Some of the most senior figures in the British establishment have secretly served as ‘privy councillors’ to a highly repressive dictatorship in the Gulf state of Oman. The elite UK group has included heads of […]
Lord Geidt, tasked with investigating government sleaze, did not tell parliament he was counselling an Arab autocrat. Whitehall insists he complied with transparency rules, but is this what the evidence suggests? PHIL MILLER Lord Geidt […]
As Oman’s UK-trained police confront popular protests against unemployment and corruption in the dictatorial Gulf state, the British military prepares to deploy an aircraft carrier to a new UK naval base in Oman, and the […]
The Police Service of Northern Ireland is facing fresh scrutiny over its long-standing ‘public order’ and security training of Omani police, following last month’s suppression of protests in the country. RORY WINTERS AND LUKE BUTTERLY Omani riot […]
Middle East spy chief who bought a palatial property in the UK from former England football captain John Terry is being accused of corruption and human rights abuses, Declassified UK can reveal. PHIL MILLER John […]
Britain’s Royal Air Force is about to establish a second fighter squadron with Qatar, an authoritarian Gulf state accused of supporting extremist groups across the Middle East which the UK itself opposes and says promote […]
Lobbying in Britain’s Conservative Party illustrates the dark ties to the Gulf alliances with Israel David Cameron, former UK Prime Minister, in Cheltenham, England on 5 October 2019 [David Levenson/Getty Images] Muhammad Hussein alhussein1001August 13, 2021 […]
byYousef Munayyer LAST WEEK, a joint investigation by 17 media outlets—including The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Haaretz—revealed that Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group had licensed military-grade spyware known as Pegasus to a long list of authoritarian regimes. The […]
https://www.democracynow.org/embed/story/2021/6/29/us_airstrikes_iraq_syria BYAmy Goodman & Juan González, Democracy Now! Criticism is growing of recent U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, which the Biden administration says targeted Iran-backed militias. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi condemned the attack as a “blatant […]
By Gordon Duff, Doubt thrown on proofs tying bin Laden to terrorism Two weeks ago, CIA Director Leon Panetta told the press the CIA had not been able to positively confirm any specific information on Osama […]