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Afghanistan’s military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions
(15.08.2021)
The deals, initially offered early last year, were often described by Afghan officials as cease-fires, but Taliban leaders were in fact offering money in exchange for government forces to hand over their weapons, according to an Afghan officer and a U.S. official.
Over the next year and a half, the meetings advanced to the district level and then rapidly on to provincial capitals, culminating in a breathtaking series of negotiated surrenders by government forces, according to interviews with more than a dozen Afghan officers, police, special operations troops and other soldiers.
U.S. Lawmakers Call for Punitive Measures Against Israeli NSO Over Spyware Allegations
Finally, the four House Democrats call to „investigate and assess the possible targeting of American journalists, aid works, diplomats and others’ with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, determine whether America’s national security was harmed, and take steps to protect all Americans, including federal employees, from the threat posed by the growing mercenary spyware industry.“
Brandenburg: Juristische Ohrfeige für Polizei und Innenminister wegen Ermittlungen gegen unsere Quellen
Der ehemalige Brandenburger Polizeipräsident hat Strafanzeige wegen unserer Berichterstattung gestellt, der damalige SPD-Innenminister gab grünes Licht. Wir hatten Dokumente über die Kennzeichen-Scanner veröffentlicht. Die Ermittler wollten sogar den staatlichen IT-Dienstleister durchsuchen.
Netanyahu Ordered Illegal Shredding of Docs at His Office Before Bennett Took Over, Sources Say
The material was kept in safes in the so-called ‘aquarium,’ where prime ministers and their most senior aides sit. It’s unclear which, or how many, documents were destroyed at Netanyahu’s orders
Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean Its Opposite
Outlets claiming to have “confirmed” Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about Trump’s troops comments are again abusing that vital term.
The Atlantic’s Trump report: We should know the sources of a story this important
The headline over the bombshell story in The Atlantic magazine exploded on the media and political worlds like a grenade going off in a battle — the kind of headline that would certainly give the president’s detractors yet one more reason to detest the man.
“Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’”