Four Hours in My Lai (Documentary)
March 16, 2018
Four Hours in My Lai is a 1989 television documentary made by Yorkshire Television concerning the 1968 My Lai Massacre by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. The film includes interviews with soldiers at the massacre, and the later trials of those involved. The film won an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary. The […]
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Ali Abunimah: Israel Versus Russian Media Influence
March 15, 2018
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy 2018 conference March 2, 2018 at the National Press Club The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep). This is a rush […]
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End the US Enabling of Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
March 15, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Zaid Jilani reports that the U.S. military has no idea what missions are carried out in Yemen by the coalition planes that they refuel: In a surprising admission on Tuesday, the head of U.S. Central Command – which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia – […]
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Corrected: Gina Haspel Did Not Torture Zubaydah, Apparently
March 14, 2018
Not only did the new CIA Director personally oversee the torture of Abu Zubaydah, she did so in order to lie you and your mom into supporting the aggressive war against Iraq. From David Rose’s report “Tortured Reasoning“: Some of what he did say was leaked by the administration: for example, the claim that bin […]
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Grant Smith: An Overview of the Israel Lobby Agenda
March 14, 2018
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy 2018 conference March 2, 2018 at the National Press Club The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep). This is a rush […]
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Ron Paul asks: Will Torture Make America Great Again?
March 14, 2018
President Trump’s surprise move to make major changes in his Administration brings forth nominees for CIA director and Secretary of State that have been deeply involved and/or supportive of President Bush’s torture program. Should they be confirmed…or in jail? On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.
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Sen. Rand Paul To Oppose Trump’s Nominations for State and CIA
March 14, 2018
News conference today (March 14, 2018) on Capitol Hill:
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Veterans for Peace 162 Supports Direct Talks between USA and North Korea
March 12, 2018
The East Bay Chapter of Veterans for Peace, Chapter #162 (which includes Oakland and Berkeley) has passed the following resolution in support of the Kim-Trump meeting: Veterans for Peace 162 Supports Direct Talks between USA and North Korea Veterans for Peace East Bay Chapter 162 strongly supports direct talks between President Trump and the North […]
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The Saudi ‘Reformer’ Who Uses Torture
March 12, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Many of the detainees seized during Mohammed bin Salman’s purge last year were subjected to physical abuse, and one later died from his injuries: During months of captivity, many were subject to coercion and physical abuse, witnesses said. In the early days of the crackdown, at least 17 detainees […]
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