Hersh’s new Syria revelations buried from view

by Jonathan Cook, 26 June 2017 (Updated below) Veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, the man who exposed the Mai Lai massacre during the Vietnam War and the US military’s abuses of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib in 2004, is probably the… Continue Reading

Forget ISIS: Humanity Is at Stake

by Ramzy Baroud, November 28, 2015 I still remember that smug look on his face, followed by the matter-of-fact remarks that had western journalists laugh out loud. “I’m now going to show you a picture of the luckiest man in… Continue Reading

US Bill Seeks to Exonerate Israel of War Crimes

by Peter Garcia-Webb on Fri, 2014-08-01 The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution that will now go to the Senate. It calls on the international community to recognize and condemn Hamas’ breaches of international law through the use… Continue Reading

Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza – Debunked

by Noura Erakat July 25, 2014 Israel has killed almost 800 Palestinians in the past twenty-one days in the Gaza Strip alone; its onslaught continues. The UN estimates that more than 74 percent of those killed are civilians. That is… Continue Reading

Echoes of El Salvador in tales of US-approved death squads

The Iraqi documents released by Wikileaks produce significantly more detail on US actions in the war in Iraq , but do they produce anything that we did not know already?….. Continue Reading