Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders
The Defense Department blew the deadline for a mandatory briefing to Congress on coups by U.S.-trained African military officers.
Nick Turse
Nick Turse is a contributing writer for The Intercept, reporting on national security and foreign policy. He is the author, most recently, of "Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan," as well as "Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa," and "Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam." He has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, and Village Voice, among other publications. He has received a Ridenhour Prize for Investigative Reporting, a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Turse is a fellow at The Nation Institute and the managing editor of TomDispatch.com.
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U.S.-Trained Niger Junta Kicks Out U.S. Troops, Drone Base
The junta denounced the “condescending attitude” of an American delegation that tried to save a quarter-billion-dollar U.S. base in Niger.
Who Could Have Predicted the U.S. War in Somalia Would Fail? The Pentagon.
A 2007 Defense Department study found glaring problems with America’s Horn of Africa campaign plan. The U.S. military plunged ahead anyway.
Three More Members of Congress Call on Pentagon to Make Amends to Somali Family
“We can’t take away the pain and suffering felt by this family, but the fact that we haven’t even tried is awful,” Rep. Jim McGovern told The Intercept.
Israel’s War on Gaza
State Department Declares “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan but Won't Say the Same About Israel's War in Gaza
The U.S. risks complicity with Israeli atrocities, experts say.
Ilhan Omar Demands Pentagon Compensate Somali Drone Strike Victims
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.
Drone Strikes in Burkina Faso Killed Scores of Civilians
A new Human Rights Watch report details “apparent war crimes” in attacks that killed 60 civilians in crowded marketplaces and at a funeral.
Blinken Visits Nigeria as Questions Swirl About Civilian Deaths and U.S. Security Ties
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.
Rep. Sara Jacobs Urges Pentagon to Make Amends to Family of Drone Strike Victims
Despite admitting the U.S. killed civilians in a 2018 attack in Somalia, the Pentagon has neither apologized nor offered compensation.