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Americas Clandestine War in Yemen: Drone Strikes, Special Forces, and Intelligence Operations
Deadly Attack on Yemen's Military Headquarters In December 2013, a coordinated assault on Yemen's Ministry of Defense compound in Sanaa killed more than 50 people, including foreign medical workers. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for...
Congress Investigates the 2011 SEAL Team 6 Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan
In 2013, families of Navy SEAL Team 6 members killed in a 2011 helicopter crash in Afghanistan succeeded in pressuring Congress to launch an official investigation into the incident. The crash, which killed 30 Americans on August 6, 2011, represented the single...
Understanding The Militarized Internet
If twitter is any gauge, a lot of people think this article in Wired about General Keith Alexander is just all kinds of kewl: General Keith Alexander, a man few even in Washington would likely recognize. Never before has anyone in America’s intelligence sphere come...
85yr old Austrian-American Describes Hitler’s Police State
“If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year or two for your turn. There was no money for research as it was poured into socialized medicine. Research at the medical schools literally stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other countries. “As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80 percent of our income. Newlyweds immediately received a $1,000 loan from the government to establish a household. We had big programs for families.
US-Israel Alliance: Obama’s “Green Light” to Israel Attack on Gaza
A short interview broadcast by CNN late last week featuring two participants – a Palestinian in Gaza and an Israeli within range of the rocket attacks – did not follow the usual script. For once, a media outlet dropped its role as gatekeeper, there to mediate and...
Tears of Gaza: The War They Don’t Show You
“Disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating, Tears of Gaza is less a conventional documentary than a record — presented with minimal gloss — of the 2008 to 2009 bombing of Gaza (dubbed ‘Operation Cast Lead’) by the Israeli military. Filmed by several Palestinian...