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US Military

     

9 May 2008
US congressional hearings expose stonewalling on veteran suicide data

7 May 2008
US Navy resurrects Fourth Fleet to police Latin America

26 April 2008
US: E-mails suggest Veterans Administration cover-up of suicide rate

9 April 2008
Iraq war vet: "We've heard enough from the generals and the politicians"

US State Department renews contract with Blackwater mercenaries

29 March 2008
US: Returning veterans face mounting joblessness and low wages

28 March 2008
US shipped fuses for nuclear-armed missiles to Taiwan

27 March 2008
Boeing challenges refueling contract to Airbus

26 March 2008
Blackwater abandons plans for California training camp

29 February 2008
Marine exercise in Toledo Ohio: an attack on democratic rights

26 February 2008
Berkeley City Council caves on anti-recruiting resolution

22 February 2008
US satellite strike escalates military space race

18 February 2008
Needs outstrip military health services for returning US veterans

16 February 2008
Bush approves shoot-down of satellite by Navy missile cruiser

7 February 2008
Mounting social distress among returning US troops

13 December 2007
Suicides by US soldiers and war veterans surge

26 November 2007
US Army reports rising desertion rates

20 November 2007
US veteran population: a mounting social catastrophe

16 November 2007
Two months after deadly shooting, no charges against Blackwater mercenaries

15 November 2007
US federal court blocks second court martial against Army war resister

1 November 2007
US State Department offered immunity to Blackwater mercenaries

30 October 2007
Another Guantánamo military officer condemns prisoner tribunals

23 October 2007
US militarism threatens to unleash regional conflagration

11 October 2007
Haditha massacre defendant pursues defamation suit against US congressman

1 October 2007
Brain injuries more prevalent among US troops than earlier estimates

28 September 2007
US Joint Chiefs chairman declares homosexuality "counter to God's law"

Trial exposes Pentagon "baiting" program in Iraq

21 September 2007
Charges dismissed against another officer in Haditha war crimes case

14 September 2007
Media, politicians maintain silence on flight of US nuclear bomber

Two soldiers critical of Iraq war among its latest casualties

13 September 2007
US military pre-trial hearings end in Haditha civilian massacre case

7 September 2007
Why was a nuclear-armed bomber allowed to fly over the US?

6 September 2007
Time magazine calls for "universal national service"
New push for military draft in US

20 August 2007
US Army suicides at 26-year high

28 July 2007
US commission on wounded soldiers: stopgap measures for a veterans healthcare system in "meltdown"

20 June 2007
Interview with Dr. Michael Gros, a victim of water contamination at US Marine base

15 June 2007
US military officials knew about contaminated water at Marine base

8 June 2007
Antiwar US Marine veteran stripped of honorable discharge status

31 May 2007
US Defense Secretary warns new naval officers on civilian control of military

21 May 2007
US military blocks soldiers' access to blogs, popular social sites

9 May 2007
Pentagon survey exposes deep demoralization of US occupation troops Support for torture, routine abuse of Iraqi civilians

1 May 2007
More than 100 US soldiers in Iraq killed in April

24 April 2007
Climate change seen as "security threat" by UN Security Council, US military experts

13 April 2007
Pentagon extends tours for US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

15 March 2007
Soldiers, families speak at Walter Reed public hearing
Government indifference, cost-cutting compound ravages of war for wounded US troops

