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New Figures Released in US AfPak War Casualties

The Pentagon and media fail to list deaths in hospitals outside of the war theatres.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Pentagon updated its AfPak war casualty figures.

US foreign fighters in Afghanistan suffered 86 casualties in the 14 days ending Nov. 28. The official casualty total is now 115,882.

November 29, 1947 --- November 29, 2012
Palestine`s Infant Step to Statehood

"Out of the original sins of the world against the Jews, grew the original sins of Zionism against the Palestinians," --Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, “Original Sins”

(WASHINGTON DC) - November 29, 2012 will live forever in posterity and in perpetuity as the day the Palestinians took the first step to the international legitimacy of a nation, a people.

They have been victimized by the west and a heartless, racist, and murderous rogue state, Israel, and a world paralyzed by American hegemony, domination and fear.

Let Us Never Hesitate to Recognize and Salute Israel`s Best

"I refuse to take part in the war crimes committed by my country. Violence will not bring any kind of solution, and I shall not commit violence, come what may." - Omer Goldman, age 19, Tel Aviv

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Omer Goldman Granot is the daughter of Naftali Granot, the former deputy to Mossad’s chief Meir Dagan.

She never fails to disappoint the apartheid war machine, nor does she fail to gain our most serious respect.

The Next War Will be Israel`s Last

Jewish state bruises itself in latest attacks.

(ST AUGUSTINE, FL) - I didn't have a passing interest in the latest and last Israel-Gaza war which I refuse to call by its cockamamie name Operation Pillar Of Defense.

My daughter and nephew were IDF soldiers placed in the line of fire to fight for the losing side.

Will a Rohingya Armed Struggle Be Legitimate?

A great lesson in how resistance armies are formed in this world and why.

(BUFFALO, NY) - What should the Rohingyas do now as the victims of ethnic cleansing and inhuman atrocities being identified as Bangali foreigners in our own ancestral homeland by our own Government?

Think about the legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Rohingya people.

IDF Ends Operation Pillar of Defense: Ceasefire Agreement Comes Into Effect

Press release from the Israeli Defence Forces.

(TEL AVIV) - A short while ago, a ceasefire agreement regarding the fighting in the south, came into effect.

Following eight days of operations, the IDF has accomplished its goals in Operation Pillar of Defense, and has inflicted severe damage to Hamas and its military capabilities.

Jet Jockeys and Drone Drivers; Cowardly Killers of the 21st Century

Somebody has to have the guts to say it don't you think?

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Do you think it ever occurs to fighter pilots that they are playing God with human lives?

I am sickened by those willing to kill people from afar. They're a bunch of cowards and killers in my book.

The Vanni by Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock

The Vanni is a multi media, interactive comic book about conflict and migration focusing on Sri Lanka.

(LONDON) - In one of the most brutal counter-insurgency operations ever mounted, at least 40,000 civilians were killed. The exact number of dead may never be known.

My name is Benjamin Dix and I arrived in Vanni, in northern Sri Lanka, three days after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Operation Security Roof (satire)*

"‘Security Roof’ is obviously the natural way to proceed." - Government spokesman Mr Zion Zioni

(LONDON) - Following the IDF difficulties in defeating Hamas’s ballistic warfare, the Israeli Government is now searching for contractors with some advanced experience in large scale reinforced concrete constructions.

The mission ahead is the building of a solid concrete roof over the entire Jewish State.

What if the UN Had Spoken Out on Sri Lanka? (Graphic Images)

UN staff received from informants in the field: unconfirmed reports of 17,810 killed and 36,905 injured during 2009.

(LONDON) - If today the United Nations announced that it had received unconfirmed reports of 50,000 casualties in a war off limits to journalists - wouldn't the world take notice and try and stop the killings?

We now know the UN system had this information in 2009 about Sri Lanka and suppressed it.