Mali, Algeria, Libya: the real reason Britain signed up for war on Africa

Mali, Algeria, Libya: the real reason Britain signed up for war on Africa

The truth behind the 'war on terror' is that it is part of Western powers' imperialistic quest to secure natural resource reserves for their corporations.

We didn't stop the Iraq war ten years ago. But we transformed British politics

We didn't stop the Iraq war ten years ago. But we transformed British politics

The 2 million of us who marched against the Iraq invasion 10 years ago created a force that is still shaping politics and society.

Did millions protesting against the Iraq war on 15 February 2003 achieve anything?

Did millions protesting against the Iraq war on 15 February 2003 achieve anything?

Not only did the march have the traditional left but also, for example, there was the Muslim community, sections of the Jewish community, Liberal Democrats, even some Tories.

Obama the 'drone president' says he has legal right to murder anyone anywhere at will

Obama the 'drone president' says he has legal right to murder anyone anywhere at will

The Obama administration wants the right to kill anyone (even a US citizen) anywhere (whether on or off the battlefield) anytime it deems it appropriate to do so.

Why I will not fight for Queen and country by ex-SAS soldier

Why I will not fight for Queen and country by ex-SAS soldier

The idea of fighting for Queen and Country is held tight by those who never have and never will actually fight, says former SAS soldier Ben Griffin.

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Can someone who defends these drone attacks please identify the purpose? Isn't it painfully obvious that however many “militants” we're killing, we're creating more and more all the time?

Howard Dean, former Democratic Party leader, tells Obama the Afghanistan war is not winnable, the Kabul government is corrupt, and Karzai is almost as bad on women's rights as the Taliban.

The government has to explain why so much money has suddenly become available for the war in Libya, why these "reserves" are available for arms but not for health, education or housing.

As Liam Fox says there could be years more war in Libya, senior military officers say the government is ‘clutching at straws’ as it searches for a military answer.

Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by the UK government and the world's largest oil companies a year before Britain invaded Iraq.

The first humanitarian duty to those who are suffering should be to relieve that suffering, not to fight their civil wars, suppress their dictators, partition their countries and destroy their infrastructure.

What we're seeing is a clear commitment on the part of NATO and the US for regime change—exactly what the UN resolution was not designed to do.

The USA, Britain and France have in effect declared a regime-change war against Libya, writes Andrew Murray, for which there is no justification in the United Nations resolution or in international law.

Since we are being told, when we're told anything, that depleted uranium is not dangerous and is an effective tool for warfare, can we assume it is being used in Libya today?

When the US government purports to be spreading "democracy", it's a pretence, a sham. The goal of US foreign policy is to get its people in public office in foreign countries.

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