October 24, 2013 One of the most important lessons I learned from listening to renowned diplomat Henry Kissinger talk (at a luncheon that cost guests $1,5
In a heroic attempt to right an administrative wrong, two Navy veterans' organizations are suing the Department of Veterans Affairs and Secretary Eric S
A new ruling by the ICTY means that many war criminals may be acquitted as there is no evidence that they specifically directed the genocides in former Yug
An overwhelming majority in the Senate rushed to approve a massive military incursion founded on a fabricated provocation. Obviously, America hasn't le
Guatemala's highest court has overturned the genocide conviction of former leader Efrain Rios Montt. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Former Guatemalan dictator Efr
Also see: "Agent Orange: Still Taking a Toll on Vets," MedPage Today, May 13, 2013: " ... Prior research has shown exposure to the defoliant has been assoc
" ... Around 20,000 civilians are believed to have been killed or injured by explosives since the end of the war. Some 40 percent of the victims in the pa
Buenos Aires -- Last July at the Libertad (Freedom) prison in Uruguay was unusual. Miguel Angel Estrella, an Argentine pianist (and now Argentina’s Amb
NORFOLK - Two former Blackwater contractors have been ordered to federal prison after exhausting their appeals in the 2009 shooting death of a civilian in
Apr 20, 2013 While the world sympathizes with the US over the Boston Marathon bombings, anti-drone activists are asking questions about the relative si
Photo: An idigenous woman of Guatemala's Ixil region covers her face as she walks to testify in the trial against Efrain Rios Montt in the Supreme Court o
The Secret History of the Vietnam War If you thought you knew all there was to know about the Vietnam War, you were wrong. For example: ever heard of the "
Interview with James Jennings, President of Conscience International Press TV, Apr 12, 2013 It would be very difficult [to hold US authorities accountabl
" ... The number of veterans suffering Agent-Orange-related afflictions almost certainly exceeds the more than 358,000 U.S. military personnel killed or w
March 27, 2013 The hidden history of the Shoa and its connections to American and Middle East affairs have preoccupied writer Edwin Black since the 1970
" ... The acts perpetrated by the Guatemalan government during the civil war (fully backed by American government money and expertise, least we forget who
" ... The company was opposed to the Weimar Republic, and made generous donations to national conservative parties, including the Nazi Party. ... " The S
One of the regrets I expressed, in my take on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, is that I didn’t write in opposition to the many bad arguments for