Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen explains a little known effort to train Afghan Islamic fundamentalists in propaganda, and how that effort created a blueprint for the White Helmets in Syria.
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US-Western propaganda, which has afflicted our collective understanding of Afghanistan for twenty years and counting, has been so overpowering to the point that we are left without the slightest understanding of the dynamics that led to the Taliban’s swift takeover.
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The Kingdom’s new policy has provoked resentment from Yemenis on all sides of the Saudi-led war, including Saudi allies inside the war-torn country.
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Should the Al-Aqsa Mosque be destroyed, the match will be lit by a fanatic settler, but it is decades of Zionist indoctrination and Israeli policies that will be responsible for the destruction.
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The Americans, like the British and the Soviets before them, dug their own graveyard in Afghanistan.
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Regional players have long accused the US of supporting the group with midnight helicopter transport into Afghanistan.
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In this frank discussion, Glenton opens up about the cult of imperialism within the British Army, his experiences with the opium trade, and the completely foreseeable collapse of the Afghan government.
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As the national conversation on Afghanistan turns to what the country’s future holds, Adley and Wilkerson have a frank discussion about the U.S. empire, war profiteers and the status of the War on Terror.
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What is currently taking place in Jenin is indicative of something much larger. Israel knows this, thus the exaggerated violence against the camp.
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“It's still not really a protection because the criminal settlers are still living there,” Ali Awad said. “Every morning, the kids have to wait for the army to show up and usually the army is late.”
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