USA has military forces in 160 countries, but Pentagon is hiding exact numbers
The US has 95% of the world’s foreign military bases, with personnel in more than 160 countries. But... Read More
Iraq
Don’t forget George H W Bush’s war crimes, from Iraq’s ‘Highway of Death’ to Panama invasion
As US president, George H.W. Bush invaded Panama and waged the barbaric Gulf War, in which the American... Read More
Failed regime-change war bled Syria of c. $400 billion – and human cost of imperialism is even higher
The international proxy war on Syria destroyed more than $388 billion in physical capital, according to a UN... Read More
Human Rights Watch praises extreme war hawk John McCain
Human Rights Watch (HRW) praised the extreme war hawk John McCain, while it has refused to oppose US... Read More
Meet neocon John Bolton, the most hawkish US national security adviser imaginable
Trump’s new national security adviser John Bolton, an architect of the Iraq War, is an extreme hawk who... Read More
Why the Mere Idea That Neocon Senator Tom Cotton Might Run Trump’s CIA Is Terrifying
Strangelovian Senator Tom Cotton effusively advocates world war without end. By Max Blumenthal This article was originally published... Read More
Genocide in Iraq: When local Sunni became ISIS and slaughtered their Yazidi neighbors
When ISIS came to butcher the Yazidis of Iraq, they simply went next door. By Rania Khalek /... Read More
How ISIS wives helped their husbands rape Yazidi sex slaves
In Iraq, captured Yazidi women were forced to work as domestic servants for ISIS families — and were... Read More
Washington’s warmongers warm up to Trump: Ex-CIA director Petraeus says he is ‘more continuity than change’
Former CIA director General David Petraeus doesn’t see much difference between the Trump and Obama administrations, saying there... Read More
In the field with Yazidi fighters, chilling tales of genocide by ISIS – and more conflict to come
Yazidi fighters are joining the Iraqi-run Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in droves to fight ISIS, and see a... Read More
Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz want more Western intervention, fueling the very Islamist extremism they claim to fight
Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz combine the worst of both worlds: the anti-Muslim, anti-refugee views of the far... Read More
US dropped 26,171 bombs on 7 Muslim-majority countries in Obama’s last year
President Obama’s last year in office was marked by heavy bombing in the Middle East and South Asia.... Read More
