Targeting Iran
Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown”
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
Nick Turse
Nick Turse is the editor of TomDispatch and a senior reporter for The Intercept, covering national security and foreign policy. He has reported from conflict zones from Libya and Somalia to Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo and is the author, most recently, of “Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan” and the New York Times bestseller “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.” Turse has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Harpers, among other publications. He has received a Ridenhour Prize for investigative reporting, a Military Reporters & Editors Association Award for Best Overseas Coverage, and a Deadline Club Award for Reporting by Independent Digital Media.
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Targeting Iran
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Chilling Dissent
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Targeting Iran
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License to Kill
“Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes
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Targeting Iran
When a President Promises a Massacre
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Targeting Iran
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