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Close, But No Cigar (Bill Clinton, Civilian Casualties, US Wars and Military Action)

On August 20 last, President Clinton personally ordered the leveling of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant on the outskirts of Khartoum.

Christopher Hitchens

Blogs

Robert Jay Lifton: How, and Why, the Media Have Failed on Drone War
Greg Mitchell

The famed “psycho-historian” explores the true meanings, and dangers, of the new “killing technology.”

May 2, 2013
Media 'Cover-up' of Iraq War: Images Sanitized From the Start
Greg Mitchell

Why did Americans take so long to wake up to the loss of life in Iraq? Because the darker side of the invasion wasn't televised.

March 28, 2013
On the Tenth Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq: When WikiLeaks Exposed the 'War Logs'
Greg Mitchell

The trove of documents revealed the widespread torture and civilian casualties caused by the war.

March 19, 2013
Another 'One-Tenth of a Newtown' in Afghanistan
Robert Dreyfuss

Two more children have been added to the deadly toll of civilian casualties.

March 4, 2013
What Obama Won't Tell Us About Afghanistan Tonight
Robert Dreyfuss

Drawing down soldiers by 2016 isn’t fast enough—just look at the many civilians killed by the US military and the prisoners tortured by US-trained forces.

February 12, 2013
Nick Turse: The United States Hasn't Owned up to Vietnam War Crimes
Nation in the News

The author recounts his long, difficult struggle to expose the truth about atrocities.

February 11, 2013
President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And ...
Mychal Denzel Smith

The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well. 

February 8, 2013
As Brennan 'Escapes,' Criticism of Media 'Self-Censorship' on Drone Program Grows
Greg Mitchell

The press has not only failed to ask the tough questions but also inexplicably kept secret the existence of a base in Saudia Arabia.

February 8, 2013
Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today
George Zornick

No Congressional hearing has examined the secret expansion of targeted drone killings, but the senate has a chance to grill Obama's nominee for CIA director today.

February 7, 2013
Questions for John Brennan That Won't Get Asked
Robert Dreyfuss

Because if he told them, he’d have to kill them. Wait. He did.

February 6, 2013