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Joe Glenton, the only British soldier who has refused to fight in Afghanistan, told a packed public meeting in London celebrating his release, it was "a badge of honour to have gone to prison. I have come to the conclusion that the real enemy is not the man in front who is facing your rifle, but the man directly behind and above telling you to pull the trigger." 
Politicians with guilty consciences, now throw their weight behind justice and morality, too late for the Iraqi people whose country has been destroyed, and millions left dead, maimed, orphaned or widowed. Its horrific consequences are still being visited upon Iraqis – such as the mothers who are delivering deformed babies because of the chemical weapons used by the invading forces. 
The biggest wartime leak ever of 91,000 secret US military documents confirms everything the anti-war movement has said for years. The war in Afghanistan is pointless and unwinnable and the warmongers have lied to us continually. It must end now. We have to raise the level of campaigning so that the government, parliament and the media are forced to respond to the overwhelming view of the British public, that the time to bring all the troops home from Afghanistan is now. 
Democracy Now hosts a discussion about the "game changing" impact of the 91,000 secret US military documents published by Wikileaks, Democracy Now roundtable discussion with independent British journalist Stephen Grey; Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Daniel Ellsberg; former State Department official in Afghanistan, Matthew Hoh; independent journalist Rick Rowley; and investigative historian Gareth Porter. 
Ross Williams, shared a cell in army prison with Joe Glenton, both soldiers imprisoned for going absent without leave from an unjustified war. Like Joe, Ross has decided to speak out against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Afghanistan is exposing the limits of US power to impose its will by force. American military might is being seen off by a ragtag army in the world's second poorest country, says Seumas Milne but refuses to admit defeat. 
Why US attack on Fallujah in November 2004 has resulted in higher rates of cancer, leukemia, infant mortality, and sexual mutations, than those recorded among survivors of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said in the House of Commons what is common knowledge in every living room across the land – that the Iraq war was illegal. So now bring those responsible, Tony Blair above all, to justice.
Irrefutable evidence to the Iraq Inquiry shows Tony Blair's lies make him directly culpable for the consequences of an illegal war, including 52 people killed in the 7/7 bombings. 
"I can't think of a single reason to die for Afghanistan," says EU diplomat. Meanwhile, the rate of UK military deaths is twice the US level and has doubled in the last year. 
Unlike many other performers, ex-Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten is happy to play in a country that violates countless international laws and is guilty of crimes against humanity in Gaza. 
BBC story "Schools told 'no swimming in Ramadan' for Muslim pupils" recycled a long discredited 3-year old article in the rabidly Islamophobic Daily Express.
Hilary Clinton's recent speech to America's main Zionist lobby was full of stomach-churning praise for Israel, but there was a sting in the tail on Iran. 
Seven years after the illegal and unjustified US/UK invasion, US combat troops leaving a devastated Iraq, with at least one million Iraqis killed and four million refugees. 
As the British army announces a humiliating withdrawal from Sangin in Helmand province, Judith Orr looks at why the West is losing the war. 
Missile rattling against Iran by the US and Israel is on the increase, despite there being no evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. 
The capacity for giving command of US armed services to psychopaths seems unlimited. Just as General Stanley McChrystal goes out one door, in comes another, James Mattis, who thinks it's "fun to shoot some people". 
The war in Afghanistan is a catastrophe, but still the warmongers insist "progress is being made". Continued occupation and killing merely delays the inevitable end to a stupid war, says Simon Jenkins. 
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Paddy Ashdown debates the Afghanistan war with Guardian journalist Seumas Milne.
Former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp and Labour MP Paul Flynn make the case for and against bringing the troops home from Afghanistan.