Report: CIA, British Intelligence Knew Saddam had no WMD
LONDON – Defenders of the war with Iraq often claim that every intelligence agency in the world believed that dictator Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. While it’s true that most...
View ArticleALB. Kenneth Ellis III Verdict
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – A jury in Albuquerque awarded $10 million to the family of Iraq veteran Kenneth Ellis III, who was shot and killed by police in January 2010. Ellis, who suffered from...
View ArticleThe Prohibitive Costs of Unnecessary Wars
OLYMPIA, Washington – Whether U.S. troops are removed from Afghanistan next year or remain in that country for another decade, the American taxpayers will be paying for that war – and the war in Iraq –...
View ArticleHalliburton War Profits – Nearly $40 Billion
ABU DHABI – The Iraq War has cost an estimated $1.7 trillion, in addition to roughly a half-trillion more for medical expenses and benefits for those who took part in it. Humanitarian groups estimate...
View ArticleKerry: Iraq Stop Sending Weapons to Syria
BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry used his first visit to Baghdad to demand that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki take action to prevent Iran from using Iraqi airspace to ship arms...
View ArticleYes, Iraq was about Oil
BAGHDAD — In 1990, after then-US President George H.W. Bush described Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait as a threat to world peace, economist Murray Rothbard predicted that the U.S. would intervene in Iraq in...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Aligning with Al Qaeda
SYRIA — Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader for Al Qaeda in Iraq announced last Tuesday in an audio message that it had merged with the Syrian opposition group Jabhat al-Nusra to form the “Islamic...
View ArticleViolence Erupts in Iraq Claiming 56 on Wednesday
BAGHDAD -– Fighting between Iraqi army and armed Sunni tribesmen resulted in an initial 38 dead, which set off more fighting that killed 56 people on Wednesday. There were 13 others killed elsewhere in...
View ArticleSequester Means Less Ammo
WASHINGTON DC -– With the tightening budgets of the sequester the Department of Homeland Security will be forced to hold off buying the massive numbers of ammunition previously reported and will be...
View ArticleNavy Tests New Anti-Narcotics Drone
KEY WEST, Florida – The US Navy is testing a 13-pound unmanned aerial drone called the Puma AE as a new counter-narcotics weapon for deployment in the Caribbean. The vehicle is considered as a...
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