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U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan (Video)

Posted: 28 September 2010 by Sayyid in Political Science
Tags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Calvin Gibbs, civilian casualties, Jeremy Morlock, Kandahar Province, Michael Waddington, military tribunals, Obama Administration, Robert Mackey, US Army, US military, war crimes, William Yardley

Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN’s report includes the soldiers’ rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian (5:52):

One Law for the Lion, One Law for the Lamb

Posted: 21 September 2010 by Kevin Carson in Philosophy, Political Science
Tags: Af-Pak War, anarchism, anti-Statism, Bradley Manning, history, Iraq War, Kevin Carson, law, libertarian, Mike Rogers, morality, Philosophy, US, war crimes, Warfare and Conflict

Kevin Carson on the most evil PSYOPS of statism: accepting the murder of the state.

Daily Briefing—2nd-3rd Sept 2010

Posted: 3 September 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, bailouts, Barack Obama, BP, BRIC, Cash for Clunkers, China, Colombia, Daphne Eviatar, DR Congo, drones, economic crisis, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, hedge funds, immigration, India, international law, Israel, Kabul Bank, Kashmir, KBR, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, Mozambique, NATO, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Quetta, South Africa, Spencer Ackerman, suicide bombing, Top Secret America, unemployment, USDCNY, wage slavery, war crimes, War on Terror, Warfare and Conflict, Yemen

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The Tragedy of Omar Khadr (mp3)

Posted: 22 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs
Tags: Afghanistan, AntiWar radio, Bagram Air Base, Bush Administration, Canada, child soldiers, criminal justice, Daphne Eviatar, Guantanamo Bay, human rights, international law, military commissions, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, rendition, Scott Horton, torture, United States, United States armed forces, war crimes, War on Terror, Warfare and Conflict

Omar Khadr, a 23-year-old Canadian citizen was kidnapped by the military in Afghanistan after being shot to the infirmary at the U.S. detention center at Bagram Air Base, where he was tortured and threatened with rape before being transferred the prison at Guantánamo Bay—all when he was only 15—where he’s been held captive since. The ‘war crime’ was throwing a hand grenade at U.S. troops and allegedly killing one of them, though the cause of the soldier’s death is in question, the burden of proof cannot be met of who threw any grenades, throwing a grenade at a uniformed enemy is not a war crime and child soldiers are legally distinguished as victims.

At AntiWar Radio with Scott Horton, journalist, legal analyst and Human Right First senior associate in law and security Daphne Eviatar discussed the U.S. military commission to try Mr. Khadr for war crimes (25:55):

Daily Briefing—18th Aug 2010

Posted: 18 August 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, ANP, Austrian Economics, Big Pharma, China, Colombia, Cordoba House, David Petraeus, dot com bubble, DR Congo, economic crisis, France, free press, government transparency, Ground Zero Mosque, Haiti, ICC, Iceland, illegal immigration, Illinois, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Jonathan Cook, Justin Raimondo, Keynesianism, Kyrgyzstan, Latin America, M. Junaid Levesque-Alam, Madagascar, media, Milburn Line, mortgage crisis, Nancy Pelosi, New York, Obama Administration, odious debt, OIC, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, PSCs, public opinion, Rod Blagojevich, Rohit Chopra, Secure Communities, South Africa, South Korea, Spencer Ackerman, Timothy Geithner, United States, USD, Vincent Fernando, war crimes, Warfare and Conflict, Wikileaks, Yousaf Raza Gilani, Zionism

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Daily Briefing—16th Aug 2010

Posted: 16 August 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Adam Habib, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan motherlode, Bangladesh, banking, China, civil liberties, double-dip recession, Federal Reserve, gay marriage, Hamid Karzai, home foreclosures, human rights, Human Rights Watch, IDF, India, Islam, Islamophobia, Jammu and Kashmir, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, law, oil, Pakistan, Poland, private military contractors, Prop 8, PTSD, Riz Khan, Robert Gates, Robert Naiman, Stanley McChrystal, Stephen Lendman, Taliban, UJ, UK, universal jurisdiction, Uzbeks, war crimes, workers rights

