Another attempt to overthrow the elected government of Venezuela, originating in the United States has failed, even before it began. And the trail leads back to President Trump and to the history of the CIA in Latin America. On Monday, Venezuelan security forces captured a force of 60 armed men, employed of Silvercorp USA, a...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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Gender Security: More Women Targeted for Political Violence
In Washington, the New America Foundation sponsors something called the New Models of Policy Change initiative. In studying gender and security issues, NMPC highlighted four emerging data trends/ Political violence targeting women is on the rise. ACLED found that there were twice as many violent events targeting women worldwide in the first quarter of 2019...
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Did the U.S. Supply a Million Face Masks to the Israeli Army Instead of New York?
That’s the question raised by a remarkable change in a Jersualem Post story posted Tuesday. The story originally reported that the United States has supplied a million medical masks to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), along with a photo of a palette of masks. Ali Abunimah picks up the story at Electronic Intifada. Yet a...
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NSO Group Points Finger at State Clients in WhatsApp Spying Case
NSO Group – whose technology is reported to have been used against dozens of targets including Pakistani intelligence officials, Indian journalists and exiled Rwandan political activists – also claimed in legal documents that the lawsuit brought against the company by WhatsApp threatened to infringe on its clients’ “national security and foreign policy concerns”. Source: NSO...
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Mossad’s Yossi Cohen Is Touted for Prime Minister
It may all be hype, but in the Israeli press, Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is touted in the Israeli press as a successor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his partner in coalition government, former IDF chief of staff, Benny Gantz. Cohen has expressed loyalty he the prime minister, who faces criminal fraud charges. And...