The U.S. Justice Department has hit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with Espionage Act charges, significantly escalating a legal fight against the high-profile activist. DOJ had previously only indicted Assange on a single count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. Thursday’s revelation of the additional 18 charges, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, means Assange […]
ASSANGE CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE ESPIONAGE ACT…
“American Taliban” Released and Will Live in Virginia….
The California man who became known as the “American Taliban” after his capture on an Afghanistan battlefield in late 2001 has been released from prison. Thirty-eight-year-old John Walker Lindh was released Thursday from the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, a federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman told The Associated Press. Lindh spent more than 17 […]
‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh Gets Release Date from Prison…
John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” will be released from prison in May, according to new court filings. Lindh, 38, was captured as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan in November 2001. He was indicted in February 2002 on 10 counts, including conspiracy to commit murder and aiding the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Lindh was initially […]
Car Bomb Kills Three U.S. Servicemembers, One Contractor Outside Bagram Air Field…
A bomb blast outside America’s largest military base in Afghanistan killed three American servicemembers and a civilian contractor on Monday, the U.S. military said. Three other American servicemembers were wounded in the attack, which occurred late Monday near one of the Bagram Air Field’s gates, the military’s Resolute Support command said in a statement. The […]
$7 Billion in Equipment Looted From Former U.S. Base in Afghanistan…
The US handed over the Camp Kearney base in Paktika Province to the Afghan government in 2014, with an estimated $8 billion in equipment still inside. Today, the estimation is that about $1 billion worth of equipment is left. So what happened between then and now that cost the site about $7 billion? Mass looting. […]
Bill to End ‘Forever War’ in Afghanistan, Compensate Veterans, Introduced in Senate…
A bipartisan bill introduced on Tuesday by Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Tom Udall (D-NM) would end US involvement in the nearly two-decade-long war in Afghanistan. The 2019 American Forces Going Home After Noble Service (AFGHANS) Act calls for a declaration of victory in Afghanistan, along with a 45-day deadline for a comprehensive withdrawal plan to […]
Afghanistan: U.S. Special Envoy Reports Progress in Taliban Talks…
U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said on Twitter on Feb. 28 that the United States and the Taliban are making progress after three days of talks aimed at ending the 17-year war in Afghanistan. Why It Matters: Although both the United States and the Taliban are reporting progress in talks and a mutual commitment […]
How the War Party Lost the Middle East…
“Assad must go, Obama says.” So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. The story quoted President Barack Obama directly: “The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. … the time has come for President Assad to step aside.” France’s Nicolas […]
Trump Orders Major Afghan Drawdown: 7,000 Troops oo Return Home in Coming Weeks…
CNN warns “officials brace for Trump announcement on Afghanistan” after Trump’s Wednesday bombshell Syria troop pullout announcement. He’s now initiated “a major drawdown” of forces in Afghanistan too, and while inside the beltway neocon heads might continue to explode, the broader public for which the seventeen year long Afghan war is deeply unpopular will no […]
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