From Democracy Now | Original Article A Pentagon official predicted Thursday the war against al-Qaeda and its affiliates could last up to 20 more years. The comment came during a Senate hearing…
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5-17-13 Obama Worse Than Nixon? Pentagon Papers Attorney Decries AP Phone Probe, Julian Assange Persecution
From Democracy Now | Original Article The Justice Department’s disclosure that it had secretly subpoenaed phone records from the Associated Press has prompted a wave of comparisons between President Obama and Richard…
5-15-13 Allan Nairn: After Ríos Montt Verdict, Time for U.S. to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan Genocide
From Democracy Now | Original Article Following last week’s guilty verdict in Guatemala’s historic genocide trial, reporter Allan Nairn says the United States should follow Guatemala’s lead and indict the Reagan administration…
5-15-13 Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Hails Genocide Conviction of Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt
From Democracy Now | Original Article Days after Guatemala’s former U.S.-backed dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, was convicted of genocide, we’re joined by a woman largely responsible for making sure he was brought…
5-4-13 Brandon Neely, former Guantanamo guard, speaks out
From CBC | Original Article Brandon Neely worked as a guard at Guantanamo Bay for six months in 2002. Click here to watch the interview with him.
5-1-13 Obama Vows to Seek Guantánamo Closure, But Immediate Action Could Prevent Hunger Strikers’ Deaths
From Democracy Now | Original Article President Obama has vowed a renewed push to shut down the military prison at Guantánamo Bay more than four years after first pledging its closure. Speaking…
4-29-13 A Desperate Situation at Guantánamo: Over 130 Prisoners on Hunger Strike, Dozens Being Force-Fed
From Democracy Now | Original Article The U.S. military has acknowledged for the first time the number of prisoners on hunger strike at the military prison has topped 100. About a fifth…
4-23-13 The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen
The Obama administration’s assassination of two U.S. citizens in 2011, Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old Denver-born son Abdulrahman, is a central part of Jeremy Scahill’s new book, “Dirty Wars: The World Is…
4-19-13 Allan Nairn Exposes Role of U.S. and New Guatemalan President in Indigenous Massacres
From Democracy Now | Original Article In 1982, investigative journalist Allan Nairn interviewed a Guatemalan general named “Tito” on camera during the height of the indigenous massacres. It turns out the man…
4-17-13 After Obama Shuns Probe, Bipartisan Panel Finds “Indisputable” Evidence U.S. Tortured Under Bush
From Democracy Now | Original Article An independent bipartisan task force has concluded that it is “indisputable” the United States engaged in torture and the George W. Bush administration bore responsibility. The…
4-15-13 Guantanamo Hunger Strike on Pacifica’s Flashpoints
Interview by Dennis Bernstein of Andy Worthington, Candace Gorman and World Can’t Wait’s Stephanie Tang. Starts at top of the program and goes for 29 minutes.Download this clip (mp3, 10.27 megabytes) Play…
3-22-13 BBC-Guardian Exposé Uses WikiLeaks to Link Iraq Torture Centers to U.S. Col. Steele & Gen. Petraeus
From Democracy Now | Original Article A shocking new report by The Guardian and BBC Arabic details how the United States armed and trained Iraqi death squads that ran torture centers. It…
3-22-13 “We’ve Lost Our Country”: An Iraqi American Looks Back on a Decade of War That’s Devastated a Nation
From Democracy Now | Original Article We continue our look at the Iraq War’s 10th anniversary with Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi-American blogger and political analyst. Jarrar led the first civilian casualty survey…
3-22-13 We Should Be Standing Up and Screaming Over Guantánamo
From Common Dreams | Original Article