MEDIA ROOTS — Earlier this week, Pacifica Radio’s Flashpoints spoke with long-time activist Kathy Kelly about U.S./NATO Imperialism and Afghanistan: “But what the United States wants is an agreement that U.S. troops can remain in Afghanistan until 2024 and beyond. So, the idea of the troops being withdrawn in 2013 and 2014 is good for electoral strategies on the part … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Early last Sunday, an unhinged U.S. Army Sergeant walked more than a mile, from village to village in rural Afghanistan, broke down the doors of three homes, and methodically murdered at least 16 Afghani civilians—nine of them being children. The U.S. Department of State issued an uncharacteristic apology, given how a formal apology was never issued, nor … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Pat Buchanan and Judge Napolitano were fired recently from their respective networks for what is thought to be their outspoken dissent from the U.S.-Israeli lobby. But whilst the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the C.I.A.’s National Intelligence Estimate, and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta all agree that there is no evidence that Iran has, nor is making, … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS — Last month, President Obama claimed that there has not been a significant amount of civilian deaths in Pakistan from unmanned US drones. Yet, more than a dozen Pakistani families of dead civilians have petitioned to the United Nations for an intervention to immediately cease U.S. drone attacks. The UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) is expected to review … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Several hundred psychologists, as well as numerous psychological associations around the country, are united in calling for the annulment of the American Psychological Association’s report on Psychological Ethics and National Security (PENS). The 2005 report is an APA endorsement of the highly suspect intelligence-gathering procedures used in US military detention sites such as Guantánamo Bay and Bagram, … Read More
