The massive dump of U.S. military records relating to the war in Afghanistan confirms prior knowledge in some areas and shines light to other grim realities of aggressive war and occupation.
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WikiLeaked ‘Afghanistan War Logs’ Include U.S. Military Whitewashing War Crimes
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Abu Laith al-Libi, AEF, Afghan mujahideen, Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan Eradication Forces, Afghanistan War Logs, al-Qaeda, Amnesty International, Andrew Exum, Bradley Manning, Bush Administration, Carl Hulse, CIA, civilian casualties, COIN, COINdinistas, Cold War, counterinsurgency, Dana Milibank, Daniel Ellsburg, David Kilcullen, David Leigh, Declan Walsh, Dennis Kucinich, Der Spiegel, Gareth Porter, Germany, Greg Jaffe, Guardian, Gus Lubin, Haqqani Network, human rights, international law, IRGC, Isabelle Schafer, ISAF, Jackie Calmes, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulsen, Kim Zetter, Michael Hastings, NATO, Newspeak, NY Times, Obama, Obama Administration, Pentagon Papers, Peter Finn, Quetta Shura, Rahmat Gul, Reaper drones, Richard Norton-Taylor, Rick Rowley, Rob Evans, Robert Gibbs, Ron Paul, Shum Khan, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Task Force 373, TF 373, US, US military, War, war crimes, War on Terror, war spending, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
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Daily Briefing—27th July 2010
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Logs, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, Andy Worthington, AU, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Bradley Manning, capitalism, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dana Milibank, David Cameron, Dian Chu, DPRK, drug war, free association, Gareth Porter, Gaza blockade, GE, global trade, globalism, Goldman Sachs, Google, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Honduras, illegal immigration, India, internet media, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Julian Assange, Jum Lobe, Kevin Carson, Kevin Poulsen, Kim Zetter, Latin America, libertarian, Lockheed MArtin, military industrial complex, Nike, North Korea, Obama, Obama Administration, oil, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, parenting, Pentagon, Philip Giraldi, religion, Russia, SEC, settlements, Shahram Amiri, shame parades, Sheldon Richman, Somalia, South Korea, Thad Allen, Top Secret America, UK, Venezuela, war spending, West Bank, Wikileaks, women's rights
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Glenn Greenwald on WikiLeaks Whistleblower Kidnapped and Charged by U.S. Military (mp3)
Posted: 13 July 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Adrian Lamo, Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, Bradley Manning, civil liberties, Collateral Murder, Daniel Ellsburg, Farah Massacre, Garani Massacre, Glenn Greenwald, Granai Massacre, human rights, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulson, Kim Zetter, military, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Scott Horton, US, War, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Wired
Glenn Greenwald, consitutional lawyer and blogger at Salon, discussed the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning—the 22-year-old U.S. Army intelligence analyst in Iraq kidnapped by the U.S. military for reportedly leaking the Collateral Murder video, the May 2009 Garani Massace in Afghanistan and a quarter-million diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks—at AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton. He added that the government and media smear tactics against Pfc. Manning are typical U.S. government tactics vilify its heroic enemies, like it did with Daniel Ellsburg when he leaked the Pentagon Papers (9:53):
Report: Wikileaks Founder ‘Hunted by the Pentagon’
Posted: 11 June 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, Bradley Manning, Bush Administration, Collateral Murder, Daniel Ellsburg, Defense Department, Dylan Ratigan, fascism, Garani Massacre, government transparency, Granai Massacre, Iraq War, Julian Assange, Kevin Poulson, Kim Zetter, libertarian, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Pentagon, Philip Shenon, Scott Horton, torture, US, US Army, US military, Vietnam War, West Baghdad Massacre, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
Amidst “security concerns”, the heroic Julian Assange has canceled a scheduled trip to speak today in Las Vegas after appearing remotely to a New York scheduled appearance, earlier in the week. U.S. officials confirm the Defense Department is scrambling to discover his whereabouts. Daniel Ellsburg and Philip Shenon discussed this today at “The Dylan Ratigan Show” on MSNBC (10:58):
Report: Army Kidnapped Wikileaks’ ‘Collateral Murder’ Whistleblower
Posted: 7 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Adrian Lamo, Afghanistan, Bradley Manning, CID, Colin Horgan, Collateral Murder, Ellen Nakashima, Farah, Farah Massacre, FBI, free press, free speech, Garani Massacre, Granai Massacre, Iraq War, JAG, Julian Assange, Julie Tate, Kevin Poulson, Kim Zetter, Mark Memmott, media, Middle East, Robert Mackey, US, US Army, War, War on Terror, West Baghdad Massacre, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
The Army intelligence analyst ‘boasted’ of leaking three specific other items to Wikileaks and over 250,000 embassy cables, including video of a massacre in Afghanistan that is yet to be released. Kim Zetter, who broke the story at Wired, was interviewed at Russia Today (5:47):
