Category: UAE

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Secret Israeli Attacks in Iraq Are Part of Trump’s Anti-Iran Campaign

President Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran, notes former CIA analyst Paul Pillar, is more obsession than strategy. A not-so-mysterious explosion on the outskirts of Baghdad Monday shows why. Iraqi political analysts are blaming the attack on Israel, saying it follows two attacks earlier this month on facilities of Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. According...

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Reuters: Ex-NSA Cyberspies Reveal How They Hacked Foes of UAE

Reuters: Ex-NSA Cyberspies Reveal How They Hacked Foes of UAE

This is a story about how intelligence agencies deploy private contractors for surveillance and repression. It’s about the globalization of intelligence. Exhibit A: the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which detained an innocent British graduate student as a spy and conferred with the chief of Israel’s Mossad. The UAE is an ally of the United States,...

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