The remnants of Iranian dissident group the MEK confined to an Iraqi refugee camp face a massacre when the United States leaves.
MEK May Be a Terrorist Organization, But It Doesn’t Deserve to Be Butchered
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IT Systems Are Just as Important to Flow of Oil as Straits of Hormuz
Hackers may soon cause massive disruptions in the oil industry.
Does Israel Believe Downed Drone in Iran Contained Attack Coordinates?
Israel may believe that the downed drone in Iran contains data for an attack.
Coalition Forces Won’t Take Training Wheels Off Afghan Forces
Afghan National Security Forces have yet to play the lead role in the Afghanistan war.
New Nuclear Weapons Facility: “Gateway to a Bleak and Hopeless World”
The media has finally discovered the new nuclear pit facility being built — at outrageous cost — at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Bad Pizza . . . and Even Worse Intelligence
At least a dozen CIA sources were reportedly compromised through shocking operational deficiencies that made them easy pickings for Hezbollah’s counterespionage agents.
Israel May Be as Threatened by a Rational Iran as an Irrational Iran
Apparently the rationale that Israeli war hawks and the Americans who enable them have long harbored for attacking Iran is mutating.
Review: Torture and State Violence in the United States
When the U.S. media holds debates about the state using torture to gather evidence or intelligence, the questions tend to be framed hypothetically, as if it is a practice the government might possibly resort to in the future. Robert Pallitto’s collection of official documents destroys this misperception. In reality, torture has been used by government actors in the United States since colonial times.
Medal of Honor Winner Pays for Balking at Equipping Pakistani Snipers
Concerns about its support for the Taliban led Dakota Meyers to object to sales to Pakistan by the defense company for which he worked.
The Great $500 Billion Nuclear Debate of 2011
There’s disagreement over whether the nuclear budget should include maintaining and upgrading nuclear weapons, as well other programs such as missile defense and environmental clean-up.