NATO in Afghanistan: A Dagger Struck Into the Heart of Asia

NATO in Afghanistan: A Dagger Struck Into the Heart of Asia

On April 27 the NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg issued an ultimatum to the Taliban fighting the US and NATO allied forces that have invaded and occupied Afghanistan; negotiate–meaning surrender-or be destroyed. Taking his cue from the Nazi diktats in the countries they invaded and occupied across Europe in the Second World War, he acted like…

De-Briefing Academics: Unpaid Intelligence Informants

De-Briefing Academics: Unpaid Intelligence Informants

Introduction Over the past half-century, I have been engaged in research, lectured and worked with social movements and leftist governments in Latin America. I interviewed US officials and think tanks in Washington and New York. I have written scores of books, hundreds of professional articles and presented numerous papers at professional meetings. In the course,…

CIA Fails to Organize Prison Break for Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden

CIA Fails to Organize Prison Break for Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden

Washington has offered Islamabad to exchange Shakil Afridi, who helped catch Osama bin Laden, for Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui who is serving a jail term in the United States, according to anonymous sources speaking to Sputnik. The CIA failed to conduct an operation to stage a prison break for Pakistani physician Shakil Afridi who had helped the US authorities…