Even I was taken aback by the sheer scale of British active involvement in extraordinary rendition revealed by yesterday’s report of the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee. Dominic Grieve and the committee deserve congratulations for their honesty, integrity and above all persistence. It is plain from the report that 10 Downing Street did everything possible […]
Blair and Brown Governments Gory with Torture…
True Scale of UK Role in Torture and Rendition After 9/11 Revealed…
Afghan Drug Trade Thrives Despite Costly U.S. Counternarcotics Campaign…
The drug trade in Afghanistan, which helps fund the insurgency and impedes reconstruction efforts, has grown stronger despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. to fight it, a government watchdog said Thursday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said in a report that the U.S. needed a new strategy to fight […]
Trump Awards Medal of Honor to Navy Seal for Controversial Mission in Afghanistan…
Six months after the 9/11 attacks, then-Senior Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski led a seven-man Navy SEAL Team Six unit to set up an observation post in eastern Afghanistan atop a 10,000-foot mountain known as Takur Ghar, to support U.S. forces in the valley below battling Al Qaeda in an operation known as Anaconda. In […]
The U.S. Quietly Released Afghanistan’s ‘Biggest Drug Kingpin” from Prison. Did He Cut a Deal?…
IN OCTOBER 2008, the Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration heralded the arrest of Haji Juma Khan on narcotics and terror charges. His capture, they said, dealt a punishing blow to the Taliban and the symbiotic relationship between the insurgent group and Afghan drug traffickers. Yet, unbeknownst to all but the closest observers of […]
The Taliban Keeps Stealing Night Vision Goggles from Afghan Troops — And the Pentagon Has No Idea What to Do…
U.S. military members often say “we own the night” due to their use of night vision devices, but the maxim no longer holds true. That’s because the Taliban has picked up much of that same tech, either by seizing it from slain Afghan troops or by acquiring it up on the black market. And while […]
Record Afghan Opium Crop Signals Violent Year for U.S. Forces…
In Afghanistan, the world’s most powerful military is threatened by a small, pink flower. Despite an escalation of the Afghan conflict under the Trump administration, a record opium crop, coupled with steady Taliban gains, foretell bitter fighting in the coming months for American forces and the Afghans stationed alongside them. “Record-high opium production is but […]
Trump Touts Infrastructure Plan as Alternative to ‘Stupidly’ Blowing Money in the Middle East…
President Trump on Monday touted his plans for infrastructure spending as a way to spend taxpayer dollars on Americans, instead of wasting it on the Middle East. “This will be a big week for Infrastructure. After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country,” […]
Taliban Asks Trump on Twitter “once you’re ready to discuss your exit” from Afghanistan…
Crazy times. The media office of the Taliban asking President Trump on Twitter to reach the Taliban through their office in Doha “once you’re ready to discuss your exit” from Afghanistan. @akhbar…
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