Airstrikes

Airstrike Kills Senior Al-Qaida Leader In Yemen

AP | BY AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: US Military, Yemen, Terrorism, Obituary, War on Terrorism, Al Qaeda, World News, North Africa, Fahd Al-Quso Dead, Airstrikes, Cia, Middle East, Africa, Drone Strikes, Fahd Al-Quso, World News

SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warshi...

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Libyan Rebels Battle for Brega

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Sirte, Loyalists, Al Jazeera, Brega, Income, Nato, Siege, Benghazi, Supply, Attrition, Ajdabiya, Resupply, Stalemate, Money, Qaddafi, Bombs, War, Rebels, Tanks, Frontline, Airstrikes, Misrata, Army, Ras Lanuf, Chris Weigant, Ragtag, Oil, Libya, Air Support, Gadhafi, Tripoli, Ghaddafi, World News
Chris Weigant

Whoever controls Brega will control the oil the town can ship out, which would be a huge source of income for the rebels. In the end, this war may wind up being one of attrition.

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Libya Says Army May Halt Fighting In Besieged City Of Misrata

Reuters | Michael Georgy | Posted 06.22.2011

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April 23, 2011 2:54:42 AM By Michael Georgy MISRATA, Libya, April 23 (Reuters) - NATO air strikes may force Libya to halt fighting by its ar...

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Obama on Libya: George W. Bush 2.0

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.31.2011

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Medea Benjamin

Just like Bush, Obama doesn't let his hypocrisy get in the way of a good war.

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Instead of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling Them Bombs

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cost of War, Medea Benjamin, Congress, Gaddafi, Afghanistan, War, Obama, Weapons, Libyan, Libya, Military, Army, Airstrikes, Egypt, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Protest, Code Pink, Codepink, Operation Odyssey Dawn, Arab League, Un, Iraq, Politics News
Medea Benjamin

If protecting civilians from evil dictators were the goal, there's an easier, safer way than aerial bombardment for the U.S. and its allies to consider: Simply stop arming and propping up evil dictators.

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Hushing Up Civilian Casualties Investigations in Afghanistan

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Afghanistan, War Casualties, Afghanistan Casualties, David Petraeus, President Obama, Civilian Casualties, Al Jazeera, General Petraeus, Afghanistan War, World News
Erica Gaston

The detention of journalists for trying to provide an independent voice on security incidents in Afghanistan undermines Western governments' otherwise positive efforts to support free media there in the past 10 years.

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One in Three Killed By Drones in Pakistan Is a Civilian

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Qaeda, New America Foundation, Reaper, Al-Qaida, Pakistan, War, Civilian Casualties, Obama, Civilian Deaths, Drones, Brave New Foundation, Airstrikes, Taleban, Rethink Afghanistan, Air Strike, Predator, Taliban, Afghanistan, Uav, World News
Derrick Crowe

A new report from the New America Foundation states that one of every three people killed in the U.S.'s not-so-secret drone war in Pakistan is a civil...

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33 Civilians Killed by NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Derrick Crowe

On Sunday, NATO forces in Uruzgan province in Afghanistan killed more than thirty civilians, including women and children, when an airstrike was ordered on three minivans. 2010-02-23-major.jpg

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Operation Moshtarak Set: Civilian Casualties 'Inevitable' In US, NATO Offensive In Afghanistan

Rethink Afghanistan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Military officials say that civilian casualties in Marjah, Afghanistan are "inevitable" as U.S. and allied forces launch Operation Moshtarak, the larg...

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Shot in the Back: Insurgent Attacks and Afghan Disillusionment with Population Protection

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airstrikes, Afghanistan, United Nations, Stanley McChrystal, Suicide Attack, Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Ieds, Afghan Civilian Deaths, Afghanistan War, World News
Erica Gaston

A UN report concludes that insurgents killed three times as many Afghanis as the international forces did in 2009. Yet protesters in Jalalabad last week chanted "Death to America," not "Death to the Taliban." Why?

