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Another bold move against globalism and interventionist neoconservative lobbies:
Trump Wants the CIA to Stay Behind in Afghanistan. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | Opinion
Astri Suhrke and Antonio de Lauri
9/6/19
With peace talks between the US government and the Taliban near a preliminary agreement, the question has now become "what comes next?" Most recently, The New York Times reported that the White House is seriously considering expanding the CIA's presence in Afghanistan if and when international forces begin to withdraw from the country.
To understand the danger that such a strategy would pose to lasting peace in Afghanistan, one must first understand the past role of CIA in the country. At the onset of the US "war on terror" in 2001, the CIA organized Afghan militias to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda. By 2010, the CIA's "Afghan Army," as Bob Woodward called it, had grown to around 3,000 people. Since then, they have at least doubled in size. Their human rights abuses have escalated in tandem. In 2018, for example, the United Nations found that two of the most notorious groups the CIA trained, the NDS Special Forces and the Khost Protection Forces, caused almost as many civilian deaths as the total number attributed to all Afghan national security forces in that year. Moreover, they found, the paramilitaries were much more likely than regular Afghan forces to kill civilians rather than to injure them. And yet, because of their CIA-sponsored status, these forces live outside both US and Afghan military chain-of-commands, making it almost impossible to investigate cases of abuse, assessing who is being targeted, and much less prosecute those responsible. We wrote about the history of these forces in our recent report for the Costs of War project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
https://www.newsweek.com/cia-staying-behind-afghanistan-usa-withdrawal-1458088
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jpost
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No need to panic ; Former CIA deputy station chief discusses ISIS with Iraqi Sunni leaders
As David Cohen becomes CIA’s No. 2, Jews appear to have smoother path at security agencies
Will Neocons-Al Qaeda alliance end well?
Controversial Israel supporter CK making neocons' case for alliance with Al Qaeda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRUeJYFZ94
Syria: The Strange US/Israel/Al-Qaeda Ménage à Trois
Israel's plan was to bomb Western buildings, make it seem as though Muslim Brotherhood was behind the attacks
Haaretz
Nov. 11, 2009
The Lavon affair - also known locally as esek habish, "the rotten business" - was a plan to discredit Egypt's government, then headed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, by bombing theaters, post offices and U.S. and British institutions, and making it seem as though Egypt was behind the bombings. The thinking in Israel at the time was that if the British were to give up control of the Suez Canal, it would be left in Egypt's hands, putting Cairo in a better position to exert pressure on Israel.
The agents were told "to undermine the West's trust in the [Egyptian] government by causing public insecurity" while concealing Israel's role in the sabotage.
Trump Wants the CIA to Stay Behind in Afghanistan. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | Opinion
Astri Suhrke and Antonio de Lauri
9/6/19
With peace talks between the US government and the Taliban near a preliminary agreement, the question has now become "what comes next?" Most recently, The New York Times reported that the White House is seriously considering expanding the CIA's presence in Afghanistan if and when international forces begin to withdraw from the country.
To understand the danger that such a strategy would pose to lasting peace in Afghanistan, one must first understand the past role of CIA in the country. At the onset of the US "war on terror" in 2001, the CIA organized Afghan militias to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda. By 2010, the CIA's "Afghan Army," as Bob Woodward called it, had grown to around 3,000 people. Since then, they have at least doubled in size. Their human rights abuses have escalated in tandem. In 2018, for example, the United Nations found that two of the most notorious groups the CIA trained, the NDS Special Forces and the Khost Protection Forces, caused almost as many civilian deaths as the total number attributed to all Afghan national security forces in that year. Moreover, they found, the paramilitaries were much more likely than regular Afghan forces to kill civilians rather than to injure them. And yet, because of their CIA-sponsored status, these forces live outside both US and Afghan military chain-of-commands, making it almost impossible to investigate cases of abuse, assessing who is being targeted, and much less prosecute those responsible. We wrote about the history of these forces in our recent report for the Costs of War project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
https://www.newsweek.com/cia-staying-behind-afghanistan-usa-withdrawal-1458088
Related
Aug 18, 2019
Deadliest attack of the year at Kabul wedding kills 63, bodes poorly for US-Taliban deal, ISIS claims responsibility
Embedded Reporter Shows Israel Rescuing ISIS Fighters, Kabul Wedding Attacked by ISIS
Trump says 8,600 US troops will stay after Afghanistan withdrawal
Netanyahu advised US against attacking ISIS, wants violence between ISIS-Iran
ISIS and Israel to attack Hezbullah in Lebanon
Israel the Main Buyer of ISIS Oil — Report
Israel spying on Iran from Afghanistan
jpost
Feb 11, 2019
No need to panic ; Former CIA deputy station chief discusses ISIS with Iraqi Sunni leaders
As David Cohen becomes CIA’s No. 2, Jews appear to have smoother path at security agencies
Will Neocons-Al Qaeda alliance end well?
Controversial Israel supporter CK making neocons' case for alliance with Al Qaeda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRUeJYFZ94
Syria: The Strange US/Israel/Al-Qaeda Ménage à Trois
Israel's plan was to bomb Western buildings, make it seem as though Muslim Brotherhood was behind the attacks
Haaretz
Nov. 11, 2009
The Lavon affair - also known locally as esek habish, "the rotten business" - was a plan to discredit Egypt's government, then headed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, by bombing theaters, post offices and U.S. and British institutions, and making it seem as though Egypt was behind the bombings. The thinking in Israel at the time was that if the British were to give up control of the Suez Canal, it would be left in Egypt's hands, putting Cairo in a better position to exert pressure on Israel.
The agents were told "to undermine the West's trust in the [Egyptian] government by causing public insecurity" while concealing Israel's role in the sabotage.
