In the growing confrontation between the United States and Iran, the Iranian special forces, known as the Qods Force, will play a leading role in defending Iran. [For more on the Qods Force and the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, click here.] While the U.S. officials have claimed knowledge of specific and credible threats...
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CNN Regurgitates Bolton’s Overblown Claims About the Threat of Iran
After John Bolton issued a statement on May 5 about “troubling and escalatory indications” from Iran, Americans have heard a barrage of reports from reputable news organizations echoing charges about Iran’s “troubling” actions. Now U.S. aircraft carriers are said to on the move while Saudi Arabia reporters its oil tankers have supposedly been sabotaged. It’s...
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Guardian: CIA Warns Arab Activist of Saudi Threat
Shades of Jamal Khashoggi. A critic of the Saudi regime faces a threat from Saudi Arabia according to The Guardian, which says he was warned by the CIA official in Norway. According to U.S. doctrine, U.S. intelligence officials have a “duty to warn” potential targets if they learn of threats to specific individuals. While investigators...
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Why Is Facebook Abetting Trump’s Reckless Foreign Policy?
Robert Wright reports that Facebook’s head of “counterterrorism policy,” Brian Fishman, has offered an explanation of why the social media giant blocked the Instagram accounts of high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers. When I asked Fishman to justify this policy, he said it’s designed to keep Facebook on the right side of the law, which...
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Social Media ‘Soft War’: The Syrian Presidency Says Its Instagram Account Has Been Blocked
The war of social media is heating up. The CIA will soon add an Instagram account to join its Twitter feed in dispensing Langley’s spin to the wold. Britain’s version of the NSA, the General Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) already has an Instagram account. But woe to America’s foes. Iran’s state broadcasting outlets, including PressTV, have...