Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously said in November 2003, "We don't do body counts of other people." He was lying, as Wikileaks files show. |
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The Wikileaks files contain a horrific dossier of cases where US troops killed innocent civilians at checkpoints, on Iraq's roads and during raids on people's homes. |
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VIDEO: The BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, takes direct action against a placard which crried the slogan "Cut the War, Not the Poor". |
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The government says it will "remain fully committed to succeeding in the difficult mission in Afghanistan." Why, during the worst economic crisis in over half a century, is Afghanistan so central to its priorities? |
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Award winning film director Mike Leigh cancels his trip to Israel: "I have absolutely no choice. I cannot come, I do not want to come, and I am not coming." |
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"Like any sovereign, independent nation," says President Obama, "Iraq is free to chart its own course." as the country sinks into mire of repression, corruption and instability. |
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US soldiers expose the farcical "exit strategy" to equip, train and handover to the Afghan army and police -- with rampant drug addiction and corruption, one in five soldiers deserting and those remaining often refusing to fight. |
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As ever increasing US drone attacks in Pakistan kill more civilians, people are queuing up to join the ranks of the "holy warriors" fighting the invading foreign armies. |
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The politicians are just waiting for a politically acceptable moment to proclaim a phoney triumph in Afghanistan and leave the Afghans to their own devices. Oabama and Cameron are knowingly sending soldiers to die in vain. |
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"My fellow Americans... The war in Afghanistan is a mess. It is time for me to bring our troops home -- right now. Not one more American needs to die." - President Obama's speech as reported by Michael Moore.
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Endless war, escalating death rates of Afghan civilians and Nato troops, costing $10 billion dollars every month: no wonder most people in the US, Britain and Afghanistan want the invading armies to go home. |
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As the longest war enters its tenth year, antiwar voters need to make sure President Obama gets the message: if the wars continue, you will not get the peace vote and no peace activists will work for you in the elections. |
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Losing a war that the majority of Americans think is unwinnable, Obama pulls out the old Bush and Blair standby: an unsubstantiated terror alert.
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The US Army command in Afghanistan will say the solders who formed the "Kill Team" death squad are just five bad apples. But are they? |
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The idea that the BBC is impartial or "left-wing" is absurd, says John Pilger. Look at how it supports the government's war policies and venerates the war criminal Tony Blair. |
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Video: "Sorry," says Nato, each time it is forced to admit yet again that "insurgents" it has killed in one of its attacks turned out to be children, which is happening with increasing regularity. |
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The Canadian government wants to send war resisters who refused to fight in Iraq back to the USA, despite most Canadians saying they should stay. A campaign is under way to get residence status for the war resisters. |
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'It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people – they see me as a betrayer,' says actor Miriam Margolyes, recently returned from Palestine. |
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Widespread surveillance and FBI arrests show US peace activists are all in danger of being spied on and added to terrorist watch lists for doing nothing more than attending a rally, signing a petition or holding a sign. |
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Hans von Sponeck, former UN assistant secretary on Tony Blair's "sacrifice of the UN and negotiations on the altar of a self-serving alliance with the Bush administration". |
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