The invasion of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan back in 2001, after the tragedy of 9/11, was welcomed by a significant part of the Afghan population that wanted to free themselves from “extremism and violence” of Taliban rule, Karzai said. The support of the locals was one of the factors …
Read More »A rise in terror attacks could see US Big Tech quit Hong Kong… and that would go down very well in China
There’s been a spate of domestic terrorism in Hong Kong recently, fuelled by political resentment over the situation in the city and the failure of the protest movement in 2019. Last week, a lone-wolf attacker stabbed a police officer, committing suicide shortly afterwards. And now an alleged bomb plot has …
Read More »4 times as many US soldiers and vets died by suicide than in combat since 9/11 War on Terror – study
A new report by Brown University’s Costs of War Project provides a new insight into what many dubbed an epidemic of suicides among the US military. Based on data from the DoD, the VA and secondary sources, the study found that at least four times as many military lives were …
Read More »Bumbling Biden’s attempt to battle domestic terror seems doomed to end up targeting the wrong people
Most Americans despise terrorists, both foreign and domestic, and the US has experience of both. So, when the Biden administration came forward with plans to combat domestic terrorism, one would reasonably have expected some rather standard practices and understanding of what they are looking for. But what has been revealed …
Read More »Macron can’t ignore furious generals’ warning that terror attacks & ‘Islamist hordes’ are pushing France towards civil war
Although France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim population, the simmering tensions over Islam’s place in the secular republic are only ever a news cycle away from boiling over. In the space of just a week, there has been controversy over a court decision to free a killer without charge, …
Read More »‘7 minutes of terror’: NASA reveals final nerve-shredding moments of rover’s descent to Mars (VIDEO)
The rover touched safely down on February 18 after a 300-million-mile voyage from Earth to start its mission to search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The clip released on Monday covers the final few minutes of that incredible journey, as NASA engineers tracked the descent of Perseverance. …
Read More »Biden AG nominee Merrick Garland vows to use terror-fighting skills to prosecute Capitol rioters, ahead of confirmation hearing
Garland’s hearing kicks off on Monday, and according to the opening statement he plans to deliver to the Senate, Garland will gladly help President Biden crack down on “domestic terrorism” and “white supremacy.” “From 1995 to 1997, I supervised the prosecution of the perpetrators of the bombing of the Oklahoma …
Read More »Biden or Bush? Democrats and neocons clamor to bring the ‘war on terror’ home, targeting Trump supporters as ‘domestic terrorists’
“The pro-Trump fanatics stormed and trashed the citadel of American democracy, nearly executing what al-Qaeda had failed to do: destroy the US Capitol,” Jeff Stein of the Daily Beast argued on Monday, gushing over a Democrat proposal to empower law enforcement to “prevent violent acts of domestic terrorism.” Wait, you …
Read More »Media & Democrats are launching second ‘war on terror’ – against Americans – Glenn Greenwald warns
Greenwald is a lawyer who turned to journalism in 2005 to protest the suppression of Americans’ civil liberties under the Bush-Cheney ‘war on terror’. He ended up playing a key role in publishing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about the illegal mass spying on Americans. On Friday, however, he sounded …
Read More »‘Act of state terror’: Iran’s FM accuses Israel of having ‘role’ in assassination of key nuclear scientist (VIDEOS)
Zarif said in a tweet that an “eminent” Iranian scientist had been killed by unnamed “terrorists”. He also said Tehran had “serious indications” to believe that Tel Aviv had had some role in the incident, but did not provide any specific evidence to substantiate his accusation. The foreign minister also called on …
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