Report: Intelligence Unit Told Before 9/11 to Stop Tracking Bin Laden

Report: Intelligence Unit Told Before 9/11 to Stop Tracking Bin Laden Monday 23 May 2011 by: Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout A great deal of controversy has arisen about what was known about the movements and location of Osama bin Laden in the wake of his killing by US Special Forces on May 2 in Abbottabad, Pakistan. [...]

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CIA Spied On Bin Laden From Safe House

CIA Spied On Bin Laden From Safe House TPM MUCKRAKER Eric Lach | May 6, 2011, 9:45AM The CIA had for months been spying on the compound where Osama bin Laden was found and killed by U.S. forces earlier this week, according to reports. The agency maintained a rented safehouse near bin Laden’s compound, where [...]

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Holder: Bin Laden Made No Attempt To Surrender

Holder: Bin Laden Made No Attempt To Surrender TPM Muckraker Ryan J. Reilly | May 4, 2011, 12:46PM “There was no indication” that Osama bin Laden wanted to surrender to U.S. forces who killed him on Sunday night, Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Holder says Osama bin Laden killing [...]

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The War Is Over. Start Packing!

The War Is Over. Start Packing! Monday 2 May 2011 by: Robert Naiman, Truthout We got our man. Wave the flag, kiss a nurse (or a sailor) and start packing the equipment. It’s time to plan to bring all our boys and girls home from Afghanistan. When the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks rolls [...]

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Politicking In The Mos Eisley Cantina

. Politicking in the Mos Eisley Cantina Monday 25 April 2011 by: Davidson Loehr, Truthout Our economic and political mess became more clear once I realized that most of the important political deals take place in the Mos Eisley Cantina. You know the scene from the first “Star Wars” movie in 1977: a dark, smoky [...]

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Pakistan-US Feud Boils Over CIA Drone Strikes

Pakistan-US Feud Boils Over CIA Drone Strikes Saturday 23 April 2011 Via: Truthout -  by: Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers Washington – Even as it publicly demands an end to U.S. drone attacks on militants in its tribal area, Pakistan is allowing the CIA to launch the missile-firing robot aircraft from an airbase in its [...]

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Pakistan Demands U.S. Cut Drone Strikes, CIA Agents

Pakistan demands U.S. cut drone strikes, CIA agents By Agence France-Presse via: Raw Story Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 — 10:41 am WASHINGTON — Pakistan has told the United States to sharply cut the number of CIA agents and special forces operating there, and to rein in drone strikes against militants, a US newspaper said Monday. [...]

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Arrest Warrant Issued For Musharraf: In Connection With Bhutto Assassination

Musharraf Arrest Warrant Issued: Former Pakistan President Sought In Connection With Benazir Bhutto Assassination ASIF SHAHZAD and HEIDI VOGT 02/12/11 11:32 AM   via Huffpo ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant for ousted military leader Pervez Musharraf on Saturday over allegations he played a role in the 2007 assassination of an ex-prime [...]

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Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto and her commitment to democracy?

By Shahid R. Siddiqi. Axis of Logic, Jan 5, 2011 Editor’s Comment: December 27, 2011 was the 3rd anniversary of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and Shahid R. Siddiqi updates the essay he wrote for publication on Axis of Logic on the second anniversary of her death. Associated Press of Pakistan reported Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza [...]

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Please Mr. President! Some Truth About Afghanistan

Eric Margolis, The Huffington Post, Dec 20, 2010 After nine years of war in Afghanistan, costing over $100 billion in taxpayer money and 700 American lives, the full truth about this murky conflict remains elusive. The government and media have colluded to paint the picture of a noble, heroic, flag-waving American enterprise in Afghanistan that [...]

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