As much as $60 billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade through lax oversight, poor planning and payoffs to warlords and insurgents. In its final report to Congress, the Commission on Wartime Contracting said...
Killings of Afghan Police Soaring | Poorly paid, barely trained police an easy target
A Guardian journalist, David Leigh, has violated a confidentiality agreement with WikiLeaks by disclosing top secret WikiLeaks’ decryption passwords to hundreds of thousands of unredacted unpublished US diplomatic cables. Leigh, an editor at the Guardian and brother...
At Least 11 Killed in Quetta Suicide Bombing | Car bomber targeted tent in Shi’ite mosque parking lot
As a result of a court case in New York, the identities of some of the corporations involved in the Bush administration's rendition program have been disclosed for the first time, along with the names of some of the executives who knew the purpose of the flights....
Despite Promises and Spin, Afghan War Disastrous for Women | Pledged aid never materialized
At Least Seven Killed as Syrians Protest Nationwide | Massive rallies reported as Ramadan comes to an end
UN Envoy: Libyan Council Rejects Military ‘Observers’ | Insists rebels don’t want outside forces on the ground
Obama Cheers ‘Successes’ of a Decade of War | Praises 9/11 generation for ‘extraordinary decade of service’
Cheney Lauds Iraq War, Waterboarding as ‘Right’ | Former VP a ‘big advocate’ of simulated drowning
