Pakistan police base hit by suicide bomb

04-05-2009 • Youtube

A suicide bomber has killed at least five paramilitary police in an attack on a security base in the Pakistan capital, Islamabad.

Pentagon seeks $3B for Pakistan military

04-01-2009 • AP

The Obama administration plans to seek as much as $3 billion [for bribes] over the next five years to train and equip Pakistan's military, and is considering sending 10,000 more troops to battle the Taliban in Afghanistan, defense officials said

Afghan-Pakistan situation dire; more troops may be needed

04-01-2009 • McClatchy News

The situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is "increasingly dire," top defense officials told Congress Wednesday, and they said that President Barack Obama may have to send another 10,000 troops beyond the 21,500 he's announced since tak

Iraq Government to Execute Gays

04/01/2009 • Just a Girl in Short Shorts

It has been reported that this week the Iraq government intends to start executing 128 convicted homosexuals.

Monsanto’s Bt Cotton Kills the Soil as Well as Farmers

04-01-2009 • Navdanya

The Navdanya study on the impact of Bt cotton on soil organisms is a wake up to regulators worldwide. It shows that the claims of the Biotechnology industry about the safety of GM crops are false.

U.S. expands Pakistani drone-strike zone; 12 dead

04-01-2009 • Reuters

A pilotless U.S. drone fired a missile at a Taliban compound in Pakistan's Orakzai region on Wednesday, killing 12 people in the first such attack in the area, a security official and residents said.

Taliban say U.S. reconciliation offer "lunatic"

04-01-2009 • Reuters

Taliban insurgents rejected a U.S. offer of "honorable reconciliation" as a "lunatic idea" and said the withdrawal of foreign troops was the only way to end the war in Afghanistan. With the Afghan conflict now in its eighth year,

Militants Show New Boldness in Cities of Iraq

03-31-2009 • NY Times

As the American military prepares to withdraw from Iraqi cities, Iraqi and American security officials say that jihadi and Baath militants are rejoining the fight in areas that are largely quiet now, regrouping as a smaller but still lethal insurgenc

In Iraq, a civil war brewing?

03-29-2009 • Washington Post

A new and potentially worrisome fight for power and control has broken out in Baghdad as the United States prepares to pull combat troops out of Iraq next year. The struggle, which played out in fierce weekend clashes, pits two vital American allies

US general: American forces may not leave key Iraqi cities

03-27-2009 • Christian Science Monitor

The US withdrawal from Iraq is under way. Some troops are preparing to go home and others have pulled back from outposts to bases. But the planned pullback of American soldiers from all Iraqi cities by the end of June will probably not be fully met.

Obama Plans More Funding For Afghan War & 4,000 Additional Troops

03-26-2009 • Washinton Post

President Obama's new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy will require significantly higher levels of US funding for both countries, with US military expenses in Afghanistan alone, currently about $2 billion a month, increasing by about 60% this year.

Pakistani and Afghan Taliban Unify in Face of U.S. Influx

03-26-2009 • NY Times

After agreeing to bury their differences and unite forces, Taliban leaders based in Pakistan have closed ranks with their Afghan comrades to ready a new offensive in Afghanistan as the United States prepares to send 17,000 more troops there this year

U.S. Plans New Drone Attacks in Pakistan

03-26-2009 • Wall Street Journal

U.S. and Pakistani intelligence officials are drawing up a fresh list of terrorist targets for Predator drone strikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, part of a U.S. review of the drone program, according to officials involved.

In Afghan War, U.S. Dominance Increasing

03-25-2009 • Washington Post

After years of often testy cooperation with NATO and resentment over unequal burden-sharing, the United States is taking unabashed ownership of the Afghan war. President Obama's decision to deploy an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan thi

OUR TROOPS AND IRAQIS ARE STILL DYING

03-25-2009 • IVAW

An Open Letter to the Peace/Anti-War Movement from Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans For Peace

GAO Calls Iraq Pullout A 'Massive,' Costly Effort

03-24-2009 • Washington Post

The removal of about 140,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 will be a "massive and expensive effort" that is likely to increase rather than lower Iraq-related expenditures during the withdrawal and for several years after its comp

Obama has a new name for war

03-24-2009 • Washington Post

In a memo to Pentagon staff members, the Defense Department's office of security review noted that "this administration prefers to avoid using the term 'Long War' or 'Global War on Terror' [GWOT.] Please use 'Overseas Con

Monsanto's Harvest of Fear

03-24-2009 • Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

Monsanto dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds... Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.

Commander Confirms Netanyahu War Plans

03-24-2009 • presstv.ir via Rense.com

Israel is preparing for all-out war on multiple fronts that include Iran, Syria and Lebanon, a senior military commander claims.

93 year old attacked with two atomic bombs

03-24-2009 • AP

A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of World War II, officials said. [So is he incredibly lucky, or incredibly unlucky?]

US unleashes robots in Afghanistan war

03-23-2009 • The Sun

AMERICA has called out its new weapon to send into battle in Afghanistan - a terrifying pack of robotic “BigDogs”.The state-of-the-art headless four-legged metal beasts have been designed to navigate the country’s treacherous terrain.

Iraq: Deaths Rise, Pretense We Care Fades

03-21-2009 • American Chronicle

Suffering and death for U.S. troops resulting from the war on Iraq is rising, not diminishing. Veterans are becoming ill, homeless, murderous, and suicidal.

Blackwater sued in US court over alleged cover-up

03-21-2009 • RawStory.com

The widow of a 32-year-old Iraqi has filed suit in a federal court against private security firm Xe, formerly Blackwater, for allegedly trying to hide that her husband was killed by one of its security agents who was drunk.

Juan Cole on the Colbert Report - 'Engaging Islam'

03-20-2009 • Colbert Report - Juan Cole

"As I was getting behind the desk I almost tripped on something, and looked down to find a . . . pitchfork. Gee, I thought, this will be a tough interview."

Obama considers doubling Afghan security force

03-19-2009 • Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama is considering a plan that would double the size of Afghanistan's security force to about 400,000 troops and police officer to stabilize the nation, The New York Times reported.

Baghdad's water still undrinkable 6 years after invasion

03-18-2009 • McClatchy News

The stench of human waste is enough to tell Falah abu Hasan that his drinking water is bad. His infant daughter Fatma's continuous illnesses and his own constant nausea confirm it. "We are the poor. No one cares if we get sick and die,"

US prepares civilian 'surge' in Afghan

03-18-2009 • AP

Several hundred civilians from various U.S. government agencies — from agronomists to economists and legal experts — will be deployed to Afghanistan to reinforce the nonmilitary component in Kabul and the existing provincial reconstruction teams in t

Obama Considering Expanding Pakistan War

03-17-2009 • NY Times

President Obama and his national security advisers are considering expanding the American covert war in Pakistan far beyond the unruly tribal areas to strike at a different center of Taliban power in Baluchistan, where top Taliban leaders are orchest