9 March 2007
Iraq war resister convicted in Germany Increasing numbers of US soldiers refuse to serve in Iraq

3 March 2007
Army Secretary resigns, soldiers gagged
Washington tries to quash scandal over neglect of wounded troops

28 February 2007
US Army to retry war resister officer

9 February 2007
US Army court martial against war resister lieutenant ends in mistrial

8 February 2007
US signs up Poland and Czech Republic for missile shield

30 January 2007
US Army officer faces court martial for refusing Iraq deployment order

12 January 2007
Democratic Congressman reintroduces bill for military draft in US

10 January 2007
US military asks deceased officers to re-enlist

3 January 2007
US death toll reaches 3,000 in Iraq, with no let-up in sight

30 December 2006
Maryland Reservist killed by police after refusing deployment to Iraq

21 November 2006
Democrat Congressman calls for reinstating the draft

31 October 2006
The bitter price of militarism: US casualties mount in Iraq and Afghanistan

26 October 2006
Active-duty US troops voice opposition to the Iraq war

24 October 2006
Brother of Pat Tillman denounces Iraq War and Bush administration

9 October 2006
US Marine reports widespread prisoner abuse at Guantánamo

7 October 2006
Parents of soldier who refused deployment to Iraq speak in California

22 September 2006
Republican senators' resistance to Bush torture bill reflects tension between White House and military brass

24 August 2006
Bush authorizes recall of Marine reservists to Iraq

17 August 2006
Pentagon orders 300 returned troops back to Iraq

26 June 2006
Pentagon report on China highlights danger of nuclear war

21 June 2006
Pentagon report targets China as a military threat

17 June 2006
A grim milestone in the Iraq war: 2,500th US military death

6 June 2006
US military moves to condone "humiliating and degrading" treatment of prisoners

29 May 2006
US Marines to stand trial for massacre of Iraqi civilians in Haditha

23 March 2006
New York Times details secret US military torture operation

21 March 2006
Marine recruiters accused of rape: California high school students file suit

10 February 2006
Bush condemns protests against anti-Muslim cartoons

9 February 2006
Pentagon spells out strategy for global military aggression

7 February 2006
An American tragedy--the plight of the US war wounded

19 January 2006
Miller takes the Fifth
US general withholds testimony in Abu Ghraib abuse trial

24 November 2005
20,000 demonstrate against US military torture training center

21 November 2005
New revelations of US military use of white phosphorus in Iraq

18 November 2005
Right-wing smear campaign against antiwar vet Jimmy Massey

17 November 2005
Students, parents rebuff US military recruiters

15 November 2005
A soldier's story
Fugitive GI speaks to WSWS on Iraq war

26 October 2005
US death toll hits 2,000-grim milestone in a criminal war

25 October 2005
US military suppresses information on death of contractors in Iraq

21 October 2005
Spanish court orders arrest of US soldiers for war crime
Warrant issued in killing of cameraman José Couso

15 October 2005
Bush video conference with troops in Iraq: poorly scripted, poorly performed

27 September 2005
California National Guard investigated for domestic spying

13 August 2005
Protest at Bush's ranch gathers momentum--mother of fallen soldier continues to demand meeting with president

11 August 2005
Mother of fallen soldier camps outside Bush ranch: "Why did you kill my son?"

23 July 2005
US military exonerated torturers of John Walker Lindh

10 June 2005
Animosity toward military service produces desperate US recruiting measures

1 June 2005
US military recruitment crisis deepens

26 May 2005
Football star Pat Tillman's father: "They blew up their poster boy"
US Army deliberately withheld details of Ranger's "friendly-fire" death

17 May 2005
Pentagon to realign domestic US military bases

14 May 2005
Outrage over Guantánamo abuse
Anti-US protests sweep Muslim world

6 May 2005
As recruitment falls, top military official warns of strains on US forces

30 April 2005
Christian fundamentalist bigotry reigns at US Air Force Academy

29 March 2005
Canada denies asylum to US soldier who refused to serve in Iraq

12 March 2005
Opposition to Iraq war hitting US military recruitment
Black and female enlistment down sharply

8 March 2005
Jorge Medina, father of soldier killed in Iraq, speaks to the WSWS
"Thousands of soldiers are dying and they don't care"

5 March 2005
A reply to a reader on "Recruit's death highlights brutality of Marine training"

25 February 2005
Recruit's death highlights brutality of Marine training

11 February 2005
US Army National Guard faces recruitment crisis

15 January 2005
“Suicide by cop”: Marine provokes police shootout to avoid return to Iraq

14 December 2004
The death of Pat Tillman: military mythmaking and the "war on terror"

11 December 2004
“Any act of violence in an unjustified conflict is an atrocity”
US soldier seeks refugee status in Canada

