US Claims to Kill ‘Al Qaeda’ Fighters in Afghanistan

by | Sep 24, 2019

US Claims to Kill ‘Al Qaeda’ Fighters in Afghanistan

by | Sep 24, 2019

Yeah right. USA needs an excuse for killing 40 civilians at a wedding the day after killing 30 civilian pine nut-pickers. So: Al Qaeda!

In this Fox News piece they don’t even pretend the “al Qaeda” guys they killed were Arab friends of Osama at all. One was Pakistani. One was Bangladeshi. They say. Oh, see “AQ in the Subcontinent” counts if the US government says so. And since they need the safe haven myth as their excuse to stay, we’ll be hearing more bs like this in the coming months — and years.

Scott Horton

Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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