Ex-CIA Officer: US Knows Syrian Rebels Cover For al-Nusra Front

Former CIA counterterrorism officer Philip Giraldi said that the US government is fully aware that the allegedly moderate opposition in Syria is working closely with the al-Nusra Front, an offshoot of the al-Qaeda terror group, but publicly pretends the two groups are separate.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
Syrian rebels walk in an alley in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo)

The US government is fully aware that the allegedly moderate opposition in Syria is working closely with the al-Nusra Front, an offshoot of the al-Qaeda terror group, but publicly pretends the two groups are separate, former CIA counterterrorism officer Philip Giraldi told Sputnik.”The so-called moderate rebels are in cohabitation with the Nusra

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Al-Qaeda Fights Alongside Saudi Coalition In Yemen

The BBC has found evidence in Yemen that troops from a Saudi-led coalition force and al-Qaeda militants are both fighting Houthi rebels in a key battle.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Safa AlAhmad was told by Ansar al-Sharia fighters participating in the battle not to film them.

While most of the Saudi War in Yemen has seen them ignoring al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as the Islamists seized cities somewhat off the beaten path, today filmmakers caught the two sides fighting side by side against the Shi’ite Houthis in the city of Taiz. Saudi officials denied any formal coalition cooperation with AQAP, but UAE

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Kerry: US Will ‘Neutralize’ ISIS Quicker Than It Did Al-Qaeda

The statement raises the rather surprising suggestion that al-Qaeda, still active around the world, is “neutralized” in the administration’s view.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 after attending the 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In a direct challenge to China, Kerry called Thursday for all claimants to disputed territories in the South China to Sea immediately halt provocative activities that have ratcheted up tensions in some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

In comments that will only raise new questions about the administration’s view of foreign policy, Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters he believes the US will be able to “neutralize” ISIS much more quickly than it was able to do so with al-Qaeda. “It took us quite a few years before we were able to eliminate Osama bin Laden and the top

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Gen. Allen: US May Be ‘Condemned’ To Fight ISIS Forever

Recently Replaced as the special envoy to fight ISIS, Gen. Allen offers a grim assessment of the ‘long term’ war.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
FILE- In this March 26, 2012, file photo, Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan listens during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. The Afghan government says it has reached a deal with the U.S. to govern controversial night raids by American forces. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)

Interviewed on CNN, retired Gen. John Allen, recently replaced as the US Special Envoy to the war against ISIS, offered an extremely pessimistic assessment of the war, saying that the US needs to address the causes of “symptoms” like ISIS and al-Qaeda, and failing that will be “condemned to fight forever.” Historically, the US hasn’t been

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VIDEO: US Government Releases Bin Laden Docs But Won’t Release His Porn

Among the documents released is a bizarre “job application” to become a suicide bomber in al-Qaida. Yet bin Laden’s reportedly “fairly extensive” porn collection, containing “recent-vintage video smut,” has been deemed unfit for public release.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
FILE - This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

  WASHINGTON --- The U.S. government on Wednesday released a trove of documents taken from Osama bin Laden, the slain leader of al-Qaida. The documents provide new insight into the inner workings of the terrorist movement, but a purported collection of pornographic materials is being kept in the dark. The cache contains over 100

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Analysis: Media Reaction To Seymour Hersh’s bin Laden Scoop ‘Disgraceful’

Barrels of ink have been spilled ripping apart Hersh’s character, while barely any follow-up reporting has been done to corroborate or refute his claims—even though there’s no doubt that the Obama administration has repeatedly misinformed and misled the public about the incident.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh.

Analysis by Columbia Journalism Review:  SEYMOUR HERSH HAS DONE THE PUBLIC a great service by breathing life into questions surrounding the official narrative of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Yet instead of trying to build off the details of his story, or to disprove his assertions with additional reporting, journalists have largely

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