| Back | Search Results - New Search |
Porter: Intel Council Warned Against Raids in Pakistan
Znet Article, September, 13 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
The National Intelligence Council, the U.S. intelligence community's focal point for estimating future developments, warned the George W. Bush administration last month that a decision to launch commando raids by U.S. troops against al Qaeda-relat...
Porter: Bush Forced al-Maliki to Back Down on Pullout in 2006
Znet Article, July, 30 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Many official and unofficial proponents of a long-term US military presence in Iraq are dismissing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a US timeline for withdrawal as political posturing, assuming that he will abandon it under pressure.
Porter: United States and Israel against Iran
Znet Article, June, 25 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
This whole unfolding threat to Iran has not been simply a psyops, simply an intimidation operation. We know now for a fact that Dick Cheney did, in fact, propose within the Administration that they attack Revolutionary Guard bases in Iran that we...
Porter: Attack Iran? Cheney's Already Tried
Znet Article, June, 10 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions ...
Porter: Where are those Iranian weapons in Iraq?
Znet Article, May, 24 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
But U.S. officials have failed thus far to provide evidence that would support that claim, and a long-delayed U.S. military report on Iranian arms is unlikely to offer any data on what proportion of the weapons in the hands of Shiite fighters are ...
Porter: Bogus claim, al-Maliki stall U.S. plan on Iran arms
Znet Article, May, 21 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Early this month, the George W. Bush administration's plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks.
Porter: The Pentagon's Corrupt "Military Analysts" Media Scheme
Znet Article, April, 23 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
In Sunday's New York Times, investigative reporter David Barstow exposed television's "military analysts" on the Iraq War as sock puppets of the Pentagon who consciously peddle the Bush administration's talking points on Iraq while hiding their ow...
Porter: My Lai Probe Hid Policy that Led to Massacre
Znet Article, March, 17 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
For decades, it has been generally accepted that the My Lai massacre of as many as 400 Vietnamese civilians by U.S. Army troops on Mar. 16, 1968 was a violation of official policy directives on the treatment of civilians in South Vietnam.
Porter: Another Neocon Attempt to Frame Iran Falls Apart
Znet Article, January, 26 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Although nukes and Iraq have been the main focus of the Bush Administration's pressure campaign against Iran, US officials also seek to tar Iran as the world's leading sponsor of terrorism. And Team Bush's latest tactic is to play up a thirteen-ye...
Porter: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel
Znet Article, January, 12 2008
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Dispite the official and media portrayal of the incident in the Strait of Hormuz early Monday morning as a serious threat to U.S. ships from Iranian speedboats that nearly resulted in a "battle at sea", new information over the past three days sug...
Porter: Anbar "Turnaround" Undercuts War Rationale
Znet Article, September, 15 2007
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (IPS) - In hailing what he has called an "almost breathtaking" turnaround in Anbar Province that has weakened al Qaeda as a triumph for his new military strategy in Iraq, Gen. D...
Porter: Cheney, Lieberman and the Iran War Conspiracy
Znet Article, August, 19 2007
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
I was never one of those who believed the Bush administration was getting ready to attack Iran in 2006 or early 2007. But it is now clear that at least Vice President Dick Cheney...
Porter: US Tags Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks
Znet Article, August, 17 2007
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
WASHINGTON - When a top U.S. commander in Iraq reported last week that attacks by Sh...
Porter: Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance
Znet Article, May, 28 2007
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance
Porter: Bush's New Iran Policy - War Plan or Propaganda?
Znet Article, January, 18 2007
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (I...
Porter: Iraq Occupation Depends on Sadr -- and Iran
Znet Article, September, 23 2006
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Washington - For many months, the George W. Bush administration has been complaining that Iranian meddling in Iraq is a threat to the country's stability and to U.S. troops. The irony of this publicity campaign over Tehran's alleged bid to undermi...
Porter: Bush's Double Game on an Iraq Withdrawal Timetable
Znet Article, July, 19 2006
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - Caught between the need to explore a possible diplomatic way out of an otherwise hopeless mess in Iraq and the domestic political need to keep the Democrats on the defensive, U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice Presid...
Porter: Iran Proposal To U.S. Offered Peace With Israel
Znet Article, May, 26 2006
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Washington - Iran offered in 2003 to accept peace with Israel and cut off material assistance to Palestinian armed groups and to pressure them to halt terrorist attacks within Israel's 1967 borders, according to the secret Iranian proposal to the ...
Porter: Fear of U.S. Drove Iran's Nuclear Policy
Znet Article, February, 10 2006
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (IPS) -- The George W. Bush administration's adoption of a policy of threatening to use military force against Iran disregarded a series of official intelligence estimates going back many years that consistently judged Iran's fea...
Porter: US Realignment With Sunnis Is Far Advanced
Znet Article, January, 31 2006
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
US Realignment With Sunnis Is Far Advanced
Porter: 'Maybe they just need to have their civil war'
Znet Article, January, 27 2006
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Since last summer, the ad-jingle-style centerpiece of the U.S. mission in Iraq, as defined by George Bush, has been: "As Iraqis stand up, we will ...
Porter: How Basra Slipped Out of Control: Portent in the Shiite South?
Znet Article, October, 22 2005
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
How Basra Slipped Out of Control: Portent in the Shiite South?
Porter: The Real Story of the Iraqi Elections
Znet Article, February, 13 2005
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
The U.S. government and most pundits have painted Iraq’s recent elections as a great victory over the Iraqi insurgents, who opposed them, and as a vindication of the Bush administration’s policy of bringing democracy to the Middle ...
