Media Disinformation: Reframing the War in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a...
The fact that the Taliban is a party of the peasant classes, but certainly not the only one, is not news in Afghanistan or Pakistan. It is thus interesting that The New York Times (“Taliban Exploit...
View ArticleIraqi Oil Minister Accused of Mother of All Sell-Outs
(Truthout) – Furious protests threaten to undermine the Iraqi government’s controversial plan to give international oil companies a stake in its giant oilfields in a desperate effort to raise declining...
View ArticleMSM: Oil rush – Scramble for Iraq’s wealth
Critics said the war was all about the nation’s lucrative fuel industry. Are they now being proved right? Patrick Cockburn reports from Baghdad For many Iraqis, the reason the US invaded their country...
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