Category Archives: Terrorwar

Sibel Edmonds: the woman no one wants to hear

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Matt

Anyone interested in getting to grips with the twisted and murky contradictions of the great war on terrorism should read the absolute must-read story by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on the Ceasefire webzine on the FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. A former … Continue reading →

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Our friends in Kabul

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Matt

The New York Times and The Guardian both have stories on the secret payments made to the Hamid Karzai government in Afghanistan by the CIA and MI6.   The NYT came in first, with a report yesterday on how ‘wads of … Continue reading →

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Red Lines

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Matt

Western wars and ‘interventions’ in the age of ‘humanitarian warfare’ tend to rely on two essential propaganda tropes to prepare domestic and international public opinion for such events.  Firstly, there is an appeal to humanitarianism/guilt through ‘responsibility to protect’ rhetoric … Continue reading →

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The Return of the ‘Salvador Option’

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Matt

TODAY’S Guardian will not make pleasant reading in Washington. For the first time, a major mainstream media outlet has alleged that leading American politicians and military figures, including General David Petraeus, the former commander of US forces in Iraq, were … Continue reading →

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