William Van Wagenen

3 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | William Van Wagenen

The Taliban has not once, but twice eradicated Afghanistan’s poppy cultivation, the world’s largest source of heroin. Despite western accusations, it has never been The Taliban behind the Afghan drug industry, but only ever the US and its allies, with billions in profits breezily laundered through the global financial system.

1 month ago | libertarianinstitute.org | William Van Wagenen

On 14 August 2007, four massive truck bombs tore through the small Yezidi towns of Tel Ezer and Siba Sheikh Khidr in Sinjar, a remote district in northwest Iraq. The explosions killed over 800 members of the persecuted religious minority, marking it one of the deadliest terror attacks in history. Rashid, a survivor of the attack in Tel Ezer, tells The Cradle that on the day of the bombing, his father sent his older brother to the market in the center of town to buy some things for the family.

Nov 11, 2024 | diariojunio.com.ar | William Van Wagenen

Por El holocausto que afecta a la población palestina de Gaza ha alcanzado niveles inimaginables de horror, ejemplificados por un desgarrador  video que arrasó las redes sociales en el que se ve a Shaaban al-Dalou, de 19 años, quemándose viva mientras todavía estaba conectada a un suero intravenoso. No se trata de una tragedia aislada, sino de un ejemplo emblemático del genocidio cada vez mayor.

Nov 1, 2024 | popularresistance.org | William Van Wagenen

Above photo: The Cradle. Despite constant death threats and targeted airstrikes, Lebanese journalists Ali Mortada and Amal Khalil continue reporting from the frontlines. They are determined to share the reality of the battlefield, expose Tel Aviv’s crimes, and challenge the narratives set by the occupation. If the Israeli army wants to stop my work and my voice with missiles, they will. But I will not stop my work because for me this war is a just cause.

Oct 28, 2024 | alethonews.com | William Van Wagenen |Robin Davis |Stefan Rahmstorf

Yezidis in Lebanon Flee the Terror of Israeli Bombs By William Van Wagenen | The Libertarian Institute | October 28, 2024Members of the Yezidi religious minority who fled ISIS and other Turkish-backed extremist groups in Syria are now seeking to flee Israel’s relentless bombing campaign in Lebanon. “They bombed just next to our house. Just five meters from our building.