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The Myths of Military Progress: The More Things Appear to Change, the More They Don’tBy Ron Jacobs 11/29/07 “Counterpunch” — – Making occupation and calling it peace. Killing fewer and calling it progress. Rotating troops and calling it a withdrawal. … Continue reading →

Deliberate HypocrisyBy Ghali Hassan, Oct 30, 2007, 09:33 While in Moscow in October 2007, U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice still had the time to preach U.S. “democracy” and “human rights”. Meanwhile in Iraq, daily indiscriminate bombing raids by U.S. … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Bush’s Free World and Welcome to It Freedom as Theft: Honoring American LiberatorsBy Tom Engelhardt Let’s take a trip down memory lane. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is America’s highest civilian award, ranking second only to the Congressional Medal … Continue reading →

Marine escapes jail for Iraqi murder plotArticle from: Agence France-PresseJuly 21, 2007 06:28am A US Marine convicted of plotting to murder an Iraqi civilian outside Baghdad last year escaped a jail sentence for his crimes, the military said. Trent Thomas, … Continue reading →

It’s not because they hate our freedoms, it’s not because they envy our money. It’s because we see nothing wrong with murdering them in cold blood and telling them it’s because they’re the enemy. Marine Testifies of Beatings, MurdersAP, Posted: … Continue reading →

Reflections from a Target of the CIA: The Killing MachineBy FIDEL CASTRO It was announced that the CIA would be declassifying hundreds of pages on illegal actions that included plans to eliminate the leaders of foreign governments. Suddenly the publication … Continue reading →

From An Arab Woman Blues The Uncensored Anger Manifesto – Part III Warning to readers: I frankly don’t give a damn, but just to let you know that the following sequel to Part I & II contains profanities. And if … Continue reading →

Juan has an enlightening assessment of Gerald Ford’s contribution to American politics in the latter 20th century. He winds up his piece with the following: Ford’s challengers on the Reagan Right were wrong about everything. They vastly over-estimated the military … Continue reading →

Plea agreements puzzle expertsBy Linda Deutsch and Thomas WatkinsAssociated Press CAMP PENDLETON – In the beginning, there were eight. A squad of seven Marines and a Navy corpsman charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man, a crime described by … Continue reading →

Marines Get the News From an Iraqi Host: Rumsfeld’s Out. ‘Who’s Rumsfeld?’Joao Silva for The New York TimesBy C. J. CHIVERSPublished: November 10, 2006 ZAGARIT, Iraq, Nov. 9 — Hashim al-Menti smiled wanly at the marine sergeant beside him on … Continue reading →

I drive down the farm to market roads and see ragged yellow ribbons rotting on the gate posts. The symbol of a boy or a girl that has been sent off to fight in a war, in a place they … Continue reading →