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...
On COI #127, Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss recent events in Afghanistan. The Taliban have recently captured dozens of districts and a border crossing with Tajikistan. The Afghan Army is struggling to provide...
Jack Murphy writes at ConnectingVets: A team from 7th Special Forces Group was ambushed today while conducting a Key Leader Engagement (KLE) in Sherzad, Afghanistan. A source familiar with the events spoke to Connecting Vets about the incident, requesting anonymity....
The former CEO of Volkswagen has been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud for the emissions cheating scandal. [Link] Ray McGovern and William Binney explain how Mueller is attempting to get Trump to incriminate himself. [Link] Philip Giraldi explains why...
It's a familiar pattern by now. From "we're staying out" to "just some logistical aid to rebels" to "okay, some mere light arms to fight the evil dictator" to "well, a few anti-tank missiles wouldn't hurt" to "we gotta bomb the new super-bad terror group that...
Recommendations Include More Leeway to Launch Airstrikes President Trump’s recommendations from the Pentagon are starting to trickle in, and they seem to everywhere involve more escalations of US involvement and increased flexibility for the Pentagon to order...
Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses President Trump's first authorized special forces raid in Yemen that resulted in the death of a Navy SEAL, many Yemeni civilians, and Anwar al-Awlaki's daughter - continuing the nearly two-year war in...
The U.S.-Iraqi Kurdish-Iraqi Shia Army-Iraqi Shia militia-Iraqi Sunni militia-Turkish invasion of the Islamic State's eastern stronghold of Mosul is on. Thousands of U.S. special forces are on the front lines. Jason Ditz, New Editor of Antiwar.com, has the details, as...
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