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Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain

Jeremy Kuzmarov·April 16, 2021

Over 18,000 Pentagon contractors remain in Afghanistan, while official troops number 2,500. Joe Biden will withdraw this smaller... Read More

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How the US military subverted the Afghan peace agreement to prolong an unpopular war

Gareth Porter·March 16, 2021

Appointed in the final days of Trump’s presidency to remove all US troops from Afghanistan, Douglas Macgregor tells... Read More

VIDEO: Top Biden advisors Flournoy and Blinken promise smarter, more secretive permanent war policy

Dan Cohen·November 20, 2020

Biden’s likely pick for Secretary of Defense, Michele Flournoy, and his top foreign policy advisor, Tony Blinken, have... Read More

Calling out NYT “unprofessional” reporting on ‘Bountygate’

Anya Parampil·July 11, 2020

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with investigative journalist Gareth Porter about his latest report “How the Pentagon... Read More

How the Pentagon failed to sell Afghan government’s bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US intelligence agencies

Gareth Porter·July 7, 2020

Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud, as dodgy stories spun out by... Read More

US claim of ‘Russian Bounty’ plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous

Aaron Maté·June 30, 2020

Max Blumenthal breaks down the “Russian bounty” story’s flaws and how it aims to prolong the war in... Read More

Washington’s tall tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book ‘The Exile’

Gareth Porter·May 19, 2020

A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing... Read More

Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running ‘mafia racket’ against Venezuela

Anya Parampil·April 3, 2020

Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US... Read More

US government threatens families of Int’l Criminal Court staff if they try Americans for war crimes

Ben Norton·March 20, 2020

The International Criminal Court approved an investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo... Read More

Media darling Pete Buttigieg was in unit that worked with CIA in Afghanistan

Alexander Rubinstein·February 7, 2020

While Buttigieg’s campaign denies allegations he was a CIA asset, military records reveal Mayor Pete was in a... Read More

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Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of ‘imminent attacks’

Max Blumenthal·January 6, 2020

The Trump administration claimed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on US interests when it assassinated... Read More

The insider: How national security mandarins groomed Pete Buttigieg and managed his future

Max Blumenthal·December 17, 2019

Pledging to “end endless wars,” Pete Buttigieg claims he has “never been part of the Washington establishment.” But... Read More

PUSHBACK

At UN, Aaron Maté debunks OPCW’s Syria lies and confronts US, UK on cover-up

Former hostage responds to top diplomat calling Al Qaeda a US ‘asset’ in Syria

As US continues New Cold War, Russia and China forge new ties

REDLINES

US escalates in Ukraine battleground

Vijay Prashad explains Myanmar coup

UN expert details crushing human toll of US sanctions on Venezuela

ESPAÑOL

En sádico manual de sanciones, enviado de Biden para Irán se jacta de privar de alimentos a los civiles, aumentando la desigualdad iraní

El ‘embajador virtual’ de EEUU tiene una cumbre de golpistas venezolanos antes del reconocimiento a Guaidó de Biden

Respaldado por EEUU, el candidato ‘ecosocialista’ de Ecuador, Yaku Pérez, apoya golpes de estado y ayuda a la derecha

Afghanistan

Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain

How the US military subverted the Afghan peace agreement to prolong an unpopular war

VIDEO: Top Biden advisors Flournoy and Blinken promise smarter, more secretive permanent war policy

Calling out NYT “unprofessional” reporting on ‘Bountygate’

How the Pentagon failed to sell Afghan government’s bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US intelligence agencies

US claim of ‘Russian Bounty’ plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous

Washington’s tall tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book ‘The Exile’

Ex UN anti-narcotics chief & mob expert says US Treasury running ‘mafia racket’ against Venezuela

US government threatens families of Int’l Criminal Court staff if they try Americans for war crimes

Media darling Pete Buttigieg was in unit that worked with CIA in Afghanistan

Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of ‘imminent attacks’

The insider: How national security mandarins groomed Pete Buttigieg and managed his future

Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video

Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat participated in covert UK Foreign Office-funded programs to “weaken Russia,” leaked docs reveal

“Wipe out China!” US-funded Uyghur activists train as gun-toting foot soldiers for empire

‘Independent’ report claiming Uyghur genocide brought to you by sham university, neocon ideologues lobbying to ‘punish’ China

Pentagon campaign to recruit Vietnam as military ally against China exposed delusions of US war strategy

Biden isn’t ending the Afghanistan War, he’s privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain

Bellingcaught: Who is the mysterious author of Bellingcat’s attacks on OPCW whistleblower?

Kamala’s KHive trolls boosted by bots while media defends harassment campaigns

US State Department accusation of China ‘genocide’ relied on data abuse and baseless claims by far-right ideologue

Western govt contractor entrapped British scholar in sting operation to cover up Syria corruption scandal

China detaining millions of Uyghurs? Serious problems with claims by US-backed NGO and far-right researcher ‘led by God’ against Beijing

Questions about BBC producer’s ties to UK intelligence follow ‘Mayday’ White Helmets whitewash

Lokman Slim’s war: The life and mysterious death of a Western collaborator in Lebanon

As US continues New Cold War, Russia and China forge new ties

Chomsky on the ‘joke’ of ‘Russian interference’ and the savagery of US sanctions