To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
Posts Tagged ‘Af-Pak War’
U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan (Video)
Posted: 28 September 2010 by Sayyid in Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Calvin Gibbs, civilian casualties, Jeremy Morlock, Kandahar Province, Michael Waddington, military tribunals, Obama Administration, Robert Mackey, US Army, US military, war crimes, William Yardley
Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN’s report includes the soldiers’ rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian (5:52):
How Do You Become a ‘Suspected Militant’?
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Sayyid in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Bush Administration, CIA, drones, extrajudicial assassination, Iraq War, ISAF, Jason Ditz, libertarian, NATO, Newspeak, NWFP, Obama Administration, Pakistan, War on Terror, Warfare and Conflict, Zardari
U.S. Troops Theatrically ‘Slaying’ Afghan Civilians
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, civilian casualties, Jeremy Morlock, military tribunals, United States armed forces
Daily Briefing—21st Sept 2010
Posted: 21 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abdu Rahman, ACLU, Af-Pak War, airstrikes, Andy Worthington, antiwar activism, arms trading, Brazil, C.J. Chivers, Carol Rosenberg, China, Chris Hedges, Dahr Jamail, Death Penalty, domestic surveillance, domestic terrorism, drones, electoral politics, Eric Garris, false flag operation, FBI, Federal Reserve, fiat money, FOREX, Glenn Greenwald, gold, Great Recesseion, Guantanamo Bay, Iran, Israel, Jason Ditz, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Kyrgyzstan, Lockheed MArtin, Middle East, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, NAM, Noah Shachtman, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Paul O'Mahoney, Peace Now, Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, privacy rights, racism, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, settlement expansion, Sheldon Richman, Somalia, Stephen Walt, Sweden, Tom Engelhardt, UAE, Wall Street, war games, Warfare and Conflict, West Bank, William Fisher
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
One Law for the Lion, One Law for the Lamb
Posted: 21 September 2010 by Kevin Carson in Philosophy, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, anarchism, anti-Statism, Bradley Manning, history, Iraq War, Kevin Carson, law, libertarian, Mike Rogers, morality, Philosophy, US, war crimes, Warfare and Conflict
Evening Briefing—16th Sept 2010
Posted: 16 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: AEA, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Arab League, China, civil liberties, criminal justice system, Daniel Luban, DPRK, Futenma, Gaza, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, home foreclosures, IAEA, IMF, IRA, Iran, Israel, Japan, military aid, military industrial complex, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Pakistan, poverty, settlement expansion, Somalia, Syria, terrorism, UN, USDCNY, Venezuela, Warfare and Conflict, William Fisher
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
Daily Briefing—15th-16th Sept 2010
Posted: 16 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Amnesty International, Andy Worthington, Anwar al-Awlaki, AQAP, Ayman al-Zawahiri, bailout, Blackwater, Boeing, BP, copyright, drones, drug war, extrajudicial assassination, Gareth Porter, GE, general strike, global economic crisis, GOP, Greece, Gulf oil spill, India, intellectual property, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, JSOC, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, Khmer Rouge, Lehman Brothers, Matthew Cassel, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, Myanmar, national debt, night raids, Pervez Musharraf, TARP, Warfare and Conflict, Wikileaks, WTO, Xe, Yemen
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
Daily Briefing—8th Sept 2010
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, airport body scanners, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Aleksander Kwasniewski, AMISOM, banking, black sites, Blake Hounshell, BP, Bush tax cuts, Charles Hugh Smith, China, CIA, cognitive science, counterterrorism, credit unions, Deepwater Horizon, DR Congo, drones, drug war, experimental philosophy, extrajudicial assassination, for-profit universities, France, free press, Gareth Porter, general strike, gold, Goldman Sachs, Gulf oil spill, Halliburton, Hillary Clinton, IDF, IFEX, India, Iran, Iraq War, ISAF, Israel, Israel-Lebanon War, Joe Biden, Kabul Bank, Kandahar Surge, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, land grabbing, Lebanon, Liz Pulliam Weston, Macondo oil spill, Mahmood Karzai, Mexico, military industrial complex, missile defense, Mullah Omar, NATO, neoliberalism, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philosophy, Poland, PTSD, Robert Fisk, Rwanda, secret prisons, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Stephen Walt, student loans, Sudan, suicide bombings, Taiwan, Taliban, Transocean, TSA, Uganda, UN, Yemen
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
Eleven ‘Myths’ Clouding the Afghanistan Discourse
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan surge, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Study Group, al-Qaeda, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, electoral politics, Iraq Surge, ISAF, Matthew Hoh, NAF, NATO, New American Foundation, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Stephen Walt, Taliban, United States, US, War on Terror
Evening Briefing—7th Sept 2010
Posted: 7 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Andy Worthington, anti-depressants, bailouts, banking, BP, cancer, Charles Davis, CIA, cooperatives, Cuba, David Petraeus, Deepwater Horizon, Fannie Mae, FOREX, Fourth Amendment, France, Freddie Mac, general strike, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, healthcare, human rights, IAEA, infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Turley, London Underground, mortgage crisis, Mozambique, mushrooms, NATO, Obama Administration, Pakistan, police brutality, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, tasers, torture, unemployment, US military, USDJPY, Walter Block, Walter Pincus, Warfare and Conflict
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
Daily Briefing—6th Sept 2010
Posted: 6 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Alcoholic beverage control states, ANSF, Avigdor Lieberman, DPRK, drones, drug war, election fraud, EU, general strike, housing crisis, ICC, IMF, India, infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, Israel, Kabul Bank, Kashmir, Kenya, marijuana, Mexico, Mexico City, Middle East, NATO, NPT, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, NWFP, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Russ Wellen, settlement expansion, South Africa, suicide bombing, Taliabn, Taliban, UIDAI, US, Warfare and Conflict
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
Chomsky’s Lectern: China and the New World Order
Posted: 2 September 2010 by Noam Chomsky in Chomsky's Lectern, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, American Empire, Andrew Bacevich, Bush Administration, China, Clinton Administration, imperialism, Iraq War, NATO, Noam Chomsky, South Korea, US, war games, war spending
Noam Chomsky discusses U.S. political class ‘fears’ relating to China as an emerging superpower.
