"Al Jazeera is a vital component to the USG's strategy in communicating with the Arab world." — Joseph E. LeBaron, U.S. Ambassador to…

The ‘Dirty Secrets’ that Purify a Dirty War: A Colonial Tale of Dancing Boys, a Journalist, and the Human Terrain System in Afghanistan…

Don’t Hide Behind the Women: What is Relevant in the Story About Julian Assange and the Rape Accusation? The women behind the rape…

The Diary of Ted the Tongue: Pinecone Anthropologist The English translation of an article in Germany’s GEO magazine, featuring the "diary" entries of…

Heroism in Doubt: Canadian War Mythology Takes a Hit from Wikileaks That’s right: quoting a record written by the U.S. military, as found…

Suppressed Realities in the American Media: The Uncensored Acts of War I strongly recommend this documentary, shown below, dealing with the major…

Is TIME’s Afghan “cover girl” really a victim of mutilation by the Taleban? Jamil Hanifi, Afghan anthropologist, denounces the TIME Magazine cover featuring…

Continued: Debating the Pros and Cons of Wikileaks’ Afghan War Diary Following my article in CounterPunch, a continuing debate on the ethics…

Revealing the Human Terrain System in Wikileaks’ Afghan War Diary Contrary to the promotional and job recruitment propaganda, the Afghan War Diary records…

Human Terrain System in Wikileaks’ Afghan War Diary: Searching for Evidence of the Positive Using the Afghan War Diary leaked via Wikileaks, what…