In Palestine: Dying for Justice

On March 20, Hana’s 34th hunger strike day began. The previous day, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) said she’s in imminent danger of dying.  After examining her, its doctor “determined that she must be hospitalized…

War Crimes Must Be Stopped No Matter Who Does Them

War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity The brutality with which the US government exercises its “war on terror” is condemned both by the court of international public opinion and by the principles of international law…

Obama Bluffs Netanyahu: A New Cold War?

Is the poker game between USA, Iran and Israel nearing its end? I wish I could say something smart about poker; that would be the perfect opening for an article on the ongoing poker game…

Part II The Jeju Naval Base Another US Base in Korea: Strategic Threat to China

Continues from Part I, “The Jeju Naval Base Another US Base in Korea: Strategic Threat to China I”: http://www.4thmedia.org/2012/03/16/emergency-report-the-entry-to-jeju-island-by-3-american-vets-for-peace-members-were-denied-forcibly-deported-by-s-korean-authorities/ Introduction to Part II Prof. Bruce Cumings, the Chicago University Professor, the world’s most renowed and…

Murder Which Happens Every Day in Afghanistan Is Not an Anomaly in War

The war in Afghanistan—where the enemy is elusive and rarely seen, where the cultural and linguistic disconnect makes every trip outside the wire a visit to hostile territory, where it is clear that you are losing despite the vast industrial killing machine at your disposal—feeds the culture of atrocity. The fear and stress, the anger and hatred, reduce all Afghans to the enemy, and this includes women, children and the elderly. Civilians and combatants merge into one detested nameless, faceless mass. The psychological leap to murder is short. And murder happens every day in Afghanistan. It happens in drone strikes, artillery bombardments, airstrikes, missile attacks and the withering suppressing fire unleashed in villages from belt-fed machine guns.

Amnesty and the NATO Cover-Up of War Crimes in Libya

Yesterday, on 19 March 2012, Amnesty International was calling on NATO to “investigate the killing of dozens of civilians during it`s air campaign last year and to provide reparations to the people affected”. Amnesty further…