US exempts mercenaries from war crimes prosecution in UN measure

African mercenaries hired by the Gaddafi regime to kill Libyan protesters would be immune from prosecution for war crimes due to a clause in this weekend’s UN resolution that was demanded by the United States.

This was done to protect mercenaries hired by the US in other conflicts from prosecution. So much for justice, so [...]

War Crimes in Afghanistan? Time To Investigate

We have clear evidence that there may be an ongoing policy of collective punishment and expulsion, war crimes under international and US law, happening in Afghanistan, and it’s time for the House oversight committee to investigate. [...]

The fundamentals of radical, transnational counterinsurgency

Counterinsurgency doctrine is the symptom of an idea more primeval and dangerous: violence is the solution. [...]

Iraq: Wikileaks video of US military killing journalists

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Wikileaks claims to have obtained and decrypted video that shows US occupying forces in an Apache helicopter intentionally firing on a dozen civilians in Baghdad, including journalists working for the Reuters news organization

Update: As of 2PM PT, a Senior U.S. official is confirming authenticity of this video.

No single piece of [...]