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Operation Breakfast Redux

he CIA’s escalating drone war in the Pakistani tribal borderlands and Richard Nixon’s secret bombing campaign against the Cambodian equivalent, argues Pratap Chatterjee.

Obama’s Budget Ducks Pentagon Cuts

The real answer as to why there is no defense spending freeze: Because Democrats are always scared of being called 'wimps' on national security issues — likely the same reason

Is Obama a Peacemaker or a Warmonger?

War is not cheap. Although the federal government obscures so much about its defense spending that accurate figures are difficult to procure, we do know that military spending is between

The Iraqi Oil Conundrum

Almost seven years later, it will come as little surprise that things turned out to cost a bit more than expected in Iraq and didn’t work out exactly as imagined.

When Scholars Join the Slaughter

Anthropology has been referred to throughout history as the 'handmaiden of colonialism', thus putting anthropologists (today), at least those with a moral conscience, on guard against anything that smells like

Al-Qaeda’s shadow over Taliban talks

With an international conference starting in London on Thursday expected to lay down a framework for the Afghan government to begin taking charge of its own security, in line with

Hiding War Horrors from Americans

Loss of objectivity could be seen in the wave of patriotism that swept through media coverage, Pulaski wrote. FAIR found that only 10 percent of news sources interviewed were opposed

Reality in Haiti is Even Worse Than it Looks

Flying in on a cargo plane, two Global Television journalists and I (with Canwest News Service) arrived in Port-au-Prince less than 24 hours after the earthquake hit last week.

Haiti earthquake: UN says worst disaster ever dealt with

Aid officials fear a lapse into all-out lawlessness in coming days unless US troops can get through with vital food, medicine and water deliveries, which are being hampered by the

Haitians Receive Little Help Despite Promises

World leaders pledged massive aid programmes to rebuild Haiti but desperate earthquake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for food, water and medicine.