Spending on weapons and other military costs grew by more than one percent in 2015, marking the first year of growth in total military purchasing … Global military spending increased in 2015Read more
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Israeli Rights Group Releases Video of Army Medic Executing Wounded Palestinian Suspect
AN ISRAELI SOLDIER was arrested on Thursday after a rights group published clear video images of him shooting a wounded, immobilized Palestinian suspect in the … Israeli Rights Group Releases Video of Army Medic Executing Wounded Palestinian SuspectRead more
A Force Unto Itself
In the decades since the draft ended in 1973, a strange new military has emerged in the United States. Think of it, if you will, … A Force Unto ItselfRead more
Decades on, Israel tries to bury its darkest times
One might expect that only historians would care to revisit the 1948 war that created Israel. And yet the debate about what constitutes truth and … Decades on, Israel tries to bury its darkest timesRead more
Navy SEAL Turns Over Picture of Bin Laden’s Body, Faces Investigation of Business Ties
A FORMER NAVY SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden and wrote a bestselling book about the raid is now the subject of a widening federal … Navy SEAL Turns Over Picture of Bin Laden’s Body, Faces Investigation of Business TiesRead more
Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race
As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment. When officers led him and a … Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By RaceRead more
The Pentagon’s Missionary Spies
ON MAY 10, 2007, in the East Room of the White House, President George W. Bush presided over a ceremony honoring the nation’s most accomplished … The Pentagon’s Missionary SpiesRead more
Israeli soldier filmed executing wounded Palestinian man
Video [very graphic, i cannot show here.] Today an Israeli soldier executed a wounded Palestinian man on the ground in the Tel Rumeida area of … Israeli soldier filmed executing wounded Palestinian manRead more
America’s 51st and Most Powerful State
A Force Unto Itself A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as America’s 51st and Most Powerful State By William J. Astore In the decades since the … America’s 51st and Most Powerful StateRead more
Pentagon and Corporate Contractors Too Big to Audit
The Reuters report put this colossal dereliction simply: “A law in effect since 1992 requires annual audits of all federal agencies—and the Pentagon alone has … Pentagon and Corporate Contractors Too Big to AuditRead more