Pentagon
The Trickery of the Military Budget
A U.S. military rescue team secures a landing site in Afghanistan after being being lowered from an HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission Nov. 7, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder) By Paul R. Pillar As budgetary battles proceed with competing rhetorical ...read more
Pentagon Set to Allow Women to Serve in Combat
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From TPM: Women in the Army and Marines will no longer be banned from combat roles under new guidelines from departing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. According to multiple reports, the new rules would be implemented gradually and give the ...read more
Obama Embraced Redefinition of ‘Civilian’ in Drone Wars
By Chris Woods: Two US reports published on May 29th provide significant insights into President Obama’s personal and controversial role in the escalating covert US drone war in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. In a major extract from Daniel Klaidman’s forthcoming book Kill Or ...read more
9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Stand Trial in Guantanamo
Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four suspected co-conspirators were directed today to stand trial before a Guantanamo war crimes tribunal on charges that could carry the death penalty, the Pentagon said. The five are accused of planning and executing ...read more
Main Stream Media Ignoring the Victims of Afghan Massacre
By Ben Cohen: My friend Alyona Minkovski did a brilliant segment yesterday on her show discussing the main stream media's refusal to mention the names of the victims of Robert Bales, the American Staff Sergeant who went on a shooting rampage that killed 16 Afghan civilians, ...read more
Saudi Arabia Threatens to Build Nuclear Weapons
(Prince Turki al-Faisal - Image via Wikipedia) According to a report in the Guardian, the Saudi government is planning on building nuclear capabilities in response to Iran's proposed nuclear program: A senior Saudi Arabian diplomat and member of the ruling royal family has ...read more