NATO Forces in Afghanistan Can’t Deny They Killed Civilians in Sangin Anymore

By: Friday August 6, 2010 9:00 am

Exclusive, on-the-ground interviews obtained by Brave New Foundation’s Rethink Afghanistan project confirm what NATO forces repeatedly denied: U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan killed dozens of people in the Sangin District of Helmand Province on July 23.

The NYT on the Flotilla Massacre: When Good Editorials Start Off Really, Really Bad

By: Tuesday June 1, 2010 11:57 pm

It’s 2:30 am, and I’ve captured a grab of the mostly spot-on NYT editorial on the flotilla massacre, because its lede is so outrageously wrong I suspect (and hope) it will evaporate by dawn…

IDF Information Blockade Fails: Growing Number of Flotilla Survivors Debunk IDF’s Massacre Story

By: Tuesday June 1, 2010 12:03 pm

In order to prop up the IDF’s storyline that it and not the Freedom Flotilla was attacked first in international waters, the Israeli government has been trying to deny media access to the flotilla survivors — but their effort to create an information blockade is failing. The survivors’ stories are getting out, and they all debunk the IDF’s claims.

The War Behind Us is Ahead of Us

By: Thursday December 18, 2008 9:48 am

A new book uncovers Pentagon investigations into excesses in Vietnam and is a well-timed lesson about similar war–Iraq.

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