Martin Michaels This award means a lot to me,” said Kenneth Peck, an Army sergeant injured by rocket and mortar fire during combat in Afghanistan. “But it’s not my award. I’m only the custodian of it. I wear it to honor all my fallen brothers and sisters, and those who came before me,” said Peck during […]
Martin Michaels This award means a lot to me,” said Kenneth Peck, an Army sergeant injured by rocket and mortar fire during combat in Afghanistan. “But it’s not my award. I’m only the custodian of it. I wear it to honor all my fallen brothers and sisters, and those who came before me,” said Peck during […]
Dale Gavlak The Syrian Jabhat al-Nusra group’s public pledge of allegiance to al-Qaida last week has increased tensions with other predominantly Sunni Muslim rebel forces seeking more military support from the West which, particularly in the form of lethal weapons, it has so far denied. While the militant group is credited with winning many […]
Dale Gavlak The Syrian Jabhat al-Nusra group’s public pledge of allegiance to al-Qaida last week has increased tensions with other predominantly Sunni Muslim rebel forces seeking more military support from the West which, particularly in the form of lethal weapons, it has so far denied. While the militant group is credited with winning many […]
“St. Bonifacius gets it!” said FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley, known for exposing intelligence failures before the 9/11 attacks, while addressing a crowd that had gathered in the social hall of St. Albert the Great Catholic Church in Minneapolis on April 6 to protest drones and war. “They realized drones are targeted on us and have […]
“St. Bonifacius gets it!” said FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley, known for exposing intelligence failures before the 9/11 attacks, while addressing a crowd that had gathered in the social hall of St. Albert the Great Catholic Church in Minneapolis on April 6 to protest drones and war. “They realized drones are targeted on us and have […]
(MintPress) – “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is clearly using excessive force, since these are civil detentions,” said Dr. Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist who studies solitary confinement at the Wright Institute, a graduate school in psychology based in Berkeley, Calif. “And that makes this a human rights abuse.” According to new federal data released last […]
(MintPress) – “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is clearly using excessive force, since these are civil detentions,” said Dr. Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist who studies solitary confinement at the Wright Institute, a graduate school in psychology based in Berkeley, Calif. “And that makes this a human rights abuse.” According to new federal data released last […]
(MintPress) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced this week that there could be as many as 10,000 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or “drones” flying in U.S. airspace by 2020. The assessment comes from a recent FAA study of current aeronautical trends up to 2032. Last month, the FAA said it had issued 1,428 permits to […]
(MintPress) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced this week that there could be as many as 10,000 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or “drones” flying in U.S. airspace by 2020. The assessment comes from a recent FAA study of current aeronautical trends up to 2032. Last month, the FAA said it had issued 1,428 permits to […]
“The U.S. drone program is terrorizing entire civilian populations, nearly half of which are children,” claims a new report by the human rights organization, Reprieve. In Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen — three countries where the U.S. uses lethal drones in the hunt to eliminate al-Qaeda, at least 204 children have been killed by drone strikes over […]
“The U.S. drone program is terrorizing entire civilian populations, nearly half of which are children,” claims a new report by the human rights organization, Reprieve. In Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen — three countries where the U.S. uses lethal drones in the hunt to eliminate al-Qaeda, at least 204 children have been killed by drone strikes over […]
Update: Activists with the human rights group Witness Against Torture (WAT) began a hunger strike last week in solidarity with dozens of detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison who have gone without food for weeks to protest inhumane conditions at the detention facility. Eight of the Guantanamo hunger strikers are in grave physical condition, having lost […]
Update: Activists with the human rights group Witness Against Torture (WAT) began a hunger strike last week in solidarity with dozens of detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison who have gone without food for weeks to protest inhumane conditions at the detention facility. Eight of the Guantanamo hunger strikers are in grave physical condition, having lost […]
