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2005: Record military spending

The annual report of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the so called SIPRI Yearbook for 2006 is out. And the tidings they bring are not very cheerful. Increases across the spectrum, ongoing wars and various players mindlessly arming themselves for tasks they cannot foresee.
The United States remained the biggest worldwide spender, with 48% of [...]

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Somalia: Counter-terrorism on the cheap?

Well, something is definitely on the cheap. Though it has still cost American tax payers millions of dollars and aided in escalating the civil war, killing tens of thousands due to violence and the breakdown of civilian infrastructure. That doesn’t seem very cheap.
It has emerged that the Bush administration bankrolled the warlords, who are secular, [...]

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Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson

Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic

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It has been a long year. The author is currently biding his time. Lets just say the journal is on a prolonged and much needed vacation. In the meantime you can be sure that I’m watching you all. I guess that at some point I will get so angry that I will in fact have to write something.

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