The Joe Biden Administration has urged Israel’s military to re-examine its rules of engagement, Axios reported, months after a soldier killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot in the head during a raid despite clearly identifying herself as a reporter.
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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
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...
Interview: Danny Sjursen Explains War in the Age of Biden
David Gornoski starts the show by commenting on ridiculous establishment-friendly media coverage given to the Biden inauguration. Also in the show, David brings to our attention the recent nonsensical censorship taken against him by YouTube. Plus, Ret. Major Danny Sjursen calls in to give us an overall assessment of the Biden inauguration. What should we make of the increased military presence at that event? Why is there a lack of self-awareness among voters on both sides? How should we assess Donald Trump’s foreign policy? Listen to the full episode to find out and more. Listen to Danny...
Live Stream Tonight
Join me, Zooey, Diego Rivera and some friends for our election night coverage tonight at my youtube channel at somewhere around 7 PM Texas time: YouTube.com/scotthortonshow part one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nODQSAnAL64 part two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiyBDeWd1cY
Kevin Gosztola’s Great Coverage of Assange Hearings
His Day 1 thread here: https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status/1303251577344413696 Day 2 here: https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status/1303251577344413696
Reason’s Coverage of Portland
They've got some great stuff: Trump Deploys Lawlessness Against Lawlessness Dispatch From Portland: A Distinct Lack of Crowbars and Cops Feds Send Outside Agitators To Escalate Conflict in Portland ACLU Sues Federal Agents Deployed in Portland Department of Homeland Security Reportedly Sending 150 Agents to Chicago in Expansion of Federal Crackdown Sending Secret Police To Do Protester Snatch-n-Grabs Is Bad,...
Influential China Hawks Push Trump Towards War guest Dave DeCamp
Dave DeCamp joins Foreign Policy Focus to discuss his recent coverage of Steve Bannon and Frank Gaffney's latest efforts to increase tensions with China. Bannon and Gaffney have stated the group Committee for Present Danger: China to further this goal. The Trump administration continues to adopt the group's language showing its influence. Dave debunks their hawkish and absurd claims. Dave DeCamp is assistant editor at Antiwar.com and a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn NY, focusing on US foreign policy and wars. He is on Twitter at @decampdave. Links Dave's China video The killing...
5 Years of US/Saudi War Made Yemen Susceptible to Coronavirus Crisis guest Joanne Leon
Joanne Leon returns to FPF to discuss the five year anniversary of the US/Saudi war on Yemen. The anniversary has received almost no media coverage in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Ironically, the five years of war in Yemen has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis - making Yemen one of the most likely to be devastated by a coronavirus. The US/Saudi/UAE/UK bombing campaign has intentionally targeted the civilian in fracture of Yemen. Now - before coronavirus even reaches Yemen - 24 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and millions of children are at risk...
‘C’mon Man, I Thought You Liked Me’
Biden's former intern describes being sexually assaulted by the now-Democratic Party frontrunner in 1993. Sounds credible except for the fact that she wasn't pre-pubescent at the time, which seems to be his primary pathology. https://twitter.com/kthalps/status/1242691746561167360 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGkmMKn_fBk Jeez, everybody, I [don't] wonder how much TV coverage this is going to get.
Spy Culture on Top Gun and Military Censorship
The new Top Gun movie is coming out and you can be sure the military is all over it. According to Spy Culture, the military believed the original movie inspired the famous Tailhook scandal. Because of this, the Navy withdrew support for Top Gun 2 and thus the 20 year wait for a sequel. Spy Culture is reporting that both Top Gun and Top Gun 2 have been heavily censored by the military. The initial trailer for Top Gun 2 is out and their is already accusations that the patches on the jacket Maverick is wearing have been altered to appease Chines sensors. it is certainly true that changes...
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