Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/152987/us_drones_killing_children_in_pakistan%3A_one_reporter%27s_story/ The death of Tariq Aziz and his 12-year-old cousin Waheed Khan brought the total number of children killed in drone strikes to 175. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism -b9efedcefaf21cd997cdf345f3af01fd http://www.alternet.org/story/148594/wikileaks_iraq_war_logs_reveal_private_military_contractors_killing_with_impunity/ The Wikileaks logs provide ample evidence of private security contractors entirely unaccountable for lethal rogue actions. Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, The Guardian -98fb1f40ff4945ab36b9ccbf16626d60 http://www.alternet.org/story/148053/pentagon_watchdog_misses_billion_dollar_audit/ Whistleblowers charge that instead of actively pursuing fraud, DCAA management was obsessed with signing off on as many audits as possible in the shortest period of time. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -fe5a73048a9bfa052affdfef967ff732 http://www.alternet.org/story/148012/the_secret_killers%3A_covert_assassins_charged_with_hunting_down_and_killing_afghans/ Capture/kill teams leave a trail of dead civilian bodies and recrimination in their wake, undermining any goodwill created by U.S. reconstruction projects. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com -7c0ea43939dbe805df52f5ac2dc705ae http://www.alternet.org/story/145576/could_u.s._air_strikes_push_pakistan_into_khmer_rouge_type_genocide/ As in the 1960s in Cambodia, U.S. air strikes are having a devastating effect in Pakistan, not just on the targeted communities, but on public consciousness throughout the region. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com -c945eb465a6df6c5382148af42b585fc http://www.alternet.org/story/144024/an_inside_look_at_nepotism_and_corruption_in_karzai%27s_afghanistan/ An eye-opening inside look at how the system of nepotism and corruption in Afghanistan actually works. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com -a0717cb62d38fb10f6eb585938991d50 http://www.alternet.org/story/140412/how_to_stay_out_of_sight_while_making_millions_from_the_war_in_iraq/ Is Halliburton forgiven and forgotten? Despite shocking revelations about its greed and cynicism to US soldiers, the company keeps its contracts. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com -85e870b7384545c252ce2f7072ebb42d http://www.alternet.org/story/132854/the_taliban_and_opium_industry_are_getting_u.s._billions_--_not_so_much_for_the_rest_of_afghanistan/ Parts of Afghanistan that have neither violent Taliban resistance nor much opium trade are virtually ignored by the U.S. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com -fea594ba0263233b3e7a8cbd43d8e239 http://www.alternet.org/story/130889/inheriting_halliburton%27s_army%3A_what_will_obama_do_with_kbr/ Obama needs to ask his Pentagon commanders this: Can the U.S. military do anything without KBR? Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch.com -f0082f9762797fb1df684538a7ed189e http://www.alternet.org/story/99997/u.s.-funded_gun_suppliers_have_created_a_%26quot%3Bmissing%26quot%3B_weapons_disaster/ A million illicit weapons have entered Iraq in the past five years. Now, "missing" guns are fueling conflicts in Iraq and elsewhere. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, IPS News -f4ce70c1c75c70742478dd5db4d71943 http://www.alternet.org/story/76057/meeting_of_global_titans_tainted_by_tanking_economy/ Bill Gates, anti-Capitalist? Concerns about economic downturn dampen festivities in Davos, Switzerland. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -9d665587e2a59eedbee78628f3c38b40 http://www.alternet.org/story/70419/climate_change_fueling_boom_in_corporate_greenwashing/ Climate change requires hard solutions that will not come from profit-motivated corporations. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -238d0bc9134b3b1e0aa8544949e65f58 http://www.alternet.org/story/63410/u.s._exacerbates_iraqi_civil_war_with_indiscriminate_commando_training/ The U.S. is indiscriminately arming Iraqis, destabilizing the country even more. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -8de2f22cd87103550c31d51d12a049b4 http://www.alternet.org/story/60431/lessons_of_empire%3A_how_to_unravel_an_unchecked_superpower/ India's history provides timeless lessons on how (and how not) to confront corporate power with protest, litigation, regulation, rebellion and, ultimately, corporate redesign. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -11baf1bde36bd1eb159631fb99d25d4b http://www.alternet.org/story/51218/how_much_iraqi_crude_oil_is_being_stolen_mystery_of_the_missing_meters/ Nobody really knows how much crude oil is being stolen by corrupt corrupt Iraqi and U.S. officials because, four years after the invasion, the oil meters haven't been fixed. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -13a06756679a18e70b4b692c9724d329 http://www.alternet.org/story/46856/health_care_in_iraq_was_better_under_saddam_hussein/ Almost four years after the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s healthcare system is still a shambles. Dozens of incomplete clinics and warehoused equipment are a testament to the failed U.S. experiment to reconstruct Iraq. Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -19ca98dbb740f927e9a6b3ffc0c32755 http://www.alternet.org/story/23576/returning_to_life/ Moazzam Begg, a British citizen, was held at various prisons, including Guantanamo Bay, for over three years before being released without charges. Now free, he shares the story of how he survived. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, AlterNet -4c5bc9874d7876f9b7b6959d3c555f45 http://www.alternet.org/story/21625/driving_into_danger/ Halliburton is being sued by the family of a truck driver killed in a gun battle for deliberately endangering the lives of its employees in Iraq. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, AlterNet -9774adeea02e9ea26eba932aa2a341a5 http://www.alternet.org/story/21422/intelligence%2C_inc./ The privatization of military intelligence and interrogation has been a booming business. It may also be the cause of the prison scandals in Cuba, Iraq and Afghanistan. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, AlterNet -02f83d35779d1914212cae6784e70d18 http://www.alternet.org/story/21423/an_interrogator_speaks_out/ A former military interrogator talks about what went wrong at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:01 PST Pratap Chatterjee, AlterNet -aeb0053e412d68446bd0a64e46c02cfd http://www.alternet.org/story/19620/the_thief_of_baghdad/ Missing: one-third of the Pentagon's equipment and $1.9 billion of Iraqi money. Guess who has it? Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, AlterNet -c747496ce40dc4e41d7028334dab7739 http://www.alternet.org/story/19258/democracy_by_the_dollars/ The wasteful spending of a North Carolina company awarded a $167 million contract to foster local government provides a window into just what went wrong in Iraq. Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:00:01 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -f2ee555e877c9bd7239e2a2d4e5c4f25 http://www.alternet.org/story/16058/bechtel%27s_nuclear_nightmares/ Bechtel Corporation has a long history of profiting from their dangerous and expensive nuclear reactors, and shuttling the environmental costs to taxpayers. Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:00:00 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -41be696537187bb3b209c20dafeb2a81 http://www.alternet.org/story/15985/iraq%3A_a_corporate_gold_mine/ Bechtel's trade show for subcontractors illustrates just how blurred the lines between Wall Street and the Pentagon have become. Thu, 22 May 2003 00:00:00 PDT Pratap Chatterjee, deleted -3beeab85046ca201d73bb9d129bcfc3f http://www.alternet.org/story/15445/halliburton_makes_a_killing_on_iraq_war/ While recent news coverage has speculated on the post-war reconstruction gravy train that U.S. corporations stand to gain from, Dick Cheney's former company is already profiting from war time contracts. Sun, 23 Mar 2003 00:00:00 PST Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch -9759e4afabf043458dd9f1988644ed6b