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Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain … Read More >Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain

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Kamala’s KHive trolls boosted by bots while media defends harassment campaigns

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021By Editor

While the media defends KHive’s disturbing attacks on critics of Kamala Harris, new findings reveal a Democratic Party-linked bot farm amplified its leaders. … Read More >Kamala’s KHive trolls boosted by bots while media defends harassment campaigns

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Questions about BBC producer’s ties to UK intelligence follow ‘Mayday’ White Helmets whitewash

Posted on April 9, 2021By Editor

The BBC’s Chloe Hadjimatheou produced a podcast serial designed to rehabilitate the White Helmets’ late, scandal-stained founder, while blaming critics for his demise. Was she a channel for a wider British intelligence operation? … Read More >Questions about BBC producer’s ties to UK intelligence follow ‘Mayday’ White Helmets whitewash

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As US continues New Cold War, Russia and China forge new ties

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021By Editor

As the Biden administration ramps up confrontation, Lyle Goldstein of Naval War College discusses how China and Russia are forging new ties. … Read More >As US continues New Cold War, Russia and China forge new ties

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Lokman Slim’s war: The life and mysterious death of a Western collaborator in Lebanon

Posted on April 7, 2021April 7, 2021By Editor

Memorialized by Western diplomats, Lokman Slim worked for US government cutouts, wished war and suffering on fellow Shias and informed on his community. Did these activities lead to his demise? … Read More >Lokman Slim’s war: The life and mysterious death of a Western collaborator in Lebanon

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“Wipe out China!” US-funded Uyghur activists train as gun-toting foot soldiers for empire

Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021By Editor

Cultivated by the US government as human rights activists, Uyghur American Association leaders partner with far-right lawmakers and operate a militia-style gun club that trains with ex-US special forces. … Read More >“Wipe out China!” US-funded Uyghur activists train as gun-toting foot soldiers for empire

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Western govt contractor entrapped British scholar in sting operation to cover up Syria corruption scandal

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021By Editor

CIJA, a taxpayer-funded outfit that collaborated with al-Qaeda, lied to entrap a British academic in a sting operation. Its goal was to discredit critics of the dirty war on Syria – and cover up its own corruption. … Read More >Western govt contractor entrapped British scholar in sting operation to cover up Syria corruption scandal

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Bellingcaught: Who is the mysterious author of Bellingcat’s attacks on OPCW whistleblower?

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021By Editor

After publishing fraudulent claims in a bid to smear OPCW whistleblowers, Bellingcat has been caught in another subterfuge that contradicts its stated allegiance to “transparency and accountability”: a hidden, external author writing its material. … Read More >Bellingcaught: Who is the mysterious author of Bellingcat’s attacks on OPCW whistleblower?

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US intelligence thinks you’re stupid: ODNI report blames Russia, ignores Colombian election interference

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021By Editor

Russiagate is back! That’s right. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) says Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei meddled in the 2020 U.S. election. But not only they: Lebanese Hezbollah, Cuba and Venezuela did it too. … Read More >US intelligence thinks you’re stupid: ODNI report blames Russia, ignores Colombian election interference

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Did the CIA pressure Yemen to release al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki?

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021By Editor

Recordings released by the Houthi government of Yemen raise new questions about Washington’s support for the same jihadist militants it has claimed to be waging war on. … Read More >Did the CIA pressure Yemen to release al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki?