From Democracy Now | Original Article U.S. air power has been central in the country’s wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, with officials promising that drones and other sophisticated weapons allow…
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11/26/21 Meet Mansoor Adayfi: I Was Kidnapped as a Teen, Sold to the CIA & Jailed at Guantánamo for 14 Years
From Democracy Now | Original Article We speak with Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, an ordeal he details…
10/7/21 Abu Zubaydah Was Tortured for Years at CIA Black Sites. Biden Is Trying to Keep the Abuse Secret.
From Democracy Now | Original Article The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case brought by Abu Zubaydah, the Guantánamo prisoner who was the first subject of the CIA’s torture…
10/7/21 Ex-CIA Officer Who Led Raid that Captured Leading Al Qaeda Suspect Is Now Denouncing CIA for Torturing Zubaydah for 20 Years In Guantanamo Without Ever Charging Him With A Crime
By John Kiriakou From Covert Action Magazine | Original Article [John Kiriakou was the CIA’s Chief Counter-terrorism Operations officer in Pakistan. He led numerous military raids on al-Qaeda safehouses, captured dozens…
9/27/21 Meet Mansoor Adayfi: I Was Kidnapped as a Teen, Sold to the CIA & Jailed at Guantánamo for 14 Years
From Democracy Now | Original Article We speak with Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, an ordeal he details…
9/12/21 Nazia Kazi: What We Forget (On 9/11 & Year-Round)
From Refuse Fascism | Original Article Listen here. You can also listen on Youtube. Anthropologist Dr. Nazia Kazi recently wrote What We Forget, a piece commemorating the global aftermath of 9/11 illustrated by…
5/17/21 Inside the Military’s Secret Undercover Army
By William M. Arkin From Newsweek | Original Article To watch video and see the photos, click here. The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by…
4/28/21 Jeremy Scahill on Biden’s “War Against Whistleblowers,” from Daniel Ellsberg to Edward Snowden
From Democracy Now | Original Article <b><span class=”caps”>AMY</span> <span class=”caps”>GOODMAN</span>:</b> AMY GOODMAN: We’re continuing our discussion with The Intercept‘s Jeremy Scahill, who has just launched a massive new online investigative project titled…
4/28/21 Jeremy Scahill: Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Record Shows Evolution of U.S. Empire Since Vietnam War
From Democracy Now | Original Article An investigation into President Joe Biden’s foreign policy record reveals “the history of the evolution of the American empire, from the Vietnam War to the present,”…
4/28/21 “Empire Politician”: Joe Biden’s Half-Century Record on Foreign Policy, War, Militarism & the CIA
From Democracy Now | Original Article As President Joe Biden nears his 100th day in the White House, we look at his foreign policy record, both as president and over the past…
4/9/21 Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Goes to Jail for Exposing War Crimes
By Jeremy Kuzmarov From Covert Action Magazine | Original Article Daniel Hale at peace demonstration against drone warfare. [Source: diy.rootsaction.org] Hale’s case reflects the twisted morality and corruption of the legal system…
3/29/21 The Fight Against Raytheon
By Will Griffin From The Peace Report The top 5 weapons manufacturers in the US, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics and Raytheon, gave away over $60 million towards political contributions…
1/11/20 Will Joe Biden close Guantanamo Bay?
It has been 19 years since the U.S. opened the military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay. It quickly became notorious for human rights abuses and the fact the U.S. administration didn’t…
12/29/20 Lawyer Paul Dickinson: The U.S. Promised Iraqis Justice. Trump’s Blackwater Pardons Took It Away.
From Democracy Now | Original Article President Trump’s pardon of four former Blackwater contractors has sparked outrage in Iraq and in the United States. Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and…
12/29/20 “Blackwater’s Youngest Victim”: 9-Year-Old Ali Kinani Was Among Victims of Trump’s Pardoned Killers
From Democracy Now | Original Article President Trump’s pardon of four former Blackwater contractors convicted for their role in a massacre in Baghdad has sparked outrage in Iraq. The Blackwater guards…