1. Taliban expands control of Nuristan
(News/Global)

...ials and reopened schools. Sections of the footage also show Taliban fighters brandishing what appeared to be US weapons. The fighters said they had seized the arms cache from two military outposts in...

2. Al Franken, Chickenhawk
(Opinions/Politic)

...y because, after all, “the world changed” on 9/11, and the U.S. government needed to deal with Saddam’s infamous Weapons of Mass Destruction. Franken cites the uranium-from-Niger lie as the piece of e...

3. Marjorie Cohn and Kathleen Gilberd's 'Rules of Disengagement'
(Opinions/Review)

...do little to address them. Only unbridled militarism, advancing imperialism, filling the ranks, funding numerous weapons systems and munitions, and enriching war-profiteers matter. The result for hun...

4. It was Never about Democracy
(Opinions/Society)

... power and oppress their own people. These 'puppet presidents' or 'drag-queen kings' are kept in power - with US weapons and intelligence - for as long as they continue to serve American interests, no...

5. Under Siege Again, But Gaza Will Not Die
(Opinions/Politic)

... utility and training aircraft, bombs, and tactical missiles. The U.S. Arms Export Control Act specifies that US weapons purchased by other countries can be used only for defensive purposes. The attac...

6. U.S. military industrial complex benefits from presence of Israel
(Opinions/Interview)

...mplex benefits from presence of Israel Kourosh Ziabari The carnage in Gaza and the attacks with white phosphorus weapons will eventually isolate the Zionist regime in the international arena.  &...

7. The Deadly Sanctions on Iraq
(Opinions/Politic)

...sident Bill Clinton said — that the sanctions were intended to make Saddam Hussein rid himself of those infamous weapons of mass destruction. But the truth was that the sanctions had nothing to do wit...

8. Ahmadinejad's speech at General Assembly
(Opinions/Features)

...s, Saddam's regime imposed a massive war of aggression and occupation on my people. It employed the most heinous weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons against Iranians and Iraqis ali...

9. The State without Shame
(Opinions/op-ed)

...nd hid from the Security Council members and the people of the world is that Israel has hurled new and barbarous weapons at the civilians of Lebanon, weapons that leave “the bodies with dead tissues a...

10. The Iranian Nuclear Showdown
(Opinions/Features)

...US government still holds. Admittedly, the ban was covertly lifted during the Reagan presidency when advanced US weapons were sold, through Israeli channels, to Iran and the proceeds diverted to the s...