Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front. Additionally, al-Qaeda allegedly did not carry out any military operations until December 2011 and did not announce its establishment until January 2012. However, there is evidence that al-Qaeda affiliated militants were involved in the Syrian conflict much earlier. Saudi intelligence...
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50 High Ranking Police Officers To Mark 9/11 – In Israel
The Police Unity tour, a joint US Israeli meeting including 50 high-ranking police officers from the US will be in Israel for 9 day's to learn the latest in counter-terrorism techniques. “We will be discussing the issue of the kites and balloons so we will know what and how the Israeli officers deal with it,” Safras said. It's about time the US started taking this issue seriously. All over America, at parks, in neighborhoods and at the beach would-be terrorists are flying kites unsupervised. Thank god someone is finally going to keep an eye on these troublemakers. And who better to...
Your Airforce: Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America
More than 40 percent of the Afghan Air Force students enrolled in the U.S.-based training program to fly the AC-208 Combat Caravan, a light attack combat aircraft, went AWOL, according to a quarterly report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR. “We found that nearly half of all foreign military trainees that went AWOL while training in the United States since 2005 were from Afghanistan (152 of 320),” Of the 152 AWOL Afghan trainees, 83 either fled the United States after going AWOL or remain unaccounted for.” It is not uncommon for Afghans to go AWOL...
The US Is On Pace To Bomb Afghanistan More Than Ever This Year — With No End In Sight
Christopher Woody, Business Insider via Task and Purpose: The 591 weapons released over Afghanistan in May were the most in a month so far this year, according to new statistics released by the Air Force. Those 591 topped the previous high this year, which was 562 in April — a count that includes bombs, missiles, and ground attacks. The record for a month is the 653 weapons released in October 2017 — that month, August 2017, and April and May this year are the only months to exceed 500 weapons released. Overall, the U.S, aircraft conducted 726 sorties as part of Operation Freedom’s...
On War, Gold, and My Years in Congress
JEFF DEIST: What makes you optimistic, what makes you pessimistic about what you see in the US? RON PAUL: Well, if I look at the big picture including a long span of time, I would say conditions aren’t that bad, even though I often talk about all the bad things I anticipate and how it could get worse in terms of the economy and foreign policy. When you think about it, I was born in 1935, in the middle of the Depression. I remember my early life. I remember when I was 3 years old and 5 years old and the Depression lasted through World War II and the conditions were such as I remember very...
The Antiwar Comic: Where Would You Live?
Man, the pollution the military creates is just astounding. It's just another way war is so destructive. For more comics, visit The Webcomic Factory.
05/22/04 – Karen Kwiatkowski – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Karen Kwiatkowski, a former Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, about her experiences working near the Neoconservatives in the Pentagon during the run up to the invasion of Iraq, her response to accusations made by them about her credibility, and those same neocons' plan for Empire(pdf). (Oops, I hit record too late for the introduction. Sorry.)...
11/02/03 – Karen Kwiatkowski – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews whistle blower Karen Kwiatkowski who recently retired from the Pentagon where she was lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, about the Office of Special Plans. She writes for LewRockwell.com, which may be why the neocons don't like her very much....
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