Woman awarded $3 million to settle Iraq KBR rape case

Woman awarded $3 million to settle claim she was raped while working for KBR in Iraq (talkingpointsmemo.com)

Blackwater AKA Xe facing millions in fines for weapons smuggling, money laundering and tax evasion (heraldtribune.com)

US is basically funding the very people they're fighting!

Afghanistan is so rife with corruption that the US is basically funding the very people they're fighting! These are obscene amounts of money! (democracynow.org)

UK and USA sent prisoners to Uzbek to be tortured, brutally

Former British Ambassador Craig Murray says UK and USA sent prisoners to Uzbek to be tortured, brutally - (Video) (therealnews.com)

US foreign policy is straight out of the mafia

Noam Chomsky: 'US foreign policy is straight out of the mafia' (guardian.co.uk)

We broke the law, admits CIA agent convicted of rendition (independent.co.uk)

Paul Craig Roberts: The Evil Empire. "The US gov't is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people who elect the president and the members of the House and Senate." (counterpunch.org)

All over Latin America, a political awakening

All over Latin America, and especially in the Andes, a political awakening is emboldening Indians who have lived mostly as second-class citizens since the Spanish conquest. (google.com)

The United Nations' shameful complicity

The United Nations' shameful complicity in this year's corrupt Afghan elections. - By Christopher Hitchens (slate.com)

Obama Resuming Bush's "Extraordinary Renditions" (countercurrents.org)

We are in involved in an ideological struggle with people who murder the innocent

George Bush: I believe we are in involved in an ideological struggle with people who murder the innocent to advance a point of view. (hindustantimes.com) - Yes - George and Tony - many of us are...

Hey America! - "The disparity between why are you willing to fund endless wars to destroy other countries and invade other countries, but not provide healthcare to your own citizens, is a very glaring one." (democracynow.org)

US forces expect insurgents to plan more massive attacks like major bombings in Baghdad last week ahead of January polls, said Major General John D. Johnson. (alsumaria.tv)

1,000 U.S. troops wounded in Afghanistan in past 3 months (washingtonpost.com)

Federal Reserve Policy Audit Legislation ‘Gutted,’ US Ron Paul Says (bloomberg.com)