In his book, Bugliosi says he has irrefutible proof to convict both George W Bush and Dick Cheney for 1st Degree Murder, a crime for which there is NO Statute of Limitations. Bugliosi is best known for his successful 1970 prosecution of Charles Manson. [...more]
The world is nuking up again, to new and alarming levels. So why are disarmament campaigners so optimistic? Jess Worth spots a window of opportunity. [...more]
On October 23, 2006 a U.S. soldier or marine peered through the telescopic sight of his M24 sniper rifle and trained it on the face of Nora, a five-year-old Iraqi girl. Her pretty face was close enough to kiss. Instead, he squeezed the trigger and sent a 7.62 round slamming into her skull. The medical report read, “Nora sustained an explosive bullet injury to her head that smashed the skull bones and ruptured her cerebral membrane.” Nora survived the sniper’s bullet. [...more]
On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, a new report from Oil Change International, entitled A Climate of War (pdf) quantifies both the greenhouse gas emissions of the Iraq War and the opportunity costs involved in fighting war rather than climate change. [...more]
Hidden behind the appearance of objectivity is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used military analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found. [...more]
Ninety-five prominent scientists today called on the next president to reform our country's nuclear weapons policy to reflect post-Cold War realities. They recommended a number of practical, unilateral steps that the White House could take to enhance national security and lay the groundwork for a world without nuclear weapons. [...more]
With an occupying army waging war in Iraq and Afghanistan, with military bases and corporate bullying in every part of the world, there is hardly a question any more of the existence of an American Empire. Indeed, the once fervent denials have turned into a boastful, unashamed embrace of the idea. [...more]
The world spent 228 times as much on its militaries in 2006 as it did on U.N. peacekeeping operations, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute. United Nations peacekeeping operations around the world between July 2007 and June 2008 are expected to run to $7 billion—substantially higher than the record $5.6 billion spent in 2006–07. Yet world military budgets stood at a staggering $1,232 billion in 2006. [...more]
Depleted uranium weapons have left behind a trail of human misery and vituperative debate. What's not known about them is just as disturbing as what is, discovers Dinyar Godrej. [...more]
The human devastation inflicted on Lebanon by Israel's illegal use of cluster munitions highlights the urgent need for an international treaty banning the weapon, Human Rights Watch said in releasing a report today. At a conference this week, more than 100 states will discuss a treaty to ban cluster munitions, a process prompted in part by Israel's cluster attacks on Lebanon in 2006. [...more]