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Afghan Air War Sees More Civilian Casulties

Politics Daily | David Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, Afghan War, Afghanistan War, Airstrikes, World News

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- American strike fighters and bombers are pounding insurgents in Afghanistan with increasing fury, despite a standing orde...

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"We Deeply Regret..."

Conn Hallinan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Germany, Afghanistan, Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Airstrikes, Christian Democratic Union, Stanley McChrystal, Angela Merkel, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Afghanistan Airstrikes, Social Democratic Party, Franz Joseph Jung, Politics News
Conn Hallinan

Afghans were incinerated to make sure that German Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and Foreign Minister Steinmeier's Social Democratic Party did not overly suffer for their support of the war.

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US General: Afghan civilians Wounded By Airstrike

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — The top NATO commander confirmed Saturday that civilians were wounded by a devastating airstrike targeting insurgents in n...

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Helping Afghan Refugees as US Bombs Continue to Fall

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gareth Porter, Military, Airstrikes, Barack Obama, Civilian Casualties, Casualties, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, World News
ZP Heller

Instead of thinking of alternatives to a dangerously flawed military strategy, US commanders are trying to control the narrative about civilian casualties.

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U.S. Personnel Made Major Errors In Airstrikes That Killed Afghan Civilians, Military Report Finds

New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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A military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the airstrikes in western Afghanistan o...

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94 Billion Reasons to Rethink Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gilles Dorronsoro, Civilians, Graham Fuller, Airstrikes, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, James Jones, Taliban, Domestic Terrorism, Rick Reyes, World News
ZP Heller

As the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan continues to deteriorate, Congress will decide this week whether to approve $94.2 billion in supplemental wartime spending.

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Time to Call Off the Predators?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Terrorists, Predators, Afghanistan, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Civilian Casualties, Islamic Extremists, Asif Ali Zardari, Obama, Drones, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Obama Diplomacy, Airstrikes, Anti-Americanism, David Kilcullen, Pakistani Taliban, Taliban, World News
Hoyt Hilsman

No single issue that has fueled the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan more than the bombings of their country by our Predator drones.

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Terrorists, Pirates and Anarchy, Somalia Style

John Prendergast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Hawk Down, Islam, Airstrikes, Ransom, Africa, Muslim Extremists, Terrorism, Somalia, Mosques, Indian Ocean, Jihadist Militias, Al Qaeda, African Pirate, Jihad, Red Sea, Bush Administration, Somalian Pirates, Pirates, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Johnny Depp, Tripoli, Extremism, Etheopia, World News
John Prendergast

Somalia has become the poster child for transnational threats emanating from Africa.

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Tamil Tigers Airstrike Injures 27 In Colombo

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two Tamil Tiger aircraft launched a ­surprise bomb raid on the Sri Lankan capital last night, hitting a tax building in Colombo and injuring at least...

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With Stimulus Bill Passed, Will "Antiwar" Pressure Now Build?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Mitchell

Like the economic crisis, I'm sure Obama would rather not be saddled with the wars that continue from the Bush era, but now it's on him.

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The Lesson Israel Should Have Never Learned

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathan Gonzalez

Israel, torn in anger and exaggerated feelings of vulnerability, is unlikely to stop bombing until it realizes that is has once again shot itself in the foot.

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Hysteria in Gaza

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Occupied Palestine, Hamas, Airstrikes, Gaza, Israel, Occupied Territories, World News
Freddy Deknatel

Israel is trying to decapitate Hamas in Gaza, to use an favorite expression of military spokesmen and a docile American media, and the bodies are piling up. What is the limit?

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US' Pakistan Airstrikes Increase With Help From CIA

NY Times | MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House has backed away from using American commandos for further ground raids into Pakistan after furious complaints from its g...

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UN: US-Led Airstrike Killed At Least 90 Afghan Civilians, Most Of Them Children

Washington Post | Candace Rondeaux and Karen DeYoung | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- United Nations officials in Afghanistan said Tuesday that there was "convincing evidence" at least 90 civilians -- two...

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US Coalition In Afghanistan Kills 25 Militants, 8 Civilians In Skirmishes

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Islamic Militants, US Coalition, Airstrikes, Civilian Casualties, Home News

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a doze...

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