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Aram Roston, The Nation. November 13, 2009.
The U.S. government is funding the very forces its troops are fighting -- funds that add up to a huge amount of money for the Taliban.
Zaid Jilani, Think Progress AlterNet: World. October 20, 2009.
Bill Caudle was laid off from his job in March 2009, which resulted in his family losing their health care coverage.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 29, 2009.
In spite of this statement, Bolton, the former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, stopped short of endorsing the policy's dissolution.
Mustafa Saber, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. September 24, 2009.
On the night of August 22, 2008, Zahra's father, mother, sister and two brothers were killed by American bombs. This is her life now.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. September 10, 2009.
The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in the Green Zone resembles an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet: World. September 7, 2009.
A Swedish aid group accused American troops Monday of breaking down doors in a hospital in central Afghanistan to search for militants.
Nir Rosen, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. September 1, 2009.
"A public affairs officer told me it was the most alarming report about a journalist that he had ever seen."
Gareth Porter, IPS News. August 8, 2009.
General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani may be providing assistance to Taliban insurgents, yet the U.S. government continues to fund the Pakistan military.
Agence France Presse August 5, 2009.
A roadside bomb killed 21 Afghan wedding guests, the latest in a wave of violent attacks ahead of key elections, as the NATO chief Thursday assessed efforts to quell the insurgency.
Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. August 5, 2009.
On July 30th, a public referendum was supposed to give Iraqis a chance to vote on a deadline for U.S. withdrawal. It never happened.
Agence France Presse July 27, 2009.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that the U.S. army has "plans to invade" his country from Colombia, where "a Yankee military force" is assembling.
Agence France Presse July 19, 2009.
According to a report by the New York Times, U.S. officials are concerned that abuses and militant recruiting within local prisons are helping strengthen the Taliban.
Sonali Kolhatkar, New America Media. July 18, 2009.
The new offensive is an attempt "to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda." But what will actually be gained such brute force?
Institute for War and Peace ReportingJuly 16, 2009.
The pullout revealed mixed emotions: anger over the occupiers' violence, and a few fonder recollections of encounters with individual soldiers.
Agence France Presse June 17, 2009.
A Congressional panel voted 61-0 to covering the Pentagon's budget for 2010, but provided no money for moving detainees to U.S. soil.
Reuters June 15, 2009.
The ex-Soviet republic gave the U.S. six months from February to shut the Manas air base, but officials hope Kyrgyzstan may change its mind.
Cynthia Hubert, TruthOut.org. June 12, 2009.
"I saw things today that I think will mess me up for life," Army Spc. Trevor Hogue wrote to his mother from Baghdad in 2007.
Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. June 4, 2009.
Few believe the capital is reverting to an earlier era of sectarian violence, but most accept that bloodshed will plague Iraq for years to come.
Duncan Gardham, Paul Cruickshank, The Telegraph (UK). May 28, 2009.
Despite Obama's claims that they 'are not particularly sensational,' Maj Gen. Antonio Taguba says photos show 'torture, rape and every indecency.'
Agence France PresseMay 21, 2009.
Steven Dale Green faces the death penalty or life without parole after being convicted as the ringleader in the gruesome crime.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 11, 2009.
'Stressed out' soldier in military custody after attack at Camp Liberty
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. May 7, 2009.
Rage spreads in Afghanistan after a U.S. bombing kills some 130 people; Meanwhile the Pentagon spins a cover-up and Obama readies more troops.
John Byrne, Raw Story. May 6, 2009.
In all, 98 detainees have died while in U.S. hands, with 34 identified as homicides, at least eight of which were tortured to death.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 5, 2009.
The network released unedited tapes of the 'hunt for Jesus' one day after the Pentagon accused it of being 'irresponsible' for its initial report.
Haqi Ismael, Azzaman AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 5, 2009.
An Iraqi human rights group estimates that April is the bloodiest since September 2008, in which 444 Iraqis were killed.
