Afghanistan

WATCH: Brave Congressman Explains How US Keeps Afghan Heroin Trade Alive at Your Expense

08-29-2017 • thedailysheeple.com by Matt Agorist

This week, President Donald Trump, just like his predecessor Obama, promised to continue the utterly corrupt failure of a brutal occupation that is Afghanistan--despite running on a campaign to end it.

Trump Administration

Donald Trump Eyes Afghanistan's $1 Trillion Mineral Reserves to Pay for...

08-29-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

Reconstruction After 16 Years of War...Country's rich deposits of gold, silver, platinum, iron ore and copper could represent path to economic independence but experts call plan to tap into them 'a pipe dream'

Central Intelligence Agency

Afghanistan and the CIA Heroin Ratline

08-29-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

The Persian Gulf harbors an array of extremely compromising secrets. Near the top is the Afghan heroin ratline - with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) positioned as the golden node of a transnational, trillion dollar heroin money laundering operation

Israel

Netanyahu To Putin: Iran Must Leave Syria Or "We Will Act"

08-24-2017 • http://www.zerohedge.com

Israel is threatening to escalate military action in Syria against perceived Iranian interests. This week Netanyahu declared, "we will act when necessary according to our red lines" while hinting he prefers ISIS presence in Syria as opposed to Iran a

Syria

Syrian Army Is Closing In On Oil-Rich Region The US Wants For Itself

08-23-2017 • http://www.trueactivist.com

ISIS' last stand in Syria will take place in a strategic oil-rich region known as Deir ez-Zor, and this confrontation will pit the American military and its allied forces directly against the Syrian Arab Army and its backers, including Russia.

Trump Administration

Op-Ed The conflict in Afghanistan is Trump's war now

08-23-2017 • http://www.latimes.com, by Andrew J. Bacevich

With President Trump's Monday night speech, prospects for ending the Afghanistan war anytime soon have vanished. Whether that bodes well for U.S. national security is another matter.

Trump Administration

The Mini-Skirt Deception: How McMaster Got His Afghan 'Surge'

08-23-2017 • http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org

According to reports, Gen. H. R. McMaster convinced President Trump to give up his longstanding opposition to the Afghan war by showing him this photograph, below, of Afghan women in what the media are describing as "miniskirts." As the Washingto

Israel

Netanyahu to discuss Iran's 'aggression' with Putin

08-23-2017 • yahoo.com By AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday what he calls Iran's "aggression" and attempts to expand its military presence in neighbouring Syria.

Afghanistan

America Wasted $160 Million Trying to Get Afghanistan to Use E-Payments

08-23-2017 • motherboard.vice.com by Matthew Gault

Will that be cash, charge, or bribe?

Ron Paul Says...

Ron Paul Reacts to Trump's Afghanistan Speech

08-23-2017 • https://www.lewrockwell.com

On Twitter, Ron Paul reacted to President Donald Trump's speech last night calling for increasing US presence in Afghanistan.

Archaeology

Surid, aka Enoch: the REAL Pyramid builder? Ancient texts reveal jaw-dropping details

08-23-2017 • arclein

The Great Pyramid of Giza is a massive structure composed of approximately 2,300,000 stone blocks that weigh from 2 to 30 tons each and there are even some blocks that weigh over 50 tons. It's huge. In fact, the ancient builders used so much stone

Ron Paul Says...

Trump's Afghanistan Strategy: What To Expect. With Jacob Hornberger

08-22-2017 • https://www.youtube.com

Future of Freedom Foundation President Jacob Hornberger joins the Liberty Report to preview President Trump's Afghanistan strategy that will be unveiled tonight. Should we expect a radical departure from the last 16 unsuccessful years? Get your ticke

Afghanistan

Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow 'graveyard'

08-22-2017 • Steve Holland and Hamid Shalizi

President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire".

Trump Family

Ivanka Trump to lead US delegation for entrepreneur summit in India

08-11-2017 • thehill.com By John Bowden

President Trump's daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump will lead the U.S. delegation to India for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in November.

Israel

Newsbud Exclusive- Israel's Mossad Replaces CIA as Handler of Libyan Strongman...

08-11-2017 • https://www.newsbud.com, SIBEL EDMONDS

Newsbud Exclusive- Israel's Mossad Replaces CIA as Handler of Libyan Strongman Khalifa Haftar

Turkey

Turkey issues detention warrants for 35 media employees

08-10-2017 • abcnews.go.com by AP

Turkish authorities on Thursday issued detention warrants for 35 journalists and media workers as part of the country's ongoing crackdown on people suspected of ties to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the state-run news agency reported.

Mercenaries

Blackwater Founder's Disturbing Plan To Privatize Afghanistan's War Gains Ground

08-10-2017 • http://www.trueactivist.com

Prince has drafted a proposal--dated August 2017--that would hand the longest war in American history over to a private "band of experienced sergeants," who would fight alongside U.S.-trained Afghan forces.