Clinton’s $33m Raid on Pakistan Shows That, In The End, Hypocrisy Will Win The Long View: Are the Pakistanis being so dastardly when they lock up a national who has helped in a murder? By Robert Fisk May 28, 2012 “The Independent” – La Clinton hath spoken. Thirty-three million smackers lopped [...]
THE ROVING EYE How Osama re-elects Obama By Pepe Escobar A nuclear deal with Iran? An organized retreat from Afghanistan? The eurozone picking up a little bit of steam? Stable oil prices? Forget it. The crucial foreign elector recruited for Obama II at the White House is one Osama bin Laden. Call [...]
British Played Central Role in CIA-Saudi Undercover Underwear Bomb Plot British authorities will neither confirm nor deny their involvement by John Glaser, May 10, 2012 Print This | Share This British intelligence played a central role in the undercover operation involving a supposed new underwear bomb threat from an al-Qaeda off-shoot in Yemen, Reuters reports. The government this [...]
Supposed Would-Be Underwear Bomber Is CIA Informant Obama officials tried to present this as some successfully foiled terror attack, while it was anything but by John Glaser, May 08, 2012 Print This | Share This U.S. and Yemeni officials have confirmed that the supposed would-be underwear bomber at the heart of [...]
Scott Horton Interviews Ray McGovern Scott Horton, May 07, 2012 Print This | Share This | Comment Ray McGovern, member of Veterans For Peace and former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses Russian Gen. Nikolai Makarov’s suggestion that a NATO missile-defense shield in Eastern Europe could be the target of a Russian pre-emptive strike; the [...]
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says the US will not stop its assassination drone strikes due to its profits for arms makers, Press TV reports. link to voice recording. Very good listening http://presstv.com/detail/240022.html “These drone strikes create more terrorists. So, the war will keep going on and the question is who profits? [...]
Confessions of an angry young drone By Pepe Escobar PARIS – These are tumultuous times in Droneland. Some bewildered United States drones are actually mired in second thoughts about their god-given mission – as expressed in detail to author and blogger David Swanson. [1] They even founded their own awareness [...]
Evidence in British Court Contradicts CIA Drone Claims By Chris Woods April 26, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — A major case in the British High Court has revealed fresh evidence of civilian deaths during a notorious CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year. Sworn witness testimonies reveal in graphic detail how the village [...]
Below is a link to an excellent interview with Ray McGovern a former CIA analyst. He of course as a CIA employee reported directly to a President nd is an acknowledged expert in the field. Although this is only short you get a god sense of what is happening with the dissemination [...]
Ten Rules of the “War on Terrorism” by Jacob G. Hornberger I confess that I have trouble sometimes figuring out the nature and logic of the so-called war on terrorism. The following are what seem to be the principles of this “war”: 1. Since the “war on terrorism,” according [...]
Whistleblowers Prosecuted While War Criminals Remain Free? By RT Link to video interview with David Swanson http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31110.htm The video also contains material about how to “extract actionable intelligence” A newly released document acquired by Wired Magazine exposes the United States Defense Department‘s torture techniques. In the 37 page report, former CIA official [...]
Scene from “Porgy and Bess” on Broadway Iran’s Phantom Menace April 16, 2012 Exclusive: For years, a propaganda drumbeat has been rising to justify a war to stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb, though U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran isn’t building one and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has decried nukes as a “great sin.” But [...]
David Petraeus, A Threat to CIA Analysis Thursday, 28 April 2011 09:35By Ray McGovern, Consortium News | Op-Ed The news that President Barack Obama has picked Gen. David Petraeus to be CIA director raises troubling questions, including whether the commander most associated with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will tolerate objective [...]
Obama Administration Silencing Pakistani Drone-Strike Lawyer By Medea Benjamin April 09, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — When is the last time you heard from a civilian victim of the CIA’s secret drone strikes? Sure, most of them can’t speak because they’re deceased. But many leave behind bereaved and angry family [...]
(Credit: Salon) For a few years now this page has consistently warned about the murder machines that are proliferating at the moment. They fit into what Orwell described so well in 1984. First they alleviate the need for a great deal of hand to hand combat and can fill the dual purpose of murdering the enemy and [...]
Escobar: War Porn & US Snuff-Films Using Real Populations Middle East Clusterfuck Department of Genocide, Torture, and Tyranny Christ drones Fallujah Gaza iran Iraq israel obama Pepe Escobar R2P Scott Peck US Sat, 04/07/2012 – 3:33am — libbyliberal It may seem insensitive to blog about the evil savagery of war (called out profoundly [...]
Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee captured after 9/11, was tortured at CIA black site prisons beginning in May 2002. Seven of the ten techniques he was subjected came from a manual just released by the Defense Department under the Freedom of Information Act. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)In May of 2002, one of several meetings [...]
War porn: The new safe sex By Pepe Escobar (This is the much-abridged version of a conference at the XII Seminar of Political Solidarity at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, March 27, 2012.) The early 21st century is addicted to war porn, a prime spectator sport consumed by global couch and digital potatoes. War porn [...]
McGovern Protests Brennan’s Speech March 22, 2012 After learning that U.S. national security official John Brennan would address Jesuit-run Fordham’s graduating class, ex-CIA analyst (and Fordham alum) Ray McGovern protested in a letter to the Fordham Ram. McGovern cited Jesuit principles of truth and justice — and Brennan’s role in the “dark side” of the “war on terror.” [...]
Syria: NATO countries are already militarily active in Syria – an overview BY SUSANA AL HALABI – MARCH 9, 2012 – POSTED IN: SIDEVIEWS British and French Special Forces operate in Syria. NATO acts against international laws. Currently, there are two calls for peace circulating with a good response about Syria and Iran. Both are calling for an [...]
For decades there has developed an art or science in the investigation of different forms of torture. That of course follows a history of centuries o the use of the infliction of pain as a means to an end. As long as those who seek power at any cost [...]
How our Understanding of History is Manipulated By Andrew J. Fell March 07, 2012 “Activist Post” – It’s becoming increasingly apparent that in order for us, the general population, to understand the deeper issues of the current geopolitical situation, it is imperative for us to understand the [...]
WASHINGTON – Top Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year’s raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, sources told The Associated Press. The plan is one of several possible scenarios being debated by Pentagon staffers. [...]
The Ghost and the Machine by Kathy Kelly with research by the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers Fazillah, age 25, lives in Maidan Shar, the central city of Afghanistan’s Wardak province. She married about six years ago, and gave birth to a son, Aymal, who just turned five without a father. Fazillah [...]
CNN Silences War-Skeptical Soldier By obsessing over Iran gaining a nuclear weapon “capability” – even with no actual bomb – while ignoring Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal, the U.S. news media proves the point of its own bias. There’s also the usual hostility toward dissenting voices, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern notes. [...]
US Spies See No Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program – Common Dreams staff US intelligence agencies believe there is no hard evidence that Iran has decided to build a nuclear bomb, The New York Times reports in today’s edition. The Times said there was no dispute among American, Israeli and European [...]
How the CIA‘s fake aid projects put real humanitarian workers at risk in Pakistan By Rob Crilly World Last updated: February 16th, 2012 22 Comments Comment on this article A fake vaccination programme was used to track Bin Laden (Photo: AP) You don’t need to be a cynic of US overseas aid to know that cash is generally [...]
Washington has been acting very strangely lately. (Sepah News) By Ismail Salami – TehranThe temptation of attacking Iran long entertained by Washington and Israel is gradually crystallizing into a reality of fear and angst and has already become an alarmingly worrisome idea even for those who are wont to see the glass half full. Amidst [...]
US Steps Outside the Law as the War on Terror Drones On The use of unmanned aircraft belies America’s rhetoric about its values. By Justin Randle January 24, 2012 “SMH” — The CIA recently launched its first drone attack of 2012. Three people in North Waziristan were [...]
The highlights of US-Iran relations for the past century have usually revolved around one thing: oil [EPA] link to article http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/201211812120940853.html New York, NY - These days, with a crisis atmosphere growing in the Persian Gulf, a little history lesson about the US and Iran might be just what the doctor ordered. Here, then, are a few high- [...]
Americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due to Washington’s policy in the Muslim world, not because there is an Islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill Americans for their freedoms and lifestyle, insists a former CIA officer. RT news channel on 9 November 2011 link to vireo of interview http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30332.htm [...]
Former Liberian Ruler ‘Worked for CIA’ Pentagon Discloses Taylor Ties, Offers No Details by Jason Ditz, January 19, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum A new report today in the Boston Globe has revealed that former Liberian Dictator Charles Taylor had ties with both the CIA and the Pentagon’s internal spy agency [...]
Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, the Iranian nuclear scientist killed in Tehran on January 11, with his son, Alireza. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images On the morning of 11 January Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, the deputy head of Iran‘s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, was in his car on his way to work when he was blown up by a magnetic [...]
