region is not an attempt to contain China....
Italy Court Upholds Convictions on CIA Agents for Torture and Rendition Program
Italy's highest court on Wednesday upheld guilty verdicts against 23 Americans for the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian Muslim cleric while he was in Milan, in the first criminal convictions for the US's post-9/11 "extraordinary rendition" program. Following the...
Post-9/11 Surveillance Far More Expansive Than Previously Known, New Book Says
NSA Surveillance Worse Than Publicly Known | Wiretapping program was operating before legally cleared