War and Peace

Biking Out of Iraq Biking Out of Iraq

Reflections on troops that don't depart, experts who never leave the scene, an Air Force that suddenly wasn't there and a war that no longer needs justification.

Aug 13, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Blackwater, Black Deeds Blackwater, Black Deeds

An explosive story by The Nation's Jeremy Scahill sheds new light on the shady dealings of Blackwater, leading to renewed calls for a Congressional investigation into the military ...

Aug 12, 2009 / The Editors

Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland

A single platoon lost in a military limbo is a measurement of the stress under which the US Army now operates.

Aug 10, 2009 / Feature / Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare

US Still Paying Blackwater Millions US Still Paying Blackwater Millions

Despite the State Department's announcement canceling Blackwater's contracts in Iraq, the Obama administration will pay the company more than $174 million for security services in ...

Aug 7, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Blackwater or Murder, Inc.? Blackwater or Murder, Inc.?

Between the illegal weapons, explosive ammunition and the possibility that Blackwater operatives killed civilians as practice, the picture of the military contractor gets darker by...

Aug 6, 2009 / Countdown

Hiroshima Day Hiroshima Day

The official secrecy and deceptions about our nuclear weapons posture and policies and their possible consequences have threatened the survival of the human species.

Aug 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Ellsberg

For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War

On the 64th anniversary of atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the threat of a nuclear war remains potent. US nuclear policy hasn't changed enough since the Bush years.

Aug 5, 2009 / Feature / Frida Berrigan

Will Blackwater Founder Face Charges? Will Blackwater Founder Face Charges?

Erik Prince has been implicated in murder, viewed himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims from the globe and his company smuggled weapons into Iraq.

Aug 5, 2009 / GRITtv

Blackwater’s Dark Deeds Exposed Blackwater’s Dark Deeds Exposed

The Nation's Jeremy Scahill on his explosive revelation that Blackwater's founder has been accused, in sworn depositions from two former employees, of murder.

Aug 5, 2009 / Countdown

Erik Prince testifies

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Implicated in Murder Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Implicated in Murder

Sworn statements filed in federal court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a “crusade” to eliminate Muslims and Islam.

Aug 4, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

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