Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. March 18, 2009. Six years into the war, many U.S. bases in Iraq are still without incinerators, leaving open pits spewing toxic plumes over soldiers and civilians.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 24, 2008. A new report finds the Air Force is spending counterterrorism funds on very fancy seating for military and civilian leaders.
Patrick Porter, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 23, 2008. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an Air Force major who was fired when her superiors discovered she was in a lesbian relationship.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. May 22, 2008. In the new film Iron Man, the people cast as terrorists take the fall for what the U.S. has done in the real world.
Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 14, 2007. The U.S. military is increasingly relying on deadly air strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan as the ground occupations fall apart, killing untold numbers of civilians.
Frida Berrigan, Tomdispatch.com. January 13, 2007. The Armed Forces can't adequately equip those already in uniform, but the Pentagon is committing itself to massive corporate contracts for new high-tech weapons systems slated to come on-line decades from now.
