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The Drone That Fell From the Sky
Dec 21, 2011 The skies seem full of falling drones these days. The most publicized of them made headlines when Iran announced that its military had taken possession of an advanced American remotely piloted spy aircraft, thought to be an RQ-170 Sentinel.
Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East
Dec 14, 2011 As the Arab Spring blossomed and President Obama hesitated about whether to speak out in favor of protesters seeking democratic change in the Greater Middle East, the Pentagon forged ever deeper ties with some of the region's most repressive regimes.
Obama’s Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?
May 18, 2011 If you follow the words, one Middle East comes into view; if you follow the weapons, quite another.
The Abu Ghraib Photos You Haven’t Seen
Apr 22, 2011 “Riley and his story Me and my outrage You and us” is a piece of art and a historical document It’s a war story and a meditation on memory as well as a rumination on its absence“Riley and his story” is art and history.
Mortal Sins of Omission
Mar 18, 2011 The lone living top commander implicated in a slaughter of civilians and cover-up has written a history of the US 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam, and what his book does not say could have grim and far-reaching consequencesWhat a new history of the U 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam does not say could have grim and far-reaching consequences.
Make War, Not Love
Jan 14, 2011 The anti-war publications of the Vietnam era have given way to how-to manuals by former military men who seldom deal with moral aspects of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.The anti-war publications of the Vietnam era have given way to how-to manuals that seldom deal with moral aspects.
The Mystery Military Bases the Pentagon Doesn’t Want You to Know About
Jan 9, 2019 “Undocumented bases are immune to oversight by the public and often even Congress,” says author David Vine about outposts kept off the books.
Pentagon Watchdog Calls Out Two Military Commands for Financial Malfeasance
Feb 9, 2018 The U.S. Africa Command and Central Command squanders $500 million fighting a drug war in a scandal that catches the essence of what may be the true opioid crisis of 21st-century America.