10 December 2004
US sailor refuses deployment to Iraq in protest against war

9 December 2004
US troops confront Defense Secretary Rumsfeld

20 November 2004
US soldiers in Iraq suffer horrific brain and mental injuries

11 November 2004
Iraq veteran Jimmy Massey speaks to the WSWS
"We're committing genocide in Iraq"

10 November 2004
US fighter jet strafes school in New Jersey

8 November 2004
Mike Hoffman of Iraq Veterans Against War speaks to the WSWS
"We're fighting average Iraqis who don't want the US there"

16 October 2004
Discontent rife in US military ranks

27 August 2004
Florida man burns himself over son's death in Iraq

24 August 2004
California National Guardsman files suit against extension of tour of duty

9 July 2004
One in six US veterans of Iraq war suffers trauma disorders

24 June 2004
Dress rehearsal for torture in Iraq
Former US soldier speaks on near-deadly beating at Guantanamo

10 June 2004
Reports find pervasive and increasing sexual abuse in the US military

24 April 2004
Pentagon censors images of US soldiers' coffins returning from Iraq

21 April 2004
Testing of New York guardsmen: first confirmed cases of Iraq war depleted uranium exposure

23 March 2004
Citing killing of civilians, lies
US soldier refuses to return to Iraq

27 February 2004
Australian sailors misled about anthrax vaccinations for Iraq war

10 February 2004
A soldier's view of the Iraq war

4 February 2004
Washington conceals US casualties in Iraq

22 January 2004
US military chief calls for "staging post" base in Australia

20 January 2004
New signs of discontent in the military
Stop-loss orders prevent soldiers from leaving US Army

13 January 2004
Iraq troop rotation plan: Pentagon prepares for next war

12 December 2003
A young US Marine's death in Iraq
An interview with the father of Jesús Suárez del Solar

Florida National Guardsmen victimized for wedding Iraqi women

5 December 2003
Alarming rise in suicides among US troops in Iraq

4 December 2003
US soldiers' families, veterans go to Iraq to oppose war

19 November 2003
PR blitz to boost Iraq war fizzles
Jessica Lynch criticizes government-backed lies

8 November 2003
Elite US army unit murdered hundreds of civilians
Ohio newspaper uncovers Vietnam war crimes

27 October 2003
Families of soldiers condemn Bush's war

24 October 2003
Stars & Stripes poll reveals
Growing anger among US troops in Iraq

23 October 2003
White House bans news coverage of coffins returning from Iraq

16 October 2003
Letters from US troops exposed as Pentagon fraud

10 October 2003
More questions on the deaths and illnesses of American soldiers

17 deaths not included in the US military pneumonia investigation

4 October 2003
Pentagon calls up 10,000 National Guard for combat duty in Iraq

26 September 2003
US Congress passes $368 billion for Pentagon war machine

25 September 2003
US soldier asks: "How many more must die" in Iraq?

9 September 2003
Thousands of US troops evacuated from Iraq for unexplained medical reasons

20 August 2003
Why are they dying? More questions over US military fatalities in Iraq

4 August 2003
Are American soldiers in Iraq dying due to depleted uranium?

30 July 2003
America's maimed come home from Iraq

25 June 2003
WSWS interview: Father protests indefinite detention of son at Guantanamo Bay

29 March 2003
US Air Force Academy chiefs removed over rape scandal

24 February 2003
Documentary exposes US aggression in Somalia, Sudan and Afghanistan
21st Century Wars: Unseen wars by Sorius Samura for Britain's Channel 4

