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The New York Times front page, dated August 9, 1974, on President Richard Nixon's resignation. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Iraq, Laos, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

‘Resistance’ runs amok in the US Deep Throat War

by Pepe Escobar September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

We now live in a psy-ops world. The latest Deep Throat War in Washington bears all the elements of an epic of the genre. Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward, who remains an associate editor at the Washington Post, will be released next week, on the 17th anniversary of 9/11. This, in turn, […]

Iranians burn an image of US President Donald Trump during an anti-US demonstration outside the former US embassy headquarters in the capital Tehran on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Atta Kenare

Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

‘Tweet of Mass Destruction’ ratchets up tension on Iran

by Pepe Escobar July 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flying over South Korea with US and South Korean fighter jets during a joint military drill this week. Photo: South Korean Defense Ministry via AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

A tale of American hubris

by Tom Engelhardt April 15, 2018April 15, 2018

Tehran protest December 2017. Photo: Flickr Commons

China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Iran protests: a ‘gray zone’ of opportunity

by Andrew Brennan February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

US Army soldiers take a defensive position in the desert, ready for any trouble that comes their way. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Mapping a world from hell: 76 countries now involved in US ‘war on terror’

by Tom Engelhardt January 9, 2018January 9, 2018

US Air Force plane from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

On the rehabilitation of George W Bush

by Rebecca Gordon November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un celebrates the second test-fire of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/via KCNA

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

North Korea: fire, fury and fear

by Pepe Escobar August 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Guantanamo's Camp Delta will continue to prove a contentious issue both domestically and internationally. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

An unholy trinity: torture, rendition and indefinite detention

by Rebecca Gordon April 9, 2017April 12, 2017

Iraq’s oil auction hits the jackpot

by Pepe Escobar December 16, 2009June 18, 2020

Torture whitewash from The Dark Side

by Pepe Escobar April 24, 2009June 18, 2020

Shocked, awed and left to rot

by Pepe Escobar March 20, 2008June 19, 2020

US staying the course for Big Oil in Iraq

by Pepe Escobar December 14, 2006June 22, 2020

The first, not the last throes

by Pepe Escobar June 25, 2005June 22, 2020

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