US Militarism
Ridge’s “revelations” on US terror alerts
What the World Socialist Web Site said
August 22, 2009
US Homeland Security Department director Tom Ridge was pressured by the Bush administration to raise the “terrorism threat level” on the eve of the 2004 presidential elections, Ridge claims in a n...
Baghdad bombings cast doubt on US troop withdrawals
By James Cogan, August 21, 2009
Wednesday’s bombings in Baghdad have dealt a significant blow to the claims of both the Obama administration and the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the country has been paci...
America’s Death Squads Inc.
By Bill Van Auken, August 21, 2009
The revelation that the CIA sought to contract out overseas assassinations to the politically connected mercenary outfit, Blackwater, underscores the grave dangers to democratic rights in the US itsel...
Mass abstention and vote rigging in Afghanistan election
By Patrick O’Connor, August 21, 2009
Yesterday’s presidential election in Afghanistan featured massive abstention and blatant ballot rigging, underscoring the corrupt character of the exercise.
Afghanistan’s gunpoint election
By James Cogan, August 20, 2009
The poll takes place under conditions of a continuing foreign military occupation to prop up a puppet government that is notorious for its human rights abuses, corruption and failure to provide for th...
Obama pledges intensified war in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Tom Eley, August 18, 2009
In a speech delivered Monday to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), President Obama promised to intensify the US military engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pentagon to Obama: Send more troops or lose war in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, August 13, 2009
The stage has been set for the Obama administration to announce another major escalation of the war in Afghanistan, amid warnings that the Taliban insurgency has to be stemmed over the next 12 to 18 m...
US Marine Corps renews ban on social networking sites
By Peter Kloze, August 13, 2009
In another attempt by the Pentagon to control all information coming from the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Marine Corps has renewed its ban on popular online social networking sites.
US military and intelligence agencies identify climate change as “national security” threat
By Patrick O'Connor, August 11, 2009
US military and intelligence agencies are studying the strategic implications of global warming, including preparations for military interventions, the New York Times reported Sunday.
The Hurt Locker: Part of a deplorable trend
By Joanne Laurier, August 10, 2009
The new film directed by Kathryn Bigelow focuses on an Army bomb deactivation—or Explosive Ordnance Disposal—squad, during its last 38 days of deployment in Iraq in 2004.
The assassination of Baitullah Mehsud
By James Cogan, August 8, 2009
The American political establishment and the US media, along with Washington’s client government in Islamabad, are reveling in the reports that missiles launched from an unmanned US Predator drone o...
US soldier who opposes Afghan war sentenced
By Jack Cody, August 8, 2009
US Army Specialist Victor Agosto has been sentenced to one month in jail for refusing deployment to Afghanistan. Agosto has made his objections public in an effort to mobilize opposition within the mi...
