Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable” Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable”
The president made the statement during a press conference with Hamid Karzai. But is it true?
May 12, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Pakistan’s Two Air Wars Pakistan’s Two Air Wars
US drones bomb Pakistan regularly. Now, Washington is about to deliver twenty F-16s and surveillance planes to Islamabad along with a thousand 500-pound bombs.
May 12, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Georgetown Professor: ‘Drones Are Not Killing Innocent Civilians’ in Pakistan Georgetown Professor: ‘Drones Are Not Killing Innocent Civilians’ in Pakistan
Christine Fair dismissed reports of civilians deaths as propaganda from Pakistani media sources.
May 10, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Attack of the Drones Attack of the Drones
Airstrikes, manned or unmanned, regulated or not, cannot build a better Afghan future.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Priya Satia
Killing Civilians: How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be? Killing Civilians: How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be?
Why dead Afghan civilians aren't collateral damage but the heart of the matter.
Apr 24, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
The Most-Wanted List The Most-Wanted List
Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.
Feb 26, 2008 / Feature / Noam Chomsky
CSI: Iraq CSI: Iraq
Despite the cosmetic acts of President Bush, his undertakers and enablers, America's Iraq is still a corpse.
Jan 18, 2008 / Editorial / Tom Engelhardt
The Terror America Wrought The Terror America Wrought
Take a moment to remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, connecting the dots between that attack and US actions in Iraq sixty-two years later.
Aug 8, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Red Zone, Green Zone Red Zone, Green Zone
Pundits speculate the US can win stability if not victory in Iraq, but beyond the philosophical Green Zone they inhabit, life becomes ever more desperate for Iraqi civilians.
Aug 1, 2007 / Editorial / Tom Engelhardt
A Letter From IAVA A Letter From IAVA
A veterans group takes issue with The Nation's investigation of the impact of the US military occupation on Iraqi civilians.
Jul 13, 2007 / Letters / The Nation