Omar urged the Pentagon to make amends following an Intercept investigation into a U.S. strike that killed a woman and her 4-year-old.
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As Israel becomes more of a liability than an asset to U.S. interests, Washington digs its heels in the Middle East.
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“I’m not aware of any U.S. forces on the ground,” a Pentagon spokesperson said, directly contradicting the White House.
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A new Human Rights Watch report details “apparent war crimes” in attacks that killed 60 civilians in crowded marketplaces and at a funeral.
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A State Department official said a drone strike that killed 120 Nigerians was no “attack” and urged press to focus on “fun” aspects of the secretary of state’s tour.
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Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Glenn Grothman want to recognize the contribution of Air America, the CIA airline that supported secret wars in Laos and Cambodia.
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The hardened Yemeni rebel force can’t be deterred without risky and costly U.S. escalations.
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Guidance for officers deployed to Israel appears to show the U.S. military providing intelligence for airstrikes in Gaza.
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Four FBI agents posing as ISIS members began chatting online with Humzah Mashkoor when he was 16 years old. He was arrested on terrorism charges weeks after his 18th birthday.
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Despite admitting the U.S. killed civilians in a 2018 attack in Somalia, the Pentagon has neither apologized nor offered compensation.
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