After serving as the key protector of South Africa’s apartheid regime, the U.S. is playing the same role for Israel.
Source: U.S. Admits Israel Is Building Permanent Apartheid Regime — Weeks After Giving It $38 Billion
Category: War
Former CIA Detainees Describe Previously Unknown Torture Tactic: A Makeshift Electric Chair
In independent interviews with Human Rights Watch, two former detainees described a metal device that had wires with clips that would attach to the fingers, and a helmet connected to wires.
Source: Former CIA Detainees Describe Previously Unknown Torture Tactic: A Makeshift Electric Chair
Benjamin Netanyahu Added 100,000 Settlers. Now the U.S. Rewards Him With Largest Aid Package Ever.
Formal memorandum of understanding increases the annual military aid package to Israel, rewarding it with a record $38 billion over 10 years.
Source: Benjamin Netanyahu Added 100,000 Settlers. Now the U.S. Rewards Him With Largest Aid Package Ever.
The US Considered Hiding Nuclear Weapons In Iceland (And Not Telling Iceland)
New documents obtained by the National Security Archive reveal that the US government considered establishing a nuclear weapons storage site in Iceland during the 1950s. The really interesting part? The United States wasn’t going to tell Iceland.
Source: The US Considered Hiding Nuclear Weapons In Iceland (And Not Telling Iceland)
Civilian Death Toll From Coalition Airstrikes in Syria Could Be Single Largest in U.S.-Led War on ISIS
Scores of civilians trapped in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern Syria were reportedly killed Tuesday by airstrikes from Western coalition aircraft.
Worried About “Stigmatizing” Cluster Bombs, House Approves More Sales to Saudi Arabia
But the closeness of the vote was an indication of growing congressional opposition to the conduct of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing coalition in Yemen.
Source: Worried About “Stigmatizing” Cluster Bombs, House Approves More Sales to Saudi Arabia