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[Max Forte: The following article by John Allison, an anthropologist and former employee of the U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System, offers us an inside look at the workings of HTS and its training program, adding to a growing body of insider accounts published as leaks to John Stanton’s many articles, as comments on this blog […]
Read More…The New Imperialism is the title of an annual seminar which I offer at Concordia University to advanced undergraduates. It is an unusual course, and given the content of past student evaluations, one that is extremely popular with participants who unanimously rated it as excellent on all levels. Part of the reason might be that there […]
Read More…A short selection of Wikileaks-related articles from the past week or so that range from the amusing to the distressing: Who is more popular than Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, and the Chilean miners combined? And leading in votes for TIME Magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year award, ahead of Lady Gaga, and Jon Stewart and […]
Read More…EE: Report #8, 21 October—11 November 2010 Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period. They are intended to be useful for those interested in: ● contemporary and critical political anthropology ● public anthropology ● imperialism and imperial decline ● militarism/militarization ● the political economy of […]
Read More…Full credit for this story goes to Ishtar Enana, an Iraqi citizen journalist and blogger who has undertaken the monumental task of translating the Wikileaks Iraq War Logs into Arabic. Through her in depth digging through the logs, Ishtar reported (here, here, and here) that she found evidence in the war logs to substantiate the case brought […]
Read More…Wikileaks: Iraq War Logs Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: On War News Radio Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: The U.S. Government’s Crisis of Legitimacy Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: Pentagon Response to Publication of Logs Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: UN High Commissioner Calls for Investigation Into War Logs Allegations […]
Read More…Yesterday, War News Radio presented its radio report, Leaked, about the difficulties of media reporting on the Iraq War Logs, and then speaking with media critics about Wikileaks. The report was produced by Sam Hirshman and Anjali Cadambi have the story. It is an effective summary, about six minutes in length, that you can hear/download from […]
Read More…Further to the Pentagon’s response to the Wikileaks Iraq War logs, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and senior military adviser to President Obama, apparently had no qualms about posting the following in Twitter–posted without remorse, apology, or disgrace over the release of documentation (from his own troops) of multiple U.S. war […]
Read More…Al Jazeera’s Listening Post leads with discussion about Wikileaks and the Iraq War Logs, and the way many in the mainstream U.S. media are “missing the mark,” with a focus on Assange’s personal life, and U.S. television networks declining to work with Wikileaks to get the scoop on the documents. I am aware, however, that […]
Read More…Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 22nd, 2010 | by admin The Bureau of Investigative Journalism sent two letters – which listed a number of significant allegations regarding U.S. forces and U.S. defence policy – to the Department of Defense Press Office at the Pentagon, so as to provide an opportunity to respond […]
Read More…Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 27th, 2010 | by admin The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay has called for an investigation into allegations of abuse and murder of Iraqis within detention centres, following the publication of the Iraq war logs. The High Commissioner also called for all […]
Read More…Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 27th, 2010 | by Yuba Bessaoud A series of reports contained in the leaked U.S. logs reveal that troops handed over detainees to a feared Iraqi police interrogation squad, despite knowing the torturous methods they employed. A number of files make reference to U.S. interactions with the […]
Read More…Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 23rd, 2010 | by Angus Stickler On February 22 2007, a U.S. helicopter engaged a group of insurgents involved in a mortar attack upon coalition forces, near Baghdad. After firing a series of 30mm rounds, the crew of the helicopter – callsign “Crazyhorse” – radioed to their […]
Read More…Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 22nd, 2010 | by Emma Slater and James Ball It was lunchtime on September 6 2008 when a pickup truck travelling down a highway in Ninewah province, northwest Iraq, met a U.S. convoy driving in the opposite direction. The driver of the truck was elderly and had […]
Read More…Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 22nd, 2010 | by Yuba Bessaoud When the Iraq Study Group published its report on December 6 2006 – a month to the day after Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation – their opinion was clear from the first line: “The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.” On the […]
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