Bradley Manning found not guilty of aiding enemy, convicted of espionage
Text Military Judge Denise Lind found Pfc. Bradley Manning guilty of violations of the Espionage Act for his disclosure of classified information to anti-secrecy organization Wikileaks. Military Judge...
View ArticleUN report sees steep rise in Afghan civilian deaths
Text A UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan report indicates a 23% rise in the number of civilian casualties over the first six months of 2013 as compared to the same period last year. A UN Assistance...
View ArticleUN SG: US drone strikes must comply with international law
Text UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon insisted that US drone strikes must operate within international law, and make "every effort to avoid mistakes and civilian casualties."UN Secretary-General Ban...
View ArticleUS must investigate Pakistan drone strikes: Amnesty
Text Amnesty International urged the US to conduct a thorough, independent investigation into allegations that CIA drone strikes have resulted in recent civilian casualties in Pakistan.Amnesty...
View ArticleKarzai punts on US 'security agreement'
Text Afghan President Hamid Karzai rejected the Loya Jirga's recommendation that he sign an agreement extending the US troop presence, citing continued civilian casualties.After four days of...
View ArticleHRW calls for ICC inquiry on Afghanistan crimes
Text Human Rights Watch urged the International Criminal Court to expedite an inquiry into war crimes committed in Afghanistan by insurgent and government forces alike.Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Dec....
View ArticleAfghanistan civilian casualties rose 14% in 2013
Text The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan issued its 2013 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, which found a total of 8,615 civilian casualties.The UN Assistance Mission in...
View ArticleAfghanistan: ground combat tops civilian casualties
Text Ground combat engagements have surpassed improvised explosive devices as the most common cause of conflict-related civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan.Ground combat engagements have...
View ArticleISIS blows up birthplace of Saladin
Text ISIS militants destroyed the Citadel of Tikrit, birthplace of Saladin and one of Iraq's most important archeological sites. The jihadists meanwhile seized several Syrian towns.ISIS militants on...
View ArticleUS arms Kobani defenders —heightening contradictions
Text The US has started to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces defending Kobani against ISIS—opening a new set of contradictions for the Rojava autonomous zone.The US has started to air-drop weapons...
View ArticleObservers: US-led Syria strikes kill over 900
Text The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that US-led airstrikes in Syria have killed over 900—including 785 ISIS fighters, 72 Nusra Front militants and 52 civilians.The UK-based Syrian...
View ArticleUS 'ends war' in Afghanistan —not!
Text The NATO "withdrawal" from Afghanistan was quietly marked by a Kabul ceremony—as air-strikes, suicide attacks and gun-battles with Taliban insurgents continued without pause.Well, the supposed...
View ArticleKurdish forces press gains against ISIS
Text Kurdish forces made further gains against ISIS at Kobani in the final days of 2014, while the Peshmerga are preparing an offensive to drive the jihadis from Kurdish lands in Iraq.Kurdish forces...
View ArticleISIS and atrocity pornography: politics of horror
Text The ISIS immolation video reveals a totalitarian cult, but Jordan and other regimes in the anti-ISIS coalition are also despotic—while Syria's pro-democratic forces are betrayed.The new ISIS...
View ArticleUS military death toll in Afghanistan hits 2,000
A Sept. 30 checkpoint shooting in eastern Afghanistan's Wardak province brought the US military's death toll in the war past 2,000, by official count. A report by the Brookings Institution (PDF)...
View ArticleChildren targeted in Afghanistan
The Guardian on Dec. 7 noted a Dec. 3 story in Military Times, "Some Afghan kids aren’t bystanders," concerning an October air-strike in Nawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province in which three...
View ArticleUS, Afghan forces accuse each other in abuses
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Feb. 25 ordered all US Special Forces out of two key provinces within two weeks, accusing Afghan units under their command of being responsible for the torture, abuse...
View ArticleBradley Manning found not guilty of aiding enemy, convicted of espionage
Military Judge Denise Lind on July 30 found Army Pfc. Bradley Manning guilty of violations of the Espionage Act for his disclosure of classified information to anti-secrecy organization Wikileaks. The...
View ArticleUN report sees steep rise in Afghan civilian deaths
A UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) mid-year report (PDF) released on July 31 indicated a 23% rise in the number of Afghan civilian casualties over the first six months of 2013 as compared...
View ArticleUN SG: US drone strikes must comply with international law
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Aug. 13 insisted that US drone strikes must operate within international law. The secretary-general hailed the country's lead role in UN peacekeeping operations and...
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