U.S. Special Operations forces are not required to vet for past human rights violations by the foreign troops they arm and train as surrogates, newly disclosed documents show.
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The irregular warfare program has provided training to allied forces in countries that face a threat of invasion by larger neighbors, the senior Defense Department official said. The Washington Post has reported that an irregular warfare proxy program in Ukraine was terminated just before the Russian invasion, and that some officials want to restart it.
Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power
Tag: military occupations
The Worthless Naval Base at Gitmo
The American empire has over 1000 overseas military bases with between a dozen and 45,000 personnel. The United States spends more to operate its overseas military bases each year than China spends on its entire military. Several of these bases have become worthless yet remain open because of bureaucratic resistance. The largest unneeded base is also the oldest overseas base, the US Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, known as Gitmo. No combat forces are based there or even combat support forces. There are no ships, no aircraft, no weapons, nor munitions based at Gitmo. The lights could be shut off at expensive Gitmo tomorrow and everyone flown home and the US Navy wouldn’t notice, except that it would free manpower and resources for a dozen more warships.
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Related Tale: The Empires Cuban Colony 1898 -1959
The Worthless Naval Base at Gitmo via Tales of the American Empire
‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy terrorized a tiny Puerto Rican island
For decades, the military fired explosives on Vieques. The US citizens who live there still face the consequences
‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island
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10 worst mass killers, regimes and dictators
Naturally this list is subjective to an extent, and probably contains some mistakes and things that I missed. However, I think the top 3 are somewhat obvious and its no great surprise why I chose the regimes and dictators that I did. My criteria was their death toll, their reactionary power and influence, and also their plans and the resulting death toll, even if some of those plans were not fulfilled.
10 worst mass killers, regimes and dictators
What China’s growing power means for Palestine
What does China’s growing power and the shift towards a multipolar world mean for Palestine and its broader region?
What China’s growing power means for Palestine
Video clip via Danny Haiphong. Full Video, here.
Fighting Putin for Empire
The empire-building debacle of the nearly 20-year American occupation of Afghanistan is a lesson unlearned by the government.
Fighting Putin for Empire
Video: The struggle for Masafer Yatta
The Israeli government may demolish a school donated to a small Palestinian community, leaving more than 20 children without education.
Video: The struggle for Masafer Yatta
Video via The Electronic Intifada
US Rushes to Provoke War w/Growing Chinese Army: Admits Taiwan will be Destroyed
Inside Russia: Economists Describe Impact Of Sanctions And Ukraine War
Leila Khaled: “This Is Now An Intifada”
Leila Khaled: “This Is Now An Intifada”
THE WESTERN MEDIA ARE CONTROLLED BY A MURDEROUS EMPIRE. IT’S A STRONG MEDIA, THEY JUST HIDE THE FACTS OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN THIS REGION, ESPECIALLY IN PALESTINE.
Leila Khaled
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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