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Daily Briefing—12th-13th Aug 2010

Posted: 12 August 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: 14th Amendment, Af-Pak War, al-Quds, Andrea Prasow, Anwar al-Awlaki, Anya Kamenetz, atheism, bailouts, BP, Bradley Manning, capitalism, caste system, chemical weapons, civilian casualties, constitutional rights, DR Congo, East Jerusalem, free enterprise, gay marriage, Guantanamo Bay, illegal immigration, India, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, Jason Ditz, Justine Sharrock, libertarian, Libya, mercenary firms, military commissions, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, overdraft fees, Pakistan, PKK, Robert Gates, Robert Rubin, Robert Scheer, Sheldon Richman, socialism, Sri Lanka, Sudan, TARP, torture, Turkey, UK, US Constitution, US Marine Corps, US military, war crimes, Wells Fargo, West Bank

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Ethics, Congress and War (Video)

Posted: 31 July 2010 by Stefan Molyneux in International Affairs, National News, Philosophy, Political Science
Tags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, anarchism, appeal to prejudice, bribery, Bush Administration, Cambodia, Charlie Rangel, economics, economy, ethics, Freedomain Radio, George Bush, Henry Kissinger, human rights, indoctrination, international law, Iran, Iraq War, Kosovo, libertarian, lobbying, morality, Nixon Administration, North Korea, parenting, Philosophy, Reagan Administration, Stefan Molyneux, US, US Congress, Vietnam War, virtue ethics, War, war crimes, War on Terror

Sooo, Congress is bothered by a little corruption? Hah! Also, will there be war with North Korea and/or Iran? (9:30):

WikiLeaked ‘Afghanistan War Logs’ Include U.S. Military Whitewashing War Crimes

Posted: 27 July 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political Science
Tags: 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

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.

Evening Briefing—15th July 2010

Posted: 15 July 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Afghan Taliban, airstrikes, Al Shabaab, anarchism, Argentina, BP, Cambodia, China, Clarence Thomas, Congo, corporate fraud, Cory Doctorow, debt default, Dian Chu, DIY, Doug Bandow, DRC, drones, economy, EUR, euro, Foxconn, Gareth Porter, gay marriage, GE, Goldman Sachs, Gregory White, Gulf oil spill, Haqqani Network, home foreclosures, Honda, ICC, Iceland, Illinois, India, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jeffrey Immelt, John Pilger, JPY, Jundallah, Kashmir, labor unions, marijuana, Mark Frauenfelder, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, SEC, Sistan-Baluchistan, Somalia, Stefan Molyneux, tasers, terrorism, Tonkin Gulf, UAE, Uganda, UN, unemployment, USD, Vatican City, Vietnam War, Wall Street, war crimes, yen

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Weekend Briefing—9th-10th July 2010

Posted: 10 July 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Allison Kilkenny, BP, Carol Rosenberg, espionage, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Iraq War, Israel, John Mearsheimer, mortgage crisis, mortgage fraud, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Oscar Grant, police brutality, Robert Cavnar, Russia, Somalia, war crimes

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Evening Briefing—6th July 2010

