Iraq ‘Heads Towards’ Ending US Military Presence
Mohammed al-Sudani and his government are unhappy with the US for launching airstrikes in Iraq.
US Troops Are Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields. Congress Refuses to Withdraw Them
The US military has illegally occupied Syrian sovereign territory since 2014, preventing Damascus from accessing its own oil and wheat fields. The Senate voted 13-84, rejecting a resolution to withdraw…
Norman Solomon: ‘The Madness of Militarism’
By Norman Solomon / Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy In this year’s Ellsberg Lecture, Norman Solomon reflects on what Martin Luther King Jr. called ‘the madness of militarism’ and…
U.S. Flies ‘Routine’ Spy Flights From UK’s Cyprus Base Near Gaza for ‘Third Party Governments’
Leaked cable raises the possibility the US is flying surveillance missions over Gaza from RAF Akrotiri and sharing the intelligence with Israel, which would further implicate Britain in war crimes…
Today Let’s Honor the Veterans Who Have Turned Against the US War Machine
By Derek Seidman / Truthout This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. It also marks 20 years since the birth of the massive global…
US Launches More Airstrikes in Eastern Syria Against IRGC Site
The Pentagon says the strikes targeted a facility used by Iran's IRGC and affiliated groups, referring to Shia militias.
Pentagon: US Forces in Iraq and Syria Attacked 23 Times Since October 17
Attacks have continued since the US launched airstrikes on Friday.
US Refuses to Acknowledge Systemic Use of Torture by Its Armed Forces in Iraq
A large number of those who were kept in Abu Ghraib and other detention centers run by the US and its allies in Iraq were innocent civilians. Many were subjected…
US Considers Ways to Keep Its Military Presence in Niger
One option is for the US to cooperate with the junta.
Military.com Op-Ed Calls for Military Draft
The op-ed comes as the US military is facing a recruiting crisis.
US Soldiers Don’t Belong in Ukraine
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch So how many American soldiers fight in Ukraine? The Biden bunch is careful not to reveal or refer to their presence, mercenary or otherwise, but…
Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Moscow ‘Not Possible’ Without US Support
The Russian military said it downed several drones that attacked Moscow.
From Beyond the Death of Beyond Vietnam
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War Remarks in New York City, May 21, 2023 About a year-and-a-half before I was born down in midtown, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
Quick Quiz: Mapping Militarism 2023
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War Can you test yourself with this quick quiz? A picture can be worth a trillion words — or a couple of trillion dollars…
To Close All US Military Bases, We First Have to Identify Them
The global infrastructure of the American military empire must be mapped before it can be properly dismantled. Meet the person who is doing just that.