(Reuters) – A U.S. Army sergeant charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood was due in court on Wednesday for a court-martial proceeding in which he is expected to plead guilty under a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a decorated […]
This means we are in for a protracted, extended, multi-year war & we will be seeing a million + death toll – like the Iran-Iraq war. This is a huge […]
Courtesy: The Daily Star GALLOWS for Sayedee War crimes tribunal finds him guilty of 8 out of 20 charges, hands death for 2 offences Julfikar Ali Manik and Mahbubur Rahman Khan Ending all speculations, the first war crimes tribunal yesterday sentenced Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to death in its […]
Source: RT. Some critics are saying that Hollande is a strange choice for peace award, as he is currently engaged in a military conflict. “Having assessed the dangers and the repercussions of the situation on Africa, and on Mali in particular, the jury appreciated the solidarity shown by France to […]
by Ramzy Baroud ARABNEWS Tuesday 12 February 2013 Soon after the joint US-British bombing campaign “Operation Desert Fox” devastated parts of Iraq in Dec 1998, I was complaining to a friend in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. I was disappointed with the fact that our busy schedule […]
RT: “Our present capabilities are incomparable to the past. Today, our youth, banking on the past experiences and modern science, have managed to show their capabilities to the world and be prepared for any threat,” IRGC Navy Commander Rear-Admiral Reza Torabi was quoted as saying. Iran claims its capability to defend […]
Public opinion polls show that the vast majority of the world’s Muslims know that the “War on Terror” is a barely-disguised War on Islam. And it isn’t just Muslims who […]
Daily Times: Razi Azmi. Netanyahu went to war against Hamas thinking he would destroy this ‘terrorist’ organisation once and for all and earn the gratitude of the Jewish people. He has achieved the opposite Now, the second Gaza war is over. Who won? Who lost? The biggest losers, no doubt, […]
Dawn.com: Munir Akram. THROUGHOUT history, the emergence of new and more effective weapons has usually led to war or escalated violence. Each new weapon — the broadsword, lance, longbow, siege machine, heavy cavalry, gunpowder, cannons, repeating rifle, machine-gun, battle tank, aeroplane, helicopter, submarines, ballistic and cruise missile — in its […]
RT: Israel has chosen to attack Gaza in order to avoid reaching a longer-term peace settlement that was being negotiated with the help of Hamas’ military leader Ahmen Jabari, who was assassinated in an Israeli attack Wednesday, says Israeli activist. Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin spoke to RT confirming that […]
NY times: Can war be justified? Is there such a thing as morally proper conduct in war? With Veterans’ Day upon us and, with the Obama administration preparing to face another four years of geopolitical choices in unstable regions, The Stone is featuring recent work by Jeff McMahan, a philosopher […]
RT: A military strike on Iran by way of Israel could still occur at a moment’s notice, but the US is now warning its allies that any action overseas would jeopardize America’s ability to assist in a Middle East war. Although US President Barack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney […]
Britain has said that it is not right “at this point in time” for a possible strike on Iran, but is involved in military contingency planning with the US and other allies over Iran, according to the UK newspaper the Guardian. “The UK would be in breach of international law […]
RT: US and UK weapons ammunition were linked to heart defects, brain dysfunctions and malformed limbs, according to a recent study. The report revealed a shocking rise in birth defects in Iraqi children conceived after the US invasion. Titled ‘Metal Contamination and the Epidemic of Congenital Birth Defects in Iraqi […]
RT: One man introduced indefinite detention and expanded the deadly global drone war. Another was the architect of the deliberate mass killing of civilian populations in Indochina. What do they have in common? Both are Nobel Peace laureates. Gandhi never got one. Al Gore did. In one of the stranger […]
In Aleppo there is still no sign of the heavy weapons for which the rebels have pleaded and ammunition is running low by Martin Chulov and Ian Black guardian.co.uk, Wednesday […]
RT: The United States and Israel are already involved in discussions over how they could soon conduct a joint surgical strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, a source close to the talks tells Foreign Policy magazine. After months of urging from Israeli authorities for the US to intervene in a rumored […]
Drone warfare is one of the greatest inventions of civilization. It has allowed us to take Anwar Awalaki out (One of the top Al-Qaeda operatives) with least collateral damage and minimal revenge multiplier. However, the abuse of drone warfare has gone too far….. We don’t like the terrorist killing innocent […]
Russian TV: An Iranian military official has warned that military conflict between Iran and Israel could “turn into World War III.” He added that if Israel “is putting the final touches on attacking Iran,” a preemptive strike against Tel Aviv would ensue. Israel “cannot imagine” the force of Iran’s response if Tel […]
(Vatican Radio) – It is time for Christians and Muslims to come together in a decided and sincere witness against divisions, violence and war: This was Pope Benedict XVI’s clear […]