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White House Orders Iran War Satellite Image Censorship: Planet Labs Complies with Indefinite Withhold
Planet Labs implements indefinite embargo on Middle East satellite imagery following White House pressure, blocking independent verification of war damage.
Mysterious Shadow Hackers: The Equation Group
An unnamed scientific researcher walks out to her mailbox, shuffles through some bills and advertisements, and pulls out an envelope containing a CD of pictures from a recent scientific conference the researcher had attended in Houston. Excited – though maybe a bit...
How Israel’s “Smart” Weapons Killed a Disabled Gaza Teen
Israel's "Smart" Weapons Kill Sabah Abu Jayab, known to her family and friends as Um Ahmad, walked through her home pointing out everything that had to be replaced after Israel’s 2014 assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. “This is all new,” Um Ahmad, a pharmacist, told...
Israel Killing UN Peacekeepers and Humanitarian Workers Without Consequence
Israeli Strikes on UN Forces: A Pattern of Lethal Attacks On January 28, 2015, Israeli artillery fire struck near the South Lebanese village of Ghajar, taking the life of 36-year-old Spanish peacekeeper Francisco Javier Soria. Soria served with the United Nations...
ISIS Beheading Videos: How Propaganda Fueled Western Military Intervention
How Western Governments Used Graphic Videos to Build Support for Military Action In the fall of 2014, a wave of alleged execution videos attributed to the Islamic State (ISIS, also known as IS or ISIL) dominated global headlines. These recordings, depicting masked...
How ISIS Was Created: Covert Origins of the Islamic State
How Western-Backed Regime Change in Libya Set the Stage The militant organization known as the Islamic State, previously called Al-Qaeda in Iraq and later rebranded under its current name, represents one of the most brutal armed groups in modern history. Its members...