17 August 2002
CNN documentary on Mazar-i-Sharif prison revolt: film footage documents US war crimes

2 August 2002
The Fort Bragg murders: a grim warning on the use of the military

10 July 2002
US preparing full-scale invasion of Iraq

3 July 2002
US warplanes massacre villagers in central Afghanistan

29 June 2002
Washington's phony pretext for Iraqi invasion

4 June 2002
Bush speaks at West Point: from containment to "rollback"

22 May 2002
New arms treaty paves way for US military buildup

18 May 2002
Cover-up and conspiracy: The Bush administration and September 11

16 May 2002
The Crusader affair: A military-corporate oligarchy out of control

11 March 2002
US plans widespread use of nuclear weapons in war
Bush orders Pentagon to target seven nations for attack

1 March 2002
US troops deployed to former Soviet republic of Georgia

Bush visit to Japan cements closer ties against China

20 February 2002
Al Gore backs Bush's war plans

US militarism targets South American oil

16 February 2002
Bush administration confirms plans for war against Iraq

15 February 2002
Bush's "evil axis" speech destabilises the Korean peninsula

6 February 2002
Billions for war and repression: Bush budget for a garrison state

31 January 2002
State of the Union speech: Bush declares war on the world

30 January 2002
Is the US preparing for action against Iran?

23 January 2002
US anthrax attackers aimed to assassinate Democratic leaders
Media silent on military links

4 January 2002
The case of Robert Kerrey: war crimes and their supporters in Vietnam and Afghanistan

27 December 2001
Withdrawal from ABM treaty signals escalation of US militarism

19 December 2001
US approved 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor

7 December 2001
The Geneva Convention and the US massacre of POWs in Afghanistan

6 December 2001
Is the US preparing an invasion of Somalia?

30 November 2001
US steps up pressure on North Korea

28 November 2001
US atrocity against Taliban POWs: Whatever happened to the Geneva Convention?

27 November 2001
US war crime in Afghanistan:
Hundreds of prisoners of war slaughtered at Mazar-i-Sharif

20 November 2001
US planned war in Afghanistan long before September 11

1 November 2001
Hawks demand attack on Iraq, troops in Afghanistan
Political war rages over Bush military strategy

20 October 2001
Bush aides push war with Iraq

18 October 2001
US-Uzbekistan pact sheds light on Washington's war aims in Central Asia

9 October 2001
Why we oppose the war in Afghanistan

13 September 2001
The political roots of the terror
attack on New York and Washington

30 August 2001
Bush's nominee to head Joint Chiefs promotes militarization of space

25 July 2001
Bush administration renews US drive to militarize space

23 July 2001
China-Russia treaty: a reaction against aggressive unilateralism in Washington

17 July 2001
Bush pushes rapid development of US missile defense

23 June 2001
Twenty-three reported dead in new US-British attacks on Iraq

19 June 2001
Bush's European tour signals fracturing of Atlantic Alliance

8 June 2001
African bombing verdict could presage new US attacks in Middle East and Asia

14 May 2001
New School students demand ouster of Kerrey over Vietnam War atrocity

10 May 2001
US-Australian military exercise rehearses for gunboat diplomacy in the Pacific

4 May 2001
Robert Kerrey and the bloody legacy of Vietnam

15 April 2001
US adopts aggressive anti-China posture in aftermath of spy plane crisis

7 April 2001
Negotiations stepped up in US spy plane confrontation with China

6 April 2001
Bush administration ratchets up tensions on the Korean peninsula

27 February 2001
Navy report confirms: civilians distracted crew of US sub

24 February 2001
Submarine collision provokes anger and anti-US sentiment in Japan

21 February 2001
US sub joyride kills nine Japanese
The USS Greeneville and the arrogance of power

17 February 2001
US-British air strikes on Baghdad: Bush draws first blood

25 January 2001
Will George W. Bush launch a new US war of aggression against Iraq?

19 January 2001
Ten years since the Gulf War--US and Britain insist sanctions continue against Iraq

Down with US imperialism
Stop the war against Iraq!
Reprinted from the Bulletin of January 18, 1991

