US Airstrikes

U.S. Airstrike In Yemen Hits Radical Group Tied To Al Qaeda

Posted 09.13.2011

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A U.S. airstrike on a Yemeni police station overrun by Islamic militants killed at least six fighters Thursday, a Yemeni securit...

US Toughens Airstrike Policy In Afghanistan After Criticism

nytimes.com | DEXTER FILKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

KABUL, Afghanistan The new American commander in Afghanistan said he would sharply restrict the use of airstrikes here, in an effort to reduce the civ...

This Video Will Piss You Off and Break Your Heart

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Greenwald

Well-reasoned foreign policy results in more housing, jobs and education. When that policy consists of applying a military solution to a political problem it results in death, destruction, and suffering.

Ryan Grim

Afghan Member Of Parliament Rips U.S. For Killing Civilians

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Predator drone attacks that continue to kill civilians are undermining the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, a member of that country's parliament charg...

AfPak: Congress Clears Its Throat

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Naiman

Recent U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan may have killed civilians on a scale unprecedented in Afghanistan since 2001. It's long past time for Congress to speak up.

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

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

UN Accuses US-Led Troops Of Killing Afghan Civilians

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 05.25.2011

KABUL, Afghanistan — In a stark warning to U.S. forces, the Afghan government said it will try to regulate the presence of U.S. troops and their...

Airstrike kills 4 in Basra, 2 die in Sadr City clashes

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Clashes with Shiite militiamen flared in two cities Wednesday as a U.S. drone fired two missiles in Basra and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops...