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The Obama administration’s State Department had a direct hand in revising the official story on the 2012 Benghazi terror attack, new documents show
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland objected to the CIA’s summary, which concluded that terrorists killed four Americans Attack came in the weeks before the 2012 election, as President Obama was campaigning on the strength of having defeated al Qaeda White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has denied that the administration had a substantial hand in […]
CIA recording every Facebook Msg, Tweet…
March 21, 2013
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Thursday, 21 March 2013 Just days after the CIA inked a $600-million cloud computing contract with Amazon, chief technology officer Gus Hunt admitted that the agency is trying to amass as much data as it can, hold it indefinitely and use it for analysis in the future. In […]
Nobel-peace-prize-winning “Assassination Incorporated”: White Paper justifies the killings of US citizens
February 6, 2013
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John Robles Feb 6, 2013 12:03 Moscow Time Photo: AFP A US Department of Justice white paper, justifying the killing US citizens is currently in the spotlight worldwide. However the paper does more, it gives “high-level officials” the right to order the killing of anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances and frees them of any […]
Cameron was warned that Overthrowing Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi would destabilize Africa
January 26, 2013
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An existential threat? Why did Cameron not warn us before? Or did he only just come up with the idea in order to cover his tracks over Libya? LAST UPDATED AT 12:45 ON Fri 25 Jan 2013 Recent columns 100 years on… Let’s not forget our achievement in the Great War The Commons should always […]
Saudi jets ‘join US strikes against al-Qaeda in Yemen’
January 4, 2013
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Saudi Arabia said to have secretly joined America’s ‘undeclared aerial war’ against terrorists in Yemen LAST UPDATED AT 09:44 ON Fri 4 Jan 2013 JETS from the Saudi Arabian air force have joined US forces in missions designed to eliminate al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, raising questions about America’s “expanding programme of targeted killings”, reports […]
Petraeus tells Congress that ‘Obama administration altered CIA talking points’ on Benghazi
November 16, 2012
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By Associated Press Reporter and Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED:08:56 EST, 16 November 2012| UPDATED:13:09 EST, 16 November 2012 Former CIA Director David Petraeus has told Congress that the CIA believed almost immediately that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists were behind the September 11th attacks in Benghazi, according to a leading Republican congressman. Representative Peter King of New […]
SAS veterans ask PM to intervene over “monstrous” jailing of war hero
November 14, 2012
David Cameron has been urged to intervene to secure the release of a former SAS sniper who was jailed for possessing a pistol given to him as a present by Iraqi soldiers he trained. Sgt Danny Nightingale, a special forces sniper who served in Iraq and Afghanistan Photo: WARREN SMITH By Sam Marsden 2:46PM GMT […]
Foreign air power is crucial to Mali battle plan: sources
November 9, 2012
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By Tiemoko DialloPosted 2012/11/09 at 7:10 am EST BAMAKO, Nov. 9, 2012 (Reuters) — Malian troops backed by foreign air power will lead the assault to recapture Timbuktu and other northern cities from al Qaeda-linked militants, under a battle plan now being considered, Malian army sources said. West African bloc ECOWAS is expected to submit […]
Why the United States will never have another peacetime president.
November 6, 2012
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‘A Period of Persistent Conflict’ BY MICAH ZENKO |NOVEMBER 6, 2012 In January 2007, with no public debate, congressional hearings, or news coverage, the United States intervened militarily in another country: Somalia. On December 24, 2006, supported by U.S. tactical intelligence, military training, and “less than a dozen” special operations forces on the ground, Ethiopia […]
Military planners prepare for war in Mali
November 6, 2012
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Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:10 GMT Source: reuters By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and Europe have drawn up preliminary plans to recapture northern Mali from al Qaeda-linked rebels, African officials said on Tuesday. A source with knowledge of the plan said it will involve […]
‘Troubling’ Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack “Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures,” he wrote hours before the assault.
November 2, 2012
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Sensitive documents found amid the wreckage of the U.S. consulate shine new light on the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA |NOVEMBER 1, 2012 BENGHAZI, Libya — More than six weeks after the shocking assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi — and nearly […]
INTERVIEW-Mali war plan to be ready within weeks, AU says
October 24, 2012
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Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:52 GMT Source: Reuters * African states, Western powers divided over intervention * U.N. set 6-week deadline for war plan, starting Oct. 12 * Door open to negotiation with rebels By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA, Oct 24 (Reuters) – An African plan for military intervention in Mali to help government troops […]
State Department granted New York terror plotter a student visa
October 18, 2012
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Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 4:53 PM Last December, the State Department issued a student visa to the Bangladeshi man arrested this week for trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building with what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb, the State Department confirmed today. Twenty-one-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who […]
EU to plan military training mission for Mali
October 15, 2012
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Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:08 GMT Source: reuters * Mali descended into chaos after soldiers toppled president * Ashton sees Mali as risk to region if unchecked * Move follows U.N. urging plan for intervention By Sebastian Moffett LUXEMBOURG, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The European Union said on Monday it would draw up plans for […]
Algeria caught in quandary over Mali crisis
October 14, 2012
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Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:15 GMT Source: reuters * UN calls for dialogue as well as military preparations * Algeria opposes foreign intervention in Mali and elsewhere * Advocates talks, but not with “terrorists, criminals” By Alistair Lyon ALGIERS, Oct 14 (Reuters) – North African heavyweight Algeria is worried by the chaos in neighbouring Mali, […]
May 11, 2013
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