The dangers of life as a Muslim leader in the United States weren’t all that drove Anwar al-Awlaki the flee the country.
Perpetual War: How Does the Global War on Terror Ever End?
This epilogue to Scahill’s bestselling book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, is posted with the kind permission of its publisher, Nation Books. On January 21, 2013, Barack Obama was inaugurated for his second term as president of the United States. Just as he...
When Will the Dirty Wars End?
Jeremy Scahill’s Dirty Wars details the growing use of extrajudicial assassinations by the U.S. executive branch to strike at targets around the planet, without any declaration of war or meaningful congressional oversight. And it documents the human toll of such unchecked power by featuring some of the innocent victims of this global war.
CIA’s Drone Wars Blur Distinction Between Military and Civilian Combatants
If the United States reaches a point where there is nothing to distinguish our military institutions from our civilian, then all of us are fair game.
Troy Davis and al-Awlaki: Two Murders, One Outrage
Despite limited evidence, the United States painted Anwar al-Awlaki as a terrorist mastermind and executed him without the trial to which he was entitled as a U.S. native.
In the End, Will Iran’s Nuclear Plans Be Decided by — Cancer?
Iran’s need for uranium for medical purposes may make it amenable to compromise over its nuclear program.