Moon of Alabama | 4 march 2015 The CIA supported and equipped “moderate” rebels in Syria are losing out against al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra. The last “moderate” group active in north Syria, Harakat Hazzm, had to give up its headquarter -including a warehouse full of U.S. weapons- to Jabhat al Nusra and dissolved. Many of…
Atlas Monitor | 1 March 2015 ISIS is the direct consequence of Western foreign policy and meddling in the region. However, I would take it a step further and emphasize the covert support Western powers have given radical groups such as ISIS. This news article from FARS News Agency (Iran); Iraqi Army Downs 2 UK…
Pierre-Henri Bunel | Global Research | June 14, 2014 (Wayne Madsen Report and Global Research 20 November 2005) Global Research Editor’s Note This article originally published by Global Research in 2005 sheds light on the nature of Al Qaeda, an intelligence construct used by Washington to destabilize and destroy sovereign countries, while sustaining the illusion of an…
Ken Dilanian | AP |February 7, 2015 For years, some current and former American officials have been urging President Barack Obama to release secret files they say document links between the government of Saudi Arabia and the Sept. 11 attacks. Other officials, including the executive director of the Sept. 11 commission, have said the classified…
Professor John Ryan | Global Research | February 07, 2015 The barbarous phenomenon we recently witnessed in France has roots that go back to at least 1979 when the mujahedeen made their appearance in Afghanistan. At that time their ire was directed at the leftist Taraki government that had come into power in April of 1978. This…
Robert Parry | Consortium News | 4 Feb 2015 Saudi Arabia is under a new cloud after a jailed al-Qaeda operative implicated senior Saudi officials as collaborators with the terror group – and the shadow could even darken the political future of Israeli Prime Netanyahu because of his odd-couple alliance with Riyadh, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The…
RT | 4 Feb 2015 A former Al-Qaeda member has revealed a strong connection between the terrorist group and the Saudi Royal family in the 1990s. More notably, he alleges that Saudi princes and terrorists discussed a plan to shoot Air Force One out of the sky. The revelations came in the form of a…
Washington’s Blog | 3 Feb 2015 We’ve long noted that Saudi Arabia is a huge supporter of terrorism. But the new Saudi king is particularly bad. Investors Business Daily notes: King Salman has a history of funding al-Qaida, and his son has been accused of knowing in advance about the 9/11 attacks. *** Salman once ran a Saudi…
Kit Daniels | Infowars.com | January 20, 2015 NATO ally shipping missiles to al-Qaeda in Syria Turkey’s prime minister, a NATO ally, is shipping arms to al-Qaeda and ISIS via Syria-bound trucks operated by the country’s intelligence agency, according to Turkish military officials. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu banned media from reporting on three of the…
Telesur | 18 Dec 2014 The Taliban hasn’t broken a sweat replacing leaders killed by drones, according to a secret CIA report. Controversial U.S. drone strikes may be helping rather than hindering the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a leaked CIA document released by Wikileaks Thursday. The CIA document appears to be a 2009 internal review of the…