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"Absolutely Insane": Pentagon Officials on Trump's Military Deportation Plan

Trump campaigned on mass deportations. Now he’s threatening to use the U.S. military to carry them out. The post “Absolutely Insane”: Pentagon...

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The Intercept

Nick Turse

America's Shadow War in Yemen Has Its Own Racist Military Swag

A photo of the "Houthi Hunting Club" patch — which disappeared from the Pentagon's website — shows how the U.S. dehumanizes its enemies. The post...

13.11.2024 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

We Are Failing Children Around the World With Our Warmaking

28.10.2024 5

The Nation

Nick Turse

The Global War on Children

“War is not healthy for children and other living things,” reads a poster titled “Primer” created by the late artist Lorraine Schneider for an...

23.10.2024 10

CounterPunch

Nick Turse

468 Million Children Who Live in Areas Affected by Armed Conflict Are Suffering

Between 2005 and 2023, more than 347,000 grave violations against kids were verified across more than 30 conflict zones.

22.10.2024 4

Truthout

Nick Turse

'Will You Bring My Dad and Give Me My Hand Back?' The World's War on Children

22.10.2024 8

Common Dreams

Nick Turse

When Blood Money Isn’t Enough: Raytheon Admits to Defrauding Pentagon

RTX’s bombs regularly kill children and civilians. It does white-collar crimes too, according to a $950 million fraud and bribery settlement this...

18.10.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

How Much Does Israel’s War Cost the U.S.? Don’t Ask the State Department.

An exchange with spokesperson Matt Miller over one year of U.S. military aid to Israel totaling more than $22.76 billion raised more questions than it...

09.10.2024 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Israel’s Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving, and Terrorizing the People of Gaza

Taking stock of the human toll of one year of destruction in the densely packed Gaza Strip. The post Israel’s Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving,...

07.10.2024 6

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Israel’s Bloody Record of Bombing Schools in Gaza

Israel has bombed nearly 85 percent of Gaza’s schools in the past year, killing hundreds of children and displaced Palestinians. The post Israel’s...

06.10.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The National Guard Knows Its Armories Have Dangerous Lead Contamination, Putting Kids and Soldiers At Risk

An Intercept investigation reveals that the Army National Guard has known about poisonous lead dust at armories open to the public for years, but is...

18.09.2024 8

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S. Army Is Upgrading an Israeli Base to Help Fit Boeing Warplanes

In addition to billions in weapons, the U.S. military is renovating an air base in the south of Israel, according to a new contract. The post U.S....

13.09.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Top U.S. General Meets With Alleged War Criminal in Libya

Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, described by some in Congress as a “warlord,” is seeking to expand cooperation with the U.S. The post Top U.S....

08.09.2024 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The U.S. Has Been at War in Yemen for 20 Years, but Houthis Can Still Choke the Red Sea

Despite U.S. talk of peace and stability, and two decades of war, the people of Yemen are still suffering. The post The U.S. Has Been at War in Yemen...

05.09.2024 5

The Intercept

Nick Turse

What Kamala Harris Meant by “Most Lethal Fighting Force” in Her DNC Speech

The Pentagon buzzword can apply to anything from missiles to pepperoni pizzas inside the military — while papering over the corpses that "lethality"...

27.08.2024 8

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Senator Calls U.S. Support for Saudis a “National Disgrace” After Intercept Reveals Unpaid Debt to Pentagon

Saudi Arabia won’t pay the U.S. back for fueling its warplanes as it bombed Yemen, but the U.S. recently resumed weapons sales to the kingdom. The...

20.08.2024 30

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The U.S. Fueled Saudi Jets Bombing Yemen. Now the Saudis Won’t Pay Their Gas Bill.

The U.S. just resumed sales of bombs and missiles to the Gulf state, which still owes $15 million for jet fuel from its war on Yemen. The post The...

12.08.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The US Military Is Still Not Taking Suicide Prevention Seriously

07.08.2024 4

The Nation

Nick Turse

The U.S. Has Dozens of Secret Bases Across the Middle East. They Keep Getting Attacked.

An Intercept investigation found 63 U.S. bases, garrisons, and shared facilities in the region. U.S. troops are “sitting ducks,” according to one...

07.08.2024 40

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S. Poured Billions of Military Aid Into Lebanon. Now Israel Threatens to Invade.

The U.S. is warning Israel against launching all-out war on Hezbollah — while continuing to send Israel unconditional military aid. The post U.S....

30.07.2024 3

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Rising Military Suicides Bring the War on Terror Home

As with its post-9/11 wars and interventions, the U.S. military’s effort to stem suicides has come up distinctly short.

26.07.2024 4

Common Dreams

Nick Turse

U.S. Has Never Apologized to Somali Drone Strike Victims — Even When It Admitted to Killing Civilians

The families of civilians killed by the U.S. in Somalia share their ideas of justice in a new report. The Pentagon has no response. The post U.S. Has...

26.07.2024 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

This African Country Kicked Out the U.S. Military. Did the Pentagon Lie About It?

Niger gave notice to U.S. troops in March. Reps. Matt Gaetz and Jimmy Panetta say the Pentagon lied about how it all went down. The post This African...

24.07.2024 7

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Cheap and Lethal: The Pentagon’s Plan for the Next Drone War

UAVs continually kill civilians, but the U.S. military wants to expand its arsenal with an army of new, mass-produced kamikaze AI drones. The post...

