U.S Will Arm the Kurds, Provide Air Support Against IS: Galbraith August 8, 2014 by Nicholas Wapshott The United States will break with the Iraqi government of Nouri a-l-Maliki this weekend and provide heavy weapons to the lightly armed forces of the Kurds, who are fighting to defend their capital, Erbil, against the Islamic State […]
Inter Press Service News Agency Story on Hiroshima Anniversary Cites Center Report on Global Nuclear Stockpiles
Atom Bomb Anniversary Spotlights Persistent Nuclear Threat August 7, 2014 by Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Aug 7 2014 (IPS) – It has been 69 years, but the memory is fresh in the minds of 190,000 survivors and their descendants. It has been 69 years but a formal apology has yet to be issued. It has been […]
Middle East Monitor Story on Missile Defense Quotes Phil Coyle
It is a lie to say that Iron Dome is protecting Israelis from Hamas July 31, 2014 by Alastair Sloan A sceptical Philip E Coyle III shook his head at the Israel Defence Forces claim that its “Iron Dome” missile defence system intercepts nine out of ten Hamas rockets. “No military system is ninety per […]
NPR Story on North Korea Cites Center Report on North Korea’s Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs
North Korea Reportedly Tests Short-Range Ballistic Missile July 26, 2014 by Scott Neuman North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, according to The Associated Press, which quotes an unnamed South Korean official. The test is described as beginning with a launch in the country’s southwest Hwanghae province on Saturday […]
Leading National Security Organizations Applaud Bipartisan House Vote to Check Military Engagement in Iraq
Today, Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation praised an overwhelming vote in the House of Representatives to require approval by Congress of expanded military involvement in Iraq. This was the first congressional expression of view on another potential war in that country.
