http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-26/gay-army-soldier-in-afghanistan-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/?cid=hp:mainpromo2 http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-26/gay-army-soldier-in-afghanistan-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/?cid=hp:mainpromo2#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 01:39:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141766 now this close to scrapping its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, an anonymous Lt Col. on deployment in Afghanistan explains what life is like in the camouflage closet. ]]> http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-26/gay-army-soldier-in-afghanistan-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/?cid=hp:mainpromo2/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/opinion/24schaub.html?ref=opinion http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/opinion/24schaub.html?ref=opinion#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 23:58:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140975 Gary Schaub and James Forsyth. It currently has 5113. No wonder the rest of the world feels so threatened.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/opinion/24schaub.html?ref=opinion/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/16/AR2010051603492.html?wprss=rss_print http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/16/AR2010051603492.html?wprss=rss_print#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 23:27:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139571 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/16/AR2010051603492.html?wprss=rss_print/feed/ 0 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64H5SL20100518 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64H5SL20100518#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 22:56:26 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139546 Reuters into how drone fighter planes became the Obama administration's weapon of choice in AfPak. The US military is now launching several targeted strikes a week in Pakistan, four times as many as under Bush.]]> http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64H5SL20100518/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/world/16contractors.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/world/16contractors.html#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 01:23:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138960 NYT reveals the US is still is running a potentially illegal "rogue operation" of private spies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, employing former CIA agents and Special-Ops soldiers to gather information.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/world/16contractors.html/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/europe/23strike.html?hp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/europe/23strike.html?hp#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:38:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133249 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/europe/23strike.html?hp/feed/ 0 http://harpers.org/archive/2010/04/hbc-90006912 http://harpers.org/archive/2010/04/hbc-90006912#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:30:26 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133063 WikiLeaks soldiers break the law? Should robots be allowed to kill?]]> http://harpers.org/archive/2010/04/hbc-90006912/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/2007-iraq-apache-attack-as-seen-from-the-ground/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/2007-iraq-apache-attack-as-seen-from-the-ground/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:02:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132397 Wired interviews US soldier Ethan McCord, who was shown rescuing a child from the firefighting in the WikiLeaks "Collateral Murder" footage. He explains how the whole grizzly scene played out on the ground in Baghdad.]]> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/2007-iraq-apache-attack-as-seen-from-the-ground/feed/ 0 http://www.truthout.org/soldiers-wikileaks-company-apologize-violence58714 http://www.truthout.org/soldiers-wikileaks-company-apologize-violence58714#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:44:17 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132150 WikiLeaks pen an open apology to all those hurt and affected.]]> http://www.truthout.org/soldiers-wikileaks-company-apologize-violence58714/feed/ 0 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7579132/Wikileaks-to-release-video-of-US-strike-on-Afghan-civilians.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7579132/Wikileaks-to-release-video-of-US-strike-on-Afghan-civilians.html#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:53:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130296 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7579132/Wikileaks-to-release-video-of-US-strike-on-Afghan-civilians.html/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002111.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002111.html#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:13:47 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129575 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002111.html/feed/ 0 http://www.truthout.org/iraq-war-vet-we-were-told-just-shoot-people-and-officers-would-take-care-us58378 http://www.truthout.org/iraq-war-vet-we-were-told-just-shoot-people-and-officers-would-take-care-us58378#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:09:58 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129407 truthout they were encouraged to shoot first and question later, with instructions that: "The difference between an insurgent and an Iraqi civilian is whether they are dead or alive."]]> http://www.truthout.org/iraq-war-vet-we-were-told-just-shoot-people-and-officers-would-take-care-us58378/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/08psych.html?hp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/08psych.html?hp#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:01:11 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129311 Wikileaks video of the US military shooting at Iraqis were playing a video game, it's because, in their minds, they were, explains a former army psychologist; that's exactly how they're trained to kill.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/08psych.html?hp/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/06/us-army-video-game-killings-tape-goes-viral/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/06/us-army-video-game-killings-tape-goes-viral/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:16:26 +0000 Harley Dennett http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128375 Harley Dennett.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/06/us-army-video-game-killings-tape-goes-viral/feed/ 26 http://www.collateralmurder.com/en/index.html http://www.collateralmurder.com/en/index.html#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:47:01 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128169 WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video which it says shows the "indiscriminate slaying" of civilians and Reuters journalists in Iraq in 2007, on a comprehensive website called Collateral Murder, including a timeline and transcript.]]> http://www.collateralmurder.com/en/index.html/feed/ 0 http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00440 http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00440#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:54:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125673 Jeremy Starkey in a blistering attack.]]> http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00440/feed/ 0 http://www.newsweek.com/id/235221/page/1 http://www.newsweek.com/id/235221/page/1#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:22:53 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124959 http://www.newsweek.com/id/235221/page/1/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/3-gis-killed-in-pakistan-when-do-we-start-treating-this-like-a-real-war/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/3-gis-killed-in-pakistan-when-do-we-start-treating-this-like-a-real-war/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:51:30 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114246 have been killed in Pakistan, where the US has been launching missile attacks, drone strikes and raids since last year. Can we start using the "w" word yet? asks Noah Shachtman.]]> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/3-gis-killed-in-pakistan-when-do-we-start-treating-this-like-a-real-war/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/pentagons-black-budget-tops-56-billion/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/pentagons-black-budget-tops-56-billion/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:47:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113727 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/pentagons-black-budget-tops-56-billion/feed/ 0 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/blackwater-names/story?id=9634372&page=1 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/blackwater-names/story?id=9634372&page=1#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:22:30 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113449 Blackwater in Afghanistan (albeit under a new name), despite allegations of involvement in murder, gun-running, child prostitution and more, ABC News reveals.]]> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/blackwater-names/story?id=9634372&page=1/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21alexander.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21alexander.html#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:44:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111436 Army Field Manual and its guidelines on interrogating prisoners: sleep deprivation, isolation and stress positions are all A-OK. ]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21alexander.html/feed/ 0 http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/could_military_really_not_have_known_about_rifle_s.php http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/could_military_really_not_have_known_about_rifle_s.php#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:20:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110883 were being inscribed with Bible verses. According to TPM, they must have been the only gun owners in the country that didn't know.]]> http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/could_military_really_not_have_known_about_rifle_s.php/feed/ 0 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-military-weapons-inscribed-secret-jesus-bible-codes/story?id=9575794 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-military-weapons-inscribed-secret-jesus-bible-codes/story?id=9575794#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:42:44 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110446 ABC News has uncovered. Because Jesus was all about war and killing.]]> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-military-weapons-inscribed-secret-jesus-bible-codes/story?id=9575794/feed/ 0 http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006368 http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006368#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:13:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110439 Harper's expose, a US Army staff sergeant who was on duty the night three Guantanamo detainees allegedly committed suicide says the deaths weren't suicides at all, and the military is guilty of a wide-spread cover-up.]]> http://harpers.org/archive/2010/01/hbc-90006368/feed/ 0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-engelhardt/the-nine-surges-of-obamas_b_387068.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-engelhardt/the-nine-surges-of-obamas_b_387068.html#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:23:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105122 Tom Engelhardt.]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-engelhardt/the-nine-surges-of-obamas_b_387068.html/feed/ 0