17.06.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

After Training African Coup Leaders, Pentagon Blames Russia for African Coups 

The U.S. has trained 15 coup leaders in recent decades — and U.S. counterterrorism policies in the region have failed. The post After Training...

06.06.2024 7

The Intercept

Nick Turse

The US Military’s Long History of Killing Innocents

31.05.2024 6

The Nation

Nick Turse

The US Military's Long History of Killing Innocents

30.05.2024 10

The Nation

Nick Turse

The Pentagon Keeps Procrastinating on Paying Reparations for the Lives It Shatters

While the U.S. military has long been killing civilians—in massacres by ground troops, air strikes and even, in August 1945, nuclear...

24.05.2024 20

Common Dreams

Nick Turse

The Pentagon Continues to Exonerate Itself of Harming Noncombatants

There are constants in this world — occurrences you can count on. Sunrises and sunsets. The tides. That, day by day, people will be born and others...

23.05.2024 7

Truthout

Nick Turse

Pentagon Compensated Zero Civilian Victims in 2022 — Despite Evidence That the U.S. Killed a Mom and Child in Somalia

The 22-year-old woman and her child were civilian casualties of a U.S. drone strike, but the Pentagon won't return the family's messages. The post...

14.05.2024 40

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Biden Says He Told Nigeria to Kill Fewer Civilians — but Nigeria Keeps Killing Lots of Civilians

Nigeria has gotten billions in U.S. security assistance, even as its counterterrorism campaign has a massive civilian death toll. The post Biden Says...

29.04.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military Executed 220 Civilians

A new report reveals details of the massacres by a longtime U.S. ally and counterterrorism partner. The post U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military...

25.04.2024 50

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military Executed 220 Civilians

A new report reveals details of the massacres by a longtime U.S. ally and counterterrorism partner. The post U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military...

24.04.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military Executed 220 Civilians

A new report reveals details of the massacres by a longtime U.S. ally and counterterrorism partner. The post U.S.-Trained Burkina Faso Military...

24.04.2024 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S. Troops in Niger Say They’re “Stranded” and Can’t Get Mail, Medicine

U.S. military service members interviewed for a congressional inquiry said intelligence reports about how bad the situation is were being suppressed....

19.04.2024 100

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Niger Wants to Kick US Troops Out of the Country

04.04.2024 40

The Nation

Nick Turse

New Junta in Niger Tells the US to Pack Up Its War and Go Home

Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for Niger’s ruling junta, took to local...

02.04.2024 3

Truthout

Nick Turse

Niger to Biden: Pack Up Your Forever War and Go Home

Will the Biden administration reverse a course that the U.S. has been on since the early 2000s?

02.04.2024 20

Common Dreams

Nick Turse

Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders

The Defense Department blew the deadline for a mandatory briefing to Congress on coups by U.S.-trained African military officers. The post Pentagon...

28.03.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Squeezed by African Coups, Biden Cozies Up to the World’s Worst Dictator

Famous for its repression and torture, Teodoro Obiang’s Equatorial Guinea got an aid delivery from U.S. Special Operations forces. The post Squeezed...

25.03.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

U.S.-Trained Niger Junta Kicks Out U.S. Troops, Drone Base

The junta denounced the “condescending attitude” of an American delegation that tried to save a quarter-billion-dollar U.S. base in Niger. The...

19.03.2024 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Who Could Have Predicted the U.S. War in Somalia Would Fail? The Pentagon.

A 2007 Defense Department study found glaring problems with America’s Horn of Africa campaign plan. The U.S. military plunged ahead anyway. The post...

07.03.2024 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Three More Members of Congress Call on Pentagon to Make Amends to Somali Family

“We can’t take away the pain and suffering felt by this family, but the fact that we haven’t even tried is awful,” Rep. Jim McGovern told The...

05.03.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Civilian Deaths From Terrorism in Africa Have Spiked 101,300% Since 2002

Most Americans, including members of Congress, are unaware of the extent of War on Terror operations on the continent—or how little they have done...

14.02.2024 30

Common Dreams

Nick Turse

The US Military Ignores and Neglects the Civilian Victims of Its Air Strikes

02.02.2024 5

The Nation

Nick Turse

The Forever Wars Grind on Without Apology

The U.S. has a long history of killing civilians in air strikes, failing to investigate the deaths, and ignoring pleas for apology and compensation.

31.01.2024 10

Common Dreams

Nick Turse

Ilhan Omar Demands Pentagon Compensate Somali Drone Strike Victims

Omar urged the Pentagon to make amends following an Intercept investigation into a U.S. strike that killed a woman and her 4-year-old. The post Ilhan...

30.01.2024 20

The Intercept

Nick Turse

US Military Considers Civilians Expendable Despite New Harm Mitigation Plan

In war, people die for absurd reasons or often no reason at all. They die due to accidents of birth, the misfortune of being born in the wrong place...

30.01.2024 30

Truthout

Nick Turse

Drone Strikes in Burkina Faso Killed Scores of Civilians

A new Human Rights Watch report details "apparent war crimes" in attacks that killed 60 civilians in crowded marketplaces and at a funeral. The post...

25.01.2024 8

The Intercept

Nick Turse

Blinken Visits Nigeria as Questions Swirl About Civilian Deaths and U.S. Security Ties

A State Department official said a drone strike that killed 120 Nigerians was no “attack” and urged press to focus on “fun” aspects of the...

25.01.2024 10

The Intercept

Nick Turse

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