In mid June Turkey floated a plan to occupy the airport of Kabul with Turkish troops to allow for emergency evacuation of ‘western’ embassies. The plan seems to have originated on the U.S. side. I had speculated on what might be behind it:…
How Did Osama bin Laden Really Die?…
From the evidence, the case could be made that if President Barack Obama had terrorist Osama bin Laden killed in May 2011 at the latter’s Abbottabad compound in Pakistan, Obama would have had to bring him back from the dead to do so. On December 26, 2001, the Egyptian newspaper a-l Wafd posted a death […]
‘The Intelligence Coup of the Century’: For Decades, the CIA Read the Encrypted Communications of Allies and Adversaries…
For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret. The company, Crypto AG, got its first break with a contract to build code-making machines for U.S. troops during World War II. Flush with cash, it became a dominant […]
U.S. Warms up Its Own Old Spy Stories to Bash Putative Chinese Espionage…
Former Navy Diver Kidnapped in Afghanistan…
An American contractor was captured by Taliban-aligned militants in Afghanistan last week, triggering a country-wide recovery effort, Newsweek has learned. Mark R. Frerichs of Lombard, Illinois, was kidnapped last Friday in Khost, a province located in the southeastern part of the country that borders the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, an underdeveloped region between Afghanistan and […]
Federal Judge Orders Justice Department to Explain Why Awan Documents Are Being Kept Secret…
An apparently frustrated federal judge ordered attorneys for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appear Wednesday in a “snap” hearing to explain why the government is not producing documents sought by Judicial Watch concerning former Democratic information technology aide Imran Awan. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amit Mehta’s unusual order followed […]
Leaked Chinese Government Documents Prove Muslims Are Being Detained in Massive Numbers…
There’s now substantial evidence – in the Chinese government’s own words – that they are detaining Muslims in massive numbers. 403 pages of internal documents have been leaked to the New York Times that describe a clampdown in Xinjiang – a resource-rich territory located on the border of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia – where […]
Disinformation Efforts Now Used in 70 Countries…
Organized efforts to manipulate social media and public opinion are being carried out in at least 70 countries by government agencies and political parties, researchers said Thursday. A report by the Oxford Internet Institute found manipulation efforts have doubled over the past two years and are being used by both democratic and authoritarian governments. The […]
Dramatic Footage Captures Major Russia-China War Games Involving over 120K Soldiers…
Footage emerging late this week from an annual military exercise hosted by Russia and involving China, India, and Pakistan has drawn the attention of western military experts who say it’s definitely “upped the ante this year” given the number of foreign forces and the sheer size of the drills, and especially given it’s the first […]
Kashmir on the Edge of the Abyss by Tariq Ali…
In an unsettled world, amid violent wars and imperial occupations, with all norms ruthlessly cast aside, did Kashmir really have a chance to be free? As unrest spreads, India, the vaunted “world’s largest democracy,” has imposed a total communications blackout. Kashmir is cut off from the world. With even the most conciliatory and collaborationist political […]
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