NYT on CIA Afghan death squads: “They said, ‘Don’t come out — if the airstrikes hit you, then don’t complain,’” said Adel, whose face had shrapnel wounds from the raid. While the family waited in the house, Adel’s father bled to death in the yard. Mohibullah, a...
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News Roundup 8/27/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 27, 2018 | News Roundup
Lt Gen Kenneth McKenzie will replace Gen Votel as the head of CENTCOM. [Link] The US Navy will reactivate the 2nd Naval Fleet. The Fleet will patrol the Atlantic to combat Russia. [Link] During the March expulsion of diplomats between the US and Russia, US spies were...
The Kurds have lost the chance to decide their fate: only Damascus can save them
by Elijah Magnier | Jun 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of Syria “very soon” and to deliver the city of Manbij to Turkey fell as a shock to the Syrian Kurds gathered in the northern part of the country. These Kurds, who act on a day-to-day basis as a shield for the US forces, have been...
News Roundup 5/3/18
by Kyle Anzalone | May 3, 2018 | News Roundup
A Puerto Rican Air National Guard plane crashed in Georgia killing all nine on board. [Link] The US is advancing testing of a new nuclear gravity bomb. [Link] The proposed AUMF will give the president power to detain Americans indefinitely. [Link] The US transferred...
4/27/18 Samuel Oakford on the Atrocities Committed in Mosul and Raqqa
by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Airwars reporter Sam Oakford returns to the show to discuss his latest work, "Raqqa: A City Destroyed Then Forgotten" and "They're Still Pulling Bodies out of ISIS' capital." Scott begins by asking—what do we know about Mosul and the coalition assault to take the city...
News Roundup 3/21/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog
The police officer who shot and killed Justine Damond has finally been charged with murder. [Link] Sacramento police shoot and kill a young man. Police report mistaking a cell phone for a gun. The two police officers shot the man 20 times. [Link] The Senate votes to...
1/5/18 Elijah Magnier on U.S. occupation of eastern Syria following fight against ISIS
by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Middle east correspondent Elijah Magnier returns to the show to discuss the U.S. presence in eastern Syria. Magnier explains what the United States' goals are, why they won't leave without guaranteeing a political transition and how they've, for the time being,...
2017 Review: Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog
On the night of Trump’s inauguration, he approved a raid on al-Qaeda in a village in central Yemen. Two Americans were killed in the raid: Chief Petty Officer Ryan Williams and 8-year-old Nawar Anwar al-Awlaki. Nawar was hit in the neck with a bullet and died in her...
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Boeing, Boeing: The Saga Continues
Boeing is now a verb synonym for worthless. The K46 also leaks fuel. It's a refueler bird. It leaks fuel. If you Boeing something, things are really fucked up. https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission Did I...
Epstein Definitely DID NOT Kill Himself
Texas Flood, Epstein, Assassinating ICE officers, and UFC at the Whitehouse. ALP
Call Him Daddy
Trump is Nato’s daddy, bombing Iran, and happy 4th. ALP
Tucker Carlson asks Scott Horton: How did we get into war with Iran?
How did we wind up at war with Iran? Scott Horton explains on The Tucker Carlson Show. https://youtu.be/_HVGLCRp3I8?si=gtgBPCToHUEUnyuP Chapters: 0:00 The History of Why Iran Is Such a Global Focal Point 11:16 The Jimmy Carter Doctrine 22:29 The Brutality of the...
Chasing Ghosts and WarNotes Podcast Upgrades
I have been retrofitting and improving the sound to my podcasts WarNotes episodes are done with the Podsworth app upgrade. Chasing Ghosts upgrades to episodes 1-3, 6, 8-26 and 58-67 are now complete (updated on RSS, Substack and the Libertarian Institute). I know it...
Provoked Gets a Positive Review in the Army War College Quarterly, Parameters
This is a prestigious and widely admired quarterly in the military and defense intelligentsia milieu. https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/80/
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