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....
Afghanistan
9/20/19 Gareth Porter on Why Iran’s Role in the Oil Attack is Beside the Point
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about his recent article for the American Conservative about why Iran's possible role in the recent Saudi oil field attacks is beside the point. Porter thinks it's pretty likely that Iran was behind the attacks, probably as a...
Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan
via Pete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=MBFrb3EcJeA
News Roundup 9/20/19
US News Chicago police selectively released information about the police killing of an innocent man to make it appear he was a danger to officers. When the full video was released, it was clear the murdered man was no threat to the officers. [Link] An American...
McRaven: We’re Going to Be in Afghanistan ‘For a Very Long Time’
U.S. presidential election, nothing. The Pentagon wants to stay in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is staying in Afghanistan.
News Roundup 9/18/19
US News The US will attempt to steal all the money Edward Snowden makes on his new book. [Link] The US sanctions three people and 16 groups in Venezuela. The sanctions allegedly target people and groups stealing from food aid. [Link] Colombia is being pushed by the US...
The Last Man
Sergeant First Class Elis Angel Barreto Ortiz could have been the last American serviceman to die in Afghanistan. Could have been. After the Taliban took credit for the attack that killed Sgt. Ortiz, President Donald Trump called off his meeting with the Taliban last...
News Roundup 9/17/19
Myanmar A UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar found that the Rohingya live under systematic persecution and are under the threat of genocide. [Link] Afghanistan The Afghan government reports killing two Taliban governors. US airstrikes supported the Afghan army...
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