Afghans seize 'largest drug haul'

Afghan police have seized biggest ever drug cache of 237 tonnes along with three men. The drug was believed to be belonging  to Taleban who were intending to exchange for purchaisng lethan weapons. Estimated  to account for 90% of world's opium,  Afghanistan...

Oaxaca Reporters Tell of Life in the Trenches

‘Alternative media’ in Oaxaca, Mexico, means graffiti, not the internet. Nancy Davies comments on the latest meeting of Oaxacan journalists this weekend on NarcoNews.com. Many issues were discussed, including the lack of unity amongst journalists and the increasing...

Christmas In The Trenches

"For our men and women and for all men and women, boys and girls in the warzone a Christmas Carol from WWI, the War to End All Wars. Remember that. The War to End All Wars."

Merry Christmas, Red Baron

" A tip o' the blog to Mapmaker Scrap who posted my favorite version of Snoopy's Christmas Song with a link to my article from last Christmas on the WWI Christmas Mutiny.."

War Is A Racket

By Smedley Darlington Butler -- Major General -- United States Marine Corps [Retired]

Iraqis to dig trenches around Baghdad (AP)

" BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday. To help halt that bloodshed, more U.S. troops have...