(MintPress) – Accusations that U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East and Africa are killing innocent civilians were at the forefront of discussions at the United National Human Rights Council meetings, held this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The accusations come in the midst of reports that U.S. assassination strikes in Somalia aimed at al-Shabab, the […]
(MintPress) – Accusations that U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East and Africa are killing innocent civilians were at the forefront of discussions at the United National Human Rights Council meetings, held this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The accusations come in the midst of reports that U.S. assassination strikes in Somalia aimed at al-Shabab, the […]
Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones range at will over Pakistan, Yemen […]
Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under Bush, it turns out, have been replaced with industrial-scale extrajudicial execution by his successor. Today, CIA and Pentagon armed drones range at will over Pakistan, Yemen […]
(MintPress) – The seizure of Libya’s international airport by an armed militia group last week, combined with an attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, has left many Americans wary of investing in the future of Libya after the removal of former President Muammar Gaddafi last year. As an armed militia temporarily seized control of […]
(MintPress) – The seizure of Libya’s international airport by an armed militia group last week, combined with an attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, has left many Americans wary of investing in the future of Libya after the removal of former President Muammar Gaddafi last year. As an armed militia temporarily seized control of […]
As reports of ‘kill lists’ have emerged and murmurs of increasing use of surveillance drones over US soil – not to mention the London Olympics – have grown louder in recent months, drones have leapt onto the news agenda and into public debate. In a special report this week’s New Statesman special looks in detail […]
As reports of ‘kill lists’ have emerged and murmurs of increasing use of surveillance drones over US soil – not to mention the London Olympics – have grown louder in recent months, drones have leapt onto the news agenda and into public debate. In a special report this week’s New Statesman special looks in detail […]
As with the murdering madman Gaddafi, every activist gullible enough, every PR firm Israel controls, every thief in Washington is cashing in. This time, the likes of Barbara Walters, the big PR agencies, the Huffington Post, Vogue Magazine are accepting paid articles glamourizing the Assad family. Who is the new president? He, though son of […]
As with the murdering madman Gaddafi, every activist gullible enough, every PR firm Israel controls, every thief in Washington is cashing in. This time, the likes of Barbara Walters, the big PR agencies, the Huffington Post, Vogue Magazine are accepting paid articles glamourizing the Assad family. Who is the new president? He, though son of […]
Revelatory reports in Newsweek and the New York Times detailing targeted killings by the United States have pushed drone strikes to the top of the news agenda. Published at the end of May, the articles have whipped up fierce interest in the US covert war on terror. They revealed how people are added to a […]
Revelatory reports in Newsweek and the New York Times detailing targeted killings by the United States have pushed drone strikes to the top of the news agenda. Published at the end of May, the articles have whipped up fierce interest in the US covert war on terror. They revealed how people are added to a […]
(MintPress) – As the United States continues its practice of unmanned drone strikes in countries such as Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan and reaching as far as the Philippines, a high ranking United Nations official is questioning the legality of the attacks as it relates to the U.S. Constitution and international law. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, […]
(MintPress) – As the United States continues its practice of unmanned drone strikes in countries such as Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan and reaching as far as the Philippines, a high ranking United Nations official is questioning the legality of the attacks as it relates to the U.S. Constitution and international law. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, […]