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Taliban lays hold of US biometric identification system

24 August 2021

According to The Intercept [1], the Taliban have captured the US biometric identification system, HIIDE (Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment).
For 20 years, the US occupation forces have developed a biometric file encompassing virtually the entire Afghan population, including (...)

London relaunches the «Skripal Affair»

7 September 2018

On 5 September 2018, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced to the House of Commons that Scotland Yard has managed to identity those responsible for poisoning Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia, an incident which also affected a police officer. [2].
The British authorities are (...)

How CIA Spies Access India’s Biometric Aadhaar Database

by Shelley Kasli

Bangalore (India) | 25 August 2017

The Indian Supreme Court has just recognized the constitutional inviolability of the right to privacy. It will have to decide soon on the legality of the generalization of biometric identification. On the same day, Wikileaks published documents on the CIA’s tools. Using the data already (...)

NATO Warsaw Summit Communiqué

Varsaw (Poland) | 9 July 2016

Warsaw Summit Communiqué Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Warsaw 8-9 July 2016
1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, have gathered in Warsaw at a (...)

First UN report on ISIL

New York (USA) | 9 February 2016

Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threatI. Introduction
1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 97 of Security Council (...)

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Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past

by Robert Parry , Allan Nairn, Andrew Hughes, Roxana Tiron

Californie (Etats-Unis) | 20 October 2010

The Defense officials appointed by Barack Obama are the authors of the worst crimes and embezzlements carried out under previous administrations. In terms of change, only the rhetoric is new; the practices remain the same. What is most startling is the lack of interest elicited by the (...)

The Heyday of the Counter Terror Industry

15 January 2010

On 14-15 April 2010, London’s Kensington Olympia will play host to a Counter Terror Expo, the only major international exhibition and conference of its kind to take place in the UK.
Headline sponsored by French arms company Thales, the Expo will be put on by Clarion Events which is also (...)

Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US

31 May 2009

By Brett Winterford
The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States.
From June, US Customs and Border Patrol will take a fingerprint scan of international travellers exiting the United (...)

Legislation to Establish Internment Camps on US Military Bases

Preparing for Civil Unrest in America

by Michel Chossudovsky

19 March 2009

Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor and early supporter of Barack Obama, has warned that "[the United States is] going to have millions and millions of unemployed, people really facing dire straits. And we’re going to be having that for some period of time before things (...)