Shadow Wars
Conn Hallinan on covert operations out of control
Tag: pakistan
When It Rains, It Pours
What’s a superpower to do? Not much, says Chuck Peña
Cheney’s Comprehensive Strategy to Keep America Safe
It has worked wonders so far, says Gordon Prather
Six Ways the Af-Pak War Is Expanding
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Going for Broke
Tom Engelhardt on the expanding Af-Pak war
Out of Range
Ryan McCarl says drones make civilian casualties cheap
Judge Condemns ‘Mosaic’ of Gitmo Intel and Unreliable Witnesses
Andy Worthington says a pile of lies is still lies
Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak
Back in March, Pepe Escobar, that itchy, edgy global reporter for one of my favorite online publications, Asia Times, began laying out the great, ongoing energy struggle across Eurasia, or what he likes to call Pipelineistan for its web of oil and natural gas pipelines. In his first report, he dealt with the embattled energy … Continue reading “Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak”
Stop ‘Helping’ Af-Pak
We can’t afford another war, says Ron Paul
From Phnom Penh to Islamabad
Last September, during the American presidential campaign, I wrote a column declaring that the United States had again invaded Cambodia, only this time "Cambodia" was Pakistan. President George W. Bush had ordered U.S. ground attacks on the Taliban inside Pakistan’s Tribal Territories, without Pakistan’s authorization. That was also when Barack Obama’s foreign policy campaign platform … Continue reading “From Phnom Penh to Islamabad”
Saigon Again?
Philip Giraldi assesses Obama’s Af-Pak policies