Tony Blair sent special forces to hunt down suspected Bosnian war criminals in the 1990s who were accused of lesser abuses than Netanyahu and Gallant, writes Mark Curtis.
Good & Bad War Criminals
Category: Yugoslavia
What Russia Feared in Syrian Conflict Has Come True
Three years before it intervened in Syria, Russia feared an Islamist takeover in Damascus would lead to widespread chaos in the region, like a new Afghanistan in the Levant, reported Joe Lauria in 2012.
NATO SUMMIT: Not a Shield But a Bloodied Sword
When leaders of the military pact’s member states pontificate about its invaluable role in defending democracy, you can almost hear history guffawing in the background, writes John Wight.
KOSOVO AT 25: Britain’s Covert Propaganda Over Kosovo
Tony Blair’s government coordinated a secret campaign to convince the public NATO’s 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia was a just cause, writes Patrick O’Reilly.
KOSOVO AT 25: When Tony Blair Bombed Montenegro
Britain’s direct involvement in the NATO raid that killed a Montenegrin civilian can be revealed for the first time, Phil Miller reports.
Vijay Prashad: Violating Diplomatic Missions
From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North.
WATCH: CNLive! — Global Greens: War or Peace? (in Gaza & Ukraine)
Peace was among the worldwide Green movement’s founding principles. But with wider wars threatening in Ukraine and the Middle East, the Green movement is divided over peace and war.
It’s Happening Here — A US Version of Fascism
Fascism is always the bastard child of bankrupt liberalism. This was true in Weimar Germany. It was true in Italy. And it is true in the United States, writes Chris Hedges.
UN or NATO?
The communique from the summit in Vilnius earlier this month underlined Ukraine’s path into the Western military alliance and sharpened NATO’s self-defined universalism, writes Vijay Prashad.
Blair’s Former Allies on Trial for War Crimes
During the 1999 conflict over Kosovo, the KLA was seen by the U.K. as terrorist, but was covertly and overtly supported by the Labour government, Mark Curtis reports.