Decade Of The Drone: America’s Aerial Assassins

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The Obama Killing Machine in Afghanistan

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US searching for 'radicalized' Americans

LOS ANGELES—The top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan says the Obama administration does not know how many Americans might have disappeared overseas to train with al-Qaida or other terrorist groups. The number is not thought to be large, but Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson says a "nightmare scenario" would be if people holding U.S.. » read more

1 in 3 Killed by U.S. Drone Attacks In Pakistan Are Civilians

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US creates terror groups, ex-intelligence chief says

Former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency Hamid Gol says the United States is seeking to create and train terrorist groups in the region. In a Wednesday interview with Fars news agency, Gol said Washington had been making efforts to destabilize the region through supporting groups like the Pakistan-based Jundallah terrorist group. Gol went on to say that such attempts by the US intelligence agencies were in particular directed at fomenting unrest in Iran. "The US intelligence agencies pursued just one goal by forming Rigi's group which was provoking unrests and instability in Iran," Gol was quoted as saying. He also accused Washington and its western allies of seeking to strain ties between Iran and Pakistan.. » read more

Marine reportedly killed by opium-fueled private contractors

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Where Are This War's Heroes, Military and Journalistic?

When Charlie Company's Lt. William Calley ordered and encouraged his men to rape, maim and slaughter over 400 women and children and old men in My Lai in Vietnam back in 1968, there were at least four heroes who tried to stop him or bring him and higher officers to justice. One was helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr., who evacuated some of the wounded victims, and who set his chopper down between a group of Vietnamese and Calley's men, ordering his door gunner to open fire on the US soldiers if they shot any more people. One was Ron Ridenhour, a soldier who learned of the massacre, and began a private investigation, ultimately reporting the crime to the Pentagon and Congress.. » read more

Marjah push aimed to shape US opinion

WASHINGTON - Senior military officials decided to launch the current United States-British military campaign to seize Marjah in large part to influence domestic US opinion on the war in Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The Post report, by Greg Jaffe and Craig Whitlock, both of whom cover military affairs, said the town of Marjah in Helmand province would not have been chosen as a target for a US military operation had the criterion been military significance instead of impact on domestic public opinion. The primary goal of the offensive, they write, is to "convince Americans that a new era has arrived in the eight-year long war". United States military officials in Afghanistan "hope a large and loud victory in Marjah will convince the American public that they deserve more time to demonstrate that extra troops and new tactics can yield better results on the battlefield", according to Jaffe and Whitlock. A second aim is said to be to demonstrate to Afghans that US forces can protect them from the Taliban.. » read more

Military chiefs say more troops needed for conflict

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Conquest and Censorship

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