by John Feffer | Jun 5, 2012 | War & Peace
It started out as a routine briefing at a conference in Florida on U.S. special operations. One of the panelists, Army Brigadier General Neil Tolley, was talking about the importance of human intelligence in North Korea. A reporter, David Axe, dutifully wrote down...
by Paul Mutter | May 31, 2012 | Human Rights, War & Peace
Cross-posted from the Arabist. “Atamanschina” is a Russian word that translates to “time of the atamans.” It refers to the period of the Russian Civil War when anti-Bolshevik Cossack bands — led by their “atamans” —...
by Russ Wellen | May 30, 2012 | War & Peace
Though with decreased frequency, drone attacks continue in Pakistan The latest, reports the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, were in Waziristan, on May 28: CIA drones returned to the attack in North Waziristan for the fourth time in six days, with a strike on the...
by John Feffer | May 15, 2012 | War & Peace
Everybody loves Dexter. He’s handsome. He’s helpful. He works at the Miami Metro Police Department, and he’s very good at his job as a blood-splatter analyst. Oh, did I mention that he moonlights as a serial killer? Don’t worry: he only kills...
by Ibrahim Kazerooni , Rob Prince | Apr 9, 2012 | Democracy & Governance
In March 2004 , one of us submitted an op-ed to the Denver Post titled “Wahhabism is a threat to World Peace.” The article posited that it was of no wonder that Wahhabism, the official religion of Saudi Arabia, has become the philosophical guide for...
