Gaddafi under siege: Two CIA-backed groups, an al-Qaeda-linked LIFG on top of power stakes
With the imminent departure of Muammar Gaddafi from absolute power as the rebels are closing on Tripoli two CIA-backed Libyan groups and an al-Qaeda affiliated Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), a declared foreign terrorist organization (FTO) by the US State Department since 2004, could emerge as real power in Libya when it is clear that the rebel military forces are a patchwork of armed groups, former soldiers and freelance militias including self-appointed neighborhood gangs.
US troops may stay in Afghanistan until 2024
America and Afghanistan are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of United States troops to remain in the country until at least 2024, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Libya and the end of Western Illusions
Five months into the bombing campaign, it is no longer possible to believe the initial official version of the events and the massacres attributed to the “Gaddafi regime”. Moreover, it is now essential to take into account Libya’s legal and diplomatic rebuttal, highlighting the crimes against peace committed by television propaganda, the war crimes perpetrated by NATO military forces, and the crimes against humanity sponsored by political leaders of the Atlantic Alliance.
US officers oppose releasing names of dead troops
The chief of the secretive US special operations command has lobbied against the release of names of American commandos killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. Thirty US troops were killed on Friday when their Chinook helicopter was shot out of the sky in a remote Afghan valley, but in a break [...]
Live Free Now featuring Scott Horton
Breaking down the current state of the American Empire, the anti-war movement, and the 5.5 illegal wars of Aggression America is involved in with Scott Horton.
“The American Empire Must Be Stopped” Scott Horton speaks at Nullify Now Los Angeles
Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio http://www.antiwar.com speaks at Nullify Now Los Angeles about the American Empire and Foreign Policy. Nullify Now is sponsored by The Foundation for a Free Society http://www.f4fs.org and the Tenth Amendment Center http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com
Ron Paul vs. the GOP Establishment
from Antiwar.com As libertarianism becomes more visible, politically, and gains ground in the GOP, the enemies of freedom are poised – on both the right and the left – for the attack. Libertarians have never had to deal with this problem before, in the main because their movement was considered marginal, if it was considered at all. Today, [...]
U.S. Plans Private Guard Force for Iraq
The State Department is preparing to spend close to $3 billion to hire a security force to protect diplomats in Iraq after the U.S. pulls its last troops out of the country by year’s end. In testimony Monday before the Commission on Wartime Contracting, Patrick Kennedy, undersecretary of state for management, said the department plans [...]
Six More Years: U.S. General Wants to Train Afghans Until ‘2017′
There once was a time when President Obama implied that the Afghanistan war would at least start to end in July 2011. Then that date got pushed back to 2014. Now, the general in charge of training Afghan forces to take over for departing Americans pegs that date closer to 2016 or 2017 — that [...]
Will Washington Foment War Between China and India?
by Paul Craig Roberts What is Washington’s solution for the rising power of China? The answer might be to involve China in a nuclear war with India. The staging of the fake death of bin Laden in a commando raid that violated Pakistan’s sovereignty was sold to President Obama by the military/security complex as a [...]
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