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Opinion: The failure of NATO to subdue Afghanistan

By Shane Quinn By 2008 US President George W. Bush was no longer talking about winning in Iraq. Around 500,000 American soldiers had been sent to Iraq between 2003 and 2008, but the US military was unable to overcome the Middle East…
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U.S. “anti-terror” operations lack democratic accountability: Al Jazeera report

Twenty years have passed since the U.S. declared "major combat operations in Iraq have ended," yet the U.S. military deployment under the pretext of fighting terrorism around the world has not ceased, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. The declaration…
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UN Yemen envoy holds ‘fruitful’ discussion with Yemen parties

The UN Yemen envoy said on Thursday that he had a productive meeting with Yemen’s leader of the Presidential Leadership Council in the country’s southern city of Aden, a day after expressing similar optimism following a meeting…
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The campaign against the UN’s human rights official on Palestine

A strong campaign in support of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese has emerged in response to an ongoing campaign to sack her. Three former rapporteurs urged the UN on April 27…
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US Planning More ‘Robots at Sea’ in Middle East

he US is trying to convince Middle East allies to add dozens more robot vessels around the Arabian Peninsula to better detect threats, a move to protect waterways vital to global commerce and oil trade.   The US, which leads two international…