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Let us not kid ourselves. The heart of war is combat. David Price, a member of the Network of Concerned Anthropologist and author of Anthropological Intelligence: The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War, writes a counterpunch exclusive on the Human Terrain Systems (HTS). The HTS is a program by the United States Army [...]

In a game of survival, US military contractors are ‘forced to pay suspected insurgents to protect American supply routes.’ An Afghan private security official reveals, “Most escorting is done by the Taliban.” A new report reveals that the United States of America actually funds the Taliban. The US government is ‘financing the very same insurgent [...]