By Gareth Porter | Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting | March 21, 2016 A crucial problem in news media coverage of the Syrian civil war has been how to characterize the relationship between the so-called “moderate” opposition forces armed by the CIA, on one hand, and the Al Qaeda franchise Al Nusra Front (and its […]
When Russian airstrikes began in Syria, the U.S. media falsely claimed President Putin had promised to hit only ISIS and instead attacked “moderate” rebels, but the dirty secret was that those rebels were working with Al Qaeda, writes Gareth Porter.…Read more →
By jumping into wars wherever some group calls itself “Islamic State,” the U.S. government misunderstands the threat and feeds the danger of endless warfare, explains ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar A couple of unfortunate ways of…Read more →
The science behind government strategies to fight radicalisation is so ridiculously crap that the most academically accurate concept to capture this absurd level of crappiness is ‘bullshit’ By Nafeez Ahmed – INSURGE INTELLIGENCE – March 17, 2016 A new United Nations report published this February has criticised prevalent approaches to countering ‘radicalisation’ as ineffective, conceptually […]
Sputnik — 19.03.2016 The al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Islamist group claimed responsibility for an attack with explosive munitions on Norwegian energy major Statoil’s facility in the Algerian Sahara, media reported Saturday. The Norwegian oil and gas company declared state of emergency Friday following the attack on one of its gas facilities in Algeria. […]
Exclusive: Gambling that President Obama will cooperate in seeking peace for Syria, Russian President Putin called back much of Russia’s military force dispatched to Syria last fall, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Russian President Vladimir Putin’s abrupt…Read more →
By Gearóid Ó Colmáin | American Herald Tribune | March 14, 2016 The recent scandal in Paris concerning the decoration with the Légion d’honneur by the French government of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammad Ben Nayef, highlights the importance of the absolutist Gulf Monarchy to France’s imperial strategy in the Middle East. The spurious left/right divide in French […]
By Bryan MacDonald | RT | March 3, 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik Certain people in America’s defense establishment believe that only governments that do Washington’s bidding are “truly legitimate.” Others have ideological reasons to stir up tensions with Russia. This fuels discord and creates an unstable world. Imagine if a […]
Steven Chovanec is a student of International Studies and Sociology at Roosevelt University and conducts independent, open-source research into geopolitics and social issues. His writings can be found at undergroundreports.blogspot.com, find him on Twitter @stevechovanec.
By Prof. Tony Hall | American Herald Tribune | February 28, 2016 I met Dr. Kevin Barrett as planned at a small bookstore near the Notre Dame Cathedral landmark in Paris France. On that day, December 11, 2015, the Paris bookstore was the site of a significant academic conference entitled “Islamophobia and the Erosion of […]
