Groups oppose planned anti-terrorism hub in Zamboanga del Sur
Counterterrorism is again being used as a pretext to justify and normalize growing US military presence in the country.
Groups oppose planned anti-terrorism hub in Zamboanga del Sur
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Navy Admits to Having Released Chemicals Known to Injure Infants’ Brains
Navy Admits to Having Released Chemicals Known to Injure Infants’ Brains
Hazardous materials from US military training activities around the globe have left heavy metals, propellants and explosives littered throughout the oceans.
A Cynical Environmentalism: Protecting Nature to Prepare for War
A Cynical Environmentalism: Protecting Nature to Prepare for War
"If these military activities are so good for the environment, why don't they do them in Yellowstone or near Mt. Rushmore?"
Exposed by Wikileaks: The US Empire According to Itself
Exposed by Wikileaks: The US Empire According to Itself
... US officials callously or, sometimes, almost indifferently decided on courses of action that resulted in deaths, often on a substantial or even massive scale.
US drone strikes setting dangerous global precedent
US drone strikes setting dangerous global precedent
By ISABELLE DE GRAVE, Inter Press Service Truthout United Nations -- U.S. counterterrorism measures are under intense scrutiny from United Nations (U.N.) experts and civil rights groups declaring drone strikes illegal under current frameworks. During the 20th...
Aquino slammed for kowtowing to US plan to project military might in Asia
Aquino slammed for kowtowing to US plan to project military might in Asia
By MARYA SALAMAT
What Aquino calls as “new juncture” in Philippine relations with the US revolves chiefly on the Philippine role in maintaining the Pacific as an 'American Lake.'
Euphemisms increase with US military expansion
Euphemisms increase with US military expansion
By MARYA SALAMAT
Deceptions and misnomers cover the arrival, stay and conduct of US troops in the Philippines, as noted by progressive and patriotic groups who questioned, too, the very pretexts being used to expand US military presence in the country and in the region.
Groups slam sellout to US by Aquino government
Groups slam sellout to US by Aquino government
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com See Also: Soldiers maul protesters of US-RP military exercises Euphemisms increase with US military expansion MANILA -- ‘Hypocrite,’ ‘shameless,’ ‘treacherous,’ ‘puppet.’ These are just some of the descriptions hurled at Philippine...
Aquino maintains RP subjugation with US warship ‘routine maintenance’—LFS (PR)
Aquino maintains RP subjugation with US warship ‘routine maintenance’—LFS (PR)
PRESS STATEMENT 15 May 2011 For the militant student group League of the Filipino Students (LFS), the visit of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III along with senior members of his Cabinet to the USS Carl Vinson currently docked in Manila Bay is an open declaration...
Aquino summoned to US carrier ship, fuels talk of reestablishing US military facilities—CPP (PR)
Aquino summoned to US carrier ship, fuels talk of reestablishing US military facilities—CPP (PR)
Press Release May 15, 2011 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today denounced the "shameless display of master-puppet relationship" when Pres. Benigno Aquino was flown by a US military aircraft to international waters for an unscheduled and unannounced...
Why Military Spending is Untouchable
Why Military Spending is Untouchable
By ANDREW BACEVICH Counterpunch Posted by Bulatlat.com In defense circles, "cutting" the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation. Americans should not confuse that talk with reality. Any cuts exacted will at most reduce the rate of growth. The...
When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq? Exporting American Democracy to the World
When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq? Exporting American Democracy to the World
by TOM ENGELHARDT TomDispatch.com International Posted by Bulatlat.com Recently, I wrote about a crew of pundits and warrior-journalists eager not to see the U.S. military leave Iraq. That piece appeared on the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times (and in a longer...
American Troops in Philippines Involved in Combat Operations – Ex-Navy Officer
American Troops in Philippines Involved in Combat Operations – Ex-Navy Officer
In a press conference in Quezon City on Wednesday, former Lt. Senior Grade Mary Nancy Gadian said US troops gather intelligence information – through the use of special intelligence equipment – and participate in the planning of combat operations.
Is the US on the Brink of Fascism?
Is the US on the Brink of Fascism?
By SARAH ROBINSON Truthout/The Campaign for America’s Future International Posted by Bulatlat There are dangerous currents running through America's politics and the way we confront them is crucial. All through the dark years of the Bush Administration,...
Militarizing the Homeland
Militarizing the Homeland
By DAHR JAMAIL and JASON COPPOLA Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Award-winning journalist and Associate Editor of the Nation Institute's tomdispatch.com Nick Turse writes in his book "The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives": "As a product of the 1980s...
10 Years On, VFA Only Served US Interests
Activists protesting the VFA.
10 Years On, VFA Only Served US Interests
Activists protesting the VFA.
Has the Visiting Forces Agreement served its avowed purpose? Or has it only reinforced the unequal alliance between the Philippines and the United States, a relationship so tilted in the Americans’ favor that to call the VFA an agreement -- with all the word’s connotation of equal rights, benefits and privileges -- would be a travesty?
Another ‘Nicole’: Filipina Accuses US Marine of Rape; Case Heightens Junk-VFA Call
Another ‘Nicole’: Filipina Accuses US Marine of Rape; Case Heightens Junk-VFA Call
Watch the video A 22-year-old student has come out to expose her alleged rape by a US Marine inside a Makati City hotel on April 19. But the victim said she won’t press charges, citing the case of “Nicole.”
U.S. Troops Sighted During Sulu Massacre
U.S. Troops Sighted During Sulu Massacre
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 U.S. troops were present during the Feb. 4 assault by combined Army and Navy elite forces on Barangay (village) Ipil, Maimbung, Sulu that killed eight non-combatants, including an Army...
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