To hear Sonali Kolhatkar, the founding director of the U.S.-based solidarity organization Afghan Women’s Mission, is much like being wakened from a nightmare, only to realize that there is much truth in the demons of the night.
Tag Archives: US military politics
| US enters Yemen fray with missile attacks on Houthi radar sites
A US destroyer fired cruise missiles on Houthi rebels early Thursday morning, attacking radar installations that the US claims were used by the rebels to target the USS Mason, another destroyer.
The missile launches from the USS Nitze mark the first time the US had directly attacked the Houthis in Yemen.
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| The Endless War: 15 Years and Counting in Afghanistan
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| The United States as Destroyer of Nations
In the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 – an invasion which many Iraqis believe left their country in the worst condition it has been since the Mongol invasion of 1258 — there was much discussion in the media about the Bush Administration’s goal for “nation-building” in that country. Of course, if there ever were such a goal, it was quickly abandoned, and one hardly ever hears the term “nation-building” discussed as a U.S. foreign policy objective anymore.
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Syrian officials: Audio recording between ISIS and US before Deir Ezzor massacre found
Paul Antonopoulos, chief editor of “Almasdar news” wrote:
“Sputnik have reported that the Syrian intelligence possesses an audio recording of conversation between ISIS terrorists and the US military prior to the Washington-led coalition airstrikes on government troops near Deir Ezzor on September 17, the speaker of the People’s Council of Syria said Monday.
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| Jeremy Scahill edited a new book
Jeremy Scahill is an author of of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater: The World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, His new book, “Dirty wars: The World Is a Battlefield”, takes us inside America’s new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture, or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies.
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