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Obama administration supports forces that commit atrocities

20. January 2010

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Obama administration supports forces that commit atrocities

Despite Barack Obama’s initial promise of progress, the US administration continues to employ policies that support regimes that kill civilians, says investigative journalist Allan Nairn. “The US President and the US system have tremendous authority over these policies,” Nairn says concerning US involvement in the Middle East. “[Obama] could almost unilaterally cut off the aid [...]

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Iraq outraged by Blackwater case dismissal

4. January 2010

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Iraq outraged by Blackwater case dismissal

Iraq has criticized the US court’s dismissal of all charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of killing seventeen Iraqi civilians in 2007. The country’s government has vowed to pursue the case itself. Blackwater contractors – a US private military company – was sent to Iraq to assist the US army in 2003. In 2007, 17 [...]

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Endless war as a means to keep Pentagon’s budget

30. December 2009

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Today the US is spending more on war than the governments of 50 American states spend on education, healthcare and welfare of the American people, says journalist Sherwood Ross. “American people who voted for peace are finding that we have a greater war economy than ever before,” said Ross. “The idea of the Pentagon and [...]

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