Afghanistan, the Uncountry.
Below is an excerpt from the International Criminal Court’s 2016 preliminary examination report on potential war crimes in Afghanistan. Needless to say, it’s findings are shocking, particularly when it...
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Preventing a massacre – of France’s economic interests in Africa.
When NATO started bombing Libya in March 2011, the justification given was that bombing was essential to protect civilians. More specifically, it was essential to prevent the Libyan armed forces...
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Shock finding from Opinion Research Business poll: Iraqis don’t want us to...
From a poll of Iraqi public opinion, carried out in July 2015: 56% of Iraqis strongly or somewhat oppose airstrikes being carried out by coalition forces, as compared to 44% who strongly or somewhat...
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New poll of Syrian public opinion.
The poll was carried out by Opinion Research Business in July. As ever, caveats should apply to the results. About the difficulties of accurate polling in war zones and authoritarian states. About the...
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Seymour Hersh’s Bin Laden Story: The ‘Debunkings’ Begin.
On May 10th 2015, the London Review of books published a lengthy article by Seymour Hersh, which challenges the Obama administration’s account of the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Essentially, Hersh...
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The knives are out for Seymour Hersh again.
The London Review of Books have recently published a long investigative piece by the legendary reporter Seymour Hersh. The article is about the killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, in which Hersh...
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Ken Roth keeps on digging?
Ken Roth has now conceded that the video he said was of carnage caused by Syrian regime barrel bombing in Aleppo, was actually of carnage caused by Israeli regime bombing in Gaza. As here: I stand...
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Reuters on how U.S. backed rebel groups in Syria are fighting alongside ‘Al...
As here: Hardline Islamists fighting side-by-side with groups backed by the United States have made gains in northern Syria in recent weeks while showing rare unity, which some fear may be short-lived...
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A complicating factor in Libya: Libyans.
This little snippet from Stars and Stripes magazine, on ‘what went wrong’ in post-regime change Libya: While the U.S. was eager to hand off much of the post-intervention responsibility to the Europeans...
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A brief review of some of the foreign policy pledges in Labour’s 2015 General...
On Monday 12 April, the Labour Party, which is one of the two major parties in British politics, released their manifesto for May’s General Election. The remit of this blog is to cover issues around...
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At least 103 civilians killed by U.S. led bombing in Syria since September.
That’s according to a count by the Syrian Network for Human Rights. They also claim that Kaya Mueller, a U.S. NGO worker who was being held by ISIS, was killed in a Jordanian airstrike. As here: ‘In...
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Massacres that matter.
There was one in Pakistan, in October 2006, which barely registered at the time, and which likely won’t be referenced now, despite the obvious comparisons to be drawn in the wake of today’s terrible...
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Tony Blair wins Save The Children’s ‘Global Legacy’ award.
As reported in today’s Independent: Tony Blair was last night recognised for his humanitarian work at a glamorous gala to raise funds for a global children’s charity – in front of guests including...
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CNN: Obama administration reportedly ‘shifting their strategy’ on Syria to go...
From an article published by CNN on 13/11/3014: ‘President Barack Obama has asked his national security team for another review of the U.S. policy toward Syria after realizing that ISIS may not be...
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Swept Aside: The Guardian on Libya in 2011 Vs Amnesty on Libya in 2014
In October 2011, The Guardian published an article by Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt – two of their most senior political reporters – entitled ‘How David Cameron Swept Aside Sceptics Over Libya...
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More evidence that the U.S. ultimately sees the overthrow of Assad as the end...
From an interview General John Allen, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, recently did with CNN: QUESTION: But in the short term, it...
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Airstrikes in Syria: could the Assad regime ultimately be the target?
The air strikes in Syria to date have largely targeted ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra. My hunch is that they will ultimately be targeted at the Assad regime, although some dispute this. Guardian columnist...
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International Committee of the Red Cross: U.S. airstrikes making a bad...
In August 2013, when the U.S. et al looked set to start bombing Syria in response to what they claimed was a chemical weapon attack by the Assad regime in Ghouta, The International Committee of the Red...
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The U.S.’s ‘successful’ counter-terror campaigns in Somalia and Yemen.
On Wednesday 10th September, Barack Obama made a major foreign policy speech, in which he set out how the U.S. and anyone who cares to tag along plan to ‘degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a...
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Compare and Contrast: Cluster Bomb Usage in Syria, July 2014 Vs September 2014.
Rick Gladstone, writing in The New York Times, July 30th 2014: ‘Cluster bombs, internationally banned weapons that can maim and destroy indiscriminately, not only have been frequently used for the past...
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