A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs benefits can sue the military. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Jr. on Thursday certified a class-action lawsuit against Navy Secretary Richard Spencer by veterans who […]
STUDY: Costs of War…U.S. Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars Through FY2019: $5.9 Trillion Spent and Obligated…
America Has Spent a Whopping $5.9 Trillion on Wars in the Middle East and Asia Since 9/11. 244k Have Been Killed. 10 Million Have Been Displaced…
The U.S. wars and military action in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers $5.9 trillion since they began in 2001, according to a new study. That total is almost $2 trillion more than all federal government spending during the recently completed 2017-18 fiscal year. The report, from Watson Institute of International and […]
OPINION: The End Game in Afghanistan Is Beginning…
China and Pakistan have plainly stated their plans for Afghanistan and South Asia. According to a press release from the November 12 conference held at Islamabad’s Pakistan-China Institute, “Pakistan-Afghanistan-China Trilateral Dialogue supports the CPEC [China-Pakistan Economic Corridor] as key to peace and regional cooperation.” Pakistani news outlets emphasized the point, one stating, “Pakistan and China […]
5 Freed from U.S. Military Prison Now in Qatar Office Negotiating Taliban’s Peace Pact…
Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday. They will now be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, a sign […]
U.S. General Shot in Taliban Attack in Afghanistan…
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot in a Taliban attack that killed two Afghan leaders in Kandahar province last week, the Pentagon has confirmed. Cdr. Grant Neeley, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Resolute Support spokesperson, and a U.S. defense official both confirmed the incident to Fox News on Sunday, but did not provide […]
Taliban Attack Meeting Attended by General Miller, Kills Kandahar Police Chief…
The Taliban claimed credit for an attack at a high level meeting in Kandahar that killed General Raziq, the province’s chief of police and arguably the most powerful man in southern Afghanistan, as well as the head of the province’s National Directorate of Security. General Austin Miller, the commander of Resolute Support, was present but […]
Blackwater Founder Meets with Afghan Powerbrokers, Aims to Privatize War…
The founder of the U.S.-based Blackwater security firm has been meeting with powerbrokers in Afghanistan to rally support for his plan to privatize the Afghan war. Erik Prince heads the private military company known as Academi, renamed in 2011. According to a report in The New York Times, Prince sent a letter to Afghan President […]
Unhappy 17th Birthday, Afghanistan War…
Seventeen years ago today, the U.S. and Britain went to war to remove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. It was morally and politically justified by the Taliban’s failure to surrender al Qaeda terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. The Western alliance drove the Islamic totalitarians from power swiftly, within weeks. Yet, we’re still […]
Being Julian Assange by Suzie Dawson…
Certain journalists would consult an almanac for Washington DC on the night of the 2016 election, and begin this article with a few picturesque, scene-setting words about the chill winds whipping the capital as it lay poised, awaiting the results with bated breath. But I have more respect for my readers than that. So I’ll […]
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