published on Thursday, October 21, 2010 by The Independent/UK NATO Surge on Taliban Stronghold Drives Civilians into the Line of Fire As troops step up their attack on the militants' Kandahar heartland, Julius Cavendish meets the ordinary people caught on the frontline by Julius Cavendish The first eyewitness accounts of NATO's assault on the final Taliban sanctuary … [Read more...] about NATO Surge on Taliban Stronghold Drives Civilians into the Line of Fire
Iraq, Afganistan and the War on Terror
Welcome to War Times 2.0
“Bringing a race, class, and gender perspective to issues of war and peace.”Today War Times/Tiempo de Guerras launches our new website. In the summer of 2010, about a dozen new writers joined War Times, and we’re using our new site to bring you their voices. The site will offer some familiar features - and some new ones: * Month in Review (analysis of the previous month’s … [Read more...] about Welcome to War Times 2.0
Moneybookers attempts to censor Wikileaks at the behest of the Pentagon
Published on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by The Guardian/UK WikiLeaks says Funding Has Been Blocked After Government Blacklisting Founder Julian Assange hits out at decision by Moneybookers, which collects the whistleblowing website's donations by David Leigh and Rob Evans The whistleblowing group WikiLeaks claims that it has had its funding blocked and that it is the victim … [Read more...] about Moneybookers attempts to censor Wikileaks at the behest of the Pentagon
“War on terror” psycholoist and dog-torturer Marty Sleigman trained US Marines in Okinawa
10.15.10 - 11:58 AM "Learned Helplessness" and How Much Money You Can Make From It by Abby Zimet A psychologist whose research helped shape the CIA's torture of terrorism suspects has been granted a $31-million no-bid military contract to provide "resilience training" to US soldiers, Salon.com reports. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania is most famous for … [Read more...] about “War on terror” psycholoist and dog-torturer Marty Sleigman trained US Marines in Okinawa
Glenn Greenwald: They hate us for our occupations / salon
While the article describes research showing the connection between suicide bombing and occupation in places occupied by theUS, there is no reason to imagine that suicide bombings elsewhere (for example: In Israel/Palestine) aren't deployed for identical reasons.For many of us this is hardly in the "breaking news" category. It might, however, be news for Islam/Arab … [Read more...] about Glenn Greenwald: They hate us for our occupations / salon