By Gareth Porter, IPS News. In his prepared statement to the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees last week, General David Petraeus claimed that Iran is using the Quds Force to turn Shi’ite militias into a “Hezbollah-like force” to “fight a proxy war against the Iraqi state and coalition forces in…
By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t A military watchdog organization filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and a US Army major, on behalf of an Army soldier stationed in Iraq. The suit charges the Pentagon with widespread constitutional violations by allegedly…
“As the person who filmed this event. I would like to say that although Andrew may appear to be a conspiracy theorist, he still was accosted by the police after Senator Kerry said he wanted to hear the question. If Accent Speakers Bureau had allowed all those standing in line to ask questions, this never…
After Downing Street — Your Representative Is Only a Modem Away By David Nather, CQ [who pretends there is no public push for impeachment without citing a shred of evidence, even while reporting on the public push for impeachment] The town hall meeting in the Philadelphia suburbs was advertised as an opportunity to talk with…