30 December 2000
US targets Venezuela: Bush plans aggressive policy in Latin America

18 December 2000
Bush prepares a government of reaction and militarism

19 September 2000
US officials threaten military action against Iraq

7 September 2000
Is Clinton preparing an "October surprise"?
New US provocations against Iraq

24 June 2000
State Department drops the term "rogue state"--cynicism and crisis in US foreign policy

12 June 2000
US panel calls for stepped-up repression and police spying

1 June 2000
US drug czar tied to atrocities in Gulf War

30 May 2000
US magazine seeks to undermine accounts of Korean War massacre

27 May 2000
What is US envoy Thomas Pickering doing in Sri Lanka?

3 May 2000
McCain in Vietnam: the ugly face of American imperialism

12 April 2000
A comedy of errors or a planned attack? CIA disciplines seven officers over NATO's bombing of Chinese embassy

17 November 1999
Survivors of Korean War massacre by US soldiers seek investigation

21 October 1999
US Senate rejection of test ban treaty heralds new eruption of American militarism

19 October 1999
Speakers at US conference condemn sanctions against Iraq

12 October 1999
US State Department warns against European military independence from NATO

28 September 1999
Clinton administration blocks easing of sanctions against Iraq

13 September 1999
East Timor and Kosovo: Indonesian atrocities expose US hypocrisy on "human rights"

8 September 1999
Ongoing consequences of the Gulf War
Casualties increase from use of depleted uranium

24 August 1999
US military trains for urban warfare

19 August 1999
China spying charges denounced as racist frame-up

19 June 1999
No spy charges against Wen Ho Lee
China espionage case collapses

10 June 1999
Visit by US envoy intensifies pressure on North Korea

27 May 1999
China spy scare: The return of the "yellow peril"

7 May 1999
Owner of bombed pharmaceutical plant wins release of assets, Sudan demands compensation

6 March 1999
US pilot who killed twenty on ski gondola acquitted

4 March 1999
As US bombing raids continue
Spy revelations vindicate Iraqi charges

11 February 1999
No evidence of chemical weapons at Sudan factory targeted by US

6 February 1999
United Nations report: US killed 17 Iraqi women and children in January raid

4 February 1999
$110 billion rise in military spending
Clinton administration budget snubs social needs

26 January 1999
$10 billion for "anti-terrorism" plan: Clinton proposes huge police buildup

9 January 1999
UNSCOM-CIA revelations show how the American people were lied to about Iraq

7 January 1999
UN inspectors in Iraq helped spy for the CIA

5 January 1999
Clinton to propose biggest military spending boost since Reagan

17 December 1998
Clinton's attack on Iraq
Military aggression and political diversion

12 December 1998
New threat of air strikes
US moves B-52s towards Iraq

9 December 1998
Pentagon report calls Asia a "core
security concern"

18 November 1998
Washington presses ahead with war plans against Iraq

16 November 1998
New Caspian oil interests fuel US war drive against Iraq

10 November 1998
US moves towards air attack on Iraq

7 November 1998
Charges brought against former Green Beret
More connections between US agents and embassy bombings

22 September 1998
US officials question official rationale for Sudan missile attack

12 September 1998
"The Al-Shifa factory was not making chemical weapons or their so-called 'precursors'"
Interview with Tom Carnaffin, technical manager at the bombed Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory in Sudan

2 September 1998
Amid mounting international criticism
US backpedals over Sudan raid

29 August 1998
Security Council rejects appeal from Sudan over US missile attack

28 August 1998
US explanation of Sudanese missile attack unravels

27 August 1998
German TV exposes CIA, Mossad links to 1986 Berlin disco bombing

26 August 1998
"Nerve gas factory" claim exposed as hoax
What are the real reasons for the US missile strikes?

Risking a nuclear war

22 August 1998
The Sudan-Afghanistan attack:
Clinton uses cruise missiles to placate political opponents

21 August 1998
The press and US militarism -- a lesson from history

15 August 1998
The Nairobi terror-bombing: some issues not considered in the American media

13 August 1998
Questions mount in Kenya, Tanzania bombings
US government, Israeli intelligence had advance warning

11 August 1998
As US media suggest targets for military attack
Death toll mounts in East African bombings

8 August 1998
Bomb blasts at US embassies in
Africa kill 80

 

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