NIGHTWATCH: India-Pakistan Kashmir, Iraq & Shi’ite Casualties

India-Pakistan-Kashmir: Pakistani press reported no Indian artillery fire across the Line of Control in Kashmir on Monday and Tuesday this week for the first time in weeks. It also reported that cross-border truck traffic has been normal through at least one crossing point on the Line of Control. Comment: Since the killing of five Indian …

Andrew Garfield: War and T/Error: The U.S. Counter-propaganda Failure in Iraq

Middle East Quarterly (Fall 2007) pp. 23-32. by Andrew Garfield Defeat of the insurgency and terrorism in Iraq requires not only a military approach but also a political component. Although the “surge” may stabilize parts of Iraq and reduce the level of violence while the additional troops remain in place, long-term stability requires a more …

Berto Jongman: Iraq Vet Commits Suicide Over Being Ordered to Commit — and Cover Up – War Crimes

Iraq Vet Kills Himself After Being Ordered to Commit “War Crimes” “These things go far beyond what most are even aware of” Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com June 24, 2013 Iraq war veteran Daniel Somers committed suicide following an arduous battle with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that was caused by his role in committing “crimes …

Berto Jongman: GCHQ & NSA – A Love Story

GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world’s communications Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal Read full article.

4th Media: Syria is Obama’s Iraq — Money Talks, Lies Abound, Only the Poor Die

  Syria Is Becoming Obama’s Iraq: In Perfect Bush-like Fashion, President Obama Too … In perfect Bush-like fashion, President Obama has invented a bogus pretense for military intervention in yet another Middle East country. The president’s claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons — and thus crossed Obama’s imaginary “red line” — will likely …

David Isenberg: Harvard Paper on Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan

  The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets Faculty Research Working Paper Series Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School Abstract: The Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, taken together, will be the most expensive wars in US history – totaling somewhere between $4 to $6 trillion. This …