• US military spending hit $607 billion in 2008

  The global arms madness continues. A new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (one of my favorite...

   

• Pentagon knowingly exposed troops to cancer-causing chemicals, document shows

  By John Byrne | A newly leaked military document appears to show the Pentagon knowingly exposed US troops to toxic chemicals...

   

• Military Takeover of Federal Weapons Research Labs

  By Phil Leggiereon Physicist Robert Oppenheimer fought successfully to keep nuclear weapons research under civilian control...

   

• Military seeks better use of finger, eye scans

  By LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON — On the front lines in Iraq, U.S. troops can scan someone’s eye or finger to...

   

• What’s Wrong with the U.S. Military

  By ANDREW COCKBURN Coinciding with the arrival of Obama and his deputies in Washington, the Center for Defense Information...

   

• AP lifts ban on military photos

  The Associated Press on Friday lifted its suspension on the use of photos provided by the U.S. military after the Pentagon...

   

• Soldiers’ Suicide Rate On Pace to Set Record

  By Ann Scott Tyson | Suicides among active-duty soldiers this year are on pace to exceed both last year’s all-time...

   

• Study: 1 in 4 soldiers at war have hearing loss

  By Gregg Zoroya | The bombs along the Baghdad road exploded one after the other, leaving one soldier unconscious and another...

   

• Sexual Assault in the Military: A DoD Cover-Up?

  TruthDig | There was quite a struggle in Congress this week. The Department of Defense refused to allow the senior civilian...

   

• Military censorship of the war in Iraq

  

  Aug 1, 2008 0:00

  By Naomi Spencer | Five years of bloody US occupation have seen numerous crimes against humanity unfold in Iraq. Millions...

   

• Pentagon eyes sending hundreds of troops to Afghanistan

  AP | WASHINGTON – Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds...

   

• Civilian sex assaults by Afghan soldiers ignored

  By Rick Westhead | Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan have been ordered by commanding officers “to ignore”...

   

• Doctors’ Report Finds Evidence of U.S. Torture and ‘War Crimes’

  

  Jun 18, 2008 15:29

  AP | Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo...

   

• V.A. Using Iraq Vets as Guinea Pigs in Drug Tests

  

  Jun 18, 2008 15:03

  By Greg Mitchell | As if the “soldier suicide” problem wasn’t bad enough already, word has just emerged...

   

• Bush threatens Iran with military action

  By Colin Brown | George Bush has warned Iran that military action is still “on the table” if it fails to respond...

   

• Blackwater opens California training center under court order

  AP | A new counterterrorism training facility operated by Blackwater Worldwide, the largest private security company in Iraq,...

   

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,092

  The Associated Press | As of Friday, June 6, 2008, at least 4,092 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war...

   

• White House denied knowledge of military analyst program

  By Eric Brewer | In the two weeks since I asked Dana Perino whether the White House knew about or approved of the Pentagon’s...

   

• Soldiers need loans to eat, report reveals

  By Jonathan Owen and Brian Brady | A highly sensitive internal report into the state of the British Army has revealed that...

   

• U.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combat

  By Gregg Zoroya | More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled...

   

• US air force calls for mission to combat climate change

  By David Adam | The US air force will this week call for the world’s top scientists to come together in a 21st-century...

   

• US prepping military options against Iran

  By Mike Sheehan | Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the Pentagon is planning “potential”...

   

• Blackwater wants to use N.C. airport

  By Connie Sage | The town is negotiating with Blackwater to allow the private security company to lease space at Northeastern...

   

• Breaking the Silence – Israeli Soldiers Speak Out

  By Stephen Lendman - RINF |  They’re called “Refuseniks” but not for refusing to serve. They’ve...

   

• British government lied about Persian Gulf incident

  By Paul Mitchell | Secret Ministry of Defence documents released to the Times newspaper reveal that the British government...