Another Opinion Columnist Pushing War With Iran Who Doesn’t Actually Exist
The MEK’s disinformation primarily targeted right-of-center outlets receptive to a hawkish line against Iran
Paul BRIAN AND Arthur BLOOM
terrorism
To Capture and Subdue: America’s Theft of Syrian Oil Has Very Little to Do With Money
Years of US support to Al-Qaeda and ISIS and efforts to effect regime change in the country have culminated in the theft of Syria’s oil, but is that really America’s coup de gras in Syria?
Steven CHOVANEC
India’s Reliance on Fossil Fuels, Casting Light on UN Counterterrorism Ops, US Asylum Seekers Stuck in Mexico
Nikki Haley, a former US envoy to the UN, spoke at the Republican National Convention, Aug. 24, 2020. Although she did not land on the Trump re-election ticket, as some prominent pundits suggested she might, her speech evoked the air of a presidential candidate down the road.
Throwing Light on the UN’s Counterterrorism World, Funded Mainly By the Saudis and Qataris
Jehangir Khan, who heads the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre, rear left, and his team at the Saudi mission to the UN, with Ambassador Abdallah Yahya al-Mouallimi next to Khan. The Centre’s work is generally opaque beyond the counterterrorism circles in the UN and outside it, causing concern for human-rights advocates.
ClandesTime 209 – Good Riddance to Homeland
In this episode I welcome back friend and journalist James Oddy so we could discuss the 8th and final season...
ClandesTime 209 – Good Riddance to Homeland
In this episode I welcome back friend and journalist James Oddy so we could discuss the 8th and final season...
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Discuss: Huge Explosion Shakes Beirut
A massive explosion has taken place in Beirut, Lebanon, destroying buildings and sending up huge clouds of smoke. Social media has been flooded with eye-witness videos and cell-phone footage: Some early reports have suggested the blast was result of a fire in a shipment of fireworks, which then spread to a nitrate warehouse: Lebanese Army …
How Modern Jihadism Became Co-Invented by the U.S. and Saudi Governments
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture
Modern jihadism was co-invented in 1979 by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan al Saud, and U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, working together, and here is the background for it, and the way — and the reasons — that it was done:
How Modern Jihadism Became Co-Invented by the U.S. and Saudi Governments
Modern jihadism was co-invented in 1979 by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan al Saud, and U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, working together, and here is the background for it, and the way — and the reasons — that it was done: