Taliban Free Hundreds in Raid on Pakistani Prison

04-17-2012 • http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff

Hundreds of prisoners in Pakistani prison were released yesterday after a daring assault by Taliban fighters.

Taliban lead attacks on U.S. bases and government sites across Afghanistan

04-16-2012 • www.mcclatchydc.com

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban-led insurgents opened a spring offensive Sunday with a wave of coordinated suicide missions, firing at embassies and government offices from seized buildings in Kabul and attacking U.S. bases and police stations in three

US Belligerency Risks Global War

04-06-2012 • http://www.rense.com, Stephen Lendman

The business of America is war. Since WW II, permanent war for unchallenged global dominance became policy.

US-Israel War on Iran : The Myth of Limited Warfare

04-06-2012 • http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Prof. James

The mounting threat of a US-Israeli military attack against Iran is based on several factors including:

U.S. drones attack militants in Pakistan, Yemen

03-31-2012 • Reuters

U.S.-operated drones carried out deadly missile strikes against suspected al Qaeda targets in Pakistan and Yemen on Friday. There was no connection between the targets in the two locations, other than the fact that both sets of militants who were att

THE DANGEROUS MESS IN SYRIA GROWS MURKIER

03-27-2012 • ericmargolis.com

Syria’s murky, multi-level conflict continues to grow worse. So does public confusion here in the west as the US, British and some European media keep depicting Syria’s civil war as a simple passion play pitting the evil Asad regime in Damascus again

Three More Troops Are Shot Dead By Afghan Allies...

03-27-2012 • www.businessinsider.com

And The US Military Can't Agree On What To Make Of It

U.S. Plans No Charges Over Deadly Strike in Pakistan

03-25-2012 • New York Times

The US military has decided no service members will face disciplinary charges for their involvement in a NATO airstrike in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, an accident that plunged relations between the two countries to new depths and has

“Stability” Trumps Democracy in Egypt

03-24-2012 • CHARLES DAVIS and MEDEA BENJAMIN, CounterPunch

Were it Syria or Iran, the rhetoric from Washington would be stern, aggressive even. But since the repressive ruling clique is the military junta in Egypt, the lectures are timid – and coupled with a handout. Indeed, as Secretary of State Hillary Cli

"Iraqi civilians were being killed all the time"

03-19-2012 • Lew Rockwell blog

"Troops, traumatized by the rising violence and feeling constantly under siege, grew increasingly twitchy, killing more and more civilians in accidental encounters. Others became so desensitized and inured to the killing that they fired on Iraqi civi

Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria

03-19-2012 • ABC News (video)

A Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, according to Russian news reports, a development that a United Nations Security Council source told ABC News was "a bomb" certain to have serious repercussions.