An investigation by the Pentagon’s inspector general has cleared acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of allegations that he attempted to exert undue influence on behalf of his former employer, Boeing. The ethics probe began after a watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, sent a letter to the inspector general pointing to media […]
Trump Administration Turns Over Massive Collection of Intelligence Records on Human Rights and Argentina…
47,000 Pages of CIA, FBI, NSC, DOD and State Dept. Records Touted as “Largest” Government-to-Government Transfer of Declassified Documentation…Documents Spotlight Buenos Aires Base for International Death Squad Operations sponsored by Condor States; Record Ruthless Repression by Argentine Security Forces during Military Dictatorship, 1976-1983…National Security Archive Commends Completion of U.S. Government’s Special Argentina Project as ‘Model […]
$7 Billion in Equipment Looted From Former U.S. Base in Afghanistan…
The US handed over the Camp Kearney base in Paktika Province to the Afghan government in 2014, with an estimated $8 billion in equipment still inside. Today, the estimation is that about $1 billion worth of equipment is left. So what happened between then and now that cost the site about $7 billion? Mass looting. […]
Active Duty Troops Sent to Border Instead of National Guard Because They Were ‘Available’…
A Pentagon official said Tuesday the Trump administration sent 5,900 active-duty members of the military instead of National Guard troops to the border in October because they were more readily available, after thousands of guardsmen had been deployed in April. “Active-duty military personnel were selected because the secretary of defense determined them to be the […]
Steve Hilton: Mattis, Kelly Marched to the Establishment Beat…
The new year began as the old year ended – with the establishment up in arms over generals leaving the Trump administration. How would the world survive the departures of John Kelly and James Mattis? “Today has just been a cascade of what would be generally seen as absolutely apocalyptic news in any other presidency…Let’s […]
Syria: U.S. Calls on Russia to Allow Israeli Airstrikes on Iranian Targets…
What Happened: U.S. Syria Envoy James Jeffrey has called on Russia to continue to permit Israeli airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, The Jerusalem Post reported Nov. 7. Why It Matters: The development shows that the U.S. government intends to push back against Iranian forces in Syria despite concerns from the U.S. military over possible […]
Yemen – After 200,000 Died U.S. Finally Moves Towards Negotiations…
The war on Yemen moved towards the most violent form of war. A siege on a whole country with the obvious intent to cause a genocidal famine of the resisting population. The attacking nations, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Britain and the UAE, planned to grab Yemen’s resources but failed in their war. They are now […]
Syria – U.S. (Again) Only Pretends to Fight Islamic State…
The U.S. occupation force and its Kurdish proxy SDF in northeastern Syria are supposed to fight the Islamic State in its last hold out northeast of Euphrates. But the operations against the handful of towns ISIS (grey) still holds – launched only after long and unexplained delays – shows little progress. Last week it received […]
Rising Tensions with China: Jim Mattis Cancels Visit and U.S. Warship Has ‘Unsafe’ Encounter at Sea…
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has canceled a planned visit to China this month, a sign of the rising tensions between Washington and Beijing over trade and China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea. The word from the Pentagon comes one day after a U.S. warship had an “unsafe” encounter with a Chinese destroyer […]
U.S. Marines Conduct Live-Fire Drills with Syrian ‘Rebels’ in Rare Display Aimed at Russia…
On Thursday an anti-Assad group in Syria’s south confirmed to Reuters via its ‘rebel’ commander that it is conducting rare military exercises with American forces in order to “send a strong message to Russia and Iran that the Americans and the rebels intend to stay and confront any threats to their presence,” according to a […]
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