When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist? & War With Iran or Not? By Alan Hart January 16, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — The longer and complete form of the first question in the headline is – When is a terrorist not a terrorist in the eyes of the Obama [...]
Top Iran General Threatens Retaliation Over Scientist Killing Warns US, Britain and Israel Will All Be ‘Held Accountable’ by Jason Ditz, January 15, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In an interview with the Iranian state media this weekend, Iran’s Deputy Joint Chiefs [...]
Nick Turse, Drone Disasters Posted by Nick Turse at 9:00pm, January 15, 2012. After almost two months in abeyance and the (possibly temporary) loss of Shamsi Air Base for its air war, the CIA is again cranking up its drone operations in the Pakistani tribal borderlands. The first two attacks of 2012 were launched within 48 hours [...]
Iran Sends Letter in Response to Attacks on Nuclear Scientists Tehran is claiming to have evidence that the assassinations are the work of the CIA by John Glaser, January 14, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Iran said on Saturday it has evidence that the latest assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist was orchestrated, at least in part, [...]
A policeman checks the remains of a bombed car belonging to Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan on a blood-stained ground at the blast site outside a university in northern Tehran January 11, 2012. (Reuters/Fars News/Meghdad Madadi) If you are one of those who thrive on watching spy and action propaganda that the US dishes up [...]
Gantz: Iran should be expecting more ‘unnatural’ events. (Press TV) By Dr. Ismail Salami – Tehran ‘I saw a motorcycle. They were wearing ski masks – black ski masks. They were two people. I saw the motorcycle speed by. I saw them. It seemed as if they had something in their hands,’ this is [...]
US Drone Strike Kills Six in Pakistan Missiles Target Two Cars in North Waziristan by Jason Ditz, January 12, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The US drone war appears to be back in full force today, with its second drone strike in the [...]
Meir Dagan, head of Mossad at the time Israel Framed CIA in Backing Jundallah Terrorists Memos: Mossad Agents With US Passports, US Dollars Recruited Terror Group by Jason Ditz, January 13, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The 2007 revelation by ABC News that the Bush Administration was covertly backing the Jundallah terrorist organization in an effort to [...]
At Least Four Killed in US Drone Strike Against Pakistan Identities of Victims Unknown in First Strike in Nearly Two Months by Jason Ditz, January 10, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Just one day after reports began trickling out that the US [...]
The Dismal Economic Outlook For The New Year By Paul Craig Roberts January 06, 2012 “Information Clearing House” - Jobs offshoring, financial deregulation, and ten years of wars have severely damaged the US economy and the economic prospects of 90% of the American population. The signs are everywhere in front of our eyes. [...]
Lebanon MP Seeks Info on CIA Spying Campaign Presses Cabinet to Clarify Policy Changes Since November by Jason Ditz, January 05, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Lebanese MP Hasan Fadlallah, from Hezbollah’s political wing, today announced that he is filing a formal request for information from the nation’s [...]
. This page has always warned of the insidious nature of the coming drone wars, perhaps the term droneocracy could be used to cover the field. To the military murderer and warmonger they represent the weapon of choice. But even more they could well be a cheap alternative and cause less loss of [...]
‘Obama Just Didn’t Have the Balls to Follow With the Right Thing’ By RT January 02, 2012 “RT” – One of the first promises made by President Obama when he first came to power back in 2008 was to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Four years later it is still operational. [...]
White House Rejects Calls for Oversight on Drone Killings Officials Insist Congress Doesn’t Need Details by Jason Ditz, December 30, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum For quite some time this site has been warning about the use of drones and the [...]
This page has consistently warned about the expected effect of the drone wars. These monstrous murder machines take the US abilities at 30,000 feet and continue that advantage to ground level. It is at ground level that the US has been extremely poor at instilling its brand of justice and capitalist [...]
Vice President Dick Cheney, poster by Robbie Conal (robbieconal.com) The Bush/Obama War Against Truth December 21, 2011 The harsh treatment of alleged leaker Bradley Manning is part of a broader campaign to silence government whistleblowers, a pattern that began with Vice President Dick Cheney’s outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame but has expanded [...]
Secret Wars and the Rule of Law by Tim Kelly, December 21, 2011 The president of the United States now wages secret wars virtually independent of Congress and in direct violation of the United States Constitution. Earlier this month, the White House issued several findings authorizing U.S. intelligence services to carry [...]
