US Businessman: Blackwater Paid Me to Buy Steroids and Weapons on Black Market for its Shooters US Businessman: Blackwater Paid Me to Buy Steroids and Weapons on Black Market for its Shooters
The businessman also alleges he witnessed Blackwater's cocaine- and hashish-laced "frat parties gone wild" and random shooting at Iraqi civilians.
Sep 23, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Kashmir 2010: The Year of Killing Youth Kashmir 2010: The Year of Killing Youth
India’s brutal crackdown against unarmed protesters adds to the long local memory of extrajudicial killings, torture and mass repression. In the battle of stone versus bullet...
Sep 22, 2010 / Parvaiz Bukhari
Woodward: Obama Wants Out of Afghanistan Woodward: Obama Wants Out of Afghanistan
Obama is aware of the danger of morphing into George W. Bush.
Sep 22, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
One and a Half Cheers for American Decline One and a Half Cheers for American Decline
US troops in Afghanistan are coming home whether Washington wants them to or not, whether there's an antiwar movement or not. And it's going to happen more quickly than anyon...
Sep 21, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Despite Failing War, Obama and Petraeus Form Alliance Despite Failing War, Obama and Petraeus Form Alliance
General Petraeus, who opposes a rapid pullout of troops from Afghanistan, has worked himself into the good graces of Obama. What does this mean for the Obama adminstration's path i...
Sep 21, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Multinational Corporations Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Multinational Corporations
Jeremy Scahill says secret documents reveal Blackwater's relationships with multinational corporations like Monsanto and Chevron, as well as to foreign governments.
Sep 20, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Let Us Be The Peacemakers Let Us Be The Peacemakers
The most striking American tragedy of these last nine years—far worse than the tragedy of 9/11 itself—is just how weak we have been in the wake of war.
Sep 20, 2010 / Timothy Patrick McCarthy
Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Big Business Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Big Business
Jeremy Scahill says secret documents reveal Blackwater's relationships with multinational corporations like Monsanto and Chevron, as well as to foreign governments.
Sep 20, 2010 / Video / Democracy Now!
China, Energy and Global Power China, Energy and Global Power
Because energy is tied to so many aspects of the global economy, and because doubts are growing about the future availability of oil and other vital fuels, the decisions China ma...
Sep 20, 2010 / Michael T. Klare
Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry
More and more, as the economic crisis continues and unemployment stays high, many politicians, labor officials and economists want to blame China and worse, take it out on Ch...
Sep 19, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss