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Turse: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East

Znet Article, December, 14 2011 Nick Turse
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As the Arab Spring blossomed the Pentagon forged ever deeper ties with some of the most repressive regimes in the region

Turse: America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases

Commentary, October, 17 2011 Nick Turse
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Drones provide remote-controlled strikes anywhere on the planet with a minimal foreign “footprint” and little accountability

Turse: Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time

Commentary, September, 19 2011 Nick Turse
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For all the discussions here about (armed) “nation-building efforts” in the region, what we’ve clearly witnessed is a decade of nation unbuilding

Turse: A Secret War in 120 Countries

Znet Article, August, 04 2011 Nick Turse
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Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission

Turse: Obama’s Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?

Znet Article, May, 18 2011 Nick Turse
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When it comes to the Middle East, the Pentagon acts not as a buyer, but as a broker and shill

Turse: Stop The Presses, Literally In Iraq

Znet Article, April, 24 2011 Nick Turse
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The first months of this year have been grim for free speech in Iraq.

Turse: The Arab Lobby

Znet Article, March, 16 2011 Nick Turse
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How the Tiny Kingdom of Bahrain Strong-Armed the President of the United States

Turse: Empire of Bases 2.0

Znet Article, January, 10 2011 Nick Turse
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In a world of statistics and precision, a world in which “accountability” is now a Washington buzzword, a world where all information is available at the click of a mouse, there’s one number no American knows. Not the president. Not the Pentagon...

Turse: Twenty-First Century Blowback?

Znet Article, November, 17 2010 Nick Turse
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As prospects dim in Iraq, the pentagon digs in deeper around the middle east.

Turse: Digging in for the Long Haul in Afghanistan

Znet Article, October, 25 2010 Nick Turse
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How Permanent Are America’s Afghan Bases?

Turse: Publish or Perish

Znet Article, October, 18 2010 Nick Turse
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Quick -- name the five most important, influential, and best known books on the Afghan War. Okay, name three. Okay, I'll settle for two. How about one?

Engelhardt: The American Way of War Quiz

Znet Article, September, 17 2010 Tom Engelhardt
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This Was the War Month That Was (Believe It or Not)

Turse: How Much “Success” Can Afghans Stand?

Znet Article, September, 14 2010 Nick Turse
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The American War and Afghanistan’s Civilians

Turse: Death on Your Doorstep

Znet Article, July, 14 2010 Nick Turse
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What Sebastian Junger and Restrepo Won’t Tell You About War

Turse: Kick Ass or Buy Gas?

Znet Article, June, 19 2010 Nick Turse
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Residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are livid with BP in the wake of the massive, never-ending oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico -- and Barack Obama says they ought to be. But there’s one aspect of the BP story that most of th...