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Amnesty’s Shilling for US Wars

CCHS — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:00:45 +0000

By Ann Wright and Coleen Rowley (2012) original post here: https://consortiumnews.com/2012/06/18/amnestys-shilling-for-us-wars/ For decades, Amnesty International has been a respected name in the cause of human rights, but its recent hiring of Suzanne Nossel, a longtime U.S. “humanitarian interventionist,” […]

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Study: 4.5 million killed in the 21st century, post 9/11 wars

CCHS — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:21:04 +0000

In post-9/11 war zones, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, the total death toll could be at least 4.5-4.7 million. Study by Brown University, original post here: https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2023/IndirectDeaths

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Rtd General: Ben Roberts-Smith case must force ADF leadership to re-examine Brereton report

CCHS — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:09:33 +0000

Retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan argues that the failure of the defamation case brought by Ben Roberts Smith (where he was found, on the civil standard, to have committed serious war crimes) should incite action over wider […]

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The Atrocity Mill: How the West Conjures Up Atrocities Overseas to Cover for its Own

CCHS — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 01:08:13 +0000

By Evan Reif – April 21, 2023, full article below, original post here: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/04/21/the-atrocity-mill-how-the-west-conjures-up-atrocities-overseas-to-cover-for-its-own/ Recently, American doctor and ex-Marine Pete Reed was killed near the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine. Since his death, Reed has been lionized as […]

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Washington’s failure in Afghanistan: you can’t ‘moralize with bullets and bombs’

CCHS — Wed, 11 May 2022 09:58:59 +0000

By Dr F. Haider Alvi, Athabasca University, original post here: https://theconversation.com/the-u-s-failed-in-afghanistan-by-trying-to-moralize-with-bullets-and-bombs-174033 Last August, the world watched the chaotic and painful American departure from Afghanistan. It led to a profound reckoning: how could two decades of war end in such […]

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Washington’s “waste, fraud and abuse” in occupied Afghanistan

CCHS — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:30:33 +0000

From CNN. Normally we would not run anything from CNN, but this is a useful collection of observations on one aspect of the 20 year long criminal occupation of Afghanistan. Original post here: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/07/asia/us-afghanistan-spending-waste-intl-cmd/index.html Half a billion dollars […]

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Australian Soldier Ben Roberts Smith: Hero or War Criminal?

CCHS — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:48:32 +0000

For generations, Australian soldiers have been sent to commit war crimes in multiple wars of aggression against other countries. Yet they are told they are defending Australia. By Tim Anderson. Original post here: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/australian-soldier-ben-roberts-smith:-hero-or-war-criminal When the Australian military’s Brereton […]

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Scott Morrison and Christian Porter cover up Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan, while prosecuting whistleblower David McBride

CCHS — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 07:05:30 +0000

By Tim Anderson, Director of the CCHS Nearly six months after the Brereton Report found that Australian soldiers had murdered at least 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners, between 2005 and 2016, the Morrison Government is showing strong determination […]

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Lawrence Wilkerson: the long war in Afghanistan could go on for decades, target is now China

CCHS — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:28:37 +0000

Former U.S. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson interviewed by Aaron Mate in 2017. PDF below, original post here: https://www.newsclick.in/wilkerson-afghanistan-longest-us-war-will-go-decades

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Australian war crimes traditions: the atrocity exhibition, Jeff Sparrow

CCHS — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 01:56:30 +0000

Review article by Jeff Sparrow, full PDF below, original post here: https://overland.org.au/2020/11/the-atrocity-exhibition/

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