Posted: 6 July 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Abkhazia, Adri Nieuwhof, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ahmad Walid Fazly, Ahmedis, airstrikes, anarchism, Anna Morgenstern, apartheid, Avigdor Lieberman, Azerbaijan, bailouts, banking, Big Brother, Bill Keller, BP, Bradley Manning, China, CIA, Collateral Murder, David Cronin, David Petraeus, Dian Chu, domestic surveillance, drones, eminent domain, Eric Holder, EU, Fareed Zakaria, Federal Reserve, Five-Day War, Ford, Gareth Porter, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gaza Massacre, Georgia, Glenn Greenwald, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Helmand Province, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Mann Leverett, IKEA, India, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Kurdistan, ISI, Israel, Jesse Walker, Kevin Carson, Lawrence Wilkerson, libertarian, military industrial complex, Mitt Romney, national debt, Nigeria, night raids, NWFP, Operation Cast lead, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, Pentagon, Ray Odierno, revolution, Russia, Scott Horton, settlements, SOF, South Korea, South Ossetia, Sri Lanka, Stanley McChrystal, START, Stephan Salisbury, Stephen Walt, Sudan, Taliban, Tony Hayward, torture, UAW, Uighurs, UK, UN, Venezuela, Wall Street Journal, war crimes, War on Terror, West Bank, Wikileaks, Will Grigg, women's rights, Xue Feng

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Evening Briefing—24th June 2010

Posted: 24 June 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Abu Zubaydah, Afghanistan, anarchism, AUD, Azerbaijan, bailouts, banking, Blackwater, capitalism, Chicago, CIA, corporate governance, corporatism, David Petraeus, drones, Dylan Ratigan, economic sanctions, Elena Kagan, failed state index, Federal Reserve, Gaz blockade, Gitmo, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, gun control, Hasan Abu Nimah, immigration, Iran, J. Neil Schulman, Jamal Abdi, Jeannine Aversa, Jeremy Scahill, Jim Lobe, JPY, Kelley Vlahos, Laura Flanders, Libya, Likudniks, Manhattan, marijuana, Michael Tommasky, Noah Shachtman, oil prices, Pakistan, Paul Joseph Watson, poverty, Richard Daley, SCOTUS, settlements, Sri Lanka, Stanley McChrystal, TARP, Tokyo, torture, UNHCR, US Congress, USD, Venessa Wong, Venezuela, war crimes, waterboarding, West Bank, widows, Xe

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Evening Briefing—17th June 2010

Posted: 17 June 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Afghanistan, Andy Worthington, banking, Bashar Assad, Big Brother, Birmingham, border fence, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Chicago Police, China, Darian Worden, DHS, domestic surveillance, drones, Egypt, Ehud Barak, eminent domain, EU, Federal Reserve, G20, Gaza, Gaza blockade, global bank tax, gold, Guantanamo Bay, Hamas, Hinde Capital, human rights, ICC, Illinois, immigration, Israel, Jacob Hornberger, Joe Barton, Jon Burge, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Lebanon, Lockheed MArtin, Marc Lynch, media, Mexico, Middle East, military industrial complex, Obama Administration, police brutality, property rights, propganda, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, secret prisons, settlements, Somali refugees, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Taliban, TARP, Tony Hayward, torutre, UK, UN, UN Secret Detention Report, unemployment, USD, Uzbek refugees, war crimes, Washington's Blog, West Bank

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Daily Briefing—8th June 2010

Posted: 8 June 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
Tags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Alan Fisher, Anastasio Hernandez, AntiWar Radi, AntiWar radio, Arab League, Ben Smith, Bhopal, Blackwater, BP, Bradley Manning, Brian Ross, Chicago Public Schools, China, Chris Hedges, Christofascists, CIA, Collateral Murder, Congo, Costa Rica, CPS, David Friedman, DPRK, DRC, economic sanctions, Egypt, Erik Prince, eurozone, Farah Massacre, Felipe Calderon, free market, Garani Massacre, Gaza blackade, gold, Granai Massacre, Guatemala, healthcare, Honda, IAEA, immigration, Iran, Iraq War, Jeff Stein, Kevin Carson, Kurdistan, labor unions, Maggie Hberman, Mexico, Mexico drug war, national debt, NATO, Noah Shachtman, North Korea, PTSD, Red Crescent, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, stem cell research, tasers, terrorism, The Machinery of Freedom, UN Security Council, war crimes, Wikileaks, Xe

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