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Green Beret Discovered SEALs’ Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed
The story surrounding the slaying of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar keeps unraveling, starting with the SEALs-turned-suspects’ assertion that the soldier was drunk the night he died. By Kevin Maurer, Spencer Ackerman.
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Tillerson Lays the Ground for Endless War in Syria
Washington still thinks it’s calling the shots—and we’ll fight forever to prove it. By Charles V. Peña.
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Tillerson’s Promise of More War in Syria Gets Warm Reception From Corporate Media
Media outlets not only fail to address the violence implicit in Tillerson’s Syria policy, they are treating it as a plan for peace. By Gregory Shupak.
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US Killed Over 100 Pro-Govt Fighters in Syria
Syria complains to UN Security Council over ‘massacre.’ By Jason Ditz.
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Another Unnecessary War
"As long as there is a huge power gap between the IDF and Hezbollah, Israel can afford to attack targets in Syria and Lebanon dozens of times without fear of endangering the home front." By Idan Landau.
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The Pig Empire Prepares For War
It’s been a very, very bad week if you’re rooting for peace. By Nina Illingworth.
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Building the Iron Wall
The U.S. is engaged in real wars in which bombs are dropped and people are killed, wounded and displaced. Yet here at home, none of it seems real. By Chris Hedges.
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Mobbed Up
How America boosts the Afghan opium trade. By Andrew Cockburn.
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Journalistic predictions of Middle Eastern politics are – mostly – an exercise in futility
There will always be a margin of error, but after years of reporting on the region, certain things can be fairly accurately anticipated, such as the outcome of Arab elections. By Robert Fisk.
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Children of ‘The Cloud’ and Major Tom
Adrian Daub on growing up under and being transfixed by the German sky in the 1980s.
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2018: When Orwell’s 1984 stopped being fiction
When I trained as a journalist, we reserved a “Revealed” or an “Exposed” for those special occasions when we were able to bring to the reader information those in power did not want known. By Jonathan Cook.
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Zombie History
In The Road to Unfreedom, Timothy Snyder’s vision of history driven by rival states and ruthless statesmen undermines his own insistence on the importance of individual responsibility. By Sophie Pinkham.
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Did philosopher Alexander Dugin, aka “Putin’s brain,” shape the 2016 election?
Alexander Dugin wants a left-right alliance against liberalism — and urged Russia to meddle in Western politics. By Conor Lynch.
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Can Michael Hayden Be This Blinded By Hate?
Ex-NSA chief says Americans have been conned by Russia and Trump and should look to intel community for salvation. By Peter Van Buren.
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Who Ordered Black Cube’s Dirty Tricks?
It seems clear that whoever hired Black Cube—in an effort to discredit me and former Obama administration officials—favored the US’s withdrawal from the Iran deal. If a foreign private intelligence agency was hired to help change a vital aspect of US foreign policy, with global consequences, it is a matter of urgent public interest to discover who ordered the operation and who paid for it. Congress has a responsibility to investigate. If the Trump administration was involved in a Nixonian campaign to justify its disastrous policy-making, we deserve to know. By Trita Parsi.
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A Former US Army Officer Is Now A General For A Country Accused Of War Crimes
“We would call him ‘Little Napoleon.’” By Aram Roston.
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Small Wonder
All of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out. By Barbara Kingsolver.
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Facebook: Announcing New Election Partnership with the Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council will help Facebook identify emerging threats and disinformation campaigns around the world.
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War Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore
It's become obsolete, the days of conquest are behind us, yet the military-industrial complex grinds on all the same. By Tom Streithorst.
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Russiagate is a Ruling Class Diversion
“Trump supporters see themselves as a distinct and independent force in the nation -- the saviors of America, in their diseased minds -- and they now hate the Democratic Party in a far deeper way than before.” By Glen Ford.
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