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US Defense Secretary James Mattis confirmed that over 3,000 new US troops will be headed to Afghanistan as part of President Donald Trump’s new strategy to win the war that has dragged on for almost 16 years. " It is exactly over 3,000 somewhat and frankly I haven't signed the last of the orders right now as we look at specific, small elements that are going, " Mattis told reporters on Monday afternoon. Earlier in the day, Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia) referred to “3,500 more troops” in an article published by Defense One. “ For too long, America’s strategy in Afghanistan was driven by politics, leading to arbitrary troop caps and unreasonable timetables for troop withdrawal, ” Perdue wrote, noting that enemies interpreted that as a lack of resolve. “ Finally, the gloves are off. ” Perdue, who visited Afghanistan in July, praised Trump as a “ commander-in-chief who listens to his military leaders and understands we need a better, wiser ap

The former president is reportedly raking in $400,000 per speech to massive financial firms. by Jake Johnson Less than a year has passed since he departed from the White House, and former President Barack Obama has already joined the “well-trod and well paid” Wall Street speaking circuit, a decision many argued will negatively impact the Democratic Party’s credibility as it attempts to fashion a message around taking on corporate monopolies, tackling income inequality, and loosening the insurance industry’s control over the American healthcare system. According to a Bloomberg report published Monday, Obama has in the last month delivered two speeches to massive financial firms—Northern Trust Corp and the Carlyle Group—for around $400,000 a pop, and he is slated to attend a three-day conference hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald next week, for which he will make another $400,000. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced a wave of intense criticism f

του Κλάουντιο Κατς Μέρος 1ο Τους δύο τελευταίους μήνες, η Βενεζουέλα αντιμετώπισε ένα τρομερό κύμα βίας. Μέχρι στιγμής, το αποτέλεσμα είναι 60 νεκροί, λεηλατημένα σχολεία, πυρπολημένα δημόσια κτίρια, κατεστραμμένα μέσα δημόσιας μεταφοράς και εκκενωμένα νοσοκομεία. Παρ’ όλα αυτά, τα μεγάλης εμβέλειας ΜΜΕ μεταδίδουν απλώς συνεχείς καταγγελίες αποτροπιασμού για την κυβέρνηση. Δημιουργούν την εικόνα ενός «δικτάτορα που συγκρούεται» με τους «δημοκράτες της αντιπολίτευσης». Όμως, οι στατιστικές δεν επιβεβαιώνουν αυτή την αφήγηση, ιδίως όσον αφορά τα θύματα. Όταν ο αριθμός των νεκρών είχε φτάσει τους 39, μια πρώτη αποτίμηση σημείωνε ότι μόνο 4 ήταν θύματα της δράσης των δυνάμεων ασφαλείας. Οι υπόλοιποι έχασαν τη ζωή τους κατά τη διάρκεια των λεηλασιών ή των κινητοποιήσεων της αντιπολίτευσης. Μια άλλη αποτίμηση σημείωνε ότι το 60% όσων σκοτώθηκαν δεν είχε καμιά απολύτως σχέση με τις συγκρούσεις. Αυτά τα στοιχεία συνάδουν με τις εκτιμήσεις που αποδίδουν τους περ

globinfo freexchange Andrew Feinstein, anti arms trade campaigner and author of the book "Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade", spoke to The Real News about the war crimes by US military drones and the way that the military targets kids as the most suitable drone operators: A film is being made called Drone about the way in which, particularly the American military, but also British and European militaries, have been targeting kids, effectively, at gaming fairs because the skills that are used in gaming are very similar to the skills needed by drone operators. The consequence of this is that you are taking something that is supposed to be harmless and you are using it as a training ground for the killing of other human beings. In other words, what we are doing is we are taking everyday activities, we are turning them into murder, and we are normalizing them. I think perhaps more than anything else, this shows the terrifying and deadly e

Some opinion polls have shown that if parliamentary elections were held today, Hamas would win both in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. In a bid for national unity among Palestinians, Hamas has decided to dissolve its administrative committee in Gaza and expressed its awillingness to hold general elections. Faced with repeated Israeli military attacks and systemic occupation of their land, Hamas aims to foster dialogue with Fatah and consolidate Palestinian unity. Hamas released a statement saying that the group “ invites the consensus government to come to Gaza to practice its mission and carry out its duties in the Gaza Strip immediately, and it accepts the holding of general elections. " It also noted that the group agreed to key conditions outlined by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah, who considered the Hamas government a parallel government. The Islamist group, which has ruled Gaza since a brief Palestinian civil