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CIA Helped Start Bloody Afghan-Soviet War in 1979

Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser from Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris - Written by Alexander Cockburn And Jeffrey St. Clair January 15, 1998

(PARIS) - The following has been translated from French by Bill Blum author of the indispensable, “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II” and “Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower”.

US Soldiers on the Ground in Nepal

In every third world country, US Government’s ‘humanitarian mission’ has been a cover to eliminate popular leaders and/or incite civil wars.

(CHENNAI, India) - Early this week, sixty-five American soldiers landed in Kathmandu and moved to Dhikurpokhari of Kaski district of Nepal.

9/11 Doubts Seep into the Mainstream as Evidence Accumulates

The most significant expert may turn out to be Judge Ferdinando Imposimato, the widely respected honorary president of the Italian Supreme Court and legendary mafia hunter who lost his brother in a revenge attack.

(LONDON) - As the annual 9/11 remembrance draws to a close, the world is as split as ever. Not only on whether the Afghan and Iraq invasions were justified, but between those who accept Washington's official 9/11 story and those who do not.

Under the mainstream media radar, the number of those who do not is steadily increasing, forming substantial majorities in places like Pakistan and Egypt and significant minorities even in NATO's heartland countries, France, the UK and the US itself.

One More Great Adventure to the Middle East

Media outlets looking for material are encouraged to contact me directly, my email is tim@salem-news.com.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - For several purposes, I will be heading back to Afghanistan to cover the final stags of the U.S. war there. I will be returning to the place, as I covered this conflict early on in 2006 and 2007.

Pashtun Awakening: Defeat the Taliban by Changing the Narrative

In order to accomplish this, NATO and ISAF should focus on unifying the Pashtuns through a grassroots information campaign - a path that will be much more effective than the military option.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The New World Strategies Coalition, a think tank founded by native Afghans which creates nonmilitary solutions for Afghanistan, released its latest policy brief today entitled, Pashtun Awakening: Defeat the Taliban by Changing the Narrative.

The policy brief outlines a solution for resolving the situation in Afghanistan by exposing how Pakistan has systemically weakened Afghanistan's sacred tribal structure via its Taliban proxy.

Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga Said CIA & Mossad Were Behind 9/11

It’s common knowledge, he revealed in 2007 article: CIA, Mossad were behind terror attacks

(WASHINGTON DC) - Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga, who revealed the existence of Operation Gladio, died in 2010, but before he checked out he told the world an incredible story.

9/11 Hijackers Passports were Issued by CIA - US Consulate Whistleblower

Remember the name Mike Springmann. This one won't be going away any time soon.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A man who spent two decades as a high level State Department official, who issued visas out of Saudi Arabia, Mike Springmann, has been trying to share the most important news about a direct connection between the CIA and 9/11.

He's been stonewalled by media for years, even as they reported the lax security that allowed terrorists to enter the U.S.

Al-Qaeda`s Infiltration in Afghanistan

Foreign fighters are present in some parts of Ghazni and creating a state of insecurity.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - Al-Qaeda members, most of whom are citizens of countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Egypt, are still present in Afghanistan, according to some Afghan analysts.

In addition, Chechens and Uzbek loyalists of late Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader Tahir Yuldashev are fighting the government in various areas.

MilSpeak Books releases How To Not Tell A War Story

Explore with Michael Lund the lives of these veterans who discover being in the service is not something to be edited out of a personal history.

(CHARLESTON, SC) - Please welcome MilSpeak Books’ latest title, HOW TO NOT TELL A WAR STORY, written by Michael Lund, Vietnam War correspondent and author of nine novels about the great American highway, Route 66.

HOW TO NOT TELL A WAR STORY is a collection of short stories about veterans who went to war but left without a war story to tell.

New York Times Revelations Highlight CIA`s Role pre-911

The public needs a full answer, on the record, to a simple question: who ordered the standdown that made 9/11 possible and why?

(LONDON) - Uncomfortably buried in the New York Times today is an "opinion" piece with significant new revelations about the 9/11 attacks. (1)

Journalist Kurt Eichenwald has obtained access to a series of top secret summer 2001 Presidential Briefings from the CIA to President Bush and apparently to the top CIA officials who authorised them.