Via CounterPunch.org, a veteran Washington military analyst Winslow Wheeler breaks it down. The Afghan government’s war effort was riddled with corruption at every level of the society, but mostly at the top. It was fueled by American plane loads of cash and bottomless economic handouts (with too little oversight too late — very informing but...
Category: Iran
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Directors of CIA and Mossad Meet in Israel
So far we have mostly wire service coverage. The situation: The United States is seeking to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran, while Israel seeks to disrupt those talks. Israeli press offers unsubstantiated rumor while Iran reminds the United States it has escalatory powers with a barrage of Hezbollah rockets and Persian Gulf drone attack. Bill...
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Israel Threatens War to Block Biden’s Iran Diplomacy
It is clear that President Biden wants to rejoin the international nuclear agreement with Iran. President Obama negotiated the pact and Biden regards it as a key part of the Obama legacy. President Trump trashed the agreement with support of Israel. Now Israel is seeking to sustain Trump’s policy. The Israelis, in league with Mohammed bin...
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Behind the IRGC-Hezbollah Alliance, Soleimani Bonded With Mugniyeh’s Family
Iranian general Qasem Soleimani (left) with Hezbollah commander Imad Mugnihey. Muganiyeh was assassinated by Mossad in 2008 Soleimani was killed by a U.S. air strike in 2020. (Credit: Al Manar TV) U.S. intelligence has long assessed that Iran’s Quds Force and Lebanon’s Hezbollah work closely together in projecting Iranian power in the Middle East. In...
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Iran’s Intelligence Service (in Farsi ایران: وزارت اطلاعات و امنیت ( واجا) و سپاہ پاسداران انقلاب جمھوری ایران (سپاہ)
From Top World Intelligence Agencies Translation English: MOIS and Qods Force From Top World Intelligence Agencies