Category: Jordan
Biden will withdraw 2,500 troops from Afghanistan but over 18,000 Pentagon contractors and special operatives to remain
[CovertAction Magazine] “On Wednesday April 14th, President Joe Biden announced that he would end the U.S.’s longest war and withdraw U.S….
Claim: Jordanian ex-Crown Prince accused of coup attempt was offered escape by Mossad agent
[Tikun Olam] “An Israeli Mossad asset aided Jordan’s ex-crown prince, Hamzah bin Hussein, in a plot to overthrow King Abdullah. Roy…
Operation Timber Sycamore: Saudis provide money and arms, U.S. trains Syrian rebels
[The New York Times] “When President Obama secretly authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to begin arming Syria’s embattled rebels in 2013, the spy…
John Bolton: defeating ISIS in Syria is not desirable, instead the US should create an oil producer Sunni state and an independent Kurdistan
[The New York Times] “Today’s reality is that Iraq and Syria as we have known them are gone. The Islamic…
Obama: First rebels armed and trained by CIA in Jordan ‘on way to battlefield’ in Syria
[The Telegraph] “The first cell of Syrian rebels trained and armed by the CIA is making its way to the…
NYT: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Croatia involved in arms trafficking to Syrian Rebels with CIA aid
[The New York Times] “With help from the C.I.A., Arab governments and Turkey have sharply increased their military aid to…
Hillary Clinton: US regime-change policy in Syria is in “operational” phase, as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar supply arms
[The Nation] “The Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA are making war plans for Syria. And they’re pretty much…
US plans regime change in Syria; Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar supply arms assisted by CIA; RAND Corporation wants more
[The New York Times] “Even with fighting raging in Syria and President Bashar al-Assad digging in, the State Department and…
The New York Times: “An Iraq War Won’t Destabilize the Mideast”
[The New York Times] “Arguments against a war in Iraq often revolve around the belief that an American invasion would…
Bin Laden Confession Video: Muslim world divided, many call it unintelligible or fake
[NBC News, The Irish Times] “In the United States, it was a talking point for the nation. But in the…