Scott talks with journalist Aaron Maté about his recent piece bringing attention to the U.S. occupation of Syria. The U.S. military currently controls about a third of Syria with an official troop count of 900. But considering officials were willing to lie to the...
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9/13/21 Mathieu Aikins on the Recent US Drone Strike in Kabul and Life in Afghanistan Post-Withdrawal
by Scott Horton | Sep 15, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews journalist Mathieu Aikins who has remained in Kabul to report for the New York Times. Aikins and his team recently investigated the drone strike the U.S. carried out on August 29th that officials claimed had targeted a car carrying explosives believed...
9/9/21 Joe Dyke on the Civilian Bodycount of American Airstrikes
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Dyke from Airwars.org joins the show to discuss his new report, coauthored with Imogen Piper, which attempts to count civilian deaths resulting directly from U.S. airstrikes during the Terror Wars. Dyke says he and his colleagues want civilian deaths to be part of...
9/9/21 Dave DeCamp on Developments in Afghanistan and Syria
by Scott Horton | Sep 13, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talked with Dave DeCamp. DeCamp gives an update on Afghanistan where the Taliban are attempting to form a government. Both Scott and DeCamp agree that the Taliban are likely to face difficulties as they try to govern the country,...
9/6/21 Clive Stafford Smith on Ahmed Rabbani and the Other Innocent Men Being Held at Guantanamo Bay
by Scott Horton | Sep 9, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Clive Stafford Smith about a recent article written by his client Ahmed Rabbani. Rabbani has been in custody for 19 years without a single charge being brought against him. In 2002 he found himself in the hands of the CIA who allegedly believed he was...
9/6/21 Magnus Panvidya on the Upcoming Day of Antiwar Protests
by Scott Horton | Sep 8, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott sits down with Magnus Panvidya to discuss the upcoming antiwar protests that will take place all over the country on September 11th. All indications point to a sizable turnout that is, importantly, not monopolized by any one party or idealogy. Just as the...
9/3/21 Coleen Rowley on the Many Ways 9/11 Could Have Been Prevented
by Scott Horton | Sep 7, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott speaks with FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley about the institutional failures that occurred before and after the 9/11 attacks. Rowley believes that there are many ways the attacks could have been prevented ranging from better information sharing between agencies...
9/3/21 Danny Sjursen on Afghanistan, Veterans and Counterinsurgency
by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Danny Sjursen and gets his reaction to the Taliban victory in Afghanistan. Sjursen thinks the Taliban’s campaign to take control of the country may soon be studied in war colleges. He also thinks that Scott’s book Fool’s Errand should be studied at...