• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Alexander Rubinstein
Explosive new recordings released by the Houthi government of Yemen pile more earth atop mountains of existing evidence of the US government's support for the very same terrorists it has claimed to be waging war against for nearly two decades.
Jake Morphonios explains what's behind the current conflict between Kurds and Turkey. This is complex and involves numerous strategic zigzags, but stick with Jake on this and you will be rewarded with a clear understanding of what's going on in S
The Persian Gulf harbors an array of extremely compromising secrets. Near the top is the Afghan heroin ratline - with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) positioned as the golden node of a transnational, trillion dollar heroin money laundering operation
Prophetically foreshadowing the current crisis (and apparent action plan), leaked CIA documents from the reign of Bashar al-Assad's father in the 1980s show a Washington Deep State plan coalescing to "bring real muscle to bear against Syria," t
President Donald Trump's fraught and highly illegal attack on Syria this week in retaliation for an equally disputed chemical 'attack,' in which as many as 86 people perished at the alleged hands of the Syrian Arab Army on the literal eve of pe
It's time to end US military engagements in the Middle East. Drones, special operations, CIA arms supplies, military advisers, aerial bombings -- the whole nine yards.
On Aug. 17, TV interviewer Charlie Rose gave former acting CIA Director Michael Morell a "mulligan" for an earlier wayward drive on Aug. 8 that sliced deep into the rough and even stirred up some nonviolent animals by advocating the murder of Rus
The number of 'whistleblowers' that have emerged over the years regarding the ongoing 'war against terror' is truly eye-opening. Unfortunately, many remain innocently ignorant given the fact that mainstream corporate media will not touch this
The Saudis have been forthcoming lately about their involvement in the creation and funding of ISIS. But as with the US creation of the mujahidin in Afghanistan in the 1980's, there was plenty of US support. Intervention blowback continues...
Look, by now it should be no mystery at all that the United States has been backing terrorists in Syria and it's only a matter of time before hard evidence becomes public.
The White House correspondent for French television network Canal+, Laura Haim, reported an interesting tidbit during a live report with MSNBC's Brian Williams Friday evening. Haim stated that the Central Intelligence Agency director, John O. Brennan
This partial timeline provides evidence that the U.S. government and Obama in particular bear a significant responsibility for the Syrian war and the results of that war.
In the spring of 2010, Afghan officials struck a deal to free an Afghan diplomat held hostage by Al Qaeda. But the price was steep -- $5 million -- and senior security officials were scrambling to come up with the money.
Gross was arrested in Cuba in 2009 while working to set up hard-to-detect Internet networks for the island's tiny Jewish community as part of a US government development contract. He says his actions posed no threat to Cuba
The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was exposed by the White House when his name was included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama’s surprise visit with U.S. troops.
An American Islamic group is calling for a federal investigation into the New York Police Department's reported recruitment of Muslim immigrants as informants to spy on their own faith community," Nihad Awad said as detectives comb city jails for Mus
Intelligence historian Hugh Wilford discusses his new book, America’s Great Game: The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East. Here is a New York Times review of the book. His previous books include The Mighty Wurlitzer: How t
In March 2007, Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smuggler and organized crime figures. Days later after a meeting with an admitted killer, he vanished. For years the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citi
“Somebody was leaking to the Taliban. They knew. Somebody tipped them off. There were guys in a tower. Guys on the bush line. They were sitting there, waiting. And they sent our guys right into the middle.”
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has launched an ambitious new project aiming to identify as many as possible of those killed by CIA drones in Pakistan.
A CIA employee who refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement barring him from discussing the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, has been suspended as a result and forced to hire legal counsel, according to a top House lawmaker.